Dawn Hayes, CYT

Dawn is first and foremost a student of yoga, eager to learn and expand her knowledge of the eight-limbed royal path. Her classes emphasize breathing, balance and grounding as the foundations of asana and a launching pad to introduce yoga into daily life and the world.

Dawn began to study yoga in 2001 with the Himalayan Institute, and she considers the three months that she lived there the seed from which her practice and teaching has grown. Many people have inspired and encouraged Dawn in her path to teach, and she values their guidance and support of her as a student and a teacher. It is this same relationship and attitude that she aspires to provide her students.

As a student of yoga and teaching, Dawn completed Tias Little's Prajna Yoga 200hr Teacher Training (Parts 1-3) in 2007. She apprentices weekly at the Yoga Circle with local teacher Gabriel Halpern where she helps students with the terapeutic application of yoga for a variety of ailments, conditions and injuries. The influence of these two teachers has given Dawn a firm foundation that she incorporates in the classes she teaches and in her own practice.

Dawn's role at Moksha continues to evolve from the day she first took a class at the Lakeview studio. She has since held a weekly shift at the front desk, completed Daren's teacher training, and is now the Manager of Moksha's Riverwest Studio. Each change provides Dawn a new challenge and a better understanding of herself and the world.