Margaret Pitkin BA, DPT 

I am a lifelong movement lover, dirt grubber, skeptic, and plow guy (Kubota orange is my favorite color) born and raised in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. I have a bachelor's degree in Geology from Smith College and a doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Vermont - yay, student debt! In a previous life I spent 14 years teaching yoga to a wide variety of students and teachers throughout Vermont and New England, I was even part of a weird yoga cult for a while, that part was not so cool. In my current career I am licensed as a physical therapist in the state of Vermont and am employed as a staff PT at Lamoille Home Health and Hospice. In my not-work time I enjoy slogging up mountains on foot or on skis, riding my bike, paddleboarding, staring blankly, hanging out with my dogs and sometimes also with other humans, reading, and doing pull ups.

Note: The photo at the top of the page is me in a yoga pose called upavista konasana. For many this pose requires excessive hamstring flexibility, as is the case with many yoga poses. Excess length in a muscle leads to weakness, joint destabilization, dysfunctional movement, and potentially to injury and pain. I am able to perform this pose in this way mostly because I have very long arms, kind of like a gorilla, that's why I can rest my elbows on the floor.