ABOUT
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Karen Cryer
RYT500, IAYT Yoga Instructor
Karen’s class stands out due to her unique background. With a career in integrative bodywork and her first yoga training with Sacred Energy Arts in 2008, Karen developed a profound interest in overall health and well-being. Finding conventional yoga classes did not meet the needs of an aging population, she sought further teacher training and education in yoga therapy, Yoga for Osteoporosis, Yoga for Seniors, Insight Meditation, Buff Bones, and SATYA.
Ultimately, she has created a hybrid class model that combines years of muscle therapy work with her extensive knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics creating a class that offers variations allowing everyone to develop a practice they can feel good about and grow with.
Sacred Movement, founded in 2016 as a class offering at Insight LA, has evolved into Yoga for Radiant Health, an online class since 2020. This program caters to a diverse range of students worldwide, incorporating elements of Iyengar and Hatha yoga, Taoist qigong, yoga for osteoporosis, sensory awareness work, and strengthening.
Her classes are intelligent and enjoyable.
"Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots."
~ Rumi
No Mud, No Yoga?
A Deeper Look
My class is unique. I’ve had training & education on so many different levels and disciplines it would be difficult to say what my “style” is. It is my own. It is a hybrid of years of muscle therapy work with deep knowing of anatomy and how the body moves. It is Iyengar & Hatha yoga, it is Taoist qigong, it is yoga for osteoporosis, and sensory awareness work, it is Feldenkrais, and more.
My website - No Mud, No Yoga - is based off the phrase No Mud No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh that I love.
It is written in his beautiful calligraphy behind my practice space (pictured).
Credentials
Karen is a RYT-500, registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She has completed:
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Sacred Energy Arts teacher training in Hatha yoga
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Taoist Qigong with Sifu Matthew Cohen
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Yoga for Seniors with Carol Krucoff and Kimberly Carson
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Certified in the Dr. Loren Fishman method of Yoga for Osteoporosis
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Completed 2 years of Yoga Therapy program at Loyola Marymount University
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Member of IAYT, International Association of Yoga Therapists
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Certified Prime of Life Yoga teacher
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Insight LA Meditation Facilitators training certification with Trudy Goodman, Ph.D.
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Completed 3 levels of SATYA training & Advanced SATYA (Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement) with Tias Little
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Various trainings with YogaU, including posture & alignment training
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BUFF Bones certification: a pilates based exercise for strength and functional movement especially for those with low bone density. Elements of this are in every class Karen teaches.