Tawny Sterios is a mother, Qoya teacher, doula, circle guide, and nature enthusiast who has taught yoga and led circles and retreats nationally and internationally for 20 years. She is a RYT500 teacher certified in both Kundalini and Hatha Yoga, a Pre/Post Partum Doula, and a certified Qoya dancer. Tawny has been a featured model in Yoga Journal Magazine (2011-12) and was also in a select group of yoga instructors invited to the Obama White House (2011-2013) to teach for one of the First Lady's anti-obesity initiatives. During the pandemic, she created Elemental Reverence an online and in-person course to support humans in creating a relationship with the elements of nature around them and within them using embodied movement, Ayurveda, ritual, mindfulness, and openness to the mystery.

Born in Southern California ⎯and currently living in San Luis Obispo, CA, after a year abroad in Aoteroa, New Zealand, with her family. She is happy to be back hiking in the hills and jumping in the sea. She is currently in a master's program at Pacifica Graduate in Santa Barbara, CA Institute, studying Depth Psychology. She is looking forward to connecting to the land in Sedona and this community as we emerge into spring together ⎯ creating our shared future and letting it create us.