Geoffrey Roniger
Health, Wellness and Fitness Professional
Geoffrey Roniger began practicing yoga in 1995 and has been a passionate explorer and innovator of the art form ever since. Well-known in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater New Orleans Area for his authenticity and creativity, Geoffreys enthusiasm for yoga is undeniably contagious.After graduating from Vanderbilt University with a degree in European Studies in 1998, Geoffrey moved to Edinburgh, Scotland where he helped renovate a 19th century church into Europes largest yoga studio. Shortly after his return to the United States, he graduated from Piedmont Yoga Studios 18-month Advanced Studies Program, where he formally apprenticed with Richard Rosen and Rodney Yee.From 2005 to 2010, Geoffrey was the on-site yoga teacher for Salesforce.com, Amyris Biotechnologies, Beverly Prior Architects, Juice Design, and Urban Revision in San Francisco. Through this experience he created Workplace Wellness, an effective and accessible program that uses modified yoga techniques to counteract the negative effects of sitting all day at a desk. Geoffreys private clientele has included several CEOs dealing with high levels of stress, professional athletes aiming to improve their overall efficiency, and health care professionals searching for a reliable method of self-care.Geoffrey also served on the teacher training staff at The Yoga Loft in San Francisco between 2005 and 2010. During that time period he became a dedicated student of the Alexander Technique, and this shifted his personal practice and teaching style toward a more internal, less goal-oriented approach. In 2007 Geoffrey volunteered for Urban Zen at both V Day and the Special Olympics, which successfully implemented therapeutic yoga techniques for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina and athletes with disabilities, and from this experience he was appointed to Urban Zens faculty for the Integrative Therapy Program in New York. Geoffrey has been featured in the Awakened Athletes, Masterclass, and Basics columns for Yoga Journal as well as in the Gaiam video, Yoga Now. He created his own instructional yoga video web site, MyYogaToGo.com, so that he could share fresh observations and insights about his practice with students from around the country. He is an ambassador for Lululemon Athletica and has led numerous workshops and retreats around the world.In 2010 Geoffrey moved back to his hometown of New Orleans where he opened Freret Street Yoga. Since 2013 he has conducted six different Advanced Studies/Teacher Training Programs and has elevated the local yoga scene by intimately sharing his approach to the practice with hundreds of dedicated students. In 2020 Geoffrey re-branded his studio as Yoga Unbound in order to convey his deeper mission of evolving yoga to meet the needs of our modern world rather than keeping it constrained by its traditional origins. He lives in New Orleans with his wife, three children, and two dogs.
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