Who is Christie Hall?

I am a teacher with no woo-woo. I specialize in assisting students struggling with physical problems. I understand the fear of re-injury that often results. Both my hips are artificial implants. Many vertebrae in the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine are unstable, and as a result, several spinal discs have disintegrated. I have mild scoliosis and fibromyalgia. The joint disintegration was first diagnosed in my knees in 1984. The physical problems have given me a particular interest in anatomy in the context of yoga and in studying therapeutic yoga modifications.  My classes are suitable for prenatal students.   

Suffering from joint and disc degeneration, I began studying yoga in 1995. The pain relief brought on by regular practice led me to want to share the gift of yoga and to start teaching in 1997. I have studied continuously with senior teachers of Iyengar yoga since 1997, starting with Karin O'Bannon. (I am grateful every day to have known Karin, who died June 10, 2013.)  

But far beyond the physical, yoga has transformed my life. I have found the person within through yoga: I found someone courageous where I had always been fearful; I found someone who could be content after decades of longing and frustration; I found someone who didn’t have to be angry all the time. And the journey of discovery continues every day.   

In September 2005, I had the great good fortune to study under BKS Iyengar and senior teachers at the Yoga Journal Conference in Colorado. Iyengar Yoga conventions attended: 

• St. Paul, Minnesota, May 2004
• Las Vegas, May 2007, led by Geeta Iyengar
• Yogacharya Festival, Santa Clara, July 2007,  taught by the world's top Iyengar teachers. 
• Washington, D.C., May 2012 
• San Diego, May 2013
• Dallas, April 2019, led by Abhijata Iyengar
• Other significant teachings: 
• Birjoo Mehta, San Diego, September 2015, San Marcos, September 2017, creating a new level of understanding of Iyengar yoga.   

I took workshops and specialized classes at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles until 2019.  I study regularly with Manouso Manos. I attended four years of Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics sessions taught by Manouso Manos, which ran through January 2019. 

I continue my studies of yoga therapeutics through Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics.    

• I am certified as a yoga therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (c-IAYT).

• I am an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) at the 200-hour level with Yoga Alliance. 

• I received my introductory Iyengar yoga certificate in 2015. 

• I completed my master's degree in human movement in November 2009 through the Arizona School of Health Sciences, AT Still University.