Roger grew up near Fort Worth, Texas, where practicing yoga was not commonplace and where it could quite possibly have gotten you beaten up. He attended his first yoga class (hot yoga!) with Albina in 2001 and has been a student of yoga ever since. He finds that yoga is a perfect complement to all of his other fitness activities: basketball, running, swimming, cycling, triathlon and weight-lifting, but that nothing feels as good, works the body and clears the mind as well as a good yoga class. Roger has practiced many forms of yoga over the years (hatha, ashtanga, iyengar, and vinyasa), and he studied under Lex Gillan, founder of one of the oldest independent yoga studios in the country, to earn his teaching certificate. In addition to lots of specific advice on the practice and teaching of yoga, Lex taught him that yoga isn’t something you do, it is something you live. Roger hopes that he can share that experience with his students so that they too can reap the numerous benefits of yoga. Roger is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor, RYT500.