New to IB? Take advantage of our Introductory offers. Chris Yovanovich began her yogic journey in after a long battle with fibromyalgia. Her focus was primarily on breathwork and meditation. Since she felt so much better without ever stepping into a yoga class, she went st. This allowed her to completely heal and after working 10 years serving as a social worker in long-term care, she decided to dedicate herself to sharing the healing aspects of yoga with as many as possible. She began by teaching yoga full time at Cityoga from , as well as teaching at several small to mid-sized businesses and schools in the Indianapolis area.
Chris then began her yogic journey at Peace through Yoga in She designed and taught their first nationally accredited hour yoga teacher training and continued with 10 more yoga teacher trainings.
She eventually designed and taught 3βhour yoga teacher training. Along the way, she designed and taught an accelerated version of 2βhour yoga teacher training at Butler University with Dr.
Sally Bassett. The historic building that she and her husband renovated served them well. During that time, she led hour yoga teacher trainings and hour yoga teacher trainings, before they sold the building after the pandemic hit.
Over the course of those 5 years, Chris also taught hour yoga teacher trainings at Christian Theological Seminary with theologian, Dr. Helene Russell. The most recent group graduated in December Integrating this training into 3 semesters of classes focusing on Viniyoga yoga therapy gave way to a groundbreaking marriage of yoga with the Master of Divinity and Mental Health tracks of study.
