Meet Tracy Pryor

Tracy’s Story

Tracy Pryor started practicing yoga at a young age. Tracy’s first yoga teacher was her mother, who began a yoga practice during her pregnancy with Tracy. She took classes taught by Whit East at the Winston-Salem YMCA. In her twenties a friend invited her to go to a yoga class and she learned that Whit East, now in his later years, was still teaching yoga classes. Tracy decided to become a yoga instructor because she wanted to share her experience of yoga and meditation with others. Yoga is a lifelong wellness practice because over time it improves mental focus, increases flexibility, and fosters a greater sense of wellness.

Tracy believes in making yoga available for everybody, in every body. She has taught yoga since 2007 to a variety of populations from children to adults. She is a E-200 hour and a 500 hour registered yoga alliance teacher (RYT). Tracy holds a 140 Hour Yoga Warrior (Trauma Sensitive Yoga) Instructor, a 100 Hour Warrior Kids Yoga Instructor,  a 100 Hour Wellness Yoga Instructor, a 100 Hour Active Adult Yoga Instructor, a 100 Hour Holistic Body Yoga Instructor,  a 100 Hour Brain Health Yoga Instructor, and a 100 Hour Mind Body Recovery Coaching Yoga Instructor certification, all through YogaFit. Tracy completed the YogaFit Healthcare Program, an International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) accredited yoga therapy program, and is now a certified Yoga Therapist. Tracy holds a Seated Tai Chi Instructor certification through the Tai Chi For Health Institute. She is also a certified clinician and Resilient Heart Specialist with HeartMath Institute, and essential oils specialist, a Reiki Master, and Resilient Spirit coach.

With the birth of her daughter, Tracy became more passionate about the products she was using in her home, the foods her family was eating, and the toxic load and her environment. She believes in the use of ethically sourced raw materials and encourages the use of organic essential oils in the home for meeting both cleaning and wellness goals. Improving health begins with improving the way we care for ourselves through nutrition, positive thoughts and bettering our daily habits.  Tracy is passionate about empowering others to flourish and live into their own life calling.

The Rev. Dr. Tracy A. Pryor is an ordained pastor in the Moravian Church. She has served congregations in Arizona, North Dakota, North Carolina, New York and Ohio from 1999-present. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art with a Design Concentration and an Art Education certification from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a Master of Divinity from Moravian Seminary (Magna Cum Laude), and a Doctorate of Ministry in Congregational Mission and Leadership from Luther Seminary. Her dissertation was titled, In All Things Love: Holy Conversations And Missional Discernment In The Moravian Church  (2014). She authored a study guide for Zinzendorf: A Theology of the Heart (2000) and has been a frequent workshop presenter on topics such as prayer and meditation, wellness, arts and worship, essential oils, congregational renewal and missional discernment, and accompaniment.

Tracy enjoys playing a variety of musical instruments and singing to her daughter. She competed in regional and international competitions with Sweet Adelines, Inc. She sang with Golden Triad (North Carolina); Phoenix Showcase and the Scpttsdale Chorus (both in Arizona); and briefly served as an assistant director of Accapella Xpress in Fargo, ND. She is a Girl Scout leader and mother to a competitive Irish Step Dancer. She has also taken up competitive Irish Dance herself with the Columbus Celtic Dancers.  And Tracy enjoys a life-long learning journey, spending time with family, cooking, playing music, creating art, and being in the outdoors.