Robin Carnes

Guest Instructor

Willow Street Yoga Center

Robin Carnes, MBA, is a Certified Associate Instructor of YOQI® Qigong Flow and a mind-body therapist. Between 2006-2012, Robin was a yoga and iRest® meditation instructor for a Defense Department acute PTSD treatment program at Walter Reed Medical Center. Out of this work, she co-founded Warriors at Ease (WAE), which has trained over 1500 yoga teachers to teach safely and effectively in military communities. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Woman’s Day Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Army Magazine, as well as in the award-winning documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue America’s Healthcare.  Robin was honored by the Smithsonian Institute in 2013. Robin was one of the first teachers at Willow Street Yoga Center and has taught yoga, yoga nidra, and YogaRhythmics® since the late 1990s.  Robin now teaches Qigong with Robin classes online, bringing her lifetime's study and experience of healing movement, breath, and meditation to hundreds of people across the nation. She has resided in downtown Silver Spring, MD for over 30 years. Learn more at www.qigongwithrobin.com