Beth Novian Hughes is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS). Beth's Yoga teacher training started in 2006 at Atlanta Yoga Shala where she obtained her RTY200 designation in 2008, continued at Asheville Yoga Center where she received her first RYT500 designation in 2011, and then further continued as part of her Yoga Therapy Master's Degree from Maryland University of Integrative Health where she obtained her second RYT500 designation in 2015.
Beth Novian Hughes' diverse background makes it very easy for her to meet her client's needs whatever they may be: Physical or Emotional. Stress is often reflected in the human body; yoga therapy examines the whole person to find not only the immediate pain/issue but the true source. Beth particularly loves working with the breath to both assess the physical body and lower stress in her clients, and with meditation, specifically iRest (r), to aid in processing issues. She can help with chronic pain, injuries, diseases such as cancer, diabetes, scoliosis, and heart disease to bring health and healing to you. Beth is a soon to be published yoga researcher having researched the relationship between yoga and aging, gender, cancer, non-communicable diseases, stress, psychological issues, and the comparison of medication to meditation in lowering cortisol.
Beth has been studying and teaching yoga in Rome, GA for a very long time, is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and Yoga Alliance Registry. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT having completed her second Masters of Science degree in Yoga Therapy through Maryland University of Integrative Health and is an iRest Certified Teacher of Meditation. She has over 9000 hours of therapeutic experience qualifying her for Yoga Alliance's highest designation eRYT500. She is currently an Instructor of Kinesiology at Berry College and Clinical Faculty at Maryland University of Integrative Health/ Notre Dame of Maryland University.
The main thrust of Beth's life has always evolved around five main subjects: music, education, spirituality, fitness, and technology. These subjects come around cyclically slowly unraveling their true meaning and place in her life.
Beth has been married since 1983, has two adult daughters, and many grandchildren....and a dog.