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gretchen's story
In her "previous" life, Gretchen was a marketing consultant at a large prestigious company. She lived the life of business suits, conference calls, meetings, presentations, proposals and reports. For over a decade, Gretchen worked her way up that ladder until she hit the glass ceiling. She had a great position with the salary to match but at the end of the day, was curiously unfulfilled. In her own personal quest for happiness, she found Ashtanga Yoga and felt a powerful connection to it. Gretchen decided to take the leap from student to teacher and began teaching. She was happy and fulfilled. Although it was the most irrational decision she had ever made in her life, it was a decision born from her heart. She decided to devote her life to teaching Ashtanga yoga. Gretchen then took off to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga with the master and Guru Sri K Pattabis Jois (Guruji). She has been to India many times and continues to study with Guruji and Sharath at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Insitute.
Gretchen has since been practicing yoga for over 13 years and teaching for over 8.