Stefanie Eris
Stefanie Eris is a yoga teacher, barre teacher, teacher trainer, and bodyworker based in Philadelphia and New York City. Born in Brooklyn, raised in Jersey, Stefanie grew up on stage singing, dancing, and acting. In 2003, she was introduced to yoga through a theatre conservatory. Reflection and expression of the self through movement, music, and silence seemed instinctual, like she was remembering something she'd forgotten more than learning something for the first time.
She received her first 200-hour yoga certification at Laughing Lotus College of Yoga under the guidance of Dana Flynn and Jasmine Tarkeshi, and began teaching at Exhale Mind Body Spa soon after. From 2012 - 2016, Stefanie served as Exhale's National Yoga Director, and had the rich opportunity to train and teach with some of the counties most highly esteemed teachers. She has led classes of 1,000+ students in Bryant Park and presented at NYC's Yoga Journal Conference. She continues to be a student of the body, sound, and
Stefanie’s vinyasa flow classes are heavily focused on breath, sweat, alignment, rhythm, and repetition. Her classes are both creative and intelligent, incorporating dynamic movements, fluid transitions, healing hands on assists, and thoughtful cues designed to coax into a somatic dance with yourself, body, breath, heart, soul.