THE LEADER IN MindBodyFitness EDUCATION “If you can breathe, you can do yoga.” - Beth Shaw, founder & president Established in 1994, YogaFit has trained over 100,000 yoga and fitness professionals worldwide and is the largest train- ing school for yoga instructors in North America. When founder and president Beth Shaw began teaching yoga in the early 90’s, she quickly recognized that traditional teaching methods could be perplexing to the mainstream and were not easily integrated into traditional fitness club settings. Firm in her belief that yoga could benefit and transform anyone’s life, Beth developed a unique, user- friendly and fitness-oriented style of yoga that revolution- ized the fitness industry. With a modest beginning, selling wares out of the trunk of her car, Beth soon was approached by SportsCenter Fitness in Redondo Beach to create the first yoga center within a sports club. Instantly met with overwhelming popularity, it was only three years later that YogaFit began conducting teacher trainings for instructors to teach in the demystified YogaFit style. yogafit.com twitter.com/yogafit_ press inquiries: [email protected] facebook.com/YogaFitTrainingSystemsWorldwide YogaFit’s teacher trainings have grown to over twenty course offerings, meeting the needs of all individuals and fitness levels and approved by Yoga Alliance for 200 and 500 hour certification. With an innovative approach to satisfying the needs of yoga enthusiasts and professionals, YogaFit also has developed popular lines of environmentally-friendly, US manufactured clothing, original DVD workout programs, audio CD’s and a diverse range of accessories for all mind-body fitness needs. Internationally recognized as a foremost authority on yoga and fitness, Beth Shaw’s expertise has been profiled in print and television programs including Oprah’s O Magazine, Time, Entrepreneur, CNN, USA Today, Prevention, More, Glamour, Self, Yoga Journal, E Style Network, Showtime’s Penn & Teller and many others. Firmly committed to community service and advocacy, Beth Shaw maintains that “Karma Yoga is the most important yoga we can do,” and requires all trainees to complete a mandatory community service requirement in settings where yoga would otherwise be inaccessible. Beth is also well known in the Los Angeles area and beyond for her advocacy on behalf of animals and support for humanitarian causes and she is the founder of the nonprofit organization Visionary Women in Fitness, providing grants and scholarships to women in need. With a clear vision and a desire to improve the lives of all people, YogaFit continues to expand and grow.

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THE LEADER IN

MindBodyFitness

EDUCATION“If you can breathe, you can do yoga.”

- Beth Shaw, founder & president

Established in 1994, YogaFit has trained over 100,000 yoga and fitness professionals worldwide and is the largest train-ing school for yoga instructors in North America. When founder and president Beth Shaw began teaching yoga in the early 90’s, she quickly recognized that traditional teaching methods could be perplexing to the mainstream and were not easily integrated into traditional fitness club settings. Firm in her belief that yoga could benefit and transform anyone’s life, Beth developed a unique, user-friendly and fitness-oriented style of yoga that revolution-ized the fitness industry.

With a modest beginning, selling wares out of the trunk of her car, Beth soon was approached by SportsCenter Fitness in Redondo Beach to create the first yoga center within a sports club. Instantly met with overwhelming popularity, it was only three years later that YogaFit began conducting teacher trainings for instructors to teach in the demystified YogaFit style.

yogafit.com twitter.com/yogafit_press inquiries: [email protected] facebook.com/YogaFitTrainingSystemsWorldwide

YogaFit’s teacher trainings have grown to over twenty course offerings, meeting the needs of all individuals and fitness levels and approved by Yoga Alliance for 200 and 500 hour certification.

With an innovative approach to satisfying the needs of yoga enthusiasts and profes-sionals, YogaFit also has developed popular lines of environmentally-friendly, US manufactured clothing, original DVD workout programs, audio CD’s and a diverse range of accessories for all mind-body fitness needs.

Internationally recognized as a foremost authority on yoga and fitness, Beth Shaw’s expertise has been profiled in print and television programs including Oprah’s O Magazine, Time, Entrepreneur, CNN, USA Today, Prevention, More, Glamour, Self, Yoga Journal, E Style Network, Showtime’s Penn & Teller and many others.

Firmly committed to community service and advocacy, Beth Shaw maintains that “Karma Yoga is the most important yoga we can do,” and requires all trainees to complete a mandatory community service requirement in settings where yoga would otherwise be inaccessible. Beth is also well known in the Los Angeles area and beyond for her advocacy on behalf of animals and support for humanitarian causes and she is the founder of the nonprofit organization Visionary Women in Fitness, providing grants and scholarships to women in need. With a clear vision and a desire to improve the lives of all people, YogaFit continues to expand and grow.