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contents

features celebrate good times ( 66 )

Part yoga workshop, part yoga party, yoga

festivals are just the place to enjoy practice,

community, and fun. by Neal Pollack

aim high ( 62 )

Seek balance and happiness each day

this year as you set your sights on yoga’s

four aims of life. by Hillari Dowdle

inner light ( 72 )

Yoga offers a radically different approach to

weight loss, one that begins with connecting

to yourself. by Linda Sparrowe

yoga of champions ( 34 )

Yoga gives athletes competing in the 2010 Winter

Olympics a strategic edge. by Diane Anderson,

Charity Ferreira, and Andrea Ferretti

on the cover Renew your practice,

renew your Self:

The power of prana (55)

10 poses to tone

your core (59)

Perfect your posture

with one simple

pose (46)

Live in balance by

honoring your life’s

purpose (62)

Your ideal weight: Find

it with better body

awareness & powerful

poses (72)

“How yoga changed

my relationship to

food” (39)

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Cover credits

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contents february 2010

editor’s letter ( 12 )

contributors ( 14 )

letters ( 16 )

ad finder ( 181 )

yoga pages ( 182 )

living well ( 185 )

classifieds ( 186 )

practice

basics ( 46 )

Garland Pose improve your posture, stretch

your back, and elasticize your knees and

ankles with Malasana. by Marla Apt

home practice with john schumacher ( 59 )

Core values take a playful approach to

building strength and flexibility in your torso.

master class with barbara benagh ( 81 )

Turn up the torque rev up your parivrtta

trikonasana (revolved triangle) by keeping

your pelvis neutral and turning your trunk.

inspiration

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Bringing your practice to life breathe a

sense of adventure into every moment; boost

your immunity with soup; poses to help

seasonal affective disorder; home spa treats.

philosophy ( 55 )

Positively prana why does yoga

make you feel so good? by Rod Stryker

media ( 93 )

reviews of the latest books, cds, and

dvds, including titles by Joel Kramer and

diana alstad, eknath easwaran, desirée

rumbaugh, deva premal, and more.

the yj interview ( 188 )

Yoga’s grande dame after nearly 50

years of practice, lilias folan’s warmth and

wisdom continue to be accessible to all.

by Diane Anderson

food

eating wisely ( 39 )

An honest meal a woman applies the

concept of truthfulness to her relationship

with food. by Jessica Berger Gross

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( )sweet harmonyIs your yoga a practice or a party? How do you

balance your inner life with worldly life?

One weekend last summer, my friend Ann and I packed mats, kids, and

babysitter and headed to the Wanderlust yoga and music festival in Lake Tahoe,

California. We are both “serious” students of yoga; we study asana, chanting,

philosophy. But for a couple of glorious days, we let our practice be a party. We

let our Warrior Poses pulse to

the hip-hop beat of MC Yogi

( see “Pay It Forward,” page 22).

We joined a chorus line in Utt -

itha Hasta Padangusthasana,

supporting each other’s out-

stretched legs as we arched

back toward the mountains be -

hind us. We giggled and joked

and even tickled each other

in class. Then we collected our

kids and kicked back with some great music and yoga buddies. We had a blast!

It’s one of the great luxuries of this modern era of American yoga—you can

dive deep into the teachings, and you can also indulge in free-spirited yoga fun.

Amazingly, both of these experiences are on offer at many yoga community

gatherings—just read Neal Pollack’s “Celebrate Good Times” ( page 66). To join

in the fun, check out our 2010 yoga trip planner, “A Year of Yoga” ( page 70).

I do hear criticism that a “yoga party” is a distraction from the true aim of

practice—a quiet, steady mind capable of resting in peace. And I won’t argue

that rocking out on your mat has much in common with a contemplative prac-

tice, but I think a satisfying life is possible when we balance our desires for fun

and for the fruits of discipline. This kind of harmony has been celebrated for

centuries in India through the purusharthas, or four aims of life, which suggest

that a well-lived life balances the pursuits of pleasure (kama), duty (dharma),

wealth (artha), and liberation (moksha). In “Aim High” (see page 62), writer

Hillari Dowdle shows us the benefi ts of focusing energy on each of these four areas

in the new year. It looks like a great model for a happy and purposeful life. ✤

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a few friends working on “Wild Thing” at Wanderlust.

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In coming issues, we will take a peek back in time to see how the

magazine has evolved with the yoga community, and we’ll also

look ahead as the evolution continues. We’d love to hear about

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Photographer Ryan Donnell’s photojournalism

background leads him to always seek out the

story behind the picture, a trait he brings even

to his portraiture. (See “Pay It Forward,” page 22,

and “Yoga’s Grande Dame,” page 188.) He re

searches his subjects before meeting them, and

then takes time to develop a rapport before

he begins to shoot. The session is built around

what he discovers. “Everything is very environ

mental with me,” he says. “This tells as much

for me as the person’s face does.” His work has

been published in Essence, Outside, and Runner’s

World magazines. He and wife Catherine Lucey,

a political reporter, live in Philadelphia.

Before giving birth to her son, Wolfgang (now two

years old), cover model Stephanie Snyder practiced

yoga for three hours daily. “It was very luxurious.

And then everything shifted,” says the San Francisco

vinyasa yoga teacher. “Now motherhood is my pri

mary yoga practice.” Today, Snyder, who collaborated

with Yoga Journal on the Yoga for Strength and Toning

DVD, leads teacher trainings; tours with her

husband’s punk band, Rancid; and still finds time

to practice daily. “Punk is about taking your circum

stances and making the best of it. It’s hardcore,”

she says. “Like yoga, it regards realizing the truth

as the ultimate road to freedom.”

In his early 20s, John Schumacher realized health

would be a major factor for his future wellbeing.

“That understanding opened the door to yoga for

me,” he says. Schumacher, who created this month’s

Home Practice sequence ( see “Core Values,” page 59),

embarked on a journey that led him to study with

B. K. S. Iyengar in India and to become a certified

senior Iyengar Yoga teacher. He is also the founder

and director of Unity Woods Yoga Center in Washing

ton, DC. Forty years later, he still believes that the

refinement of consciousness that yoga can bring will

help us achieve our potential as human beings.

“And that,” he says, “is why I keep on practicing.”

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Young at HeartFor those of us who came to yoga after

age 50, October’s “The Art of Staying

Young,” by Diane Anderson, and “Tree

of Life,” by Len Brady, brought smiles of

joy. Whether you have been a lifelong

yogi or are a more recent devotee, the

beauty and happiness seen on the faces

in these articles are inspirational.

Genevieve Rohan Tollhouse, California

Masterful TeachersThank you for featuring the Mohans in

“Memories of a Master” (Nov. ’09). I’ve

studied with them on several occasions,

and they’re truly amazing. Their clarity,

humor, and good nature are captivat-

ing. Their logical approach to yoga is far

reaching in its ability to bring yoga to

the individual, regardless of one’s back-

ground. They are the most knowledgeable

yogis I have ever met.

Emily Iverson Seattle, Washington

Get BackI need to praise Roger Cole’s “Round

Control” (Sept. ’09). To teach introspec-

tion with anatomy, that’s yoga! I used to

be of the straight-back school. When I

tried the technique Roger Cole describes,

what a difference! Coming out of Paschi-

mottanasana (Seated Forward Bend) felt

like emerging from a really good Savasana.

Monika Dietel Berlin, Germany

DiversityKudos for putting a woman of color on

your September 2009 cover. And with

such a simple, striking pose! Keep head-

ing in this direction.

J. M. Daley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDITOR’S NOTE The coconut oatmeal

porridge recipe featured in “Breakfast of Yogis”

(Oct. ’09) incorrectly called for ¼ cup of rolled

oats. The correct measurement is ½ cup of

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At 24,000 feet on an icy slope in the

Nepal Himalayas, you can see the curva-

ture of Earth. The temperature hovers at

20 degrees below zero, and time seems to

hang still. My breath freezes to my beard.

I struggle to stay warm, struggle to think

straight, and struggle to keep moving. I

methodically place one foot in front of the

other, breathing one breath at a time. Up

here, the simplest action takes all of my

focus and determination.

My life and livelihood revolve around

adventure. Not just adventure in the

classic sense of scaling

high mountains in remote

regions of the world, but

also adventure in the

mindful sense of infus-

ing each day, each project, and each relationship

with intention, focus, and humor.

At its core, adventure is the willingness to com-

mit to an uncertain outcome with an open heart

and an open mind. It is the ability to take a leap into

the unknown with mindfulness and grace. Framed

this way, opportunities for adventure present them-

selves to us every day: walking a new route to yoga

class, having lunch away from your desk with a

To live life to the

fullest, bring a

sense of adventure

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giving your partner the night off.

Adventure isn’t something that’s

reserved for the extreme athlete or the

daredevil. It is an expression of your

heart’s intention and passion for life.

It’s the ability to think big about who

you are, how you live, and what you

can do in the world, whether you’re

climbing mountains, practicing Sun

Salutations, or listening to a friend. It

is the willingness to embrace challenge

and move toward success. It is the ac-

knowledgment that total commitment

does not mean blind faith or brazen

disregard, but confidence and belief in

the face of challenge.

By definition, adventure has an un -

known outcome. If something has a

predetermined outcome, it’s not an ad-

venture but a packaged experience or

an amusement ride. Life is uncertain!

Being adventurous means seeing that

uncertainty as the gift of possibility.

My practice of mindful adventure

is not unlike my yoga and meditation

practices. It takes work, but the payoff

is well worth the commitment. When

you approach everything with the spirit

of adventure, you infuse your life with

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Sanskrit mantras and the leg-

ends of Hindu deities might

seem unlikely fodder for a

rap album, but when vinyasa

yoga teacher and hip-hop artist Nicholas Giacomini

(aka MC Yogi) set lyrics like “Hanuman G, there’s no-

body is greater/but sometimes, homie, you have weird

behavior” to a funky beat on his album, Elephant Power

(which samples Krishna Das and Jai Uttal, among other

kirtan [chanting] wallahs), he made a sensation in the

yoga community. These days, MC Yogi spends his time

teaching at Yoga Toes, the studio he owns with his wife,

Amanda, in Point Reyes Station, California; touring

internationally; and working on a new album for 2010.

how did you first come to yoga? I was in a group-

home program in high school. I was not interested in the

curriculum at all and got involved with drugs and trou-

bled kids. When I was 18, I graduated from that program

and started doing yoga. My dad had been practicing

Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga, and he had built this small

room in the back of his store in Point Reyes, where he

practiced with a tiny group. One day, he invited me.

It was really hard at first; I was really struggling. But

when my feet landed on the mat, I had this coming-

home experience.

and what about hip-hop? I grew up in the hip-hop

generation, so I was listening to hip-hop when I was six

and seven years old. The first two records I had were

the Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill and Run-DMC’s Raising

Hell. That was the soundtrack of my youth.

so, how did the two come together for you?

There was a converted factory in the town of Sonoma,

California, and the owner sectioned off a portion of it

and turned it into a teen center called The Shop. When

I was in my early 20s, I knew this group of young graf-

fiti artists, break dancers, DJs, poets, and musicians,

and we started putting together drug-, alcohol-, and

violence-free events for high school kids at The Shop.

