Lela Beem

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT)

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist

Member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists

Work and Training Resume

2001

Worked for Alternative Youth Adventures, a wilderness therapy program for incarcerated teenage boys in the Utah desert.

Began regular study and practice of yoga with Tom Gillette, director of Eyes of the World Yoga, Providence, RI

2002

Graduated summa cum laude from The University of Massachusetts Amherst with a self-designed major in Multicultural & Experiential Education and a minor in Spanish.

2003

Americorps job in Woonsocket, RI as an after-school program director for Latino kids in public housing

2003-2004

Travel; study of yoga and Buddhism; teaching English in India and Thailand. Completed 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh in Thailand.

2005

Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training, 200 hours

2005-2007

Yoga teacher at White Iris Yoga, North Shore Yoga, Crate & Barrel Corporate HQ

2005-2010

Yoga teacher at the Heartwood Center for Body Mind Spirit; prenatal yoga and private instruction

2007-2009

Yoga teacher (Hatha and Prenatal) at Generations Yoga

2007

10 day Vipassana silent meditation retreat

2008

Advanced anatomy training with Ellen Heed

2007-2009

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy training, Bristol, VT; 700 hours

2007-Present

ParaYoga Master trainings with Rod Stryker in Tantric Hatha yoga and meditation. Completed "Vinyasa Krama," "Prana," and "Yoga of Fulfillment"

2009-Present

Director of Therapeutic yoga program for high-needs foster kids at the Rice Child + Family Center; member of the leadership board; yoga instructor for kids and staff

2010

Attended Yoga Therapy Conference at Kripalu in Lenox, MA

Opened Grateful Yoga of Evanston with co-owner Nick Beem