About Carly Hunter

With over two decades of a dedicated yoga practice and ten years of teaching experience, I stepped away from an established corporate advertising career in 2015 to devote my life to the art, science, and lifestyle of yoga. As the practice has been a steady companion through the trials and tribulations of life, I aim to share its value with a wide demographic of students.

I travel the world to study extensively with the most senior lineage holders of Ashtanga Yoga and I owe tremendous thanks to my main teachers David Swenson, Shelley Washington, Nancy Gilgoff, Tim Miller, Manju Jois, and David Williams. It has been a great privilege to learn directly from some of the most respected teachers of modern yoga and each has made an indelible mark on my understanding and teaching.

My Mission

My devotion to a six-day-a-week personal practice guides my teaching and serves as the direct reference point, source of inspiration, knowledge, and shareable insights.
With listening, encouragement, love, and dedication, I illuminate a path for my students to discover personal potential and support them on a journey of growth.
As the benefits of the practice are revealed, my students feel better in their life and relationships with a newfound connection to body, mind, and emotions.
My teachers are the wisdom and energy that fuels my passion for the practice and teaching. I honor and acknowledge those who have walked the path before me by responsibly carrying forward the tradition.

Above all, I consider myself a student who endeavors to honor my teachers, the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga, and use my teaching to inspire others along this transformational eight limbed path.

Meet the Founder

Carly has a lifetime background studying body and movement. At a young age she trained competitive gymnastics and went on to become a professional dancer.

While earning a BFA in Dance Performance from The Ohio State University she was exposed to many somatic techniques including yoga. As a result, Carly approaches teaching with a wide lens of perspective.

Carly is passionate about guiding her students toward a healthy wellbeing beyond the physical yoga practice. Along with countless hours of yoga study, she is a certified Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN). Carly also has formal training in Yoga Nidra (meditation) and Pranayama (breath work). These healing modalities can be incorporated into the structure of a private lesson or as a stand alone offering.

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What My Community Says

I have enjoyed tremendously the past three and a half years with Carly. She was so great in person and pivoted so well to online sessions when Covid shut down the city. She has been such a great instructor bridging together my friend’s novice yoga practice with mine, which is more advanced, and has done it harmoniously, making things both easy to follow while also challenging. She is skillful and generous and can offer tremendous benefits to any level of ability or experience.

Leslie, 41
Student since 2019
Carly and I have now been working together for about ten years and the impact on mind and body has been a revelation. Carly is a wonderful caring person and a joy to be with. Her thoughtfully designed sessions leave me relaxed and restored, but also very proud of what she has helped me to achieve. Now in my 80s, I am quite strong still, but also more limber and flexible than I have ever been before. Yoga is wonderful, but practicing with Carly is exceptional. I am forever grateful.

Chip, 81
Student since 2015
Although walking into my first private yoga session was a terrifying experience, my fear disappeared instantly when I met Carly. She is the kind of teacher you dream about—kind, funny, insightful and nurturing. While she has a deep knowledge of and love for yoga, she is also humble and gentle in her approach. Her unique way of knowing just how much to challenge and just how much to support has helped me grow. Because of her ability as a teacher, I have developed strength and flexibility in my body that I had thought was gone for good.

Antonia, 70
Student since 2016
To me, Carly's quality as a teacher does not just rest in her amazing ability to do and teach asana, and to adjust her students to reach physical limits beyond expectation, but it is to teach her students to go beyond the poses and expectations and to help them embrace where they are in their practice and by doing this, where they are in their life. With Carly’s passion for yoga and compassion for her students, she was able to teach me a valuable lesson, that yoga can truly heal me and that it goes beyond any physical practice.

Vesna, 48
Student since 2015
Carly is an expert on the human body. She has designed a yoga practice for me personally that involves stretch, strength, and, most importantly, balance. She knows when to push me and also when to modify poses for my body's needs. She a delight to have in my home and loves my dog too!

Deborah, 67
Student since 2018

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Above all, I consider myself a student who endeavors to honor my teachers, the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga, and use my teaching to inspire others along this transformational eight limbed path.

Carly is an expert on the human body. She has designed a yoga practice for me personally that involves stretch, strength, and, most importantly, balance. She knows when to push me and also when to modify poses for my body's needs. She a delight to have in my home and loves my dog too!