A native of Knoxville, Renee graduated from Alpha Health Institute for massage therapy and began her yoga training in 1997. After 8 years of massage experience and 3 years of teaching yoga, Renee went back to school in 2005 to further her holistic studies at the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. She graduated as an Ayurvedic health consultant in June 2006. Renee continued her Ayurvedic training by attending a course at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM and completing 2 internships with Dr. John Douillard in Boulder, CO. She is a certified ayurvedic health consultant and the owner of Practical Massage Therapy in Nashville, TN.