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Anne-Phyfe Palmer grew up in New Orleans, and later moved to and settled in Seattle. It was there that she founded 8 Limbs Yoga Centers in 1996 to provide an inclusive and welcoming home for yoga practitioners. For 23 years she helped others find a deeper, inner connection with themselves, as well as with the world around them with a clearer lens on topics like the environment, as well as social and racial justice. And while she sold her yoga business in 2020, she continues to teach and build programs so that others can find the peace and joy she has embraced for decades.
Today Anne-Phyfe is grounded in nature, literally. Working at the Arboretum Foundation, she is finding new ways to give back to the world, as well as learning how to let others take the reins and set the direction for her workdays.
Always in for an adventure Anne-Phyfe, her husband, and their 16-year-old, she's a mom to two, took a one-year sailing sabbatical on the Pacific Ocean that concluded in August 2021. She has also always had a passion and love of learning. To grow and support her ability to be a mentor and coach she is currently studying Internal Family Systems and Hakomi Therapy. Her ongoing success has come from being open to receiving what the world has to offer – whether that is an idea or something more concrete, as well as working hard and “going for it” when she puts her mind to it. She cautions those of us who lean into our drive and passion “Don’t push too hard, and make sure to take time to know what feeds and nourishes you” and then to do those things so that you can continue to push, grow, and flourish.
Anne-Phyfe’s Keepsake Journal Collection
Anne-Phyfe’s book recommendations:
- Growing a business: Paul Hawken
- Poser: my life in 23 yoga poses, Claire Dederer
