Dr. Ariele Foster (PT, DPT, E-RYT 500) is a doctor of physical therapy, a yoga teacher, and anatomy faculty for yoga trainings and 90Monkeys.com online continuing education. She is also an environmentalist with a passion for intelligent, creative asana instruction.

Ariele grew up practicing with her grandmother, started studying optimal health as a teenager, and began teaching yoga in 2001. Her interdisciplinary classes (trained in Kripalu, Anusara, Vinyasa, YogaWorks and Therapeutics) are enriched by biomechanical smarts, therapeutic know-how, great playlists and humor.

Dr. Foster specializes in manual and orthopedic physical therapy, including myofascial release, and incorporates yoga into physical therapy rehabilitation plans with an eye on functional movement and whole body medicine. She lives and treats patients in Washington, DC as well as leads yoga and yoga anatomy retreats around the world.

Read Dr. Foster’s blog at http://sacredsourceyoga.com/; stay connected at http://facebook.com/SacredSourceYoga, twitter.com/ArieleYoga, and instagram.com/ariele_superstar