Erit Pruitt
Yoga Instructor
My journey with yoga began in Y2K, when I first turned to the practice to ease stress and chronic pain. What started as movement slowly became a sacred way of listening—an invitation to trust my inner wisdom and meet my body with compassion. Living with blindness and disability has taught me how easily our relationships with our bodies can be shaped by external expectations, and how deeply we can disconnect when we’re told what our bodies should look like or be able to do. At Yoga Sanctuary, I began to unlearn those messages and return to myself with curiosity, gentleness, and a sense of possibility. Yoga helped me peel back layers of conditioning and reclaim a sense of worth, freedom, and belonging.
As my practice deepened, I found myself drawn to yoga not only as a physical discipline but as a path of integration—mind, body, heart, and spirit woven together. Yoga’s ancient texts and wisdom traditions continue to anchor me, offering guidance on how to live with purpose, compassion, and connection. Through them, I’ve come to understand my place in the wider web of life: in relationship with myself, with other beings, with the universe, and with the divine. The concept of dharma inspires me—this idea that each of us carries unique gifts, and that our work is to uncover them and offer them to the world.
I completed Yoga Sanctuary’s Holistic Teacher Training and earned my 200‑hour RYT in 2020. In 2024, I completed 500 hours of SomaYoga training and earned my Level 1 Yoga Therapy certification through Yoga North and the International SomaYoga Institute. My lived experiences of blindness, disability, neurodivergence, and hypermobility shape my belief that yoga must meet us where we are. It can help us build strength and stability, listen inwardly, and cultivate trust in our bodies—no matter how they move, feel, or change.
South Minneapolis has been my home throughout my adult life, a place where care and connection show up in countless forms. I feel that connection most deeply in gardening: tending vegetables, native plants, and pollinator‑friendly flowers, and sharing food with my community. Growing food and restoring ecosystems feel like quiet acts of resistance—ways of nurturing life in a world that often prioritizes profit over people and the planet. When I’m not practicing yoga or gardening, I love exploring our lakes and parks with my guide dog, whether by tandem bike, paddleboard, kayak, sailboat, or ice skates.
I offer yoga that welcomes you exactly as you are—honoring your dignity, autonomy, boundaries, and embodied wisdom. My intention is to create spaces of deep belonging, where you can listen inwardly, reconnect with your body, and cultivate a loving, peaceful relationship with your whole self. Through curiosity, playfulness, and inclusive, trauma‑informed practice, I hope to support students in discovering resilience, joy, and holistic well‑being, carrying that sense of ease, balance, and rootedness into every part of their lives.