Jane Barrett, E-RYT-500, YACEP, director/owner of Raleigh Yoga Center, began teaching in 1979. She is a licensed educator with a B.S. in Social Sciences and master studies in learning disabilities. A founding member of the Yoga Teachers Association of New York, she is also a current member of the Iyengar Yoga Associations of Greater New York and the Southeast. Having successfully run her own yoga business in New York for 19 years, she relocated to North Carolina and joined the staff of Raleigh Yoga Center in 1998 and became the owner of the studio in 2010. In addition to studying with nationally know Iyengar teachers for over 35 years, Jane has received teacher training from Joan White, Patricia Walden, Elise Browning Miller, Judith Hanson Lasater, John Schumacher and Bobbi Goldin. She has also taken multiple teacher training courses with Aadil Palkhivala and Doug Keller. For over 10 years Jane has been honored to assist her dear friend and mentor, certified Iyengar teacher, Bobbi Goldin, at an annual week-long Iyengar yoga retreat on Sanibel Island. She continues her studies and brings to her own classes her years of experience as a student and a teacher, a dedication to alignment based yoga practice, a joyful heart and sense of humor.