Laura Gale
Laura is a certified educator with over nine years of teaching experience in a classroom setting, experience coaching Cross-Fit, after earning her Level 1 certification, and is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200, RYT 500, and YACEP with over 1,000 yoga teaching hours. Laura’s teaching background combined with her passion for yoga, drew her toward the Breathe for Change Hatha Yoga certification program in 2018. Immediately after this training, she began teaching Vinyasa, Hatha & Yin Yoga. She continued to earn 300 hours in Yin Yoga from the Summers School of Yin Yoga, in January 2021. After seeing the healing effects of Pilates first hand, she became a certified Mat Pilates instructor in December 2021, from Pilates South Austin. Laura has taught yoga and mindfulness at several local elementary schools.
Laura is a 200 E-RYT, 500 RYT & a YACEP. She has dedicated her time to these trainings:
200 HR YTT Yoga Alliance Breathe for Change (YTT for educators)
300 HR YTT Yin Yoga through Summers School of Yin Yoga, including: Fundamentals, Meditation, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yin vs. Yang Yoga (a functional approach to yoga)
50 HR YTT The Heart of Compassion, Meditation CE through Summers School of Yin Yoga
Mat Pilates Certification Program through Pilates South Austin
She also has her second Yin Yoga 50 HR Teacher Training coming up this January 2023.
Other workshops attended: Forrest Yoga Weekend Workshop, Handstand workshop, Rebirthing workshop, Metamorphosis Yoga Retreat in Ometepe, Nicaragua, various Yin Yoga workshops
She is also a certified classroom generalist teacher for grades 4-8 and a substitute in Hays CISD.