Nathalie Fairbanks

Iyengar Yoga Instructor & Yoga Therapist

Nathalie Fairbanks grew up in Germany and has lived in the U.S. since 1999. She graduated from European School Karlsruhe, went on to study Recording Engineering at Hochschule der Künste Berlin and simultaneously earned a B.A. in Music and a degree as Diplom-Kauffrau from T.U. Berlin. A DAAD scholarship facilitated her study at Stevens Institute of Technology where she earned an M.Sc. in Management. A few years working as a Financial Analyst for Hewlett Packard and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein on Wall Street were enough to convince her that teaching is her true calling. She then earned an M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching from New York University and has taught college German in New York City as well as online.
 
She first encountered Iyengar yoga as a graduate student during her study abroad program in Hoboken, NJ in 1996. She fell in love with the precision and rigor of this style of yoga as she experienced the physical, mental and emotional benefits of the practice. She has had the honor of studying with some of the most experienced Iyengar yoga teachers in the U.S. and is certified at Level 2 by the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States.
 
Since she started teaching in 2006, she has seen the effect of increased flexibility, better alignment of joints and improved balance on her students’ quality of life. If years of pain could be alleviated with a few months of practice, what else was possible? The door to studying Yoga Therapy was opened and that is where Nathalie has been immersed. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and certified to teach Yoga for Osteoporosis by Dr. Loren Fishman, M.D.
 
Inspiring students to take charge of their long-term well-being has become the focus of her work.