Valerie Kiser

She became a yoga therapist in 2006 as a natural progression of teaching yoga and her desire to help students on a more personal level. Valerie’s love of learning carries her to study with the top yoga teachers across the country. She spent over 10 years in information technology in the banking industry prior to working full-time at the studio. Valerie believes that yoga is a practice that allows us to take charge of our own lives through growth, balance, and peace. Valerie has completed a 1200-hour Advanced Teacher Training certification from Sun and Moon Yoga Studios in Fairfax/Arlington, VA with JJ Gormley. Valerie is a C-IAYT. Valerie is also a Certified Prenatal Yoga instructor, a Relax and Renew Advanced Trainer ® (Restorative Yoga with Judith Lasater), an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, an Elise Browning Miller Yoga for Scoliosis Trainer and an iRest Teacher Level II (Yoga Nidra). Valerie teaches Cardiac Yoga ® (Cardiac Yoga is a registered trademark of M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D. and is used with exclusive permission). Valerie is a 500-hour experienced registered yoga teacher (500 E-RYT) and YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider) through the Yoga Alliance. Her first teacher training was completed with Cindy Dollar, an Iyengar-certified teacher in Asheville, NC. Valerie is the owner and director of Sunrise Yoga Studio in Clemmons, NC as well as the co-director of East Coast Yoga Therapy Training. She teaches private sessions and group classes of all levels from chair yoga to level 4. Valerie is also the director of the Sunrise Yoga Teacher Training Programs and offers 200 and 300-hour programs that are registered with Yoga Alliance and continuing education courses.