Heather Pugh Email & Phone Number

I combine my passion for helping people with the sacred tools of yoga through my San Diego-based wellness company, Vintantra – Yoga for Balance. I am an experienced Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher (E-RYT 500+) that is certified in a variety of yoga formats, including Vinyasa (breath-to-movement flow), Tantra yoga, Yin yoga and pre-natal. My yoga experiences include public and private yoga and meditation classes throughout San Diego. In my yoga podcast, I speak to experts in the industry on topics ranging from yoga to meditation, health, nutrition, mindfulness, Reiki, chakras, alternative healing modalities and more.One of my yoga teaching specialties includes providing private yoga experiences, including corporate yoga. I am available to teach yoga within companies to support on-site employee health and wellness. Yoga helps employees reduce stress, feel better in their bodies, connect, relax, recharge and return to their desk more productive than before they rolled out their mat.

San Diego, California, United States

I teach various styles of yoga at San Diego's premier fitness center, Fit Athletic Club in downtown San Diego. Yoga provides a beautiful balance for our fitness members who are often working on building strength in our gym. In my yoga classes, I provide a balanced approach to strength building, stretching, stillness and movement to provide the ultimate mind+body+spirit balance for our members and guests.

Greater San Diego Area

I teach large group private yoga classes weekly for one of San Diego's premier destination resorts and spas at Paradise Point. Esteemed guests are treated to a complimentary yoga class each Friday and Saturday. I am also available for individual and small group private lessons that can be personalized for the guests. Special occasion and private yoga classes can be prepared for, but aren't limited to, weddings, anniversaries, bachelorette/bachelor parties, family vacations, corporate meetings or conferences - and more! She also provides private guided meditations and visualization.

Greater San Diego Area

Taught yoga for Grotto Climbing and Yoga near SDSU in San Diego, CA. These classes are personalized, but not limited to, boulder climbers and gym members. Classes were suitable for all levels and she enjoys seeing Grotto's community join together in these transformative experiences.

Greater San Diego Area

Taught large group private yoga instruction within high end residential properties for Cooper Life Fitness. These exclusive resident perks help keep resident satisfaction high while attracting future renters.

Greater San Diego Area

Taught Vinyasa yoga, meditation, restorative yoga and workshops at Bird Rock Yoga in Pacific Beach, CA. Co-lead the 200-hour Vinyasa yoga teacher trainings.

Greater San Diego Area

Taught large group, private yoga classes within corporations and organizations as part of the expert Hang Zen Yogis teaching staff. My specialties included gentle Vinyasa yoga for all-levels and relaxing, restorative yoga classes. I lean on my personal experience of working behind the desk and within high-stress corporate jobs to provide classes that are truly transformational for both the employees and the organizations they work for. Employees leave feeling better physically, mentally and spiritually and return to their jobs more productive and inspired to do amazing work.

Greater San Diego Area

Supported Aya Healthcare, the nation's premier travel nurse staffing firm, through public relations, travel RN wellness program management, content marketing, blogging, social media messaging, engagement and other strategic marketing initiatives.Aya Healthcare is one of the largest travel nurse staffing companies in the country with over 3,000 hospitals throughout the United States. Aya Healthcare has been recognized as one of the best places to work by numerous publications, including the San Diego Union Tribune ('14, '15, '16), Modern Healthcare, San Diego Business Journal and Staffing Industry Analysts.

Greater San Diego Area

Led the social media program for Scripps Health, a $2.6 billion not-for-profit integrated health system based in San Diego, California. Scripps is active in social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Periscope, YouTube, Instagram and others. Our social media marketing is centered around patient and employee engagement related to health and wellness topics. In addition to the proactive marketing messages I orchestrate, I also manage our digital customer service in platforms like Yelp and Angie's List. Social media advertising efforts on Facebook and Twitter included establishing and optimizing Facebook "like"​ and Twitter "follow" campaigns along with promoted posts in both channels. These efforts promoted patient acquisition by greatly increasing traffic to our site. Scripps Health treats more than 600,000 patients annually through the dedication of 2,600 affiliated physicians and 14,000+ employees among its five acute-care hospital campuses, hospice and home health care services and 28 outpatient centers and clinics. Scripps has been consistently recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the best places to work in the nation.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Developed and executed client- and agency-related public relations and social media efforts for marketing and brand development firm Hiebing. Clients included: Culver's restaurants, Oregon Chai, DaVinci Gourmet, Wildflower Bread Company, Schneider National, Monona Terrace, adidas Golf, TaylorMade and Ashworth.Responsibilities included: • Developing clear and compelling target-focused communications, including press releases. • Media Relations: Identifying appropriate media contacts, building contact lists, developing engaging pitches, reaching out to media and tracking efforts, blogger outreach, demonstrating project results through clip reports and analysis.• Monitoring social media conversations and trends while engaging with the target audience on behalf of our clients.• Completing secondary research for planning/story development.• Planning: brainstorming tactics, creative touchpoints, strategy, etc.• Keeping up with industry trends through professional development and a constant curiosity for what's hot and what's going to break ground next.

Completed research to learn more about our clients' target audiences and their behaviors online and in social media. Worked with data sets to present findings to the clients so they could connect with the target in the most efficient and influential way possible. The Shoutlet social media tool was a great way for clients to apply findings from our research and turn them into measurable results.

Promoted more than 12 companies at venues throughout southeast Wisconsin. Included leading a six month Rolling Rock campaign, coordinating marketing promotions with management of music venues - spreading brand awareness online through blog posts and social media.

Prepared beverages and a coffee house experience for hundreds of customers daily. Created and managed in-house employee-focused e-newsletter initiative.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Wrote and pitched press releases to hometown newspapers of students and alumni regarding their achievements as part of the public relations arm of UW-Madison. Included feature writing for the quarterly UW-Madison staff magazine.

Met twice weekly to aid a UW-Madison student with Spanish language and grammar.

Taught English to children ages five to six for a minimum of 6 hours a week.

Wrote 27 stories for one of two daily competing campus newspapers at UW-Madison.Copy edited once or twice weekly for articles of all sections of the student newspaper.

B.A, Journalism And Spanish

Activities and Societies: Association for Women in Communications, BRIDGE, Rec. Sports, The Daily Cardinal

300 Hour Yoga Alliance Yoga Teaching Certification, Tantra Yoga

Heather completed her 300-hour Yoga Alliance certified yoga teaching certification through an intensive, immersion program at Durga's.

200-Hour Yoga Alliance Teaching Certification, Vinyasa Yoga

Completed my 200 hour yoga teaching certification at Yoga Alliance certified yoga teaching school Bird Rock Yoga, specializing in Vinyasa.

B.A. Spanish, Spanish Language

Spent one semester abroad studying Spanish at the public university in Madrid, Spain.

Spanish, Spanish

Activities and Societies: Participated in fútbol sala (a soccer team that play on an outdoor, hard surface) as part of my language arts.