Dawn Schaefer-Stumpf

Dawn Schaefer-Stumpf

Yoga Teacher, Teacher Training Faculty Member, and Provider of Body-Mind Therapy (Yoga Therapy)

Dawn believes in the power of joy and discovered more of it through yoga.

 Dawn (she/her) began practicing yoga more than 30 years ago at Saint Olaf College where it couldn’t be called yoga. How times have changed! She earned her 200- and first 500-hour certifications at Green Lotus. Dawn is an MS licensed educator and has certifications in Yoga Therapy, Functional Yoga Therapy, Sound Healing, Reiki, Mindfulness for Schools, and Lifeforce Yoga for Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma. She believes in the power of cultivating joy and lives by the mantra, lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, which translates as, “May all beings be happy and free and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way.” instructor. Dawn teaches yoga history, philosophy, and pranayama in Green Lotus’s 240-hour teacher-training program.

Dawn uses yoga-based tools and strategies to teach children and families with special needs. As an educator of young children, Dawn received her Yoga Calm certification to instruct children and teachers mindfulness and mindful yoga-based movement. Yoga also is something she enjoys with her family and extended family – they often practice together. Dawn co-published the book Journal of an ADHD Kid: The Good, the Bad and the Useful, with her son, Tobias, with whom she also conducts workshops. Dawn takes her yoga everywhere: For more than five years, she has taught yoga on stand-up paddleboards.