Our Story
Formerly a NYC-based yoga studio, The Giving Tree was started in January of 2001 by Anne-Margaret Redding with 5 students, renting space from a dance studio. In 2009, Anne-Margaret and her husband, Anthony, expanded into their own dedicated brick and mortar studio at 22-56 31st Street in Astoria, NYC. In 2019, the overseeing of this community was adopted by new owners and remains in its original location. It was at The Giving Tree where Anne-Margaret's 3 original class styles (Chakra Yoga, AromaYIN, and Total Training) were developed into Yoga Alliance 200-hour and 30-hour continuing education trainings. Now these trainings are offered online and at various yoga studios worldwide. Many of her graduates still teach at The Giving Tree’s original home in Astoria (now called The Yoga Studio). Don’t miss the monthly New Moon Women’s Circle™, started by Anne-Margaret in 2003 in her tiny Astoria apartment. If you are not in the NYC area to attend the Astoria circle led by NMW™ trained circle leaders, join Anne-Margaret as she now offers this circle online.
You can now find Anne-Margaret and Anthony ’s offerings at various locations worldwide and virtually. Their social media channels (IG: @raisethevibrationtour, FB: Raise The Vibration) and website www.RaiseTheVibration.com provide daily inspiration with their #30secondsacred meditations, New/Full Moon visualizations, online classes, workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, and continuing education courses for wellness practitioners. Registered with the Yoga Alliance, the Chakra Yoga 200-hour teacher training certification is designed to cultivate teachers who are able to express their unique spirit, strengths, and passions through yoga. Participants complete with a toolbox full of inspiration and practical approaches to creating classes that inspire and truly make a difference for others. Also offered are four YA continuing education trainings to increase the expertise and marketability of yoga teachers and wellness practitioners. Three of the four 30-hour training courses certify students in Anne-Margaret’s three signature styles: Chakra Yoga™, AromaYIN™, and Total Training™. Her fourth 30-hour training, ‘Alignment and Assisting’, focuses on the too-often neglected aspects of teaching yoga: accurate verbal alignment cueing and precise hands-on assisting.
