Carla McAdams – MA, E-RYT500, C-IAYT

Carla owns Mountain Spirit Yoga, a community yoga studio in the heart of Middletown, MD, that offers classes and workshops geared towards improving strength, balance, flexibility, and overall health and well-being.   Her students represent a wide cross-section of people from the surrounding community, with a large percentage being Seniors attending weekly yoga classes, as well as workshops on specialized topics such as Yoga for Back Care, Scoliosis, Bone Health, and Aging with Vitality.

Professionally certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Carla is an experienced teacher of therapeutic yoga. She graduated from Integrative Yoga Therapy, one of the pre-eminent yoga therapy training programs in the country. She also holds advanced yoga therapy training certificates in Functional Yoga Therapy – Advanced Assessment and Therapeutic Planning, Yoga for Back Care and Scoliosis, Prenatal Yoga, and Yoga Therapy through Body Balance Yoga. In addition, she completed a Yoga for Seniors training through Duke Integrative Medicine, as well as other trainings in working with Seniors.

As a yoga therapist, Carla works with individuals and small groups to address specific conditions such as back pain, arthritis and stress relief.  Her expertise in postural alignment informs much of her work in yoga therapy, affirming the body as a gateway to social and emotional conditions, reflecting inner states of being. She delights in seeing her students’ improved strength and balance, coupled with increased breath capacity and zest for life.