Instructors

SHANNON RED CLOUD, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP

Shannon’s yoga journey began during the hot Summer months of 2003. Her love for Bikram Yoga accelerated the undeniable calling to become an instructor. She completed a 500 HR Bikram Yoga Teacher Training a year later to begin the process of pursuing her wildest dream of bringing yoga to her most cherished community-The Dalles.

In 2008 Shannon went on to open The Dalles' first and only all yoga studio, Pure Yoga The Dalles, and a second location, Pure Yoga Hood River in 2015-still today's only hot yoga studios in The Gorge. While she loved teaching the Bikram method for over 5 years, her life took a dramatic shift in 2009 opening her up to a deepened awareness far beyond the boundariesu of Bikram Yoga. This led Shannon to embark on and complete Teacher Trainings in Vinyasa, Yin, Buti Level 1 & 2, Paddle board Yoga, Acro Yoga, Imagination Yoga for Kids, 200 HR Yoga and Social Justice Teacher Training & Trauma Informed Brain Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training, and most recently a 300 HR training w/ Yahweh Yoga.

The combination of faith and the practice of yoga continually shows Shannon that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE on and off the mat. More than anything she relishes in the opportunity to share this with you, holding space for endless possibilities comes naturally! Today she feels extremely blessed to enjoy serving throughout her community. From sharing the powerful benefits of yoga in the local jail with adult and juvenile inmates, on the Google Campus, in elementary schools, or at the local assisted living center, this movement reveals its diverse capacity for transformation with no limits to our magnificently designed bodies, minds, hearts, souls and spirits! Her classes are rooted in individual wise alignment, humor, inspiration, and reality.

When she's not in the studios you may find her running, salsa dancing, or her personal favorite-out on the 40 acre land where she developed and birthed her 200 HR Yoga Teacher Trainings with her husband, their son and new baby boy!

“We can never “find” the time for self-care. This quality is one we reserve time for when we arrive at the realization that we are worthy and important enough to live our best life as our best self. You are worthy-You are enough!” ~Shannon Red Cloud