Carol Krucoff, RYT

Yoga Therapist

Krucoff is a yoga instructor/therapist specializing in the therapeutic use of yoga for people with health challenges. A contributing editor for Yoga Journal magazine and founding editor of the Washington Post's Health Section, she is co-author of Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments with Exercise.

Krucoff is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and a certified personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise. She is a graduate of the Yoga of the Heart Cardiac and Cancer Certification Training, which focuses on adapting yoga for people with heart disease, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses. A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Krucoff is on the Peer Review Board for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy and served as co-director of Duke Integrative Medicine's Yoga Teacher Training Intensive, "Teaching Yoga to Seniors," in the spring of 2007.

In addition to practicing yoga for more than 25 years, Krucoff spent a decade studying martial arts. As a second-degree black belt in karate and Sensei, she taught martial arts for four years. Before moving to North Carolina in 1988, she spent 10 years as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post. She has published hundreds of articles in a wide variety of national media outlets including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Prevention, and Health.