Gayle Lemke
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to NYC in 1990. I am a mother of two, writer, prenatal yoga teacher, doula and enthusiastic childbirth educator and advocate. For 25 years I have had the honor serving mothers, partners and babies as both a birth doula and postpartum guide. I feel fortunate to still truly love what I do.
In 2005 I created Shakti Ma in Maplewood NJ, where I directed the pre and postnatal yoga and childbirth education programs. I am a 2003 graduate of Integral Yoga Institute; I received my advanced pregnancy yoga certification in 2007 from Gurmukh at Golden Bridge NYC and my advanced doula training with Debra Pascali-Bonaro in 2005.
Initiated into yoga while pregnant with my first child, I am committed to continued exploration and evolution in my own practice.
Both my teaching craft and my personal practice are fortified by the light of many amazing teachers on my path. I am especially grateful for sustained inspiration from the teachers of Kula Yoga Project and Prema Yoga Brooklyn.