Kim Chandler, ERYT is the founder and director of Innerlight. A former resident of Kripalu Center, Kim completed her first teacher training in 1990 and has since dedicated her professional life to teaching yoga and training yoga teachers. Kim directed Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training, was a founding member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association and served as the Associate Director of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association 1993-1995.

Kripalu teaching methodology continues to have a presence in Kim's teaching. She has also been influenced by a wide variety of other teachers and traditions. Her study with the founder of iRest ® Yoga Nidra, Richard Miller, PhD. has infused her teaching with an understanding of the importance of deep, restorative experience and mindfulness practices. She is a certified Level II iRest® Yoga Nidra teacher and has completed two courses of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Additionally Kim continues her study with Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy.

A certified Proprioceptive Writing ® (PW) teacher, Kim is a faculty member for the Proprioceptive Writing Center. She has studied and apprenticed for over 30 years with Linda Trichter Metcalf Ph.D, the founder of Proprioceptive Writing. PW is a mindfulness practice that fosters integration of emotional and intellectual experience, builds self trust and frees creativity and intuition. Kim's experiences with the highly synergistic and complimentary practices of PW and yoga are reflected in her program, Awakening the Thinking-Feeling Self: Yoga & Proprioceptive Writing. Find out more at pwriting.org

Kim's teaching style combines structural alignment, contemplative aspects of yoga and mindfulness.  Her approach emphasizes breath, attention and awareness.  In the context of a group class, Kim has an eye toward supporting and guiding students to embody their individual, unique expression of each pose. Her classes tend to move slowly and methodically and typically include a guided relaxation experience.