Ep.6: Charlene Muhammad: Living Your Dharma and Serving Your Community

Charlene Marie Muhammad CNS, LD, E-RYT500, C-IAYT Charlene Marie Muhammad is a wellness practitioner, embracing the spirit of natural living for over 25 years. Charlene’s practice is predicated on formal Master’s level training as well as her own personal use of plants, food as medicine and movement therapy, giving her hands-on relationship and knowledge of these traditional healing modalities. Charlene’s wellness practice, Urbanherbalist, focuses on supporting clients with a practical application to optimal health by using the healing tools that she has grown to embrace in her own personal life: herbal medicine, nutrition and yoga.  Charlene’s journey began in her 20s around the time she completed her undergraduate work at Cornell University. Having landed a “dream” job, working for corporate America on Park Avenue in New York City, Charlene found life away from the beautiful gorges of Ithaca stressful.  Her mother suggested she take a yoga class. One year later, Charlene decided to get out of a city that has buildings so high they hide the sky, and relocated to Seattle, Washington.   Lead Trainer for Love Yoga Studio’s Yoga Teacher Training 200 Senior Yoga Teacher, The Happy Yogi Studio A graduate of Cornell University, Charlene holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Herbal Medicine from Maryland University of Integrative Health, and is a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) and Licensed Dietitian in the state of Maryland. Charlene has over 500 hours of yoga teacher training and instruction and is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IYAT).  Charlene also serves as secretary for the Black Yoga Teachers’ Alliance (BYTA) Find More About Charlene Yoga for Arthritis Classes Kaiser Permanente Classes 200 hr Yoga for Arthritis Yoga Teacher Training Charlene Muhammad's Published Papers