“There is no greater gift than the gift of health, and rightly said health is wealth.”
Douglas Goodbee, E-RYT 500 is a soulful passionate Kripalu educator, who leads and directs yoga classes for all populations. Douglas recently obtained his Alexander Technique online certification from Michigan University in 2023. He is also a second-degree black belt of Budoki Karate. In addition, he is a past recipient of the TFD (Teaching for Diversity) grant, for which he has taught yoga for the after-school summer program held at the Hamilton Hill Arts Cultural Center in Schenectady, NY. The participants are primarily low-income, ages 6-18 who are students at risk for gang involvement, violent crimes, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and the completion of high school.
Douglas was born and raised in the Capital District area of Upstate NY, he currently lives in Altamont, NY with his beautiful wife and three children. In all, he has five children and three grandchildren, one great-grandson who is expecting his brother in five months:~). Douglas has been practicing yoga for the past twenty- five years and leading for the past twelve years.
Douglas graduated in the spring of 2012 with his E-RYT 200-hr and his 500-hour certification in 2014. He has also completed the KYIS (Kripalu Yoga Instructors in the High Schools) certification in the same year. Douglas has experience teaching yoga to all ages, including many adult and children’s programs that serve diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. He has also brought the life science of yoga to Ellis Hospital Staff. He led the Creative Arts Therapies Conference, a one-day retreat with a morning yoga session and ending with an afternoon standing meditation which was held at the Academy of Holy Names in 2014 / 2015 in Albany, N Y.
Douglas has led several yoga workshops/retreats and corporate conferences, such as the 6th Annual Boys Day Out Conference 2018, which was held at The Glen Sanders Mansion. BDO (Boy's Day Out) consisted of three middle schools, Central Park, Mount Pleasant, & Oneida of Schenectady, NY, the students had a plethora of workshops to attend throughout the day, Douglas led a journaling and yoga workshop for the conference. Here is a brief mention of other playshops & conference's SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is a statewide anti-hunger organization, that provides, breakfast, lunch, and summer food meals, after school. Douglas also was a guest presenter @ The 2017 BYTA (Black Yoga Teachers Alliance Conference), held at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. As Douglas continues to expand on his gifts of health & wellness. Douglas has been invited back for his third straight year as a guest presenter for the NYSED (New York State Educational Department) Syracuse University Science & Technology Entry Program. (STEP) Douglas led a Journaling Workshop for attendees labeled Self-discovery Through the Joys of Journaling, and a night-time Fun Glow Flow Yoga class in 2019-post covid. The two main Universities of Syracuse & Cornell for the (STEP) have invited Douglas back as a headline presenter for 2022,23 and hopefully for 2024. The conference will host approximately 640 participants with 426 being middle and high school students, administrators, staff members, and counselors, from 43 colleges and universities across NYS. STEP Conference is held @ The Albany Marriott Hotel. Prior presentations include The Creative Arts Therapies, Healthy Hearts on the Hill at Trinity Alliance in Albany, NY, and a Yoga summer camp for kids ages 6-18 in Orenda Springs, N Y, and many more. Douglas’s desire is to engage students to learn about re-filling the well when they become stressed in this fast-paced Western civilization--with the Constance use of electronics, and most importantly not enough sleep. Through scientific research, we now know that yoga revitalizes the body, calms the mind, slows the heart rate, and deepens self-awareness and compassion. Douglas’s intention is to make this contemplative science of body & mind rewarding and enjoyable for all.
Douglas Goodbee, E-RYT 500 is a soulful passionate Kripalu educator, who leads and directs yoga classes for all populations. Douglas recently obtained his Alexander Technique online certification from Michigan University in 2023. He is also a second-degree black belt of Budoki Karate. In addition, he is a past recipient of the TFD (Teaching for Diversity) grant, for which he has taught yoga for the after-school summer program held at the Hamilton Hill Arts Cultural Center in Schenectady, NY. The participants are primarily low-income, ages 6-18 who are students at risk for gang involvement, violent crimes, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and the completion of high school.
Douglas was born and raised in the Capital District area of Upstate NY, he currently lives in Altamont, NY with his beautiful wife and three children. In all, he has five children and three grandchildren, one great-grandson who is expecting his brother in five months:~). Douglas has been practicing yoga for the past twenty- five years and leading for the past twelve years.
Douglas graduated in the spring of 2012 with his E-RYT 200-hr and his 500-hour certification in 2014. He has also completed the KYIS (Kripalu Yoga Instructors in the High Schools) certification in the same year. Douglas has experience teaching yoga to all ages, including many adult and children’s programs that serve diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. He has also brought the life science of yoga to Ellis Hospital Staff. He led the Creative Arts Therapies Conference, a one-day retreat with a morning yoga session and ending with an afternoon standing meditation which was held at the Academy of Holy Names in 2014 / 2015 in Albany, N Y.
Douglas has led several yoga workshops/retreats and corporate conferences, such as the 6th Annual Boys Day Out Conference 2018, which was held at The Glen Sanders Mansion. BDO (Boy's Day Out) consisted of three middle schools, Central Park, Mount Pleasant, & Oneida of Schenectady, NY, the students had a plethora of workshops to attend throughout the day, Douglas led a journaling and yoga workshop for the conference. Here is a brief mention of other playshops & conference's SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is a statewide anti-hunger organization, that provides, breakfast, lunch, and summer food meals, after school. Douglas also was a guest presenter @ The 2017 BYTA (Black Yoga Teachers Alliance Conference), held at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. As Douglas continues to expand on his gifts of health & wellness. Douglas has been invited back for his third straight year as a guest presenter for the NYSED (New York State Educational Department) Syracuse University Science & Technology Entry Program. (STEP) Douglas led a Journaling Workshop for attendees labeled Self-discovery Through the Joys of Journaling, and a night-time Fun Glow Flow Yoga class in 2019-post covid. The two main Universities of Syracuse & Cornell for the (STEP) have invited Douglas back as a headline presenter for 2022,23 and hopefully for 2024. The conference will host approximately 640 participants with 426 being middle and high school students, administrators, staff members, and counselors, from 43 colleges and universities across NYS. STEP Conference is held @ The Albany Marriott Hotel. Prior presentations include The Creative Arts Therapies, Healthy Hearts on the Hill at Trinity Alliance in Albany, NY, and a Yoga summer camp for kids ages 6-18 in Orenda Springs, N Y, and many more. Douglas’s desire is to engage students to learn about re-filling the well when they become stressed in this fast-paced Western civilization--with the Constance use of electronics, and most importantly not enough sleep. Through scientific research, we now know that yoga revitalizes the body, calms the mind, slows the heart rate, and deepens self-awareness and compassion. Douglas’s intention is to make this contemplative science of body & mind rewarding and enjoyable for all.
