Cristie Newhart is a dynamic yoga teacher and teacher trainer for the Kripalu School of Yoga who exudes equal parts warmth and wisdom as she makes some of yoga’s deeper philosophical aspects engaging and accessible to modern-day practitioners. A teacher’s teacher with almost 20 years’ experience, Cristie is comfortable and confident leading a wide array of students, from beginners exploring the basics of asana practice to aspiring teachers investigating the subtleties of the Yoga Sutras. No matter what she’s teaching, and to whom, Cristie imbues all her classes with meditative inquiry, detailed alignment principles, and playful humor.