About Alex
Alex Duchscher, ERYT, has been practicing yoga since 1999, and teaching yoga since 2002, when she got her initial 200 hour teacher training certificate from Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Since then she has incorporated more Vinyasa flow to complement Kripalu's Hatha style of yoga, attending trainings with Vinyasa teachers and mentors Shiva Rea, Jessica Lazar and Shannon Paige. Also, studying and practicing Buddhist philosophy and meditation with her teacher Michael Gregory has added a joyful peace and freedom to her approach to yoga practice. Today her style and flow revolve around the breath as teacher, guiding her into deeper expressions of organic, fluid grace combined with power channeled from within. Always drawing back to the midline to tap into the truest, most mindful manifestations of the present moment helps her joyfully bring her students to this place within their own practice.
Having attained 35 hours of prenatal yoga training with accomplished prenatal yoga instructor Laura Wade, Alex has been teaching prenatal yoga since July 2012. In a happy twist of fate, she also journeyed through her own first pregnancy during this fledgling year of teaching prenatal yoga, giving her teaching a connection from theory to practice, and an essence of authenticity. She not only taught yoga throughout her pregnancy, but also took many different prenatal classes to support her changing body and bonding with her baby. The spring off-season of 2013 came just in time for Alex to have her own baby, and then return to the classroom full of experiences and insights to share with her pregnant and new mommy students!
Having obtained her massage certification from Boulder College of Massage Therapy in December of 2005, Alex has been practicing massage since. She traveled to Thailand in 2006, and in Thai massage Alex found a happy marriage of her two loves, yoga and massage. She had the opportunity there to take retreat at a Thai Buddhist monastery, giving her a chance to deepen her practice of mediation and mindfulness. All of these experiences serve to create a deeply authentic experience within her tapestry of practices.
Alex lived and taught yoga and practiced massage in Vail, Colorado for the better part of 10 years and relocated to the Northern VA / D.C. Metro area in 2014. Currently she teaches yoga at SyteraYoga in McLean and Bhakti Yoga DC in the district, and practices massage in Falls Church, VA.
Most recently Alex has been working with Cate Stillman, Ayurvedic Practitioner to learn to establish a daily routine of healthy habits that help create time and space in her own life. She is so excited to share this with her clients in the space of her new coaching program: Embody. Align. Thrive. Read more about this evolutionary experience and whether it could be right for you on the Coaching Page.
Having attained 35 hours of prenatal yoga training with accomplished prenatal yoga instructor Laura Wade, Alex has been teaching prenatal yoga since July 2012. In a happy twist of fate, she also journeyed through her own first pregnancy during this fledgling year of teaching prenatal yoga, giving her teaching a connection from theory to practice, and an essence of authenticity. She not only taught yoga throughout her pregnancy, but also took many different prenatal classes to support her changing body and bonding with her baby. The spring off-season of 2013 came just in time for Alex to have her own baby, and then return to the classroom full of experiences and insights to share with her pregnant and new mommy students!
Having obtained her massage certification from Boulder College of Massage Therapy in December of 2005, Alex has been practicing massage since. She traveled to Thailand in 2006, and in Thai massage Alex found a happy marriage of her two loves, yoga and massage. She had the opportunity there to take retreat at a Thai Buddhist monastery, giving her a chance to deepen her practice of mediation and mindfulness. All of these experiences serve to create a deeply authentic experience within her tapestry of practices.
Alex lived and taught yoga and practiced massage in Vail, Colorado for the better part of 10 years and relocated to the Northern VA / D.C. Metro area in 2014. Currently she teaches yoga at SyteraYoga in McLean and Bhakti Yoga DC in the district, and practices massage in Falls Church, VA.
Most recently Alex has been working with Cate Stillman, Ayurvedic Practitioner to learn to establish a daily routine of healthy habits that help create time and space in her own life. She is so excited to share this with her clients in the space of her new coaching program: Embody. Align. Thrive. Read more about this evolutionary experience and whether it could be right for you on the Coaching Page.