Rita Trieger

Rita Trieger is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fit Yoga magazine (2003-2010), the author of Yoga Heals Your Back (Fairwinds, 2005), and Tranquil Mind, a meditation and yoga CD. She incorporates a variety of traditions into her inspiring teaching style, and has cultivated an enthusiastic following in both vigorous Vinyasa flow classes and healing/restorative/therapeutic classes. A spirited and sought-after teacher, Rita has presented at several national yoga conferences including The International Yoga Therapy Conference.

For the last nine years, Rita has been teaching yoga for various departments of Stamford Hospital, in Stamford, Connecticut. At the hospital's Bennett Cancer Center (BCC), she has built a strong yoga community for cancer patients and survivors; at The Health and Fitness Institute (HFI), her thrice weekly Vinyasa flow classes continue to thrive, and she has also developed a series of yoga-based classes for HFI's newly launched Integrative Fitness Program for cancer survivors; and at The Center for Integrative Wellness/Cardiac Rehab she serves as the stress-management facilitator for the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for the Reversal of Heart Disease.