Debbie Harrell approaches her teaching with an emphasis on breath, alignment, and compassion. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as an Experienced Hatha Yoga Instructor, E-RYT 200. Her initial Yoga teacher training was in Ashtanga with Beryl Bender Birch at Omega Institute of Holistic Studies in New York and she is a graduate of the universal-movement yoga studio training program. Successfully completing Carol Krucoff and Kimberly Carson’s therapeutic intensive Teaching Yoga to Seniors at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham NC awarded her the titles Yoga for Seniors Instructor and Yoga for Seniors Therapist. This experience led to developing a Yoga for Arthritis class and private instruction dealing with various issues associated with the aging baby boomer population.

For the city of Norfolk she produced a series of chair based exercise programs for seniors and those with mobility challenges that air daily on the Norfolk News Network TV 48. Debbie also enjoys teaching the fundamentals of yoga to a wide variety of students at Tidewater Community College. Many master yoga teachers including Mukunda Stiles, Judith Lasater, John Friend and Donna Farhi have influenced her teaching style through their writings and workshops. Debbie is a graduate of Old Dominion University and resides in the Ocean View area of Norfolk.