Erin Cooney is Director of Curriculum & Instruction at Pure Edge, Inc.  Erin travels around the country teaching simple self-care skills like breathing, mindful movement, and guided rest to students and teachers because she believes that taking care of ourselves is a powerful way to be the change we want to see in the world.  She earned a M.Ed. in Human Development and Psychology at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, and a B.A. in English from Gordon College.  She has studied yoga at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India and studied mindfulness for over a decade.  Erin lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Garth & daughters Lucy & May.