Christine Burke's Bio
At the age of 8 Christine remembers remember thinking that the “now” was very important. That each moment was a tiny universe and would never happen again. Throughout her life she has been searching and has always felt most comfortable when asking the big questions of life while fully immersed in the small moments of existence. Yoga is a practice that allows her to live life as a quest, a magical journey and the gift of sharing that with others is Christine’s eternal good fortune. She stepped into Yoga as an actress and former dancer in New York at Jivamukti and was enthralled by the practice as taught by David Life and Sharon Gannon.
She studied there as well as Integral Yoga and Om Yoga until moving to Los Angeles in 1994. There Christine met her husband to be (Gary McCleery)who introduced her to Center For Yoga (pre-Yoga Works) where she began teaching in 1999 and received her certification from CFY in 2000. She is a RYT with Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level.
Christine has been influenced, inspired and challenged by Ana Forrest, Edward Clark(Tripsichore), Marla Apt, Paul Cabanis, Patricia Walden, Jill Miller,Darren Main, Ganga White, Tracey Rich and all the teachers at Liberation. Other main influences are her husband, her 3 dogs, torotise and god-bunny Bob, her students, friends and family, Mother Nature and too many poets, musicians and artists to mention.
Christine’s students range in age from 4 to 93. She is a frequent contributor to LA Yoga Magazine,
has been featured in the LA Times, LA Weekly, Yogi Times, LA Yoga Magazine and on the online program “Great Yoga Teachers”. Christine is a proud ambassador to Eddie Bauer Yogawear.
Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu – may all beings everywhere be happy, peaceful and free and may my actions contribute to their happiness, peace and freedom.
Co-founder of OME www.omexperiment.com