MEET STEPH

Steph Marker (they/them):
​RYT 200 Yin Yoga/Yoga
Steph has been a practicing yogi for over 20 years. She attended her first intensive meditation retreat in 2009, where she fell in love with the yoga community and quiet contemplation. She became more serious about her yin practice in 2017 when her chronic illness became tougher to manage. In 2019, she earned her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certification with HereNowYoga in Birmingham, Alabama.

Yoga has been a transformative experience for Steph and an integral element of her chronic pain management. She is passionate about bringing peace and comfort to others through gentle movement and breathwork, and firmly believes that every body can benefit from a sustainable, accessible yoga practice.

Steph holds a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, an MFA in creative writing from Bowling Green State University, and a BA in English from Western Michigan University. She has been teaching creative writing, literature, and composition classes at various colleges and universities since 2008, and currently serves as an English instructor at the University of Alabama. She is working toward an MLIS in library and information science and an MFA in book arts from the University of Alabama.