About

I began my Hatha Yoga practice and training in 1993, exploring a variety of disciplines such as Ashtanga-vinyasa, Iyengar, Shadow, Therapeutic, and Vinyasa. While pursuing my studies, I lived in San Francisco, London, and New York City, where I began teaching in 2008 and became an Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, receiving teaching certification in:

• Vinyasa Yoga, 200 hrs, 2008, Sonic Yoga NYC
• Therapeutic Yoga, 500 hrs, 2009, Abhyasa Yoga Center BKLYN
• Children’s Yoga, Level I, Level II, Level III, 2010, Little Flower Yoga NYC

I deepened my knowledge of Yoga Anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff in 2012 and Embodied Anatomy and Kinesiology with Amy Matthews in 2014 at The Breathing Project. In my Yoga Anatomy study, I examined the principles and the practices that provide a practical grounding in the essentials of the anatomy of yoga practice with a particular emphasis on the relationship between breathing and healthy spinal function. In my Embodied Anatomy and Kinesiology study, I addressed structure and movement from an experiential perspective, using principles from Body-Mind Centering, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, PNF, and various yoga practices to discuss principles of alignment and therapeutic applications.

In Hatha Yoga, the body and the breath are unified, either in asana (postures) or in vinyasa krama (an organized sequence of asana). Ha is the exhale, giving, masculine, the sun. Tha is the inhale, receiving, feminine, the moon. Whether it is postures or movements, the body is organized around the breath. Hatha Yoga is a relatively late arrival in the evolution of Yoga, dating back little more than one thousand years, entering the Western Hemisphere in the 1920s, and today it is the most widely practiced branch of Hindu Yoga. Hatha Yoga has many positive benefits and effects, especially health and fitness, but the true tradition of Yoga is in the practice of self-transcendence, self-transformation, and self-realization.

I am currently studying the teachings of Therapeutic Yoga and Vedic chanting with Guta Hedewig, Director of Teacher Training at The Yoga School of New York, in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya, the ‘Grandfather of Modern Yoga’ and TKV Desikachar, son of Krishnamacharya and founder of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, South India.

I offer a traditional Breath-Centered Yoga practice for the individual, Yoga to meet your individual need. It is with a profound passion that the teachings and practice are offered, clarifying its relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life.

I also offer Reiki, a form of vibrational healing developed in early twentieth century Japan, involving the light laying of hands, restoring balance to body, mind, and spirit. I received my training, transmission, and initiation of first and second degree Reiki in 2015. I have been practicing Self-Reiki every day since my transmission and initiation, and I have found it to be extremely supportive, easy, and transformational. I would consider it an honor to share this with you if you want to add another layer of observation to your practice.

Photos by Anna Rose