Profile and Credentials

Joani began her career as an educator teaching science at the University of Miami  and Home Economics in the public schools.  She also studied nursing and massage therapy.   With this experience and education she brings both compassion and science to all her yoga students and massage clients.

Joani Glasser, M.S., RYT-500, and LMP holds a Master's degree in Education and is RYT with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 level.  She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and the creator of the highly-acclaimed Yoga CD:  Gentle And Flowing - Yoga With Joani.

Yoga:  With over 30 years experience, and thousands of students, Joani has taught yoga in Miami, FL since 1977, and in Bel Air, MD, in Bellevue/Renton area of WA and now in Bellingham, WA.  She has studied Yoga nationally and internationally,and has been influenced by Lilias Folan, "The First Lady of Yoga" as well as many other fine teachers.  Joani has attended numerous workshops, retreats, and yoga conferences in California, the Bahamas, Tokyo, Montana, Houston, New York, Miami, and Seattle/Bellevue with inspiring teachers and mentors. She has taken several intensive courses in Yoga for Back Therapy and her students have experienced greater mobility and strength.

Classes:  Joani Glasser currently teaches yoga classes at the  Chinese Martial Arts Academy, 414 W. Bakerview Rodad in Bellingham and  at the Fitness Center at Valley Medical in Renton, WA.