Hello

My Story

Erica Rubis began her yoga journey in Minnesota 35 years ago in a local yoga class. I came to Bloomington on the downbeat of 2000 to pursue a master’s degree in historically-informed music performance on the viola da gamba at Indiana University. It was not to be a passing-through relationship, however, and I put down roots here as a yoga instructor, musician and mother. I continue evolving as a yoga student and teacher over the past 25 years, primarily with the Himalayan Institute and with Doug Keller’s yoga-as-therapy program. Since then yoga has been her faithful companion throughout life, guiding her to places and guidance that have shaped her as a person and teacher over the past 19 years. She began her asana studies in the Iyengar tradition and then discovered the Himalayan Institue, a living tradition brought to the U.S. by Swami Rama and which vibrantly lives on under the guidance of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait.  She also applies Pilates and Ayurveda to work uniquely with each student, of any age and ability, to help them find stability, awareness, transformation and comfort on all levels.