About Us

Downtown Durango in the Smiley Building

1309 East Third Avenue

First Floor, Room 10

donna@desertnomadyoga.com

Desert Nomad Yoga

We offer a variety of services to give you or your employees tools they can use to reduce stress and/or improve nutrition or physical fitness, as well as offering fun, invigorating or restorative adventure packages and creative gift ideas.

Located in Durango, Colorado, Desert Nomad Yoga is dedicated to helping people attain health, fitness, and well-being through yoga, meditation, stress reduction and play. We offer in-studio yoga classes for beginners and intermediates or, as the name of “Nomad” implies, we journey to where you need us, whether it’s your living room or conference room. We can even meet you out in the Desert for an after bike ride yoga session, or take you to a mountain top for some top of the world asanas. Instruction can be private or by group or by private group. As “Nomads” we’re free to move where we will, from studio to studio, from home to conference or community center.

For those who would like to combine their yoga with outdoor adventure, we offer customized yoga adventure packages. Call and let’s talk about it.

Experience and Education

Desert Nomad Yoga is owned and operated by Donna Stewart.

Donna has been practicing yoga for seven years and teaching for five. Her form of yoga is influenced by several different disciplines, but primarily Astanga, Anasura, Vinyasa Flow, Kripalu and Iyengar, which basically translates to a style that is dynamic, builds muscle, tone & flexibility, and it flows and fascilitates a mind/body connection. Studying other traditions, martial art forms and philosophies add different dimensions to each class. Some classes might even incorporate teachings from Joseph Pilates or Aikido. Each class offers students the opportunity to set their own pace, whether they want to challenge themselves, play or just be in the moment.

Donna originally apprenticed with an Astanga yoga instructor and since then has studied independently, as well as with other instructors in Colorado. After several years of study, she pursued her yoga certification with The Shambhava School of Yoga in Rollinsville, Colorado. A life-time learner, Donna is constantly studying, attending workshops and training to expand her knowledge so that she has more to share with her students and is constantly refining how she teaches. She also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Writing, and is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology. Part of her ongoing education includes the study of body centered psychotherapies, which is sometimes incorporated in her yoga instruction. In addition, Donna has spent five years working as a Research Associate at Lore International Institute focusing much of her research efforts on behavioral change and coaching. She assisted Lore CEO, Terry Bacon, in the research and publication of three books on the subject: Winning Behavior: What the Smartest, Most Successful Businesses Do Differently, Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement and The Behavioral Advantage: What the Smartest, Most Successful Companies Do Differently to Win in the B2B Arena. For those interested in a business group program, Donna has spent four years teaching and working in business settings on behalf of employee wellness.