About the Author

Laurie Sanford has practiced yoga for 14 years and is certified under Rob Greenberg, owner of the Yoga for Peace Studio in Margaretville, NY. She has been teaching for eight years and currently provides yoga instruction to adults. Laurie has trained at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, as well as the Himalayan Institute. She currently resides with her husband and daughter in the Catskill Mountains, where they run a weekly newspaper.

Nancy Forstbauer has been practicing yoga for more than 15 years and has studied under Shiva Rea, leading teacher of Prana Flow Yoga and Yoga Trance Dance. She has also studied with Rodney Yee and his wife Colleen at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and with Jill Miller, originator of the Yoga Tune Up DVDs. Nancy runs the Stargayzer Yoga studio in Stamford, NY where she holds classes throughout the week. In 2007, she was certified in Yoga Trance Dance. She currently resides in the Catskill Mountains where she works as a Speech Language Pathologist in the area schools.