"You are the sky, everything else is just the weather" - Pema Chodron
Practicing yoga for 22 years and teaching for 18 years, Donna’s professional yoga training consists of a 500 hour, Yoga Alliance, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher Certification (500hr E-RYT/ YACEP), a 300hr Sattva Yoga Academy training, and a C-IAYT, Yoga Therapist certification. Donna is currently a Senior Master Trainer for YogaFit, and Owner and Director of Peace Tree Yoga and the Enlightened Living Center in Burlington, WI.
Focusing on the need to nourish and empower the individual, while also creating a place to grow in a conscious, open-hearted community, Donna inspires to offer yoga classes, small group / individual yoga therapy, workshops, events, and retreats, along with other healing modalities that compliment yoga.
Donna has had training in and is passionate about the benefits of energy medicine such as Thai Massage, Reiki, Crystal Therapy, Aromatherapy and the Aromatouch Technique. Her specialty trainings have included the areas of Ayurveda, Mediation, Yoga Nidra, Medicinal Aromatherapy, Thai Yoga Massage, and Ageless Grace. Donna declares that yoga, meditation and nature are her best medicine. She stays grounded by aligning with her intention and staying true to her dharma, and hopes to inspire and empower others to do the same.