Certified Instructor

Anna Schroeder grew up in Benicia with her parents and several cats. During high school she developed chronic hip pain that made it difficult to sit for an hour or even fall asleep. She sought out yoga therapy in 2000 at the advice of a massage therapist. She worked with Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class book every day for two months and felt better. Then, on a neighborhood stroll,  fate led her to discover the BYCOI Oakland studio. The first class in the hot studio was more challenging than anything she'd ever tried, but after that hip pain immediately disapeared for a week. A devoted couch potato, it was incredibly difficult for Anna  to make a commitment to regular Bikram practice. But eventually she did, and the hip pain has never returned. Anna recieved her yoga teaching certification in 2002, and her degree in applied nutrition in 2006. She hopes to one day run a Birkam yoga studio and  registered dietician practice.

"I am so grateful to Bikram and everyone who has helped to bring this yoga to me. I would not be the same without the relief, confidence, energy and hope I have received from it. It is a great joy to be able to share t he physical and spiritual transformative power of this yoga with others."

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