We put on shows that were positive, conscious hip-hop.

pay it forward

It was the first place I started to experiment with bringing

yogic wisdom and ancient myths into the hip-hop format.

you reference a lot of Indian gods in your music, like

Shiva and Ganesh. where did you learn about them?

I grew up reading a lot of comic books, and at some point,

I got hold of some Indian comic books, and there was some-

thing about the Indian myths that was so much fun and so

colorful and so profound.

who are the teachers who have influenced you most?

I took my first trip to India in 2001 and studied with Pat-

tabhi Jois in Mysore. Also, Larry Schultz, who used to go on

tour with the Grateful Dead; Tim Miller; and Richard Free-

man. When I was just getting started with yoga, I was in my

late teens, early 20s, and I came from a reform school, so

Ashtanga worked really well for me. It gave me the discipline

I needed. More recently I hooked up with [Jivamukti Yoga

founders] Sharon Gannon and David Life. Sharon has been

such an amazing fairy godmother to me.

what’s the main message you want to put out to the

world in your music? Peace. Joy. Living from inside your

heart instead of inside your head. It’s the same teachings as

yoga—it’s just coming in a different way, through the music.

Yoga totally transformed me, and I just want to pay it forward

and speak to the youth in a way they are going to under-

stand. Karen MacKlin

MC Yogi pairs yoga

and hip-hop to deliver

a positive message.

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Ghanaian proverb. What’s more, experts

say it drives ills away. Sitting down to

a steaming bowl of soup on a winter day

is a custom as ancient as it is universal, and it may be your strongest

culinary defense this cold-and-flu season.

To boost immunity, says Rebecca Katz, chef, nutritionist, and author of

The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen, we should eat a varied diet, and a pot of soup

is one of the best ways to do that. “Soup has the potential to be nutrient

dense on every level,” she explains, “because the stock itself contains so

many amazing antioxidants and phytochemicals.”

Stock is the foundation of any good soup. Katz suggests preparing it

in advance and freezing it in four-cup portions (or if you’re short on time,

diluting organic store-bought stock). Then, simply add fresh, immunity-

boosting ingredients in whatever variety and quantity you have on hand,

and simmer until they’re tender. Which ingredients are your best bets for

staying well? Topping the charts is garlic, for its potential antiviral, anti-

bacterial, and antifungal properties. Next, vegetables rich in beta carotene

(think colorful carrots, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes) are vital immune

boosters, providing vitamin A and protecting the thymus, the major gland

of our immune system. Not surprisingly, broccoli also makes the cut. Stud-

ies show that this vitamin C powerhouse contains sulforaphane, which

triggers antioxidant genes and enzymes in certain immune cells. And don’t

forget dark leafy greens. Kale is a detoxifier, bursting with B and C, beta

carotene, iron, and zinc. “With all the different antioxidants, nutrients, and

minerals,” says Katz, “eating a bowl of soup is like giving your body an

internal spa treatment.” lavinia spalding

Makes 4 to 6 servings

2 tablespoons olive oil, plus

more for garnish

2 yellow onions, chopped

sea salt

1 1⁄4 pounds sweet potatoes,

peeled and diced

3 1⁄2 cups water

2 to 3 tablespoons chopped

fresh sage leaves

1 bunch kale

1 bunch green chard

8 cloves garlic, peeled

3 cups vegetable broth

freshly ground black pepper

fresh lemon juice

1 Heat olive oil in a medium pot over

medium-low heat. Add the onions

and a pinch of salt and stir frequently

until the onions are soft and golden

brown, 30 to 40 minutes.

2 Meanwhile, place the sweet pota-

toes in a large pot with 3½ cups

water, ½ teaspoon salt, and the sage.

Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and

simmer, covered, about 10 minutes.

3 Wash the kale and chard, trim away

the tough stems, and chop. Add to

sweet potatoes along with garlic and

vegetable broth. Cover and simmer

gently for 20 minutes. Add the onions

to the soup and let cool slightly.

4 Purée the mixture in a blender,

in batches, and return the puréed

soup to the pot. Season to taste with

salt, pepper, and lemon juice. To

serve, drizzle olive oil over individual

bowls of soup.

Recipe reprinted with permission from

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Salamba Viparita Karani

(Supported Legs-up-

the-Wall Pose)

Salamba Savasana

(Supported Corpse Pose)

Supta Baddha Konasana

(Reclining Bound Angle Pose)

Bo Forbes says the breathwork in these

restorative postures makes all the dif-

ference in their effect on the nervous system. if you’re

feeling anxious and restless in your mind and body, as is

typical of sad during the fall and early spring, exhale for

twice the count of your inhalation as you practice these

poses. (if you’re still feeling agitated after that, take a

supported Child’s pose.) if you’re feeling lethargic in your

mind and body, make your exhalations and inhalations

of equal length. hold each pose for 5 to 20 minutes.

For years, winter brought seri-

ous mood changes for Natalie

Engler. She craved carbohy-

drates, struggled with lethargy,

and hated to get out of bed in

the morning. The feelings lasted through April, when

her mood brightened and her energy returned.

This cyclic form of depression, known as seasonal

affective disorder, or SAD, is thought to be triggered

by a lack of sunlight during the winter. SAD is often

treated with light therapy, which gave Engler, now

a restorative yoga teacher, little relief. “I just figured

that winter blues was something I’d have to live

with,” she recalls. But during teacher training with

Gray skies got you

down? Try restorative

postures to rebalance

your nervous system.

clinical psychologist and Integrative Yoga therapist Bo Forbes,

Engler developed a practice to combat her winter depression.

It included pranayama (breathwork) and meditation in front

of her light box; vinyasa yoga; and at least 20 minutes a day of

restorative yoga, which she describes as the single most pow-

erful part of the practice.

“Restorative yoga may look passive from the outside, but

it’s very active internally on both subtle and dramatic levels,”

says Forbes, who is the founder and director of the Center for

Integrative Yoga Therapeutics in Boston. “Our nervous systems

are designed to respond to minute fluctuations in our environ-

ments. Restorative yoga, combined with breathwork, is a potent

tool to recalibrate the nervous system.”

Restorative yoga and breathwork form the heart of the ther-

apeutic yoga practice Forbes developed for emotional balance.

“Many people don’t realize that SAD has three distinct phases,”

she says. “In the dead of winter [December through February],

it looks like depression, with symptoms such as lethargy and

carbohydrate craving. But in the fall and early spring, it is often

characterized by hypomania, where people tend to have physi-

cal agitation, racing thoughts, and a decreased need for sleep

and food. At these times, your practice should address that

increased anxiety and activation.”

Forbes advises people who are struggling with SAD, or think

they might be, to first notice whether the body feels energized

or tired, and whether the mind is agitated or lethargic. Then,

practice the following sequence, choosing the breathwork

that’s appropriate for you. It may help to do some active pos-

tures first, particularly if you’re feeling restless and anxious.

“It’s important to learn to practice to your nervous system and

ride the waves of emotional fluctuations, not just when things

get really bad,” Forbes says, “but all year long, to strengthen

and support your emotional health.” CaroL KruCoFF

beat the blues

restore & rebalance

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Yoga teacher Donna Belk plants her feet on the hard earth

and spreads her toes, allowing herself to feel the larger

ground that connects us all. As she stands in Tadasana, she

is a mountain, knowing herself from the ground up while

at the same time locating herself in the sky. Belk is not leading an outdoor

yoga practice; she’s graveside, about to officiate at a funeral.

As one of more than 400 life-cycle celebrants nationwide, Belk creates

ceremonies that acknowledge transitions

and rites of passage, including births, adop-

tions, funerals, commitments, divorces,

and animal tributes. Founded in Australia

30 years ago and now an emerging trend

in the United States, celebrancy offers

people, particularly those who are not con-

nected with a religious tradition, meaning-

ful options for observing life’s milestones.

Guy Walton, owner of Johnson-Walton

Funeral Home in Milford, New Jersey,

says, “I direct my clients who have no ties

to a church or clergy to a funeral celebrant,

because I know their loved one will be

memorialized in a significant way.”

Each ceremony is individually tailored

to the participants’ needs. When planning

a funeral, for example, a celebrant works

closely with the family of the deceased to

choose readings, music, and words that will

honor their loved one’s life and nourish all

who gather to pay tribute.

In her role as a celebrant, Belk draws

heavily on lessons of consciousness learned

both on and off the mat.“When I create a

ceremony, I am in a state of relaxed focus,” says Belk. “It’s the

same as when I teach a yoga class: I am creating a container

where people feel safe and can open up to their feelings.”

Anywhere a family chooses to hold a ceremony, whether it’s a

funeral home, park, beach, or gravesite, can become a sacred

space. Joyce Otto Prapuolenis held her dad’s memorial at a

restaurant in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. “Having a life-cycle

celebrant perform the service for my father was personal and

healing for all of us,” she recalls. “We had more laughs than

tears, just as my father would have wanted it.” Dorry Bless

Life’s milestones are infused

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the practice of celebrancy.

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To prep for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, which begin Febru-

ary 12, a number of elite athletes are practicing asana, pranayama, and

meditation as a means to prepare body, breath, and mind for medal-

worthy performances. U.S. Olympic team members Sasha Cohen

(fi gure skater), Emily Cook (freestyle skier), and Katherine Reutter

(speed skater) are among the many who’ve turned to yoga to help with the physical and

psychological demands of competing.

From vigorous Ashtanga to gentle restorative and Yin Yoga

practices, many athletes say that doing asanas gives them not

only looser hamstrings but increased body awareness and men-

tal focus. Some have found that pranayama practice has taught

them to be better breathers during race time and has been an

effective tool for calming prerace jitters. Meditation is touted

by many as an antidote to the fear and nervousness inherent in

doing fast-paced and dangerous sports.

To learn more, we talked to cross-country skier Chandra

Crawford, alpine skier Emily Brydon, and freestyle skier Shan-

non Deanne Bahrke about yoga’s role in their performance.

IN 2004, CANADIAN yoga

teachers Eoin Finn, Insiya

Rasiwala-Finn, and Tracey

Delfs teamed up with the

Vancouver-based apparel

company Lululemon Athletica to offer

yoga, pranayama, and meditation classes

to more than 60 elite athletes. Five of

those practices are now available on The

Pursuit of Happy Hips, a DVD with athletes

such as freestyle skier Shannon Deanne

Bahrke demonstrating the poses. Find it in

Lululemon Athletica stores and online from

retailers like Amazon.com.

From prerace jitters to

fi nish-line focus, yoga is a

training tool of choice for

athletes competing in the

2010 Vancouver Olympics.

by Diane Anderson, Charity Ferreira,

and Andrea Ferretti

Olympic gold

medalist Chandra

Crawford preps

for another victory.



How did you become an Olympic skier? I started

racing when I was six years old and never looked

back. The thing I love the most about what I do is

when I’m on top of the mountain, alone, looking

around at the beautiful scenery and getting ready

to charge out of the gate.

