About Robin Rothenberg

Robin Rothenberg is an internationally respected yoga therapist, running accredited training programs for teachers and therapists. She received certification in both the Iyengar and Viniyoga traditions, and completed her yoga therapy training with Gary Kraftsow of American Viniyoga Institute in 2000. She has also been influenced by the teachings of Swami Satchidananda, having studied extensively with Nischala Joy Devi, and has also trained with Richard Miller in the use of i-Rest, or Yoga Nidra as a healing modality.

For 18 years Robin has been the owner and program director of The Yoga Barn, with flourishing studios located in Issaquah and Fall City, Washington. She has trained the teachers at the studio and teaches two therapeutic classes weekly. Additionally, she sees private clients for individual yoga therapy. Robin sits on the advisory board of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), and has presented on lower back pain at SYTAR (Symposium for Yoga Therapy and Research) and on anxiety at NAMA (National Ayurvedic & Medical Association). In 2008, she helped launch the Yoga Therapy Program at Mt. Royal University in Calagary, CA, and is currently an adjunct faculty member and part of the University's Advisory Council for Yoga Therapy.

Robin has been teaching yoga teachers for the last ten years at the YA 500 hr. level. She developed The Essential Low Back Training Intensive to teach yoga teachers from any hatha tradition how to adapt their classes appropriately for students with low back pain and is now launching a comprehensive Yoga Therapy Program. Robin co-authored the protocol and taught the classes for the landmark study Comparing Yoga, Exercise, and a Self-Care Book for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Trial, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in Dec., 2005. Her ground-breaking work in the field of yoga research has been written about in the New York Times, Seattle Times, Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga and Natural Health. She continues to work in the field of yoga research having written the protocol for another NIH study, designed to reduce hot flashes in women in menopause, and collaborating with researchers on a study addressing arthritis in seniors.

On a personal note, Robin lives in Fall City, Washington with her husband Peter. They have two beautiful, grown daughters and a darling granddaughter all who live in the northwest. Robin's journey into yoga began with her own chronic health issues, ranging from auto-immune dysfunction to acute low back and neck pain. Yoga has always been central to her healing regime through the years, and now at age 50, Robin has established a level of health and well-being she could never imagined as a young adult. It is her 'dharma' and passion to share the wealth of knowledge and blessed teachings that have been passed down to her from the yoga lineage and she is enormously grateful to all of the teachers that have mentored her over the years. Robin is currently engaged in Morei Derekh, a training in Jewish Spiritual Direction that is deepening her understanding of her own faith, and fulfilling her intention to better support students and clients spiritually as an integral part of their healing journey.