The first class I ever took with Brooke German, I knew she was an out-of-the-ordinary yoga teacher.  For one thing, she had no ego about her.  She was not only smart and capable, but she had a way of genuine connection with each student in the class.  It wasn't so much as what she said. In fact, she has a quiet, gentle spirit about her.  But it was in the way she made eye contact. The way she watched without interfering in anyone's practice.  The way you felt her inner happiness and genuine love of yoga come through through her smile, her deep brown eyes, her love of music, and her ability to share on an equal level with everyone in the class. I came out of the gentle restoraative class, her first, I believe, and I knew, after years of taking yoga from the best of teachers, that she was already one of them despite her youth.