Liz DeMarco

She suggested I try the practice to combat the aging process, and improve my health. I struggled to build a home practice, based around tapes by Elena Brower & Tara Stiles, never finding a good fit at any studio here in Wenatchee. Laura kept encouraging me to keep practicing, and said, “That when I found the right teacher, I would just know”. Then in January 2013, the very first day beyoutiful HOT YOGA in East Wenatchee, WA opened its doors, my partner Jim walked into the studio. He was looking for a gift for my birthday, and knew I had been searching for a studio. A brand new studio in town, bHY was new and different; he had never heard of hot Yoga so he chatted with Mimi Vimont, the owner, liked what he heard, so bought me the two week new student special. The very first one sold in fact, so I have the honor of officially being Mimi’s first student here in Wenatchee. Fate works in mysterious ways, because from my very first class, I was hooked on hot Hatha and Mimi’s wonderful, non judgmental, fun teaching style. I had found the teacher and practice I had been looking for! As my practice improved and my enthusiasm for both Hatha and Yin increased, Mimi suggested I enroll in teacher training, both to deepen my own practice, and seeing the potential in me to pay forward the benefits of Yoga through teaching. I completed my training 200 Hatha YTT at the Hot Spot School of Yoga, in Yakima WA, learning from Mimi, Mimi’s own teacher Stephanie Howard, and Master Hatha Instructor Carlo Giorno. I started working at Alpine Hot Yoga, in Leavenworth, WA when it opened in 2015 and in 2022 finally started my Yin Teacher training with Shanti Atma Yoga I hope to inspire students as I was inspired to practice this wonderful discipline, philosophy & science. In March of 2023 I moved from the Pacific Northwest of the USA, back to Virginia, in order to be closer to family. In 2024 I plan on opening my own Yin Yoga Centric studio here in Virginia.