Emma Sutphen

What was the experience of your 1st Baptiste class? I took my first Baptiste Yoga class in high school and absolutely hated it and almost walked out of the studio! At the time, I was very into intense, physically-demanding cardio workouts, and I had a hard time meeting anything in my life with a peaceful mind. In college, I came back to Baptiste Yoga and had a drastically different experience. I found that practicing the first two pillars of Baptiste Yoga, Drishti and Ujjayi, provided me with a profound connection to my body and relief from my anxiety I had never experienced before. From then on, I was hooked!

Why do you Practice Baptiste Yoga? I practice Baptiste Yoga because its physical nature forces me to use the pillars of the practice to get out of my head and be a YES for the present moment.

Why do you teach Baptiste Yoga? I teach Baptiste Yoga because I believe in the possibility of mind-body connection for everyone and love being a part of the global community Baptiste Yoga has created.

My promise (What do you commit to deliver through your teaching/service at BPYG?) I commit to delivering powerful physical-spiritual classes that leave each of my students in an experience of their own vitality through my teaching.

Share your current favorite Quote: "A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always seems to be doing both."