Why did you start doing yoga? In 2001 I was in

Alberta doing rehab for a knee injury, and I started

practicing. It’s a great addition to training. When

you are coming back from an injury, you can really

heal. I did basic Ashtanga. I’ve also done restorative

yoga during big, heavy, physical blocks of training.

What’s your practice like today? Sometimes

I work out two or three times a day. I run out of

steam. So that’s when I do restorative. It’s hard to do

Ashtanga or Bikram when you are training so hard.

I’ll do those on the weekend, when I’m not spending

hours in the gym. But the breathing is always there.

Emily Brydon, Canadian Alpine Ski Team Emily Brydon is a two-time Olympic contender who

has seven World Cup medals to her credit. In the 2010

Winter Olympics, she’ll compete in downhill, Super-G,

and combined skiing events.

‘‘Yoga gives you the tools to calm

your mind and body. I just see more

of a conscious awareness of what

my mind or breath is doing. And it

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Olympics in the individual sprint freestyle event,

and two World Cup gold medals in 2008. In the 2010

Winter Olympics, she’ll compete in the individiual

sprint classic and the team sprint freestyle.

When did you fall in love

with cross-country skiing?

My parents put me on skis at

one—as soon as I could walk.

Tell us about your yoga

practice. I started doing

Ash tanga when I was 16,

but for the past five years

I have gravitated more to-

ward Yin and a flow practice.

As an athlete I’m pushing, striving, and going

beyond my limits on a daily basis, but in yoga I’m

able to let go. Yoga has taught me balance and accep-

tance. It helps me recuperate. And every mindful

moment of yoga class is enjoyable, including that

feeling of total peace at the end.

How has yoga affected you in your races? The

biggest thing I’ve been able to translate into racing

is the focus. Cross-country skiing takes a lot of con-

centration, and when I was younger it was so tough.

When I started yoga, it was initially so hard for me

to keep my single point of focus throughout a whole

class. So learning that has really been awesome.

Do you meditate or do any breathwork? My mom

has been a transcendental meditator, so that’s how

I got the name Chandra—I was born on a full moon.

She taught me pranayama at a very young age. Now

I mostly do the breathwork in class, and I find any

kind of focus on breathing amazingly beneficial.

How did it feel to win the gold? Crazy. When I

saw that red line in the snow and I realized I was

going to cross it first, I remember smiling and think-

ing, ‘I’d better put my hands up.’ I was overwhelmed.

But that presence of mind to get to that point came

from my yogalike focus on every moment, every

stride, making it my best. I was totally immersed in

the process. It really speaks to taking your practice

into every aspect of life.

I am absolutely so grateful to my

yoga practice for bringing me that

awareness of breath. When the nerves

are running high, the things I’ve

learned in yoga help to ground me

and bring me clarity in the moment.

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Olympics in the moguls event. Other trophies include

a 2003 World Championship bronze medal and a 2007

World Championship silver medal. In the 2010 Winter

Olympics, she’ll compete in the freestyle moguls event.

How did you become an Olympic skier? I was just a

kid that went skiing with my family and friends on the

weekends. When I was 12 years old, the head coach of

the Squaw Valley freestyle ski team, Ray deVre, saw how

crazy I was and that I was in need of a little direction,

so he asked me to join the team. Mogul skiing looked

absolutely awful, but when I went out that first day with

the team, I was instantly hooked. I loved the people, the

atmosphere, the competitiveness. But most important, I

was drawn to the fun.

Who got you into yoga? About five or six years ago,

my friend, who is also an athlete

and was into Bikram Yoga, said,

“You’ve just got to do it. I hate

stretching, and this is something

that’s kind of replaced that for

me.” And I was like, “Well, I hate

stretching, too!” I really don’t think

of yoga as stretching when I’m

doing it; it’s more about moving

in your own body and being cen-

tered, and also about feeling strong

trying to hold the pose. That was

something that really captured me, because I wasn’t

just sitting there holding a stretch—I was moving

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an honest meal

eating wisely by Jessica Berger Gross

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dubbed me “Bubble Berger.” It was a terrible nick-

name, but it fit an overweight little girl like me.

Life was hectic for my parents, and it took a toll on

our diets. Mealtimes were about filling up quickly

on whatever was most convenient—usually junk

food and greasy takeout. Beneath the surface, home

wasn’t a happy place, and for me, eating was an anes-

thetic. I never made the connection between what

was going on in our family, my eating habits, and my

expanding waistline. I just ate.

My first glimpse of salvation came when I

was in high school, attending a summer theater pro-

gram. One day Tara, the program’s dance teacher,

vegetarian

chili (recipe

on page 44)

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to a related yogic ideal—brahmacharya

(moderation). According to Patanjali’s

Yoga Sutra II.38, a balanced life is char-

acterized by moderation in all things.

The first time I came across this concept

as it applied to eating habits was in Ram

Dass’s 1970s handbook for a spiritual life,

Remember, Be Here Now. He discussed

mitahara (moderate diet), advising read-

ers to eat light, healthy, unadulterated

foods. He said that after a meal your stom-

ach should be 50 percent full with food,

25 percent full with water, and 25 percent

empty with room for air. What a revela-

tion! As a child, I’d been taught to clean

my plate whether I was hungry or not.

With Ram Dass’s advice, I began to

consistently eat less of everything—not

by starving myself but by becoming aware

of that moment in a meal when I’ve had

just enough, but not too much.

Practicing mitahara and satya kept me

honest about how much food I needed

in order to feel satisfied, and also about

what I was putting on my plate. I listened

to nutritionists’ recommendations and

gave up packaged foods. Instead, I ate

lots of vegetables and fruits, made sweet

and tangy pineapple my new favorite

snack, and began cooking with beans and

lentils. Who knew that nutty, aromatic

brown rice could be so comforting and

satisfying? Or that a rainbow of roasted

or skewered and grilled vegetables could

be as fun to make as it was to eat? Out

went simple carbs and in came new- to-me

whole grain dishes like quinoa salads and

spelt tortillas stuffed with beans and

whatever vegetables I had on hand. I also

added daily one-hour walks and twice-

weekly visits to the gym.

One of my biggest revelations came

when I found a simple recipe for vegetar-

ian chili in an old cookbook (see page 44).

The chili, made with salsa, tomatoes, and

black beans and spiced with cumin and

coriander, taught me a lesson about how

changing eating habits and losing weight

start in the mind. For months, my boy-

friend (now husband), Neil, and I ate the

chili all the time, as often as three or four

times a week. When we first started eating

it, Neil would dish up the bowls and serve

them with toasted whole wheat bread and

demonstrated a Sun Salutation. Usually

I felt awkward in her class, but moving

through the poses that day, I felt weight-

less, as though I were flying, yet connected

to something beyond the constraints of

my overweight body and tempestuous

life at home.

In my mid-20s, I began practicing

yoga regularly. Yoga classes were safe

spaces where my fellow yogis and I could

open up to each other about our strug-

gles with food and body image. But more

important, unsure of myself as I was in the

rest of the world—at work, at parties, on

dates—the yoga room was the one place

where I felt beautiful, where I put aside

my self-doubt and the extra weight I car-

ried. Still, I continued my unhealthful eat-

ing habits. At the Jivamukti Yoga Center

in New York, my teacher, Ruth, would

open each class with discussions of yoga

philosophy. Often, she’d speak about the

yogic idea of satya, the practice of hon-

esty. How could we become more real—

more genuine, honest, and sincere—with

ourselves and those around us?

moment of truth

The more I heard Ruth talk about satya,

the more I realized my eating habits were

all about a lack of truthfulness. I’d pre-

tend that a dinner without vegetables

was a sensible meal. Or that the roll I ate

with my soup at lunch every day didn’t

“count” because it came free of charge. I

told myself that going to yoga class meant

I could eat whatever I wanted and that

being overweight was my genetic destiny.

As I learned more about satya and how

to apply it to my life, something began to

click: I realized that to eat more truth-

fully, I’d have to get real with myself about

my food choices, portion sizes, and the

subconscious meaning that food held

for me. I started to ask myself some hard

questions: Was I eating to fuel my body

or to placate my emotional demons? Why

did I seem to eat more (and less health-

fully) when I was tired, sad, or stressed

out? Why did I eat until I was stuffed?

Less Is more

Studying satya and trying to be honest

about what I was eating and why led me

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a generous sprinkling of cheese. We’d

scoop the toast into the chili, making min-

iature black bean sandwiches. It was so

delicious we often had seconds. Then one

day, we were out of bread. We were beside

ourselves: chili without toast? Horrors! To

our surprise, the chili was just as satisfying

on its own. A few weeks later, Neil forgot

to buy cheese. Again, we realized that the

chili tasted just as good without it. I found

that if I was honest with myself, I was per-

fectly content without the bread, cheese,

and second helpings. Slowly but surely,

my appetite adjusted, and in nine months,

I lost 40 pounds. That was almost eight

years ago, and with the exception of my

pregnancy, my weight has stayed about

the same ever since.

LIGHT ON LIFE

Today, I have a greater appreciation for

the foods that nourish me. Most nights,

Neil and I make a stir-fry with chewy

brown rice, tofu, and whatever seasonal

vegetables we have in the fridge. Other

nights, we make a simple meal of freshly

cooked beans with spinach, a soothing

split pea soup, or spicy guacamole served

with a few crispy tortilla chips. These

foods give me energy and a sense of light-

ness rather than weighing me down.

Eating in moderation has become sec-

ond nature, too. I no longer like, much

less desire, that too-full feeling. When

I want to enjoy foods beyond my daily

staples of veggies, fruits, legumes, and

whole grains, I do enjoy them, and with

pleasure: a fresh egg omelet, pasta from a

homey restaurant in Paris, fi sh tacos eaten

off the dock near our home in Vancouver.

I don’t stress out about weight and my

diet as I used to; it’s stopped being such a

struggle. When the occasional junk-food

craving strikes, I take it as a sign that what

I really need is rest and a little more self-

care. When I have a bad day or week, I

don’t turn to unhealthful food for comfort

as I used to. I eat to live and feel alive—

nourished nutritionally and spiritually. ✤

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1 cup red salsa

2 bell peppers, any color, chopped

3 cups cooked black beans

3 cups blanched, peeled tomatoes

2 cups corn kernels

Salt to taste

Hot pepper sauce to taste1⁄4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste

1 In a soup pot, cook the onions and

garlic in the water over a high heat,

stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes.

Add the cumin and coriander and stir

over a high heat for a minute. Stir in the

salsa and bell peppers, lower the heat,

cover, and simmer for about 5 minutes,

stirring occasionally.

2 Add the black beans and tomatoes;

simmer for 10 minutes. Use a wooden

spoon to break up the tomatoes. Add

the corn and continue to cook for 10

more minutes. Add salt and hot sauce

to taste. Stir in the cilantro, if desired.

Recipe printed with permission from

Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat

Favorites, by The Moosewood Collective

(Clarkson Potter, 1996).

1⁄2 cup black olives, pitted and chopped

Cayenne or chili powder to taste

1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded, and finely

chopped (optional)

1 Place the avocado flesh in a bowl and

mash with a fork until fairly smooth.

