Andrew J MooreAndrew discovered yoga in 2011 during a transitional and transformational time in his life. He was not thinking about healing trauma or spirituality; he simply thought yoga would be a good way to gain core strength and flexibility. As is his way, he umped into a 90-minute power yoga flow for his first class. As he lay on his back in final resting pose, humbled in a pool of his own sweat, he knew that he was changed and that his reasons for "trying yoga" were no longer related to why he would continue to practice. Since that first class, Andrew has maintained his yoga practice and applied the principles of yoga to many aspects of his life. As a community health worker with the Peace Corps serving in rural Namibia, he developed an introductory yoga program for the youth in his community. This was part of a larger life-skills curriculum to help grade eight learners deal with the complexities of adolescent life in hostel schools of the Kavango West region. He is a graduate of Transformation Yoga Project's Yoga Teacher Training, earning his RYT200 through a unique partnership with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, which brings yoga students from the community and prisons together to become certified instructors. Andrew works with youth in residential placement and is actively teaching trauma-informed yoga. He holds a Bachelor's degree in sociology from Penn State University and a Master's in applied statistics from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Read More Read Less