ABOUT

Susan Zim­mer­man, RYT, is pas­sion­ate about yoga as a dis­ci­pline for the body and soul. A stu­dent of yoga since 1994 when she began explor­ing the ben­e­fits of yoga to relieve anx­i­ety when per­form­ing, Susan real­ized the pro­found effect this had on her phys­i­cal and men­tal well being not only in the per­form­ing arts, but in all aspects of her life.

Susan received her com­pre­hen­sive 200-hour teach­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in the nine month Prana Yoga Teacher Train­ing pro­gram, affil­i­at­ed through the New York Open Cen­ter at the Atmanan­da Stu­dio in New York City. This pro­gram, led by Kri­palu teacher train­ing directors/faculty, Dr. Jeff Midgow and Robyn Ross was an all encom­pass­ing jour­ney of yoga study includ­ing asanas (pos­tures), pranaya­ma (breath­ing tech­niques), med­i­ta­tion, relax­ation, chakra study, mantra, chant­i­ng, teach­ing method­ol­o­gy, anato­my and phys­i­ol­o­gy, yog­ic heal­ing, yoga sad­hana, yog­ic scrip­ture and phi­los­o­phy. Susan is a Reg­is­tered Yoga Teacher through the nation­al Yoga Alliance. Always a stu­dent, Susan con­tin­ues to enhance her exist­ing edu­ca­tion with work­shops, sem­i­nars and con­fer­ences to add to her knowledge.

In addi­tion to her yoga train­ing, Susan holds a Bach­e­lors of Fine Arts in Musi­cal The­atre with a minor in Dance from Otter­bein Col­lege, and a Mas­ters in Arts and Human­i­ties Edu­ca­tion from New York University.