Carol Krucoff, E-RYT, is a yoga therapist, fitness expert and award-winning journalist. As a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine - part of the Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina -- she creates individualized yoga practices for people with health challenges. Carol co-directs the Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors teacher training, designed to help yoga instructors work safely and effectively with older adults, and teaches yoga at Duke University's Center for Living.

Her newest book is "Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain," published by New Harbinger. She is creator of the audio home practice CD, "Healing Moves Yoga," and is co-author, with her Duke University cardiologist husband, Mitchell Krucoff, MD, of "Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments with Exercise," now in its third edition. Her DVD, Relax into Yoga: Finding Ease in Body and Mind, is available from Pranamaya.

An award-winning journalist, Carol served as founding editor of the Health Section of The Washington Post, where she worked as a reporter and editor for 10 years, and her syndicated column, "Bodyworks," ran in newspapers around the country from 1988 to 2000. She is a frequent contributor to Yoga Journal, and her articles have appeared in numerous national publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, SELF, and Glamour.

Carol is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance at their highest level (E-RYT500) and is certified as a personal trainer by the American Council on Exercise. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and serves on the peer review board for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. In addition to practicing yoga for more than 30 years, Carol spent a decade studying martial arts. As a second-degree black belt in karate and Sensei, she taught martial arts for four years.

Widely-quoted in periodicals such as The Wall Street Journal and on programs such as NPR's Talk of the Nation and The People's Pharmacy, Carol presents talks and workshops designed to help people of all ages and abilities bring healing movement into their lives. (www.healingmoves.com/carol/workshops). She has been an invited speaker for a variety of groups including the American College of Sports Medicine, the SAS Institute and the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine. On the Internet, she has served as fitness expert for numerous sites, including Disney's Family.com, Natural Journeys and Atkins University. She is a guest lecturer for the University of North Carolina’s Master’s Degree Program in Medical Journalism (visit website here).

Carol began reporting on exercise science through a deep personal commitment to physical activity and the healing power of movement. She has been practicing yoga for more than 30 years, started running in 1980 after interviewing Jim Fixx, has lifted weights with Arnold Schwartzenegger, done aerobics at Jane Fonda's Workout in California and spent her early years training in dance. She is the mother of two grown children, Max and Rae, and has been married to Mitchell Krucoff, MD, since 1974.