Emily Garrett has been teaching yoga since 1999. The first class she taught was to a group of homeless women at a shelter in Portland, Oregon. There, she recognized the powerful benefits of sharing yoga and has continued to study and teach ever since. She is the owner of Laughing River Yoga in Burlington, VT where she teaches yoga and meditation to groups and individuals, co-directs teacher training, and leads annual yogasurf retreats to Maine and Costa Rica. Grounded and warm, Emily brings to her classes a thorough understanding of alignment, patience, and an invitation to compassionately explore one’s self. It is the deep inner stillness she hopes to share with her students, the sense that they are perfect as they are.