A leading authority on mind-body wellness, Peggy Hall is a certified yoga instructor, personal trainer, nutritional therapist and weight and lifestyle management consultant and is a published author and sought-after speaker.
Peggy
can be heard weekly on the ABC Radio Network's "Health and Wellness
Clinic with Peggy Hall" syndicated to nearly 200 stations nationwide. Peggy is a contributing editor and columnist for Clean Eating magazine and a regular feature writer for Oxygen. Her work has appeared in Self, Men's Journal, Yoga Journal and many others. She's the former health and fitness editor 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, 2004). Peggy served as the online expert/guest editor at www.Self.com and writes the "Fit for Surf" column at www.wetsand.com.
An avid surfer, Peggy put her passions together and created the highly-acclaimed and best-selling Yoga for Surfers series, 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 Hers, just to name a few.
Peggy’s energy and enthusiasm make her a popular guest on shows such as The KTLA Morning News, “The Mix”, KFMB Morning News among others. Yoga for Surfers has also been featured on NBC’s The Today Show.
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!
Currently, Peggy
teaches at Yoga Works studios in Orange County and presents special
workshops on health and wellness for various resorts and spas
throughout Southern California. She created the first-ever "Surf Flex" conditioning program for Equinox Fitness.
Known for her enthusiastic and inspiring teaching style, Peggy draws
from various styles of yoga 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 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 bachelor’s degree in political science from the University
of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in international
relations from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
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 cross-cultural communications business,
"Global Learning".
Peggy is currently at work on her next DVD series, Total Body Tune-Up. Other titles in production include Heal Your Back, Yoga for Students and Yoga Secrets. She's also finishing up her book Quit Fighting with Food.
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.