Meta Chaya Hirschl
Meta Chaya Hirschl, originator of the YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice Program, has studied yoga for decades and been teaching for ten years. Before opening her yoga studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she received a bachelor of science degree in Food Science, took a job as a brewing supervisor, then earned a master of business administration degree in Information Systems and worked as a computer systems consultant, technical software writer, and university lecturer.
Meta took her first yoga class in 1978. Years later, after working in business, teaching in academia, and writing software books, she was drawn back to yoga following the development of a serious illness. Her passion for yoga led her to eventually open a studio and later establish the YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice Program, a nationally accredited curriculum incorporating a variety of traditions and styles.
In her spare time, Meta reads voraciously, studies Sanskrit, teaches yoga, and conducts yoga workshops and retreats. The mother of two grown daughters, she resides in New Mexico, where she cultivates her garden and her dream to disseminate world peace through yoga.
Meta’s interests include yoga of course, her chickens, Janice, Gigi, Dreamsicle, Taffy; hiking (esp the Grand Canyon), running (slowly), tennis, biking (when not too cold, she’s a self-titled weather wimp), reading, local theatre, and her yoga students who she loves and honors. We are all students and to share the path with like-minded ones is the nectar.
Meta took her first yoga class in 1978. Years later, after working in business, teaching in academia, and writing software books, she was drawn back to yoga following the development of a serious illness. Her passion for yoga led her to eventually open a studio and later establish the YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice Program, a nationally accredited curriculum incorporating a variety of traditions and styles.
In her spare time, Meta reads voraciously, studies Sanskrit, teaches yoga, and conducts yoga workshops and retreats. The mother of two grown daughters, she resides in New Mexico, where she cultivates her garden and her dream to disseminate world peace through yoga.
Education
BS, Purdue University, 1978
MBA, Graduated with Distinction, New York University, 1985
Yoga Training
Registered Yoga Teacher, e500 hr (the highest level attainable from the Yoga Alliance)
Trained as both a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, 2001
Own and operate YogaNow in downtown Albuquerque, NM since March 2001.
Developed and conduct YogaNow Teacher Training Apprentice Program, training yoga teachers each year, both at the first level, 200 hr and the advanced level, 500 hr.
Author and Publisher of Vital Yoga: A Sourcebook for Students and Teachers
Specialized training in dealing with Yoga and Asthma, Yoga for Teens, Yoga for Adults and Depression. Teaches public classes for all levels.
Samples of experience teaching teens:
- Taught teen dancers for Keshet Dance Company in multiple years; This program is a two semester weekly class that includes ages from 12-18 and a wide variety of abilities.
- Taught students of the emotionally challenged program, ages 17-22, part of a specialized APS program.
- Annually teach Bosque Middle and High School students as part of a spring break program.
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