Stacey Schuerman, E-RYT 500 & Certified Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Meditation Guide, is the Co-Founder/Co-Creator/Co-Owner of SunSpark Yoga Studio in Old Towne Orange, an independent family owned studio which embraces community. She grew up mostly in and around Texas and spent several years on the East Coast before finally settling in Southern California in 2008. Her personal yoga practice and journey began in 2002 after a long stint of gym workouts, when she quickly discovered that yoga was the perfect exercise for aerobic capacity, strength development, balance, increased flexibility and stress reduction. Additionally, she immediately embraced the sense of family and the friendly, open environment within the yoga community, and found yoga helped create a sense of balance in an otherwise hectic life. Over time, her yoga practice became less of an “exercise” and more a part of daily life as she gravitated towards a more meditative, mindful practice.
After 5 years of dedicated personal practice, she decided she wanted to share her love of yoga and its transformative power with others. She trained with Johnny Gillespie at Empowered Yoga in Wilmington, Delaware for her RYT-200 Yoga Alliance certification, gaining a solid foundation in an alignment based practice. Since then, she has continued to pursue additional yoga teachings through workshops with Rolf Gates in Power Vinyasa Yoga, David Nichtern in Shambala Meditation, Jillian Pransky in Restorative Yoga, Michael “Mukti” Buck for Thai Yoga Massage and Karma Kids Yoga. In 2011, she completed her RYT-500 certification with Erika Faith of Cloud Nine Yoga in Huntington Beach, CA.
From Stacey, “I consider myself more of a yoga guide than an instructor, and my goal is for my students to tune into their internal intuition in order to let their practice guide them, knowing that each day, each season, brings something a little different to our lives and practice. I always bring a light-hearted playfulness to every class and move mindfully through poses. I encourage students to listen to their own bodies, and I really enjoy working with beginners to make yoga accessible to people of all ages and abilities. Every day I continue to learn and challenge myself to live each day in the present. I strive to live a simple, yet fulfilling life of love, joy and wonder each day and to appreciate the small things, to tread gently on the Earth, to not be afraid to be myself and to inspire others to do the same.”