Alison Rogers, EdD, RYT
“The problem with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are unemployed. —Author Unknown”
Alison Rogers created The Yoga Of Parenting in 2011 shortly after she completed her Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu. For many years, Alison found yoga retreats to be a source of nourishment when she felt depleted from the demands of motherhood and career. And she had no idea how to find that nourishment at home between retreats. She would try to go to yoga classes or practice at home, but invariably her practice would get lost in the busyness of life. Besides, she didn’t really know how to practice at home, alone. Yoga teacher training changed that. By studying and practicing intensively, Alison was able to break the practice into brief, doable moments of deep rest and rejuvenation, even if it meant just a few sun salutations or a minute in child’s pose. She began to translate what she found most relevant into a workshop series called The Yoga of Parenting. Her experience in those workshops grew into the forthcoming book, Breathing Space For New Mothers: Rest, Stretch and Smile—One Yoga Minute At a Time, written with author extraordinaire, and dear friend, Erin White.
Alison had a long and satisfying career in maternal/child mental health, as a therapist, professor, and consultant. It was during the intimate conversations in the therapy room that she decided to commit herself to the wellbeing of young mothers. She lives in Boulder, Colorado and spends as much time as she can with her three grown sons and their families.