Stephanie Ann Pappas is the author of Yoga at Your Wall, Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting, and Las Posturas de Yoga in Spanish. Her books are available on amazon.com and other online bookstores.
Stephanie has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1982. She has directed spiritually oriented yoga teacher trainings since 1998, and in 2002 she founded the Devalila Yoga teacher trainig school, a 200 hour registered program which as certified over 300 teachers.
Stephanie is a Somatic Experiencing Trauma Resolution Practitioner. She will incorporate trauma Wise Yoga into her trainings and classes and also offers a 55 hour continuing education Trauma Wise Yoga training.
Stephanie offers her 200 hour level yoga teacher training in Frenchtown NJ, and Tulum, Mexico in a small group settings for a deep and personal experience.
Now, in 2017 she is created a 300 hour Advanced program. Another program can be offered in fall of 2020.
Devalila yoga trainings honor the true roots of yoga as a path to self awareness.
Since Stephanie is an ERYT 500, she offers affordable continuing education workshops for yoga teachers of all levels on the East Coast and can travel if invited to other destinations and countries.
Stephanie has mainly studied with Indian and Tibetan yoga/meditation masters, and so, in her classes, workshops, and teacher trainings, she stays true to the roots of yoga - self awareness, compassion, balance, and self-love.
Her style is deep and inquisitive, yet flowing, liberating, and fun. Breath and sensation are emphasized as doorways to wholeness.
Stephanie has taught yoga in many settings; public, private, corporate, prisons, prison boot camps, homeless shelters, senior centers, retreats, and much more. She is also a licensed massage therapist in PA & NJ. She loves to teach world dance.
Stephanie can teach in English and in Spanish and works part time as a Spanish tutor.
She dedicates her time and personal funds to animal welfare.