Pearce would like to recognize Barbara Graff as our August Employee of the Month!
Barbara has been a Yoga Instructor for the past 11 months here at Pearce.
She studied at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center Ashram in the Bahamas, completing 500 hours of Yoga Teacher Training and receiving a certificate as a Yoga Acharya (Master of Yoga). She also completed an additional 300 hours of teacher training at the Himalayan Yoga Institute in Pondicherry, South India. As a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda and Kriya Yoga, she completed a pilgrimage to India, visiting and meditating at key cities of significant yogis, sages, and rishis. She wants to share all she has learned and inspire others to practice yoga.
In her free time, she practices yoga and weight training. She also enjoys knitting, sewing & quilting.
Barbara’s favorite part of working at Pearce is the collegial atmosphere among the staff and being inspired by instructors and members.
At this time – Barbara does not have any pets but since she is settling down in this area, she would like to rescue a dog or a cat.
One of her favorite members is Diane Harlan – “she always inspires me and makes me smile with her positive attitude & energy”.
Three words that could be used to describe Barbara are: active, devoted and yogini.
Her favorite saying is, “Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah” – from Patanjali Maharishi, Raja Yoga Sutras. It means: Yoga calms the mental whirlpool of the mind.
Barbara wants to teach others the benefits of yoga practice – spiritual, physical and mental.
Her favorite movie is Crimes of the Heart (among many others). Something that you may not know about Barbara is that before she retired she worked as an Educational Psychologist with special training & emphasis in autism spectrum and applied behavioral analysis.
Thank you, Barbara, for choosing to be a part of our Pearce family!