About Beth
Beth Rigby, Founder of Yoga Meets Dance, is an expert at combining gentle yoga, exhilerating music and fun-filled movement for non-dancers and dancers alike to reduce stress and create heart-warming community. She has been teaching Gentle Kripalu Yoga and Yoga Meets Dance for over 20 years. Beth previously served as a Staff Instructor and Program Director at the world-renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health where she directed filled-to-capacity retreats. A gymnast in her youth, she was certified to teach Kripalu Hatha Yoga, Kripalu DansKinetics, and YogaRhythmics in 1995. She has created and directed dozens of wellness retreats and has over 10,000 hours teaching experience with yoga studios, fitness centers, corporations, cruise ships, and schools throughout the U.S. Beth works with a wide variety of populations and adapts classes for teenagers, those in wheelchairs, trauma survivors and seniors.
Beth was introduced to Soto Zen Meditation in 1994 at the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and has attended dozens of meditation retreats including at Zen Mountain Peace Center, Southern Dharma, and Upaya Zen Center. In 1992, Beth received Swedish, Sports Clinical and Neuromuscular Massage Therapy certifications from the Academy of Somatic Healing Arts in Atlanta and worked for ten years as a massage therapist. A background in meditation and massage informs her gentle teaching style in addition to indepth knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Beth’s teaching style is gentle and welcoming to beginners.
*Beth is available to travel internationally to bring a retreat or Yoga Meets Dance™ training to your location and also offers easy-to-understand astrology readings.
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