Add the lemon juice, salt, tamari or soy

sauce, and garlic, and mix well.

2 Stir in the tomatoes, green onion,

olives, cayenne or chili powder, and jala-

peño. Spoon into a serving bowl.

Reprinted with permission from Extra-

VeganZa: Original Recipes from Phoenix

Organic Farm by Laura Matthias (New

Society Publishers, 2006).

Vegetarian Chili m a k es 4 to 6 s e rv i n gs

This simple dish is easy and tasty

enough to be a weeknight staple.

2 cups chopped onions

2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed1⁄2 cup water

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 tablespoon ground coriander

Roasted Vegetable Medleym a k es 4 to 6 s e rv i n gs

2 tablespoons olive oil

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary

1 1⁄2 teaspoons chopped fresh marjoram

1 1⁄2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt1⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 garnet yams, peeled and cut into

1-inch chunks

2 acorn, banana, butternut, Hubbard,

kabocha, or delicata squash, peeled

and cut into 1⁄2-inch-thick chunks

2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch

chunks

1 red onion, cut into 1-inch wedges

1 small turnip, peeled and cut

into 1-inch wedges

1 Preheat oven to 400°. Lightly oil a

heavy, rimmed baking sheet.

2 Whisk together the oil, garlic, rose-

mary, marjoram, thyme, salt, and pepper

in a large bowl. Add yams, squash, car-

rots, onion, and turnip, and mix well.

3 Spread the vegetables evenly over

the prepared baking sheet. Roast for

45 minutes, or until the vegetables are

tender and beginning to brown, stirring

every 15 minutes. Transfer the roasted

vegetables to a platter and serve.

Printed with permission from The Real

Food Daily Cookbook, by Ann Gentry

(Ten Speed Press, 2005).

Chunky Guacamolem a k es 4 s e rv i n gs

This guacamole is loaded with cherry

tomatoes, green onions, and jalapeños.

2 large ripe avocados, pits and

skins removed

2 tablespoons lemon juice1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon tamari or soy sauce

2 cloves garlic, minced3⁄4 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

1 green onion, thinly sliced

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( )malasanamala = garland

asana = posture

garland pose

move sacrum

toward floor

press inner heels

down evenly and

stretch toes forward

pull tops of thighs

and hips back

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reach spine forward



I’m always amazed when I visit India and see

people working for hours in a squat on the ground.

Unlike sitting in a chair while hunched over a

desk, squatting in a pose like Malasana (Garland

Pose) can actually improve your posture, stretch

your back, elasticize your knees and ankles, and

help improve your digestive function.

Malasana is also a forward bend—the back soft-

ens and releases from head to tail as the ankles,

knees, and hips flex. The heels root the hips back,

and the spine lengthens as it rounds. In addi-

tion to strengthening and stretching the feet and

ankles and increasing mobility in the hips, the

pose allows the back muscles to broaden.

As with all yoga poses, there’s a rhythm to

Malasana and all its actions. Legendary teacher

B. K. S. Iyengar says that asanas become rhythmic

when the actions lead to an uninterrupted flow of

awareness throughout your entire system. When

you’re able to coordinate the actions so that no

individual area of your body is overworking—or

being neglected—you can experience an inner

DON’T lift the heels from the floor.

DO press the heels into a rolled mat

or blanket if they don’t reach the floor.

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knees will have to bend.) Just be sure to

use a blanket behind both knees (even if

you feel pressure on only one) so that your

weight isn’t skewed to one side, putting

extra pressure on your other knee.

Get a Hold on

In this variation ( see figure 1), hold on to

something firm, like a table, to help you

find stability while you learn to press your

heels down and lengthen your spine. The

variation will also help you stretch your

calves and ankles so that you can reach

your heels to the floor. The object you

hold on to should be fixed, secure, and

pose benefitsStrengthens and brings

flexibility to ankles

Increases mobility in the hips

Stretches back muscles

Soothes some causes of backache

Strengthens abdomen

contraindicationsKnee injury

Pregnancy

rhythm and a sense of wholeness in the

pose, as if each part of your body is ex

pressing itself equally.

This includes your heels. Your heels,

which press evenly into the floor, act as a

counterpoint to your head, keeping you

grounded as you extend. If you are tight

in your hips, groins, calves, and Achilles

tendons, your heels may not reach the

floor. So we’ll begin with some variations

to loosen those regions. If your knees

ache in the pose, place a blanket behind

them, between your calves and thighs,

to help decrease the amount of flexion.

(The thicker the blanket, the less your

high enough so that your arms can reach

upward in the squat. If you don’t have a

table at the correct height, a doorknob

may work, or you can open the door and

hold on to the doorknobs on either side.

Wall ropes, a countertop, a bed frame, or

a banister may also work.

Begin by standing with your feet to

gether. Now hold on to the table or sup

port and step back a couple of feet. Exhale

and squat so that your knees are in front

of your ankles and your heels under your

buttocks. If your buttocks are almost

touching the floor, you need to step your

feet a little farther back, away from the

table. If you moved so far back that your

heels are no longer touching the floor,

try walking your feet a little closer to the

table until you can just barely reach your

heels to the floor. This alignment will help

you stay balanced when you are no longer

using the table for support.

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edges of your heels into the floor, and

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stretch your calf muscles down toward

your heels. Lengthen your toes forward

on the floor and pull your heels back as

if the bottom of your foot were becom

ing longer. Pull on the table, inhale, and

lift the sides of your rib cage and waist.

As your torso rises, move your hips and

buttocks down. Look up toward your

hands and hold this Malasana variation

for 20 seconds. To come out of the pose,

inhale and pull on the table to stand up

and straighten your legs.

Great Wall

In this variation ( see figure 2), a wall sup

ports your buttocks, which will help shift

some of your weight into your heels while

you reach forward. To begin, stand with

your feet approximately six inches away

from a wall, and your sacrum against it.

Bend your knees and slide your buttocks

down the wall until you’re squatting. If

your heels don’t reach the floor, step your

feet a little farther away from the wall.

If you find that your buttocks touch the

floor, come a little closer to the wall. As

your outer thighs forward and up toward

your knees. Lift the front of your shins

while you lengthen the back of your calves

down. Playing on the edge of sitting and

extending, explore the rhythm of balanc

ing the forward stretch of your torso with

the rooting of your thighs into your hip

sockets as you ground your heels. Simi

larly, see if you can balance the effort in

your inner and outer thighs and the front

and back of your lower legs so that you’re

not working one area more than another.

You can stay here for 30 to 60 seconds

before coming out. When you’re ready,

take your hands to the wall, keep your

head down as you lift your hips up toward

the ceiling, and straighten your legs to

come into Uttanasana (Standing Forward

Bend). Stay there for a few breaths.

Small Wonder

Now you’re ready to try the final pose.

Start in Uttanasana with your feet to

gether and your hands on the floor a few

inches in front of your feet; then bend

your knees into a squat. If your heels don’t

in the previous variation of the pose,

your heels should just barely touch the

floor so that you can balance the forward

extension of your torso and toes with the

backward and downward stretch of your

heels. Keeping the feet together, spread

your knees apart, press your heels down,

and stretch them back toward the wall.

With the bottom of your sacrum rest

ing against the wall, extend your arms,

side ribs, and waist between your legs and

away from the wall. Reach forward from

the bottom of your waist to your hands,

and extend your arms and chest parallel to

the floor. Notice that the more you reach

forward with your torso, the more you

have to ground your heels back and down.

Keep your inner heels down so that the

weight doesn’t fall onto the outside edge

of your foot. For this variation, look down

at the floor.

Your knees, of course, separate in a

squat, but don’t spread your legs so wide

that they lose contact with your torso.

Move your inner thighs back and down

toward your hip sockets while you bring

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reach the floor, place a rolled blanket un

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With your feet touching and your

heels down, spread your knees apart as

you reach forward between your legs

with your arms. Bring your chest par

allel to the floor. Push your inner heels

down, lengthen the sides of your waist

away from your hips, and pull your chest

forward. Move your inner thigh muscles

back toward your pelvis. Now see if you

can relax the very top inner thighs at your

groin to give you the freedom to pull your

torso away from your legs. As your hips

and inner thighs move back, they’ll act as

a counterbalance to your torso.

Exhale and bend your elbows with your

arms still between your legs and place

your palms on the floor. Reach your hands

if they are being pulled out of your hips.

Take a few smooth breaths to work on the

rhythmic balance of rooting and extend

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your throat and allow the entire back of

your body—from tailbone to head—to

release into this full forward bend.

To come out of the pose, release your

ankles, place your hands on the floor in

front of your toes, inhale, and straighten

your legs into Uttanasana. Extend the

backs of your legs as you release your

head and neck down. If you practice the

compact and soothing forward bend of

Malasana regularly, you’ll learn the art

of squatting with ease. It’s a skill that

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around the outside edges of your ankles

and catch hold of your heels. As you do

this, don’t let the sides of your waist

shrink or retract. In this position, with

your shoulders underneath your knees,

you can see how the pose got its name:

The arms are said to resemble a garland

hanging around the neck. Now pull on

your heels and exhale to take your head

toward the floor.

Observe your feet. Is one foot tilt

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tightening your throat.

Even though you are drawn into a

compact ball in this pose, continue to

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There are a dizzying number of

styles and approaches to yoga these

days. Some involve resting in simple

supported postures in quiet, candlelit

rooms. Others push students to the

edge of their physical capacity or are

done to the beat of loud, rhythmic music.

Some fo cus on physical alignment, while

others offer a heart-centered ap proach.

There is so much variety that describing

them all is impossible.

Different in tone and substance as

the various styles might be, they share

one quality that inspires people to prac-

tice them: They work. Put simply, you

feel better when you walk out of class

than when you walked in. The question

is, why? Better yet, how does yoga work?

As you’ve probably heard, one reason

asana leaves you feeling so good is

that it activates your parasympathetic nervous system, thanks to

two elements that almost all asana practices have in common––

the lengthening and strengthening of musculature and calm, even

breathing. The parasympathetic is the part of your nervous system

that slows you down—it’s responsible for telling your muscles to

relax, improving your digestion and assimilation, boosting immu-

nity, and helping you sleep better. It also normalizes your blood

pressure and lowers your heart rate. The parasympathetic nervous

system counteracts many stress-related symptoms and the negative

by-products of our modern, fast-paced, high-output lives.

But the truth is that much of the yoga being practiced these days

doesn’t do as much for the parasympathetic nervous system as you

might think. To build your parasympathetic nervous system, you

need to do poses that encourage deep relaxation, such as forward

bends and hip openers; do fewer standing poses; and do more sit-

ting, supine, and prone postures as well as inversions. You also need

to hold poses longer, as you would in restor-

ative yoga, and dedicate longer periods of time

to developing slow and complete breathing.

Vigorous vinyasa, backbends, handstands, and

arm balances are powerful and beneficial, but

they don’t stimulate your parasympathetic ner-

vous system as much as the practices listed pre-

viously. So if the positive changes you gain from

yoga can’t be entirely credited to its impact on

your nervous system, what is helping you feel

and live better? The answer is life force. Almost

all styles of hatha yoga increase the flow of

prana, or life force, in your body.

