Jodie Rufty is currently registered with Yoga Alliance as a ERYT 500, which means that they completed their yoga teacher training at an active RYS.

Jodie Rufty is a Senior Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer currently leading both the 200 and 300hr Teacher Training programs with Yoga Works virtually.

Jodie was the East Coast Director of Trainer Development for Yoga Works from 2015-2020 and has been a Senior Trainer for both the 200 & 300hr Trainings for the past 19yrs.

She has been teaching Yoga since 1995 throughout New York, California as well as Internationally. Jodie co-founded Amrita Yoga Center NYC in September of 2002 and helped launch Nava Yoga Center in Zagreb Croatia in June 2004. She is also the author of “The Art of Yoga Sequencing” published in 2008. Jodie has continued her education with many teachers including Rodney Yee, Genny Kapuler, and Ana Forrest, completing several Training Intensives in 1998, 2000 & 2003. While living in California in 1998, Jodie taught at the Yoga Studio of Mill Valley and continued her studies at Yoga Works in Los Angeles with many teachers such as Lisa Walford, Eric Schifmann & Shiva Rea.Jodie is registered to teach through Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT 500 hour level receiving several 200 & 300 hr certifications by Alan Finger in the ISHTA lineage, Alison West of Yoga Union and Yoga Works. Jodie currently resides in NYC where she continues to study, practice and teach Yoga . She continues to draw much of her spiritual inspiration and guidance from Amritanandamayama or (“Amma” “Ammachi” the hugging mother from India) and is incredibly grateful to all her teachers over the years. Jodie also teaches many workshops and retreats worldwide throughout the year.