ABOUT
JOSHUA TREE YOGA is a people-centric yoga community based in Joshua Tree California. We have classes and other gatherings in multiple locations around the Joshua Tree area. We invite people of all experiences and backgrounds to come be a part of our community; whether the Joshua Tree area is your home, or your are visiting.
JOSHUA TREE YOGA is committed to being a space of inclusion. We not only accept and embrace, but also love and celebrate all of the emotionally, spiritually, and physically diverse people of our community.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge that the land on which we currently inhabit and benefit from is the ancestral home and unceded territory of the Newe Sogobia (Western Shoshone) people and the Yuhaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano) people. We recognize this reality as a way of honoring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on this land from time immemorial and to illuminate the long standing history that has brought us to this land, and to seek to understand our place within that history.
CULTURAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge that yoga is an ancient, set of mental, physical and spiritual practices, developed in the region of the world known today as India. We acknowledge that yoga is a lifestyle and a philosophy, and we strive to live from the yogic philosophy in all aspects of life; beyond the physical practice of yoga (asana) and including all eight limbs of yoga (ashtanga). We express deep gratitude to the many practitioners that we have learned from and we offer yogic practice through Joshua Tree Yoga with humility as we continue to learn and grow in our use, understanding, and pronunciation of theses sacred practices.
INSTRUCTORS
Salem McBee
E-RYT 500, YACEP
Salem has been teaching yoga for a decade and been a practitioner of yoga for over 20 years. As a graduate of Black Swan Yoga Teacher Training in Austin. Salem is a credentialed member of Yoga Alliance and holds a E-RYT500 certification. She is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider and is certified in Hatha Yoga, Meditation, Anatomy, History and Philosophy of Yoga. Additionally, Salem is certified in Accessible Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and is a graduate of The Alchemy of Chakras .
With a background in Transformational Life Coaching, Salem is known for her expertise in listening with crystal clarity and delivering highly impactful feedback to her clients. She has an intuitive knack for asking questions that lead to powerful revelations and subsequent action and results; all the while, she does so with the connection of a soul who genuinely loves the person in front of her. Salem holds a space in her heart for all people and is known for catalyzing authentic, honest, results driven, life changing moments. Her unique blend of Transformational Life Coaching and all inclusive yoga, has had a profound impact on thousands of lives.
As a teenager Salem apprenticed under Master Trainers and Executive Coaches, including her father, and worked by catalyzing transformation with individuals and business teams. As she journeyed the years of fulfilling her dream of being a mom, she continued to be a faith filled, passionate inspiration for a multitude of people. Through the experience of raising her son with severe disabilities and his death at age six, Salem has sown a garden of tears and laughter that she generously shares with authentic grace.
She and her husband Brye married as teenagers and have been together for 30 years. They have three children and are almost always found working and playing together. As a family, they consult in the hospitality industry and coach individuals and businesses into their own greatness. In addition, Salem is an epically creative chef whose food is legendary among those who have eaten at her table.