Yoga, like the science of acupuncture, or

tai chi and qi gong, is based on prana (referred

to as chi in the Chinese arts and sciences). These

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disciplines see prana as the essential force

that sustains everything. Yogis went a step

further, prescribing the intelligent use of

prana as the key to facilitating spiritual

awakening. “Having known the origin...

and the physical existence of prana, one

achieves immortality,” says the Prasna

Upanishad. In other words, the aim of

life (and practice) is realized through the

skillful use of prana.

the ultimate strength

Prana has always played a vital role in

hatha yoga. Ancient Tantric texts, like

the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Gheranda

Samhita, list various techniques to help

build, channel, and regulate life force. In

these writings, asana is described as the

foundation for hatha’s deeper practices

because it is so accessible and helps to free

life force: The process of holding a pose––

while “breathing through it”––dissolves

pranic blockages. Different postures

unlock prana in different ways. Forward

bends, for example, increase the types

of prana that calm, soothe, and ground;

backbends unblock pranic forces that are

more expansive and revitalizing.

A key reason you feel better after class

is that the practice has helped move your

life force in a way that is more balanced,

complete, or suited to your particular

mental and physical needs. The principles

of how different asanas affect life force

are explained in both the hatha tradition

and Ayurveda. The more we learn and

practice these teachings, the more we

know about which poses will help at any

particular time. You may notice a particu-

lar practice (or style) that used to make

you feel great is doing so less and less; that

may be a sign that it is time for a change.

The more you control and build your

storehouse of life force, the more you can

achieve through practice. “The control

of prana is the ultimate strength,” says

the Srimad Bhagavatam, one of India’s

revered scriptures. The more you learn to

skillfully utilize the power of prana that

begins with asana, the closer you come

to realizing yoga’s limitless potential. ✤

Rod Stryker, founder of ParaYoga, has taught

yoga and meditation for more than 25 years.


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home practice with john Schumacher

Arm balances require more than Popeye’s

strength. Just ask senior Iyengar teacher John

Schumacher. “Hardly anyone can muscle their

way into arm balances,” he says. Schumacher

describes some of his students as men who

are strong enough to do 100 Sun Salutations

but who can’t do an arm balance

because they lack the flexibil-

ity to get their arms and legs

into position. He also teaches

a lot of flexible people who

need to develop more strength.

Schumacher came up with

the se quence on the follow-

ing pages to help you increase

both strength and flexibility.The sequence will definitely work your

abdominal muscles and build core strength,

even in your spinal muscles. Once you’ve toned

your core, you’ll put it to the test in the arm

balances. You’ll need to use your strength and

flexibility for a key action you’ll do in the last

four poses: tucking your abdominals up and

in toward your spine. Yoga students are often

instructed to lengthen the spine, but here

Schumacher wants you to move your sacrum

away from your lumbar spine and “tuck” inward

as you round or curl. Visualize wrapping your-

self around a beachball, he advises.

Even when practicing taxing po ses, Schum-

acher encourages having a playful, adventur-

ous attitude. “Kids will try to stand on their

heads, laugh, and have fun—not get mad—and

try again,” he says. Infuse your practice with

this spirit of playfulness and realize that you

might not get a pose right away. “But try to learn

about yourself as you play,” Schumacher says.

“See if you can maintain equanimity as you dis-

cover what your response is to a difficult situa-

tion.” DiAne AnDeRSon

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home practice with John Schumacher

1 Tadasana (Mountain Pose)Stand with the inner edges of your feet touching

each other. Spread the balls of your feet, press

your heels firmly into the floor, and lengthen

your inner ankles upward. Draw your tailbone

down and forward into the pelvis and move your

groins back. Reach toward the floor with your

arms. Stay for 1 minute.

2 Utkatasana (Chair Pose)From Tadasana, lift your arms overhead. Bend your knees

so your thighs are as nearly parallel to the floor as possible.

Keep your heels heavy and continue to move your tailbone

down and forward. Lift your abdomen and chest away from

the inner groins and reach up through your arms. Stay for

30 seconds to a minute.

3 Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (Leg Lifts)Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet on the

floor. Stretch your arms overhead and place the backs of

your hands on the floor. Raise your knees to your chest

and stretch your legs up perpendicular to the ceiling (90

degrees). Press the sides of your waist toward the floor.

Lower your legs halfway to the floor (45 degrees) while

moving your tailbone away from your lower back and press-

ing your low back into the floor. Hold for 3 breaths then

raise your legs back to 90 degrees. Keep the sides of

the waist down to avoid back strain. Repeat 3 to 10 times.

As you get stronger, you can lower the legs from 45 degrees

all the way to just above the floor.

4 Jathara Parivartanasana (Revolved Abdomen Pose)Lying on your back, stretch your arms out to your sides with

your palms up. Bend your knees and lift them to your chest.

Keep both shoulder blades on the floor and your knees

together. Tilt your knees to the right. When you feel your

left waist begin to lift, revolve your abdomen back to the left

and lower your left waist toward the floor. Go as far to the

right as you can, continuing to revolve the abdomen and to

lower the left waist. Stay for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Come to

center and change sides. Repeat 3 times.

5 Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose)Lie on your back. Keep your left leg on the floor and raise

your right leg. With your right hand, catch your big toe, or

place a strap around the ball of your foot, and stretch the leg

straight up to the sky. Place your left hand on your left thigh.

Pull your straight right leg toward your head. Slide your left

hand down your left thigh toward your knee and lift your

chest and head toward your right leg. Stay for 1 to 2 minutes.

Come down and change sides.

6 Paripurna Navasana (Full Boat Pose)Sit in Dandasana (Staff Pose), with your hands on the floor by

your hips. Stretch your legs straight on the floor. Lean back

and raise your straight legs until your feet are at eye level.

Balance just behind your sitting bones and raise your arms to

shoulder level, with your palms facing each other. Lift your

chest and hold for as long as you can (up to 1 minute).

7 Ardha Navasana (Half Boat Pose)Sit in Dandasana and interlock your fingers behind your

head. Tilt your pelvis back, lower your sacrum halfway to the

floor, and move your tailbone toward your heels. Lift your

side ribs and move your sternum toward your feet. Your spine

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will fl ex in this pose. Hold for 30 seconds. Keeping

your legs straight, lift your feet to chest level, keeping

your lower back slightly rounded.

8 Lolasana (Pendant Pose)Sit in Dandasana with hands pressed to the fl oor. Lift your

buttocks, bend your right knee, and sit on your right foot.

Lean back, lift your right knee, bend your left knee, and

tuck your left calf under your right shin with your feet as

close together as possible and your toes pointed back.

Lean forward and lift the side of your waist toward the

ceiling. Press your palms down, stretch your arms, and lift

your legs up from the fl oor toward your chest. Engage

your core by lifting your navel to your spine. Hold as long

as you can and repeat a few times.

9 Malasana (Garland Pose)Stand in Tadasana. Bend your knees and squat, keeping

your feet together but separating your knees. Lean for-

ward and lower your waist between your thighs. Wrap your

arms around your shins, press your upper shins into your

armpits, and grasp your ankles. Pull your head toward

your feet and roll your tailbone toward your heels. Hold for

30 seconds to 1 minute.

10 Bakasana (Crane Pose)Come into a squat. Lift your heels, lean forward, and bring

the backs of your armpits onto your shins near your knees.

Place your palms shoulder-width apart, lean farther for-

ward, and lift your feet up off the fl oor. Pull your heels

toward your buttocks and roll your tailbone toward your

heels. Lift your upper back toward the ceiling and stretch

your arms. Breathe here for as long as you’re able. Hold

for as long as you can and do a couple of repetitions. 7

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Seek balance and happiness each

day this year as you set your sights

on yoga’s four aims of life.

By H illari D ow D le

us to a successful, satisfying,

balanced existence in the world.

Working with them can help

you create a satisfyingly balanced

life at the deepest and most holis-

tic level. (See “Fine-Tune Your Life,”

on page 64.)

“We all have a desire for a

meaningful life. The purusharthas

are the means that can help us

achieve it,” says ParaYoga founder

Rod Stryker, who is working on

a book about the purusharthas

that’s called The Four Desires.

“They are, in a larger sense, what

practice is really all about,” he

says, adding that the purusharthas

offer a yogic perspective on how

to engage skillfully in the world.

cosmic clues

The purusharthas are elaborated

upon extensively in the Mahab-

harata, the epic Indian poem

that contains the Bhagavad Gita,

and are interwoven with yogic

philosophy at the deepest levels.

But they have their roots in the

Rig Veda, the most ancient and

revered of Hindu scriptures.

“What the Rig Veda suggests is

that the purusharthas are the

inherent values of the universe,”

explains Douglas Brooks, a

Tantric scholar and professor of

religious studies at the University

of Rochester. “The cosmos is

considered a living being, and the

issues of law, prosperity, desire,

and freedom belong to it. These

are not just human concerns or

psychological concepts. When we

engage them as human beings, we

are aligning the microcosm with

the macrocosm. The cosmos is all

laid out for you; your job is to get

with the program.”

To fully grasp the purushar-

thas, Stryker says, it pays to parse

the meaning of the word itself.

The new year is the tradi-

tional time to stop and ask yourself

an important question: Am I lead-

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It’s easy to get bogged down

in the details, in setting goals

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world. But consider bypassing

all the particulars—the numbers

on the scale, the bank account

balance, the starting or stopping

of habits—in favor of a deeper

approach that can reshape your

whole life in a positive way.

The yoga tradition offers

a paradigm for such deep self-

examination: the purusharthas, or

four aims of life. They are dharma

(duty, ethics), artha (prosperity,

wealth), kama (pleasure, sensual

gratification), and moksha (the

pursuit of liberation). The purush-

arthas are the blueprint for human

fulfillment, signposts that point i l l ust rat ions by

Aimee S icuro

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Purusha means, roughly, “soul”—

the essential Self that is unchang-

ing, that isn’t born and doesn’t

die, but belongs to the universe.

Artha means “the ability” or “for

the purpose of.” Taken together,

Stryker explains, purushartha

means “for the purpose of the

soul,” and the very concept asks

that you take the broadest view

of your life. Are you managing

the day-to-day in such a way as

to support your inner work?

Each one of the purusharthas

has many scriptures dedicated to

it (the Kama Sutra, the Dharma

Shastras, and the Artha Shastras,

among others). To truly under-

stand all four would require a

lifetime of study. Still, learning the

fundamentals is useful, especially

to the contemporary practitioner

who’s simply looking to find more

joy and meaning in life.

Here, we provide a guide for

working with the four aims—

dharma, artha, kama, and moksha.

Once you have an understanding

of the individual components of

each of the purusharthas, you can

assess the role they play in your

life by contemplating the ques-

tions related to each one. You can

then begin to analyze how well

balanced they are in your life.

“The purusharthas are a sophis-

ticated way of living in balance,”

says spiritual teacher and Yoga

Journal columnist Sally Kempton.

