About Julia Doughty

Julia Doughty, MFA, Certified Yoga Teacher and Therapist, Holistic Health Practitioner

Julia Doughty teaches Gentle Yoga to all levels of students and offers private sessions and therapy for those who have special needs. She specializes in meditative hands-on energy therapy along with customized Gentle Yoga.

Julia began her yoga practice when she was 11 when her school librarian gave her Richard Hittleman’s books Guide to Meditation and Introduction to Yoga. And then, excited about the holistic lifestyle, she learned about the yogic vegetarian diet from Hittleman’s Yoga Natural Foods Cookbook. As an adult, in order to help people with their holistic well-being, she received formal certifications from Master Yoga Academy, Mueller College, and John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release Approach. She enjoys sharing gentle yoga practices and offering Yoga Therapy to all ages, from babies to seniors.

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Julia has been hiking and camping her whole life, and over the years became more familiar with the gifts western U.S. native plants offer to the holistic ecology of people and the environment. She has learned local plant wisdoms from Jane Thing Dumas (Kumeyaay) and Richard Bugbee (Luiseno), and western U.S. native herbology (derived from various Indians and others) from Michael Moore (the herbalist).

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Julia has taught writing courses independently as well as in community centers, colleges, and schools throughout California since 1989. As an instructor, her titles have included: California Arts Council Guest Artist, California Poet-in-the-Schools, San Diego Writing Center Writer-in-Residence, and Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry grant recipient.

Her plays have been produced in San Diego theatres, including The Fritz Theatre, Studio 856, the Bowery Theatre, and Sushi Performance Gallery.

She was editor and contributing writer 2006-2011 for Ensemble Jourine: Art & Hybrid Writing by International Women and Ensemble Antholozine/Anthology. Her early chapbooks include Dream Homes (Bird Cage Review, 1987) and Kavya Kala: Turtle Island Harvest (2002); click here for current chapbooks.

 

 

 

Licenses & Certifications
HHP 1996005319
NCTMB 409917-00
CAMTC  67632

Photo credit on Dhara Natives slide on home page: Charles Johnson. Used with permission.

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