FRAN ALEXANDER

I love to help people. I like adventure. As a young nurse, I joined the Public Health Service to work in Alaska. I worked in remote Indian and Eskimo villages. I flew in bush planes transporting patients to hospitals. I also worked in Fairbanks as the only nurse in a busy clinic, caring for Native American families. I helped build a log cabin and lived there without running water.

Fast-forward about 40 years. I spent a month living in a tent on an Ashram attending Yoga Teacher’s Training. Recently I visited India.

What did I do in the time in between? Fortunately, I became a parent and I worked as a nurse. Initially I worked in an urban area, clinic, caring for children with developmental disabilities. I became a Nurse Practitioner and acquired a Master’s Degree in Psychology.

I moved to upstate New York about 30 years ago. I lived in Columbia County, a magical place that inspired the name. “Peace Mountain Yoga”. The spaciousness put me at ease. I was grateful to live in an old farmhouse surrounded by mountains, farms and pastures. Recently my husband and I relocated to Great Barrington Ma, which is the foothills of the amazing Berkshires.  Great  Barrington is a small town, walkable to its many shops and cultural centers.