“But they demand reflection. You

have to constantly ask yourself,

Here’s how:

➤ Find 30 minutes in which you

can be alone and undisturbed.

Create a cozy space, and settle

into it with a journal, a pen, a

candle, and a comfortable seat (a

meditation cushion or a chair).

➤ Light the candle to signify

that you are in a sacred space.

“A candle symbolizes the flame

of the inner witness,” Kempton

says. Breathe deeply, close your

eyes, and relax for a few minutes.

➤ Begin to think back over your

activities of the preceding week.

Consider all of the things you did

related to your dHArmA. How

did you serve your family, your

community, and yourself? What

were your obligations? did you

meet them with ease? What ethi-

cal tests did you face, and how

did you deal with them? record

the answers in your journal.

➤ When you’ve exhausted your

thoughts about dharma, con-

sider ArtHA. What did you do

this week for the sake of your

livelihood? What did you do to

maintain your health? What did

you need to support yourself?

did you get it? Write the answers

in your journal; note your con-

cerns and anxieties.

➤ Next, think deeply about

KAmA. What actions did you

take solely for the purpose of

creating more joy in your life and

in the world? What were your

Fine-tune your life

{ practice }

the four aims are the pillars of a fulfilling life. In

the following self-inquiry practice by Sally Kemp-

ton, you’ll consider where your current priorities

lie and how you need to shift them to create a

deeply satisfying life. don’t worry about getting

your whole life in order at once—do the exercise

each week, and you’ll become more in tune with

yourself, more present with the world around you.

Which of these areas am

I emphasizing too much?

Am I having a good time

but not being as ethi-

cal as I could be? Am I a

great yogi but haven’t yet

figured out how to make a living?

Am I incredibly ethical but still at

the mercy of every passing feeling

or thought? Am I so rigid in my

practice that if I can’t do 90 min-

utes, my day is ruined? Anything

you don’t deal with will come back

to bite you later.”

Put simply, the purusharthas

can offer a way for evaluating

your life, making good decisions,

and contemplating pragmatic

dilemmas—like whether to spend

time with your young child, or

go back to work to save for her

college education—in a way that

honors the highest ideals of life.

“At the end of your life, you will

ask yourself, ‘Did I live this life

well?’ ” Kempton suggests. “And in

my view, you will feel good about

it to the degree that you balanced

the purusharthas.”

1) dHArmA I duty

Let’s just say it up front: dharma is

a big word. It’s translated to mean

“duty,” “ethics,” “righteousness,”

“work,” “law,” “truth,” “responsi-

bility,” and even the spiritual

teachings related to all the above

(as in the Buddha dharma or the

Hindu dharma). The meaning of

the word is synonymous with your

very purpose in life—with having

the strength to get up each day

and do what needs to be done.

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greatest pleasures? What were

your strongest desires? Were

you able to realize them? Write

down your thoughts.

➤ Then, record the activities

you engaged in for the sake of

moksha. These might include

yoga, meditation, prayer, chant-

ing, spiritual reading, or self-

inquiry. Did you find a feeling

of freedom? Which areas of

your life feel constricted or

burdened? What do you need

to do to liberate yourself?

Write down the answers.

➤ When you’ve gone through

each purushartha individually,

analyze the balance between

them. Looking at what you’ve

written, see where your empha-

sis was in the past week. Which

parts of your life were unat-

tended to? are you working too

hard in one area? Not hard

enough? What are the conse-

quences of your priorities? For-

mulate a simple statement about

the way the purusharthas mani-

fested themselves in your life,

something like, “This week, I

worked hard to meet my obliga-

tions, but I felt burdened. I took

the most pleasure from my

friendships. I didn’t find time to

work toward liberation.”

➤ Finally, formulate an intention

for the coming week. You might

set an intention related to each

of the purusharthas, or you

could focus on one or two that

need more of your attention.

Record the intention in your

journal. Then say it to yourself—

first out loud, then inwardly.

Close your journal, blow out the

candle, and ease back into your

day with a new understanding of

your soul’s priorities.

➤ ➤

Taking time each week to think

about the purusharthas will

enable you to see how your life’s

priorities are constantly shifting

and let you do some trouble-

shooting whenever unease and

unhappiness arise. “Yoga is one

of the great tools humans have

for recognizing meaning, and

the purusharthas let you see

whether you are living a good

life,” kempton says. “If you are

not finding joy in your practice,

there is something wrong with

your practice. If you aren’t able

to operate ethically, you’ll know

that changes are needed.”

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to a yoga festival this year, and

you might find yourself trying to hold a wobbly

Tree Pose on a slackline strung between two

trees. Maybe you’ll cross paths with clowns on

stilts, juggling torches. You might go for a rig-

orous morning Ashtanga practice followed by

a soothing vipassana meditation, or run from

a rock ’n’ roll vinyasa flow to a meditative Yin

Yoga session—all before lunch. A Trance Dance

could be in the offing, or your postyoga glow

could be enhanced by an outdoor concert. You

might find yourself swaying and chanting kirtan

in the desert, taking a ski gondola 8,000 feet up

a mountain to do asana with the best view ever,

or locking arms with a stranger for support in

an eyes-closed balancing pose. No matter where

you live or where you’re planning to travel, a

sweet yoga circus is probably nearby. The era

of the yoga festival has arrived.

Across the country, in venues small and large,

people are gathering to practice. The festivals

are as varied as the styles of yoga practiced, but

they collectively cement yoga’s reputation as

a permanent American cultural force. “Yoga

festivals are really great for people who are

Part workshop, part yoga party,

a yoga festival is just the place to

enjoy practice, community, and fun.

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tin, Texas, went to her

first yoga festival last

year—Wanderlust, in

Lake Tahoe, California.

“There were types of

yoga I’d never experi-

enced,” she says. “Unless

you live in California,

you get your hatha and

your Bikram, but you

don’t get other creative

forms from people who

are energizing the yoga

culture.” She found

herself inspired by San

Francisco teacher Rusty

Wells. “Even though he

did ridiculous chanting, I was like, ‘All right, I’m

for it.’ I chanted, and I don’t chant. If you can

do yoga to Led Zeppelin, then I’m for you.”

The inner quiet of daily practice is replaced

at festivals with a community buzz. “You know

how, after a yoga class, you feel that yoga high,

that yoga bliss? Well, you spend a whole week-

end feeling that way,” says 26-year-old Ashley

Lowe, who’s been

going to the Ojai

Yoga Crib festival

for several years.

At festivals, yoga

practice becomes a

social experience,

with limitless pos-

sibilities for good

conversation and

fun. “Everyone’s

energy resonates.

It’s easier to connect

with people,” adds

Lowe. “You don’t feel

anxiety. You just feel

newer to yoga or who want to try different kinds

of styles,” says Jenny Sauer-Klein, co-founder

of AcroYoga (who is pictured “flying” upside down

in Baddha Konasana on page 69).

Yoga, for the most part, is a serious, personal,

introspective activity, a centering oasis of san-

ity amid the chaos of life. But, says Sauer-Klein,

“Festivals give you more of a chance to play

outdoors in the sunshine—and celebrate and

enjoy and have a more ecstatic experience.

There’s more freedom and spontaneity.”

Festivals allow you to put aside your reflective

practice for a few days and enjoy your yoga like

a party. You hang out with like-minded people,

listen to music, make new friends, and share

dinner and laughter after a day of hard-core

asana. Often you’re learning something new in

a low-stress atmosphere, and sometimes you’re

giggling on your mat—amazed by the communal

vibe, the rocking music, the great instructors,

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Yoga festivals are popping up all over the

country. For a sampling of the fun, read on.

Sing Out LOud: Bhakti feSt

The deserts of California echoed with

kirtan for 58 consecutive hours during the

first Bhakti Fest, held in September 2009

on the grounds of the Joshua Tree Retreat

Center in Joshua Tree National Park. The

main organizer, Sridhar Silberfein (who

says he arranged for Swami Satchidananda

to give the invocation at Woodstock),

booked dozens of kirtan musicians such as

Wade Morissette, Dave Stringer and Jai

Uttal as well as yoga teachers like Sara

Ivanhoe, Saul David Raye, Shiva Rea, and

more. Neither in 100-degree noontime heat,

nor at 3 a.m., did the chanting stop for a

moment. Yoga classes, in a variety of styles,

went on from dawn to dusk in a separate tent.

The inaugral Bhakti Fest

drew 2,500 people, most of

whom camped in the desert.

The festival offered inexpen-

sive packages starting at $100

for the whole weekend, and

then donated half the proceeds

to charities such as Embracing

the World, Oxfam, the Seva

Foundation, and the Love

Serve Remember Foundation

(run by Ram Dass). “The driving

force of the festival is dedication,

service, and helping people out,”

Silberfein says. “Certainly not

money. That’s way down the list.”

“These festivals are really

introducing people to that cre-

ative conscious energy that we

try to home in on when we teach

yoga classes,” says Kasey Luber,

director of yogamates.com and

teacher of Kundalini Yoga classes

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Great practice opportunities to put on your calendar.

Jan. 23

YOGA DAY USA

DETAILS Free or nearly free yoga

workshops and events held at many

studios around the country.

yogaalliance.org or yogadayusa.org

Jan. 28–Feb. 1

YOGA JOURNAL SAN FRANCISCO

CONFERENCE

San Francisco, California

DETAILS From vinyasa yoga to Tantric

meditation, more than 100 classes

with 40 world-class teachers such

as Seane Corn, Angela Farmer, Ana

Forrest, and David Life. Plus music

from Donna De Lory and DJ Dragonfly.

yjevents.com

Apr. 6–11

YOGA JOURNAL BOSTON

CONFERENCE

Boston, Massachusetts

DETAILS Six-day conference with

daylong intensives as well as regular

classes on asana, pranayama, medita-

tion, philosophy, and more. Plus an

evening with Deepak Chopra. The

teacher lineup includes Richard

Freeman, Julie Gudmestad, Desirée

Rumbaugh, Rodney Yee, and many

others. yjevents.com

June 3–6

MIDWEST YOGA

CONFERENCE

Bloomingdale, Illinois

DETAILS Instruction from top teach-

ers and a laid-back Midwest vibe.

Presenters include Annie Carpenter,

Seane Corn, Janet Stone, and Mark

Whitwell, with musical guests Rara

Avis and Shaman’s Dream. This year’s

theme is Sacred Activism.

midwestyoga.com

June 18–26

SUMMER SOLSTICE

SADHANA CELEBRATION

Española, New Mexico

DETAILS This White Tantric Yoga

event offers more than 60 classes

featuring Kundalini Yoga, meditation,

and lifestyle teachings as taught by

Yogi Bhajan. Tent, car, and cabin camp-

ing with limited RV space availability

(no hookups). 3ho.org

June 21

SOLSTICE IN TIMES SQUARE

New York City

DETAILS A yogic takeover of the Big

Apple, as the intersection of Broadway

and 7th Avenue closes between 43rd

and 44th streets from dawn to dusk.

