Dar Vander Hoop

I hold a BS degree in Dance/Psychology from the UW of Wisconsin, Madison. I graduated with honors in Dec. 1973. My teachers are too numerous to name and include the greats; Dharma Mittra, Alan Finger, Bikram, Swami Bha, Rolf Gates, Mark Whitwell, Tias Little, Bernie Clark, senior Iyengar teachers, ...and many more. I travel internationally training teachers and am a Senior teacher at Bliss Flow Yoga, Inner Fire Yoga, East and West in Madison Wisconsin, and at Perennial Yoga and Wisdom Studies. I presented workshops annually at Bhakti Fest and am a guest teacher yearly at FireShaper Australia/USA. 2012-2016. Will be in residence Feb-April 2016.) I also am in residence at Hot Yoga Bitbart, New Zealand, and at Aloha Yoga in Noosa Heads Australia. I teach Hot Yoga, and Vinyasa Flow. Yin, SLOW Flow, Restorative, Meditation, and Senior classes. I have taught over 23,000 over these four decades. Yoga is my passion and life. I never tire of giving my gifts and am always a student attending many classes and workshops each year. I completed a 50-hour teacher training in Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark at Semperviva Yoga Center in Vancouver BC. 2016 and offer a 15-hour training at various locations several times a year. IN May 2017 I received a 45-hr certificate from Omega Institute in MINDFULNESS with Jon Kabat-Zinn. Feb- April 2019, I will be teaching in various locations in New Zealand, Hawaii, and Los Angeles. THE HEART OF YIN training is coming up June 13-15,2025 at Inner Fire Yoga East.