Ruth M. Giles, Owner and Director of Now and Zen Yoga, has been studying yoga since 1999, and teaching yoga since 2003. She is a 200 Hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT). Ruth is certified through Finding Inner Peace as a Prenatal Yoga Instructor, she is a Certified Spencer Pilates Instructor and she is also a NESTA Certified Holistic Stress Management Specialist.
Ruth has studied yoga with many wonderful teachers, including T.K.V. Desikachar, Kausthub Desikachar, Rodney Yee, Ana Forrest, Maureen Spencer and Ruth Anne Lundeberg and Josh Schumer.
Ruth received her Bachelors of Arts from Smith College and her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. Along with running Now & Zen Yoga, Ruth also works as the Director of Research for The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT.
Ruth is originally from Ducktrap, Maine on Penobscot Bay. She now lives inland in Chicopee with her photographer husband and their three cats.
Ruth loves to help those who are working with physical injuries as well as those who are stressed, tired and have body aches. She strives to help them strengthen their bodies, stretch their aching muscles and heal their spirit. She brings her playfully light-hearted attitude into her teaching, as she instills her students with a passion for practicing yoga