Vicki Johnson began practicing yoga in 1978 upon recommendation of a friend in recovery.  Yoga became part of her personal recovery, along with a Twelve Step program.  She practiced yoga using Richard Hittleman’s book, Yoga:  28 Day Exercise Plan, for 10 years before taking her first class in the Iyengar tradition. She started teaching yoga and earned certifications from the Integrative Yoga Therapy school and Namaste International, a Scaravelli-inspired program. She served several years as the director of the latter school before cofounding Namaste USA. Johnson is a licensed chemical dependency counselor and a licensed Accudetox specialist. She offers specialized yoga training for professionals in the chemical dependency and mental health fields and is a former faculty member of Hazelden’s Women Healing Conference program.  She is the producer of the award-winning “GRACE…Yoga & Recovery” DVD and “GRACE…Recovery Meditation” CD.