Yoga Alliance
Kimberly Willson-St. Clair is an experienced University Studies Librarian at Portland State University since September 1997, holding various roles including Reference & Instruction Librarian and Public Relations Coordinator for Library Administration. In addition to academic librarianship, Kimberly teaches yoga as a 500 RYT instructor with Yoga Alliance and as a 200 RYT instructor at Sitting Sun Yoga, emphasizing adaptive yoga, breath work, and meditation. Previous experience includes community education instruction for seniors at Clackamas Community College, work as a reference librarian at Lake Oswego Public Library, and leadership as Chairperson of the Oregon Authors Committee, where Kimberly managed a significant project to digitize the Oregon Authors Bibliography. With educational qualifications including a Master's in Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master's in Literature from American University, Kimberly brings a diverse background in both literature and library sciences.
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Yoga Alliance
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Yoga Alliance is the leading nonprofit association representing the yoga community worldwide. Our work is a direct reflection of yoga professionals’ needs and feedback, and supports and fosters the high quality, safe, accessible, and equitable teaching yoga everywhere. We do this through: • Celebrating and uplifting the many diverse yoga styles, traditions, and lineages; • Upholding the worldwide growth of yoga through education and community, including Digital Event programming; • Encouraging safe yoga instruction via quantitative Standards and a member-wide Ethical Commitment, which includes an enhanced Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice, and responsibility to equity in yoga; • Advocating for self-regulation in the yoga industry, our community's protection from unfair or unnecessarily burdensome patents, taxation, or government regulation; and universal access to high quality, safe, accessible, and equitable yoga practices; • Serving the member community by providing tools for professional growth and development, exclusive benefits, and timely resources and information including those on COVID-19 and Social Justice; • Fostering accountability within our standards, membership, and internal team; and • Providing yoga schools and yoga teachers with effective business practices to help achieve success.