Candace A. Jennings (she/her), RYT-500, comes to yoga with more than 40 years of extensive experience as a theater and dance director, educator, choreographer, visual artist, vocalist, curriculum developer, and master teaching artist. She used yoga to recover from spinal surgery, with a goal of getting back to dance. After trainers, therapies, and her own self-stretch regime, yoga helped her to develop more stability, grounding, and confidence. Since then, Candace has earned many certifications, including Restorative Yoga Training for Race-Based Trauma with Dr. Gail Parker. She is also a Level 2 Certified Thai Yoga practitioner for In Touch Thai Yoga, LLC, and co-leads yoga teacher trainings and retreats in partnership with I AM YOGA, LLC.