Christine Farnandis is a certified Svaroopa® Yoga teacher and a registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance, a national accreditation organization. Her background includes being a chef, animal lover, movie buff, and gardener. She also has a Master’s degree and taught Women’s Studies at the college level for seven years. She became familiar with Svaroopa yoga after experiencing acute back spasms, due mainly to overactivity. Yoga taught her to slow down, feel her body, and take care of it. She has been practicing the style since 2000. Christine enjoys guiding students inward, helping them to feel comfortable with themselves and their bodies. The blissful glow on a student’s face at the end of class always reminds her why she became a yoga teacher, and that is to improve people’s lives by contributing to their health and happiness. Christine received training from Rama Berch, originator and heart of Svaroopa® yoga and founder of Master Yoga Foundation, a non-profit that provides education and support for Svaroopis internationally. Rama received a “cosmic download” through spiritual iniation from her Guru, which awakened her body and revealed to her the workings of the spine as the conduit of consciousness. She passes on this knowledge through her teachings, infusing them with great clarity, compassion, and love. Christine’s extensive training has included 700 hours of instruction, including anatomy and physiology, yoga philosophy, teaching methodology, supervised teaching experience, and detailed exploration of over 100 asanas (yoga poses). As Master Yoga Foundation’s recent catalog states “Even teachers in other styles recognize Svaroopa® yoga teachers as the most qualified and highly trained teachers with unsurpassed skill in handling diverse bodies.”

Christine Farnandis, Yoga Instructor / Therapist
(541) 231-5992 ~ [email protected]