Kimberly Greeff
Kimberly Greeff is co-creatress of Laughing Lotus Yoga and is Anchorage’s first Forrest Yoga Teacher.
Kim's yoga journey began with a home practice, which evolved and propelled her to seek a Teacher Training. The Forrest Yoga philosophy, designed by Ana Forrest, resonated so strongly, she signed up for a teacher training without ever stepping into a Forrest Yoga class. Within the first day of her training she knew she had found a teacher and a style she could grow with. This was the first of many divinely guided acts in Kim’s life.
The training was a life changing experience for Kim providing her with the tools for her own healing, growth and a wonderful discovery: her Spirit. Forrest Yoga gave Kim the foundation to continue to move toward her own Truth and the tools to teach others how to as well.
In 2010, Kim found her mentors (or rather they found her): Steve Emmerman and Talya Ring from Turbodog Yoga in Chicago. With their guidance, Kim continues her own healing journey and weaves Toltec and Shamanism teachings into her work with students.
Kim is continually inspired by her practice, students and this amazing journey she’s on! She shares this inspiration by leading a challenging practice designed to take you deeper into yourself in an intelligently sequenced class that provides students with a safe, sacred space to discover and explore their own Truths. She supports personal and spiritual growth by holding space in an open, loving, and compassionate way.
In addition to her regular class schedule, Kim teaches workshops, privates and occasionally does massage.
Here's what Kim's students are saying:
"Your class helped me bring light into my heart- and feel my center fill with genuine sweetness and kindness towards myself and then, radially, towards others. After class it felt so good to reenter my life filled up with a deep basic feeling of gratitude and goodness! –CK
Thank you for holding a space that allows me to let go, teaches me to breathe, and be present. I leave your classes feeling nourished." –JW
Forrest yoga and your teaching is making me a better doctor... I'm more interested in my patient, and her spirit, and whether or not she loves herself lately, than I am about her dose of blood pressure medicine. I think if my patient loved herself and honored her spirit, she wouldn't need the blood pressure medication that I’m giving her and causing her side effects. I've been trying to encourage some of my fellow residents to come to class as well. Through the healing I have been experiencing at laughing lotus, I'm getting back into my life as a healer. I know it is inside of me; it has always been there. It’s a tough thing because I wouldn't change or give back the lessons I've learned from residency though. It pushed me to my edge, and now everything that I'm looking up to is so beautiful, this new free life I'm finding.” –R.S. ~ Local Doctor
“Kim teaches with strength, compassion, integrity, and joy. These qualities inspire me each time I attend one of her classes. She inspires me to live life from the core of my being, to move my energy out instead of keeping it so tightly reined in." –SK
