Christen Bakken

Hometown

Denver, CO

Career

Business owner Yoga for Young Warriors

When Did You Start Practicing Yoga?

Spring 1998

What Has Yoga Done For You?

Initially yoga was a physical release for me. I enjoyed watching my body change and grow. But shortly after that, I started to notice how it affected my emotional and spiritual body. My yoga practice follows me off my mat and into the world.

What Has QiCycle-yoga Done For You?

Spin/Yoga allows me to see my inner athlete. It is the supreme balance for me of strengthening my body on the bike and strengthening my heart on the mat.

What Do You Want To Teach?

I literally find the hairs stand on my arms when I watch a student grow and make progress. It was not long ago that I was an entirely different person on the inside and out and it is such a gift to give that back.

What Is Your Favorite Part Of Teaching?

My favorite part of a yoga or spin yoga class is that moment before class is over, where I get to potentially affect a student's life off the mat. Where give them permission to make the yoga powerful and to be their own best teacher.

Favorite Quote

"We show up. Burn brightly in the moment. Live passionately: hold nothing back. And when the moment is over, and our work is done, we step back, and let go." Rolf Gates

Other Activities

Snowboarding, Mountain Biking, Reading, Listening/Singing/Dancing to music

Future Goals

I hope to one day develop curriculum to teach school teachers how to bring more movement into the classrooms. The show them you can improve data while working with a child's full potential: mind, body, and spirit.