When Anna Hughes first started studying yoga in college, it seemed a natural progression from the dance she had studied and adored for the first eighteen years of her life. But yoga opened a window that allowed her to integrate the physical with the spiritual. Anna believes that the physical body is the temple and vehicle to experience ourselves as spiritual beings.
Anna completed her 500-hour Bikram teacher training in 2002, and began teaching fulltime immediately after.  Since that time, Anna has explored Ashtanga Yoga extensively, studying with the wonderful David Swenson as well as Todd Roderick, one of the Southeast’s most renowned Ashtanga Yoga instructors.  She bagn studying Bhakti Flow with Rusty Wells in 2003, and considers him her biggest yogic influence and inspiration. 
Anna’s study of various systems of yoga has led her to a greater understanding of yoga as a whole. In her own teaching, she emphasizes mindfulness, patience, compassion, and connection with the breath. Her experience with yoga has inspired her to infuse her teaching with the idea of finding joy in one's practice while challenging the body, mind, and spirit.  Her classes are vigorous yet playful, creatively sequenced, and always include a great soundtrack.