Koren Stewart
Retreat Facilitator & Yoga Instructor

MEET KOREN

Koren joins us as the Co-Facilitator for the Belonging in Nature Retreat, and also serves as a member of Balanced Rock’s Board of Directors.

Born in New Orleans and raised in Albuquerque, Koren's journey with yoga began over 14 years ago. It wasn’t until moving to California that her husband encouraged her to complete the 200- hour RYT training with the Balanced Rock Foundation. Along with the multitude of tasks of being a mother of two boys, Balanced Rock fit her schedule and made it easy to complete her training hours.

Although Koren is currently a loan officer for the US government, teaching yoga as a side business fulfills her desire to help others realize its benefits. As a mobile yoga teacher, she feels that she can reach more people who may not feel comfortable or have the means to go to the local yoga studio. Koren's professional background is in financial management and facilitator of diversity and inclusion practices.

Before the pandemic, Koren taught yoga to first responders, staff, and teachers for the City of Clovis and City of Fresno. She also taught the Clovis West Football Team, various athletes, juice bar promotions, African American youth groups, and online classes for the Fresno Black Metro Chamber of Commerce. Recently, she has been asked to be a guest speaker on the lack of diversity and disparity in access to the great outdoors for African American people and POC (a task that has awakened a new passion and intrigue for her).

In sharing her love for yoga, it is Koren's goal to reach as many people as possible to teach and share the benefits of yoga, being in the great outdoors, and living a healthy lifestyle. Koren desires to be an instrumental resource to create a space of inclusion and diversity along with finding the balance of mind, body, and soul.

You can learn more about Koren by visiting her website: yogaofkoren.com