Twenty year old Naomi Kingery was born and raised as a missionary kid between Bangalore, India and Cedar Hill, Texas. Her family is now living in Simi Valley, California where she goes to school , teaches yoga, and works for Medtronic. At the age of twelve she was diagnosed with type one juvenile diabetes and the disease had a bigger impact on her life than anyone could have ever imagined.

She took some beginner yoga classes to help stabilize her blood sugar and pretty soon fell in love with the 5,000 year old movement modality. A few months later she was motivated to accomplish her new dream in life- to help diabetics and other people through yoga.

With the help of Emma Barton at the Shivaloka yoga school, she became a certified yoga therapist. She created Hope Through Yoga at the age of thirteen and since then has taught yoga classes around the world. Her Cd-rom and DVD's are available on this website.

Naomi was featured in the December '08 issue of ADA's magazine Diabetes Forecast! Read the article here. Also, check out the books Naomi has authored at www.livetolovediabetes.com.