Free yoga talks and classes offered all

day by local teachers. Last year the

first 1,500 participants received free

yoga mats and gift bags.

timessquarenyc.org/about_us/events_

solstice.html

July 8–11

TELLURIDE YOGA FESTIVAL

Telluride, Colorado

DETAILS A weekend of yoga in a

picturesque mountain town. Teachers

include Scott Blossom, Richard

Freeman, Aadil Palkhivala, and many

others. Guests take a complimentary

gondola to and from workshops.

Some 25 percent of net proceeds go

toward local environmental causes.

tellurideyogafestival.com

July 30–Aug. 1

FLAGSTAFF YOGA FESTIVAL

Flagstaff, Arizona

DETAILS Nearly 100 workshops,

classes, and special events, plus body-

work and a wellness marketplace in a

gorgeous mountain setting. All guests

who visit the yoga gear swap receive

a free Lululemon Athletica tote bag.

flagstaffyogafestival.com

July 23–25

WANDERLUST

Lake Tahoe, California

DETAILS Three days of high-energy

yoga, meditation, and wellness events,

plus an indie-rock festival, held at the

gorgeous Squaw Valley resort. Last

year’s lineup included John Friend and

Shiva Rea, music by Sharon Jones,

and more. wanderlustfestival.com

Aug. 27–29

YOGA ROCKS MOUNTAIN FEST

Lyons, Colorado

DETAILS A weekend celebration full of

live music, yoga, and camping riverside

under the stars. Last year’s festival

featured 15 musical acts, including

Dave Stringer and Donna De Lory

as well as yoga with instructors such

as Seane Corn, Simon Park, and Darren

Rhodes. yogarocks.info

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EVOLVE FESTIVAL

Hidden Valley Club

Vernon, New Jersey

DETAILS Four-day celebration during

National Yoga Month (which is Sep-

tember). Celebration includes more

than 70 local jam bands, asana from

local teachers, art, education, and

more. Friendly, communal, low-key

vibe. evolvefest.org

Oct. 21–24

WORLD PEACE & YOGA JUBILEE

Loveland, Ohio

DETAILS Yoga classes, lectures, and

activist organizing sessions, dedicated

to bringing about world peace. “The

best idea of the millennium,” said

David Life of Jivamukti Yoga before

the conference’s first year in 2009.

worldpeaceyogaconference.com

Aug. 20–22

BEING YOGA

CONFERENCE RETREAT

Rhinebeck, New York

DETAILS A late-summer weekend

at the serene grounds of the Omega

Institute with teachers such as Beryl

Bender Birch, Sharon Gannon and

David Life, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, and

Vinnie Marino. Communal vegetarian

meals, a marketplace, and bodywork.

eomega.org/omega/beingyoga

Aug. 20–22

2nd ANNUAL PENDLETON

YOGA ROUND UP

Pendleton, Oregon

DETAILS A festival integrating the

culture and spirit of the nearby

Umatilla Indian Reservation, including

drum circles and coyote stories. The

yoga practices are centered on the

presence of Amrit Desai, founder of

the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health.

pendletonyogaroundup.com

Nov. 11–14

YOGA JOURNAL FLORIDA

CONFERENCE

Hollywood, Florida

DETAILS Yoga and meditation classes

in a beach setting. Combine asana with

indulgences like a soak in the infinity

pool, a massage, or lazing on the

beach. yjevents.com

Oct. 11–17

THE SACRED THREAD OF YOGA

San Francisco, California

DETAILS A seven-day festival with a

five-day Iyengar intensive and present-

ers including T. K. V. Desikachar, Nicki

Doane, David Life, and Eddie Modestini.

Organized by senior Iyengar Yoga

teacher Kofi Busia. sacredthread.net

Oct. 22–24

OJAI YOGA CRIB

Ojai, California

DETAILS A sweet, small festival with

yoga, meditations, and kirtan. Organiz-

ers pick each attendee’s schedule.

Teachers have included Jason Cran-

dell, Sarah Powers, and Erich Schiff-

mann. lulubandhas.com/ojaiyogacrib

Sept. 9–12

BHAKTI FEST

Joshua Tree, California

DETAILS 24-hour kirtan, plus yoga

instruction. Last year’s performers

included Sean Johnson and the Wild

Lotus Band, Jai Uttal, Wah!, and MC

Yogi. bhaktifest.com

Sept. 18th or 19th

GLOBAL MALA YOGA FOR PEACE

Various locations TBA

DETAILS An event that takes place

at studios around the world, founded

by Shiva Rea to celebrate UN Interna-

tional Peace Day and to raise money

for various charities. Many studios hold

classes of 108 Sun Salutations. For

listings of participating studios, see

website. globalmala.org

Sept. 19–26

YOGA JOURNAL COLORADO

CONFERENCE

Estes Park, Colorado

DETAILS Early in the week, an Anu-

sara Grand Gathering with classes by

John Friend and key Anusara teachers.

Later in the week, classes in asana,

pranayama, meditation, and philosophy

offered by masters of many yoga tradi-

tions. Hiking, rock climbing, and elk

watching are part of the fun at this

Rocky Mountain location. yjevents.com

Sept. TBA

VERMONT YOGA FESTIVAL

Montpelier, Vermont

DETAILS Three days of yoga in a

walkable, bikeable town festival atmo-

sphere. Designed to serve the local

community but open to everyone.

vermontyogafestival.com

Dec. 19–25

WINTER SOLSTICE

SADHANA CELEBRATION

Lake Wales, Florida

DETAILS Kundalini Yoga and medita-

tion as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Tent,

car, and cabin camping. 3ho.org

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Gina Kornrumpf had struggled with her weight all her life. The results of her

on-again, off-again dieting were discouraging, and only served to fuel her pre -

occupation with the numbers on her scale. She led an active life—traveling, bike

riding, and exercising—but that didn’t seem to help her shed the extra pounds

or get her higher-than-normal blood pressure under control. By the time she

topped 207 pounds in 2008, she realized she needed a new plan. “A friend of mine

is passionate about yoga, and

encouraged me to at least con-

sider trying it,” Kornrumpf says.

So she registered at the Kripalu

Center for Yoga & Health’s In -

tegrative Weight Loss program,

photography by Chris Andre

Yoga helped Meghan Bowen, a vinyasa

yoga teacher in Santa Monica, Califor-

nia (pictured modeling the following

sequence), lose 20 pounds over

the course of two years, something

she says she was able to do once she

learned to read her body’s subtle

cues about what it really needed. “I

had been trying to tell my body what

it needed, instead of letting my body

tell me,” she says. “Yoga taught me

to tune in to my body and my sensory

experience, and to start trusting the

intelligence inside of me.”

For a radically different

approach to weight loss,

start not with diet and

exercise, but with

connecting to yourself.

Once she stopped trying to lose

weight, Bowen says, it was no

longer a struggle. “The biggest

shift was realizing that it had

to be a moment-to-moment

approach, rather than looking

three months out and having a

goal,” she says. “Yoga teaches

moving away from a desired

outcome, and moving toward

tuning in to what’s going to

serve my body—what’s going to

feed my body in a healthy way

in this moment.”

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rates multiple aspects of healthy living in an inte-

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The program includes twice-daily yoga classes,

pranayama instruction, nutritional counseling

and cooking demonstrations, life coaching, shar-

ing circles, and mindful-eating exercises, with

yogic philosophy as a foundation for assimilating

the information. Within 18 months of completing

the weeklong workshop, Kornrumpf had lost 47

pounds. Her blood pressure dropped from 140/90

to a healthy 120/70, and her cholesterol settled

within normal ranges. Today, she says, “I feel fit; I

feel healthy, lighter, happier, and more open.”

Yoga may not be the first thing that comes to

mind when you’re formulating a weight loss plan,

but recent studies linking yoga with mindful eat-

ing and weight loss suggest that maybe it should

be. The combined effects of the self-acceptance,

increased body awareness, and inward reflection

that are natural byproducts of a regular yoga practice

can increase your ability to achieve and maintain

a healthy weight, and can have a positive impact,

whether you’re significantly overweight, just want-

ing to lose a few pounds, or struggling with a body-

image problem despite being at a healthy weight.

“Yoga may not be a glamorous, quick fix to weight

loss, but it creates fundamental shifts that lead to

lasting change,” says Ashley Turner, a yoga teacher

and psychotherapist in Los Angeles and New York

and the creator of the Element DVD Yoga for

Weight Loss. Turner says that yoga’s emphasis on

self- acceptance is the key to creating such transfor-

mation. Unlike traditional methods such as diets

and exercise boot camps, yoga philosophy teaches

This flowing sequence is designed to build physical

strength and to tone and engage your core and leg mus-

cles. As you move through the poses, notice your inner

dialogue and the language you use to describe your

body. If you start to scold yourself, see if you can soften

your gaze, smile, and let go of those judgments.

Throughout your practice, focus on your breath when diffi-

cult emotions or agitated thoughts arise. Even something

as simple as noticing how the quality of your breathing

changes when you feel anxious or stressed can be illumi-

nating. Where do you feel tension in your body? When you

soften and release that area of the body, does the quality

of your breath change? The more you tune in to sensation—

both on and off the mat—the more you can tell if something

enhances you or depletes you, whether it’s getting an

extra hour of sleep or having an extra helping at dinner.

to begin Stand tall at the front of your mat in Tadasana (Mountain

Pose), with your palms pressed together in Anjali Mudra

(Salutation Seal), your eyes closed, and your head bowing

to your heart. Silently acknowledge your efforts for show-

ing up. Begin with three to five Sun Salutations to warm

up your entire body. Focus on the quality of your breath

and try to distribute it evenly throughout your whole body.

During the sequence, concentrate on transitioning mind-

fully between poses, without holding your breath.

✳ Before you begin any new exercise or dietary

program, always check with your doctor.

get in the

students to approach the body with compassion,

understanding, and friendship.

“Yoga teaches us that what is in this moment is

perfect,” says Turner. “And it’s possible to maintain

that nonjudgment and compassion, even as we strive

for self-improvement.” With this mind-set, her cli-

ents can get on the mat and enjoy the experience

of being physical. On an emotional level, practic-

ing self-acceptance makes it easier for you to truly

observe your habits and get to the root of what has

caused the weight gain. “Such an internal process

might take longer to see the physical results, but it

is a much more effective and sustainable course in

the long run,” says Turner. She adds that this slow,

flowasana sequence by Ashley Turner

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From Adho Mukha Svana-

sana (Downward-Facing

Dog Pose), step your right

foot forward between your

hands and bring your left

heel to the ground at a

45-degree angle. See that

your right knee is directly

over your foot, and dis-

tribute your weight evenly

across both feet. Inhale and

rise up into Warrior Pose II,

with yours arms reaching

out to the sides. Exhale,

pause, and straighten

your front leg. Check your

stance by looking down

to see that your ankles are

under your wrists. Then

exhale and bend your right

knee again and come into

Utthita Parsvakonasana

(Extended Side Angle

Pose), placing your right

fingertips to the outside

of your right foot (or on

a block) and extending your

left arm over your left ear.

On an inhalation, draw your

navel in and engage your

core as you rise back up to

Warrior II. Repeat 2 to 4

more times on the right

side to build strength and

heat. Switch sides by turn-

ing your right foot in and

your left foot out. Repeat 3

to 5 times on the left side.

