“Yoga Medicine is about understanding the body from a western viewpoint & fusing that with the richness of the traditional practice of yoga to get a potency that applies to the modern day person in order to support the overwhelmed, overburdened medical systems of the world.”
TIFFANY CRUIKSHANK L.AC, MAOM, E-RYT | FOUNDER
“Yoga Medicine is about understanding the body from a western viewpoint & fusing that with the richness of the traditional practice of yoga to get a potency that applies to the modern day person in order to support the overwhelmed, overburdened medical systems of the world.”
TIFFANY CRUIKSHANK L.AC, MAOM, E-RYT | FOUNDER
ABOUT TIFFANY CRUIKSHANK
An international yoga teacher, author & health & wellness expert, Tiffany is known as a teacher’s teacher & has written for & graced the cover of many prominent publications.
Tiffany Cruikshank is the founder of Yoga Medicine & began practicing yoga when she was in her early teens. She is internationally acclaimed due to her ability to fuse the two worlds of eastern & western medicine together & apply it to the practice of yoga in an accessible & relevant way.
She has been teaching for over 20 years, has a premed Bachelor’s degree in Medicinal Plant Biology & a Masters in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine with a specialty in Sports Medicine & Orthopedics. Tiffany began leading informal teacher trainings out of her home to local teachers in her area in 2003 & began leading Yoga Alliance approved 200hr teacher trainings in 2008 & Yoga Alliance approved 500hr teacher trainings in 2009 as TiffanyYoga. Her teaching methods combine the western knowledge of the body (anatomy, kinesiology & physiology) with the eastern tradition of yoga.
Tiffany was previously the Acupuncturist & Yoga Teacher at the Nike World Headquarters in Portland, Oregon & has worked with over 25,000 patients. She has graced the cover of over a dozen magazines including: Prevention, Yoga Journal, Om Yoga Magazine, Mantra Yoga & Health Magazine, Origin Magazine, Thrive Magazine. She has been a contributor to many major publications including: The Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Forbes, Yoga Journal, Prevention, Dr. Oz, Self, Women’s Health, Marie Claire, Glamor, Shape, Fitness, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, More, Well+Good, MindBodyGreen, Triathlete, Organic Authority, American Fitness, Yoga Magazine, AOL Build, Cosmopolitan, Natural Health & more.
You can take class with her on YogaGlo.com or check out her books, Meditate Your Weight & Optimal Health For A Vibrant Life.
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