Lizzie Nichols has been a student and devoted practioner of Ashtanga yoga for 10 years. She has traveled to Mysore to study with Sri. K Pattabhi Jois. She has completed repeated intensives with Senior Ashtanga Teachers; Dena Kingsberg and Tim Miller. As owner of Open Door Yoga in San Francisco from 2000-2005, she facilitated many workshops and programs in Ashtanga as well as other yoga traditions. She was an assistant to Devorah Sacks' Mysore Class from 2002-2005. She has a traditional Ashtanga practice and studies yoga philosophy with Kate Holcombe.