Heather Gray TenBroek, founder of Awaken Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy, is an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist certified through the California College of Ayurveda. A Certified Yoga Instructor, she has been practicing yoga for more than 35 years. Heather has multiple certifications and more than 1000 education hours including 200YTT with Rolf Gates, and working toward 300hrs with him in Bend.  Always a learner and seeker, being a student is as important to her as being a teacher. She guides her students the way she guides her own life; striving for the truth, the truth of who we are, through the weaving of ancient teachings of the Buddha, the Yoga Sutras, and through yoga’s sister science, Ayurveda. Ayurveda teaches us to find balance through the knowledge of our constitution, our Dosha, using the qualities of the 5 elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Ether.