Peggy Hall, Creator of Yoga for Surfers
Peggy Hall is an avid surfer, a certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and surf-nutrition specialist who is recognized as the leading authority on surfing fitness and wellness.
Surfer Magazine calls Peggy a "legend" in the field of surfing fitness!
After using yoga to heal her chronic shoulder tendonitis in the late 90's and discovering how it dramatically improved her surfing, she set out on a mission to spread the yoga vibe to as many surfers as possible!
Read Peggy's personal story here.
Starting in 2002, Peggy and her husband David produced the first-ever Yoga for Surfers DVD and now have four titles in the comprehensice series! (Yes, they "inspired" a few copy-cats along the way, but the smart surfers like pros Tom Carroll, Taylor Knox and Garrett McNamara appear in and endorse Yoga for Surfers!
Since 2002, Yoga for Surfers has sold over 100,000 copies to surfers all pver the world, and Peggy gets letters from surfers every day who share their stories of how Yoga for Surfers helped them surf better -- and live better!
Peggy Hall Bio
Called "America's Ultimate Wellness Expert" by Woman's World magazine, Peggy Hall is a leading authority on mind/body health and wellness and is an acclaimed yoga instructor, personal trainer, nutritional therapist, published author and sought-after speaker.
A popular media personality, Peggy is a regular contributor to national media, offering her insights, inspiration and expert opinion on television, radio, the Internet and print publications.
Peggy is the featured health and wellness expert for the ABC Radio Network with her popular health and wellness segments broadcast on 200 stations coast-to-coast.
A contributing editor and columnist for Clean Eating magazine, Peggy is also the health editor for Damsel, and a regular features writer for Oxygen magazine. Her work has appeared in Self, Men's Journal, Yoga Journal and many others. She's the former health and fitness editor for Surf Life for Women magazine. Peggy also contributed to the books Surf’s Up: A Girl’s Guide to Surfing (Ballantine, 2005) and Surf Girl’s Guide to Surfing (Orca, 2008).
A certified nutritionist and weight and lifestyle management consultant, Peggy is also the creator of the Three-Day Detox Diet and the 10 Day Transformation which have helped thousands of people lose weight and improve their health.
Peggy is a guest editor for www.SurfingtheMag.com where she contributes to the "Fit for Surf" column. She also served as the online expert/guest editor at www.Self.com.
An avid surfer, Peggy put her passions together and launched the first-ever and best-selling Yoga for Surfers series in 2002, which has helped thousands of surfers worldwide surf better and live better.
Heralded by Men’s Journal as one of the “Top Five Trends in Fitness”, Yoga for Surfers has garnered heavy media coverage, with Peggy being featured in Yoga Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, ABC News.com, Surfer, Surfing, TransWorld Surf and Muscle & Fitness, The KTLA Morning News, and NBC's The Today Show, among others.
A highly sought-after and engaging speaker, Peggy was selected to lead yoga classes for Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women Conference in 2007, alongside such luminaries as Ariana Huffington, Meg Whitman and Sally Ride. Billy Jean King taught tennis lessons, and Peggy Hall taught yoga!
Peggy has a loyal following in her classes at Yoga Works in Laguna Beach and presents special workshops on health and wellness for various resorts and spas throughout Southern California. She created the first-ever "Fit for Surf" conditioning program for Equinox Fitness.
Known for her enthusiastic and inspiring teaching style, Peggy draws from various styles of yoga and uses an intuitive approach to create innovative, challenging and enjoyable classes. Her clear instruction and encouraging approach makes even the most demanding poses accessible to all, and her radiant energy is an excellent testament to the life-enhancing benefits of yoga!
In addition to receiving a Certificate in Yoga Studies from the University of California Irvine Extension, Peggy also completed her advanced teacher training at Sacred Movement in Santa Monica, CA. She is also certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as a Personal Trainer and Weight and Lifestyle Management Consultant.
A longtime instructor at the university level, Peggy is the former Director of Teacher Education Programs at the University of California, Irvine Extension. She holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Fluent in French and Arabic, Peggy lived in Paris for a short time and also in Morocco for several years where she first taught English for the Peace Corps and then worked in marketing for Proctor & Gamble.
Prior to her career in health and wellness, Peggy provided corporate training in business writing, presentation skills and accent reduction for dozens of Fortune 500 companies through her own cross-cultural communications business. Peggy is currently at work on her next DVD series, "Fit for Surf" and "Total Body Tune-Up". Other titles in production include "Heal Your Back", "Yoga for Students" and "Yoga Secrets".
When she’s not teaching, writing or surfing, Peggy devotes her time to animal welfare issues through Compassion for All, the non-profit organization she founded with her husband David. Peggy and her husband live in Southern California with their four beloved cats, two of which Peggy rescued while doing animal rescue work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.