Courtney Butler

Courtney Butler is author of The Mud & The Lotus: A Guide and Workbook for Students of Yoga, which offers opportunities for aspiring teachers and new students alike to grow in their practice. The Mud & The Lotus is available on Amazon and at etaliapress.com. Courtney is available remotely for individual coaching sessions and yoga studio consultations, drawing on decades of experience. A practitioner of yoga for nearly four decades and a yoga teacher for nearly two, she has every credential available from Yoga Alliance. One of the first yoga therapists to be recognized by the International Association of Yoga Therapists as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Courtney is also a Stress Management Specialist for The Dr. Dean Ornish Reversal Program, is trained as a Prime of Life Yoga Teacher, has earned the POLY- 500 and Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) certifications, and is a certified Solution-Focused Coach (CFSC). Courtney has organized and lead yoga retreats for nearly a decade, run her own studio, assisted many yoga studios in their planning and opening phases, and consulted studios and teachers nationwide. She believes that the human condition offers us daily opportunities to revisit the parable of the mud and the lotus; as life gives us ups and downs, it always offers the practice of yoga as a lifestyle, providing us a framework for bringing ourselves back into balance and ever reaching toward the light.

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