Elizabeth Topp PhD is the creator of The Yoga Beam ™, a combination of yoga, dance, pilates, gymnastics, reflexology and acupressure. A devoted yoga student since 1997, Elizabeth began teaching yoga in 2005 in Los Angeles, launching the yoga and meditation program at Shutters on the Beach & Hotel Casa del Mar hotels in Santa Monica, CA. 

As a former athlete, Elizabeth fell in love with yoga and it’s introduction to a whole new level of embodiment, fitness, and vitality. When Yoga Beam ™ construction specialist Warren Tarbell heard a childhood story about her dad making her a balance beam, her next birthday gift was a beam. She quickly jumped back up on the beam and began to choreograph the new Yoga Beam sequences taught today.

Elizabeth has a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology and Masters degrees in Counseling Psychology and Holistic Human Development. Elizabeth has designed yoga teacher training curriculum and taught Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics courses. She is also a bodyworker and former spa practitioner and studied the application of ancient Ayurvedic holisitc healing techniques, a similar but different aspect of Yoga, the Science of Life.

Elizabeth is an EMDR trauma therapist in private practice, an entrepreneur and champion of the certified B Corp movement, a cross-cultural trainer, and the creator of Presence Coaching, a mindfulness based personal growth and transformation program (www.MODbenefit.com).