Continuing her education in Costa Rica, she attended a Thai Yoga Certification Retreat. She completed a 200-hour course in Thai Yoga with the The Thai Yoga Center under the direction of Dr. Anthony James at the end of June. Now a certified Thai Yoga Therapist with The International Thai Therapist Association, Karen is enjoying stretching clients on the Thai mat.
Karen also teaches a college course in yoga at University of South Carolina Beaufort and enjoys sharing the yoga experience with her university students. Last year Karen returned to the Hilton Head Health Institute, teaching yoga and introducing Thai Yoga to the spa clientele.
Integrating her love of the outdoors with teaching yoga, she now has classes on the beach, by the lagoons and in the parks both on and off this lovely island. Karen brings an athletic background, an artistic spirit and a desire to balance effort with ease on and off the yoga mat. Karen has become a biking enthusiast, commuting to class venues on her green hybrid TREK. Besides getting fit fast, biking saves on gas and tolls, plus it helps the environment.
Karen is certified to instruct group and private sessions in all forms of yoga - power, vinyasa flow, gentle, hot, beginner's, prenatal and teen. She teaches with love, laughter and acceptance, emphasizing breath, alignment and body awareness. Karen's teaching style is fun, laid-back and challenging, yet accessible to all.