Yoga Instructor

PhD, ERYT500

Over four decades, Debbi Murphy has been on a quest to find the best tools for a healthy, happy life. Her journey began with Western academia, where she earned a doctorate in exercise science and a minor in psychology, studying with neuroscientists, physiologists, and psychologists. Her Eastern background comes from her own deep practice and her work with innovative yoga masters whom she brought to her studio in McCall, Idaho for over two decades.

This unique combination of a scientific mind and a yogic heart informs her work in therapeutic yoga, where the goal is to help you build functional strength, resilience, and balance in a personalized way. She originally started the Shanti Yoga Teacher Training program in McCall, and The Yoga Tree was her first home away from home in Boise when she sold her McCall studio & moved to Boise. Today, she is thrilled to be back home at The Tree where she’ll be teaching what she loves, Therapeutic Yoga. Debbi believes that yoga is an evolving, dynamic art and science that helps us move more gracefully through life—to not just ride the roller coaster of its twists, turns, ups, and downs, but to truly love the ride.

All of her teachings, whether in Boise, at conferences, or on international retreats, are built on a foundation of sound biomechanics and the beautiful integration of mind, body, and spirit.