Pastor Cindy Senarighi was our Founder. She started Yogadevotion in 1999 and was a second career pastor. Her first call was to be an RN. She graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in 1977 and began her career at Regions Medical Center in St. Paul, MN. Most of her 25-year nursing career was spent working on the acute adult psychiatric unit.
Throughout her career as a nurse Cindy also taught fitness and it was through her fitness background that she attended her first yoga training.
A transition from a position as a staff nurse to being a parish nurse in a large Lutheran Church occurred at the same time as a regular yoga practice developed. While still a parish nurse Cindy was encouraged to attend seminary, studying for a masters in health ministry. At the same time she started Yogadevotion, a faith-based yoga company.
An MA in health ministry turned into a Masters of Divinity with a desire and emphasis on healing. All the while Yogadevotion continued to grow, completely through the power of the Spirit and the efforts of friend and business manager, Lisa Ender.
Cindy was ordained in the ELCA in 2008 and was the Congregational Care pastor at St. Andrew’s Lutheran church and Chaplain to the senior facility St. Andrew’s Village until the fall of 2015.
Pastor Cindy Senarighi, age 68, of White Bear Lake, MN passed away on March 4 after a battle with cancer. Her legacy lives on through Yogadevotion and through the lives she touched each day.
