Elanor West is an E-RYT 200, RYT-500, RCYT, YACEP with Yoga Alliance who completed her Baptiste-inspired power vinyasa training at UPDOG Studios in Towson, MD; her 95-hour Children's Yoga training with My Vinyasa Practice; and her 300-hour YTT through CorePower Yoga. She currently teaches at CorePower Yoga and the University of Maryland, both in Baltimore, MD. She also ran the Yoga Club where she taught high school for tow years. In addition to power vinyasa, Elanor enjoys practicing slower vinyasa flows, Ashtanga, and yin yoga. She was a competitive figure skater and dancer growing up, and was first introduced to yoga as a child at a figure skating camp. 

A few years later, Elanor was diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), a connective tissue disorder resulting in hypermobile joints and frequent partial and full dislocations. Her doctor recommended yoga (and even wrote a prescription for it) as a way to continue to strengthen muscles and stabilize joints. Elanor fell in love with yoga, and she loves that there are always opportunities for variations and personalization if something "just isn't feeling right" in her or her students' bodies. 

Elanor now works in hospital administration and finance, was a high school math teacher for six year prior, though her full-time jobs have never stopped her from practicing (and/or teaching) yoga daily! She has always had a passion for teaching others, and teaching yoga combines her love for both teaching and yoga.