Essential Yoga Therapy

Feb 2019

I attended the Essential Low Back Program with Robin in July 2018, it was amazing! I ended up looking online for a yoga teacher training specifically to deal with low back pain and conditions (I am in Missouri-no local teachers with specific training), and I am so grateful to find Robin. She has such passion for what she does and extensive knowledge. One of my favorite things is that she holds space evenly for students to learn, she is punctual and she wants to make sure that you fully understand as she is there to help. I recommend Robin to anyone looking for an authentic teacher, breath coach or therapeutic teacher that sees people as whole beings.

Jul 2011

I am a 200-hour certified RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) who has taken the Low Back 5-day intensive from Robin Rothenberg (Fall 2010), and a 1-day workshop on upper back (April 2011 at Bastyr), also from Robin. I just completed the 5-month Advanced Studies, as preparation for the Essential Yoga Therapy 500-hour teacher training (YTT). Robin is an excellent teacher. She explains all aspects of the 8-fold path of yoga clearly, encourages discussion, offers resources for further exploration, and my personal and professional lives have benefitted immensely. I have also worked one-on-one with Robin, as my body has had its share of trauma - 3 car accidents, a partially separated shoulder from Aikido back in 1996, a significant foot injury that impacts how I walk, and how my hips align - which impacts my physical asana (yoga poses). (By now, you can tell that us yoga teachers are not perfect, bendy pretzels - let's dispel that myth!) I feel that I can not only speak to how Robin teaches the 8-fold path, but also how she works one-on-one for yoga therapy. I am very much looking forward to the 14-month teacher training, as I know it will inform my own yoga practice as well as my approach as a yoga teacher. As someone wanting to make yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of what may be considered physical limitations, I know that working with Robin is a major step towards that goal. Robin's website will be updated with her class schedule at the new Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Issaquah ( as the Yoga Barn in Issaquah is closed (I'm writing this on 7/17/2011). Robin and many of the Issaquah Yoga Barn teachers will be teaching in this new space. Check it out! As with my other reviews, I give Essential Yoga Therapy 10 thumbs up!