Elizabeth Wipff

Elizabeth Wipff grew up in Marin County, California and has made her home in NYC for the past 14 years. She began doing yoga poses as little girl when she received a children's yoga book for her 4th Birthday. About the same time, she also started belting out show tunes in her living room—much to her big brothers annoyance. Yoga and performing stayed with her throughout her childhood and big dreams of singing on a Broadway stage brought her to NYC to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. For several years after graduation, Elizabeth ran around the country performing in children's theater tours and regional theater but quickly found she wasn't cut out for life on the road. Around the same time she discovered Vinyasa Yoga, a flowing and athletic style of practice that was a hypnotic challenge. Elizabeth was soon skipping auditions to go to yoga class. She knew then that she had to change careers. In 1999 Elizabeth became certified to teach yoga. Since then, she has taught at Crunch, Equinox, The Oxygen Network, Practice Yoga, Levitate Yoga, Laughing Lotus, Visiting Nurse Service of NY, and numerous other public and private venues. In addition, she has been featured in both Elle magazine and the NY Times and has styled articles for Self. She has trained around the country and in NYC with Rodney Yee, John Friend, Rod Stryker, Dana Flynn, and Alison West, and has developed a teaching style that blends the flowing elements of Vinyasa with the structure of Iyengar Yoga. For good measure she blends in a little breath work and meditation. Elizabeth holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from the New School University/AMDA. She studies voice with Candace Goetz, has studied Musical Theatre Performance with Judy Kuhn, Craig Carnelia, and Dave Clemmons and is trained in Meisner technique. She still performs occasionally but only takes jobs that allow her to go home at the end of the day. Elizabeth is excited to be at CAP 21 to bring her passion for yoga to lovers of Musical Theater.