Emilie Perz

@emilieperzyoga

Emilie Perz is an international yoga educator and movement therapist based in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California. Her vast knowledge of yoga and anatomy, infectious positivity and her creative and fun sequences have gained her a dedicated earning her a nod as one of LA’s Top Yoga Instructors.

An advanced practitioner herself, Emilie was initially introduced to yoga a way to ease the anxiety and depression she suffered following her father’s death when she was 17. What began as a gentle Hatha practice turned into a deep love for Iyengar, Ashtanga and Vinyasa flow that she continues to practice and study today.

This passion for yoga has led Emilie to countless yogic teaching and learning experiences on many continents. She has over 1000 accredited hours in anatomy and yoga therapeutics, has taught more than 20 workshops globally and has served as teacher trainer for several yoga institutions including Equinox, YogaWorks, Yoga Medicine and Light on Lotus.

In 2018, Emilie was hired to create the anatomy curriculum for Equinox 200hr teacher trainings worldwide. She has also served as a Lululemon and Free People brand ambassador, worked as an Adidas consultant for photoshoots and branding campaigns, and has continued her anatomy education by participating in cadaver work at The Laboratory of Anatomical Intelligence in Phoenix. Emilie also spent three years as Community Director launching YogaMedicine®, a yoga teacher training program based on anatomy, biomechanics and physiology, with founder Tiffany Cruikshank. This experience cemented Emilie’s knowledge on these topics, which she now brings to her current career in yoga movement therapy at LA-based medical rehabilitation center, Urban Med. At Urban Med, Emilie meets one-on-one with patients to create individual pre/post rehabilitation treatment plans consisting of yoga movement, pranayama, meditation and myofascial release.

Emilie quickly pivoted her sold out Los Angeles classes to her online membership platform, Sequential Body, when Covid-19 shut down the city of Los Angeles. Sequential Body has already garnered press in Home Business Magazine, PressPlay La and TV Grapevine. Emilie is presently living in Palm Springs where she is hosting sold-out, socially distanced retreats, live stream teaching and teaching anatomy for yoga studios worldwide.