About

Beaker Prince, M.A. Ed, E-RYT 500, ATI

Beaker Prince has studied the body-mind connection for over twenty years. She is is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, and is certified in Yoga in the Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) tradition. Beaker holds a M.A. in  Education degree from The Ohio State University , with a focus in Somatic (Body-Mind) Studies. She is a Senior Lecturer in the OSU Department of Human Sciences. 

Beaker's teaching is focused on guiding students away from their habitual, often painful, tension patterns and towards greater freedom and ease of the body, mind, and breath.

Beaker works individually and in small groups with musicians, performers, teachers, and people who are looking to move more comfortably and freely in everyday activity. Students have found the work helpful, often  in conjunction with other modalities, to resolve chronic pain caused by misuse of the body, to regain freer movement after injury, and to calm the nervous system. 

Group yoga classes are informed by a variety of yoga styles, with a focus on the therapeutic body-mind benefits of yoga.  Principles of the Alexander Technique are used to support alignment and embodiment, and insights from polyvagal theory are integrated to promote a calm and balanced Nervous System.  Classes range from gentle to moderate in intensity, and have a strong anatomical focus. 

Beaker completed her 200-hr yoga teacher training in 2005, and her 500-hour therapeutic yoga training in 2007. After studying  Alexander Technique with Bill Conable,  she embarked on a six year apprenticeship with Dale Beaver in 2007, qualifying for an ATI teaching certificate in 2013. Her training and continuing education have incorporated study with a number of other senior Alexander teachers, including Martha Fertman, Meade Andrews, Bob Lada, Robin Gilmore and online teaching with Penelope Easten. 

Beaker is grateful to have had the opportunity to study with senior Yoga teachers including Doug Keller,  Richard Rosen, Richard Miller, Amy Weintraub, Ramanand Patel, Todd Norian, and the immensely knowledgeable Aadil Palkhivala. She has been inspired by the writings of Donna Farhi, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Stephen Cope. 

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