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Karen Russell

Yoga Groove

www.yogagroovestudio.com/

Karen Russell is the founder and creator of Yoga Groove. Her career in movement began at
an early age at a local dance studio in Erie, PA where she worked as an assistant dance
teacher. By the time Karen was 21 she was working professionally all over the world as a
dancer and back-up singer with such artists as Bette Midler and Madonna.

Karen was first introduced to Hatha yoga in a Manhattan health club in the early 1990’s.
Several years later a dance injury reacquainted her with yoga and she fell in love. Yoga
has healed her physical injuries and the mind, body, spirit aspect of yoga has changed
Karen’s life. In the year 2000 she started teaching yoga and studying a variety of yoga
styles.

In 2004 Yoga Groove was created. Yoga Groove is a fixed yoga / dance warm-up followed by
students coming off the mat and learning choreographed yoga / dance routines. This is fun
for the students to use their knowledge of yoga and then have the freedom to move off the
mat and dance.

In 2007 she opened the first Yoga Groove yoga studio in the NoHo Arts District of Los
Angeles, Ca. This is where she has seen the magic of yoga work. The community is amazing
and she loves to be part of the building process. In fact, neighbors who have lived
practically right next store to each other met for the first time at Yoga Groove. This is
fun to watch the community come together!

Her mission is to travel the world with Yoga Groove, giving everyone the opportunity to
practice yoga regardless of age, race, religion or financial status. She is proud to be
part of the Lululemon team and thankful that there are companies like Luluelmon to bring
a community together and to give yoga to the world.