About Chris
In 2004, my psychotherapist recommended yoga to manage stress from a relationship and work at a high pressure Fortune 500 company. Yoga from a book had helped me through law school and the bar exam, and videos were beneficial to me as a new attorney, so I found a yoga home (Thank you, Breathe Yoga Studios!) and started taking classes regularly. At first, it was my sanctuary. As I felt better, I made healthier decisions. A desire to know how it worked led me to 230-hour yoga teacher training, then another 300 hours (Thank you, Yoga Center of Minneapolis!), and a desire to share yoga with other people who really need it — which is all of us! — led me to a 4-year-long 1,008-hour training to become a yoga therapist (Thank you, Yoga Well Institute!).
Fast forward to now: I left the high pressure Fortune 500 company and practice of law, and my relationships are thriving. I feel better than I did 10 and even 20 years ago, and I get to create custom sequences for amazing people that help them move forward, however they define that. Oh, I still have problems! But, as the Serenity Prayer says, I am better at recognizing hardships as the pathway to peace. I feel more equipped to handle whatever comes my way, and to follow my inner knowing. And that is what I want for you! I want you to find what you are looking for at a pace that works for you. I will walk with you, and I am confident that we’ll both be pleasantly surprised along the way.
Training
2021 Yoga Well Institute — 1,008-hour yoga therapist training (IAYT — Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibilities)
2016 to present — Mentorship with Kevin Kortan, Kevin Kortan Evolutionary Yoga (Thank you, Kevin!!!)
2016 Yoga Center of Minneapolis — 300-hour yoga teacher training
2014 Yoga Center of Minneapolis — 230-hour yoga teacher training
Experience
2021 - present Assistant, Yoga Therapist Training commencing in November 2021, Berkeley, California, Yoga Well Institute
2021 - present Yoga therapist, Panchamaya Yoga Therapy Clinic
2021 - present Yoga therapist, Chris Armstrong LLC
2017 - present Private yoga, Chris Armstrong LLC
2017 - present Yoga Tribe, Teacher - workshops for the public and yoga teacher trainees, sub
2017 - 2020 Urban Yoga, sub
2016-2017 Yoga Center of Minneapolis, Faculty, 200-hour yoga teacher training
2015 - present Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, Yoga Instructor
2014-2016 Breathe Yoga Studios, Teacher & sub
Additionally, taught yoga on location at University of Minnesota - Rochester to staff, Century High School to staff, Project Legacy teen girls, Jeremiah Program Rochester mothers in the Empowerment Program, and on one memorable occasion, in Peace Plaza.