Yoga

Todd Delaune is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and has been teaching for over 5 years. He received his 200 hour yoga teacher certification from in Atlanta, GA in 2003 and his 500 hour certification also from Peachtree Yoga in 2008.

Todd’s initial path to yoga was anything but yogic. He spent many years racing in solo and team races, culminating in a 4-day long adventure race and a half iron man. He was incredibly strong and his body adapted to endure hardship by becoming extremely rigid. However he had very little flexibility, he couldn’t even come close to touching his toes.

Years into racing a friend challenged Todd to try yoga. He overcame his preconceived notions that yoga was only for women and tried a class. After a very awkward first class of moving his body in ways it had never moved before, it was in savanasa that he felt something more. This is what brought him back for more classes, week after week. The seed was planted.

This taste of something more grew insatiable and taking yoga classes wasn’t enough. The physical practice of yoga was wonderful but it was clear that there was something missing. There was a spiritual element that led Todd into the Teacher Training program at in 2003 where he began to learn about the rest of yoga. This brought drastic changes to his priorities and views on life, and in 2004 he decided to go for a long road trip. It was during his travels that he felt most alive, experiencing the country and life outside of the 40 hour week routine.

Upon his return to Atlanta he resumed his old software engineering job and began teaching yoga classes in the evenings. About a year later Todd re-entered the Teacher Training program, this time as a mentor. He lasted another year working with computers before retiring the title Software Engineer and embracing the title Yoga Teacher. Now yoga is his life: in teaching classes, in assisting the Teacher Training program and in his day to day life.