About Sharon

Sharon Bales first started practicing Hatha Integral Yoga in Virginia in 1991.  The Centre de Yoga du Marais has been her base in Paris since 2005 and it is there that she earned her Yoga Alliance diploma in 2011.  She has experienced the physical, spiritual and emotional transformation that a steady, earnest practice can bring.  Through her yoga practice she has found strength, balance and peace in her life and she seeks to share this joy with her students.  In her classes she aims to guide her students to find stability, ease and calm in their postures and hopes that they leave each class feeling more balanced and at peace than when they entered.

Continuing Yoga Education:

Rainbow Kids Yoga Teacher Training; Red Earth Center, Paris, France
Prenatal Teacher Training, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Lisa White, The Life Center, London, England
Yoga for the Female Pelvic Floor, Leslie Howard, Yogaville, Virginia, USA
Yoga Anatomy, Physiology and Practice:  Inversions, Knees, Hips and Shoulders, Roger Cole, Yogaville, Virginia, USA
Mini Restorative Teacher Training, Chanti, Centre de Yoga Du Marais, Paris, France
Mindfulness and Stress Reduction, Susan Stone, Yogaville, Virginia USA


Sharon holds a BA in Philosophy and an M.Ed in TEFL.  Sharon is also an avid runner and enjoys participating in distance races.  Her group classes are given in French or English depending on the preference of the students present.

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