Gretchen has been teaching Dance and Yoga at Spring Ridge since 2005. She earned her BA in Wilderness Therapy with a minor in Dance from Prescott College in 2001.

Gretchen is a National Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor, a certified TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises) practitioner, and she is currently working on her Master of Education.
Gretchen has been working with adolescents in both therapeutic and adventure settings since 1998.

She has extensive experience teaching yoga, dance and outdoor adventure skills in settings ranging from charter schools, private studios to therapeutic wilderness programs.