Flow between Warrior Pose II and Extended

Side Angle Pose

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steady, consistent approach is, in fact, crucial for

keeping the weight off. “The Yoga Sutra of Patan-

jali outlines how lasting change is only possible

from focused, inner work,” she says.

begin with the

first stepTurner, whose approach combines asana with

nutritional and psychological counseling, notices

that her clients and students are bombarded with

media messages about what a beautiful body looks

like, messages that tell us to look outside ourselves

for validation and acceptance. But trying to live up

to an ideal that is unrealistic and often unhealthy

is likely to backfire, Turner says, especially when

used as a motivator for weight loss. John Bagnulo,

PhD, nutritionist for Kripalu’s weight loss pro-

gram agrees, adding that people often develop a

false sense of what their body should look like, and

yoga can help them work through that. “Western

Flow between Goddess Pose

diets encourage people to ask the ‘should’ ques-

tions. How long should I work out? How many calo-

ries should I eat every day?” he says. Yoga, on the

other hand, suggests kinder and ultimately more

transformative questions like, How do I feel in my

body right now? What choices can I make that are

healthier for my whole being?

Liz Dunn, a massage therapist in Cheshire, Con-

necticut, lost 125 pounds over a year and a half and

says that the self-acceptance she learned through

yoga was a crucial part of her weight loss journey.

“When you’re that size, your thoughts are domi-

nated by things like ‘I can’t sit in that chair,’ and

‘I can’t do this or that.’ But yoga taught me that

I’m OK where I am today. Yoga was like a warm,

welcoming embrace saying, ‘Let’s find you and take

time to just be here, now.’ ” This, Dunn says, is what

enabled her to get past the plateaus that invari-

ably accompany significant weight loss over a long

period of time. “I never set weight loss goals; I just

integrated yoga into my view of how I was physi-

cally in the world,” she says. “That made it OK when

I hit those plateaus and wouldn’t lose any weight

for weeks, which is when a lot of people give up.”



Turner finds that self-acceptance gives students

the courage to inquire within about what is at the

root of their struggle with weight, and identify the

underlying thoughts or emotional stirrings that

cause them discomfort and contribute to actions

that aren’t serving their weight loss goals.

When you feel the urge to overeat, Turner sug-

gets asking yourself questions like “What am I

really hungry for?” and “What is truly causing me

stress, and what do I really need in this moment?”

Maybe it’s a walk around the block, or a phone

call with a friend. The ability to observe your feel-

ings without judgment becomes a tool that helps

you figure out what you need from moment to

moment, says Turner. Then, instead of automati-

cally reacting to a stressful situation with estab-

lished patterns like reaching for comfort food, you

can learn to recognize the moment of choice. “We

can simply notice that we can choose to eat more

or not. Either way, there is no judgment,” she says.

Wendy Althoff, an actuary in New York City

who had been overweight all her life, expected

to feel out of place when she took her first yoga

class in 2005. “Sure enough, I was the largest

From Warrior II on the left

side, exhale and straighten

your left leg. Bring your hands

to your hips and turn both

feet out 45 degrees (stepping

the feet a little closer to

each other if needed). Roll

your weight to the outside

edges of your feet and engage

your core. On an exhalation,

lower your hips until your

knees are bent as close to a

90-degree angle as possible,

and directly over your ankles.

Draw your tailbone down

toward your heels, and draw

your hip points up. Inhale

and reach your arms out to

the sides. Exhale and bring

your left forearm to your left

thigh or, if you are able, your

left fingertips to the floor.

Inhale deeply and come back

up to center, using your core.

Exhale and bring your right

forearm to the right thigh,

or your right fingertips to the

floor. Repeat 2 to 3 more

times on each side, breathing

deeply. When you’re finished,

straighten your legs, turn

your feet forward, and bring

your hands to your hips.

Come to a seated position

on your mat.

and Temple Pose

person there,” she says. “In fact,

you probably could have added

the two people on the mats next to

me together, and I still would have

weighed more.” After she went to

class regularly for several months,

Althoff ’s focus subtly shifted from

the other students in the class to her own experi-

ence. “I didn’t realize this was happening until

one day after class a student told me I had a

lovely practice,” she says. “I was shocked to real-

ize that I couldn’t return the compliment. I had

absolutely no idea what her practice looked like,

because I may as well have been in that room by

myself. It had become my own practice.”

Althoff, who today teaches yoga at her office

and is enrolled in the Integrated Science of

Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda (ISHTA) teacher

training program in New York City, says this shift

was a turning point in the way she felt about her

weight. “In class, when you stop worrying about

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Sit with your legs in front of you, knees bent, feet parallel and hip-width apart.

Place your hands behind you, shoulder-distance apart, with your fingers pointed

in toward yourself. (If that creates too much strain in your shoulders, point your

hands away from yourself.) Roll your shoulder blades down your back and lift up through your

chest. Push through your hands and feet equally and, on an inhalation, lift your hips and come into

Table Pose. Look down and see that your inner thighs are parallel. As you inhale, press through

all four corners of your feet and lift your hips a little higher, moving your tailbone toward your

knees. If it’s comfortable for your neck, slowly let your head release back. Feel free to stay for

2 to 3 breaths if you have the strength. On an exhalation, slowly release into sitting position.

Bring your fingertips to the back of your legs. On an inhalation, lift your chest and sternum.

On an exhalation, relax your shoulders and lean back onto the top of your sitting bones. On an

inhalation, lift your feet off the floor, knees bent, so that the thighs are angled about 45 degrees

relative to the floor. Reach your arms forward, and, if you can, straighten your legs. Inhale and lift

your chest and thighs a little higher, drawing your navel in toward your spine. Release your feet

to the floor as you exhale. Repeat moving from Table Pose to Boat Pose 3 to 4 more times.

Flow between Table Pose and Boat Pose

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Lie down on your back. Extend both legs up at a 90-degree angle (or, for an easier variation,

bend the knees), feet hip-width apart. Rest your arms by your sides, palms facing the floor. Press

through the balls of your feet, spreading your toes. On an inhalation, draw your navel toward

your spine (there will be a natural curve in your lower back). On an exhalation, slowly lower your

right foot until it hovers 6 inches above the floor. Inhale and pause, bringing the navel to the

spine. Exhale and lift your right leg as your left leg descends. Inhale and pause, flexing your feet

and spreading your toes. Repeat 3 to 5 more times. On an exhalation, bring both knees to your

chest. Close your eyes, wrap your arms around your knees, and breathe into your lower back.

Single Leg Raises

Take a simple twist to

each side. Start by draw-

ing your knees into your

chest. Then drop both

knees over to the right,

keeping the spine aligned.

Keep your left knee

di rectly over your right

knee. Place your right

hand on the left knee

to keep the legs down.

Extend your left arm out

to the left and look over

your left shoulder. Hold for

3 to 5 breaths, feeling

the breath sweep up and

down the spine. Bring your

legs back to the midline

and twist to the other side.

Come into Savasana

(Corpse Pose). Relax for

5 to 15 minutes. Slowly

return to a simple cross-

legged position. Sit tall

with your hands in Anjali

Mudra. Close your eyes

and bow inward, acknowl-

edging your efforts.

To finish

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Every time you walk across a room, reach into

the back seat of your car,

or pass a dish at dinner,

you rotate your spine. You

probably take such movements for granted

most of the time, but imagine being unable

to do them. If you’ve ever had back spasms

or a crick in your neck, you know how debil-

itating it is when you can’t turn sideways.

Without access to the full range of mo tion

in your spine, your life becomes very limited,

but when your spine is strong and supple,

you radiate well-being. Twisting poses—

whether seated, supine, or inverted—can

maintain and even enhance your abilityto rotate your spine. When you do twists,

the muscles on the left and right sides of the

torso work together to produce enough

torque to turn the spine. This tones the

muscles of the torso, restoring mobility and

balance on both sides of your spine, which

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1 Simple Reclining TwistBeginning this sequence on your back

will make it easy to isolate and explore

the mechanics of spinal rotation. Lie

down and drop your knees to the floor

at hip level. In this twist, your shoul-

ders stay fixed and your hips and legs

rotate around your spine like a cork-

screw. Notice the areas along your

back and shoulders where you feel

tension, and use your breath to help

release those areas.

2 Supta Parivrtta Garudasana (Reclining Revolved Eagle Pose)This pose provides an opportunity to

feel the strong muscular resistance that

often comes up in spinal twists. Intertwin-

ing your legs fixes the pelvis, which will

likely help bring the twist into your upper

back. Approach the pose with curiosity

and internal awareness by breathing

consciously, with your mouth closed and

with similar length and tone in both

inhalation and exhalation. Keeping your

top knee on the floor or on your block,

deepen the twist by reaching out

strongly to the sides.

3 Janu Sirsasana (Head-of-the-Knee Pose), variationIn this seated position, you keep your

pelvis relatively fixed again. Use

this pose to create an imprint of this

action; it will inform your Parivrtta

Trikonasana. Hold your extended-

leg foot with your hand or a strap.

Actively reach your other arm behind

you to initiate strong rotation in

the upper spine. Notice if any tension

releases in the upper back as you

come out of this pose. Delicious!

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4 Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padasana (Revolved Extended Hand and Foot Pose)This pose introduces the challenge of

keeping your pelvis stable and your

feet grounded while you twist the spine.

Stand with your feet wide apart and par-

allel. Lift your arms to shoulder height.

Keep your hips level as you twist your

torso to the right. Reach your arms away

from each other to spread the chest

and be sure to keep your pelvis square.

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( benefits )

Improves balance

Strengthens the feet and legs

Increases hip mobility and stability

Squeezes spinal joints to promote nourishment

of tissues

Massages and tones the internal organs

Restores and maintains spinal flexibility

( contraindications )

Herniated spinal disk

Positional vertigo

Injured hamstrings

5 Parivrtta Trikonasana(Revolved Triangle Pose)Maintaining a well-grounded pose is

key to discovering the joy of this

standing twist. Avoid turning your

back foot in too much, and keep

it firmly grounded. Throughout this

sequence you have felt how keep-

ing the pelvis stable enhances the

twist in the upper spine; stay true

to this now. With the hips fairly level

and the head aligned over the front

foot, spread your arms like wings,

allowing the upper body to blos-

som. From your stable base you

can, over time, “turn the screw”

of the upper spine more deeply,

releasing stress and bringing nour-

ishment to the upper back.

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may improve your gait and boost the

power of your limbs when performing

everyday tasks that involve pushing, pull-

ing, or turning.

When you twist, you also compress and

squeeze the spinal disks, which improves

circulation and nourishes tissues that are

critical to having a supple spine. Clearly,

twisting poses play a key role in gaining

and maintaining spinal health, but the

most gratifying benefit may be the simple

sigh of relief they can evoke after coaxing

tension from your back muscles.

When you deconstruct the architec-

ture of spinal twists, you can see that they

typically come in two varieties: You either

keep your shoulders fixed while the pelvis

rotates the spine, or vice versa—you keep

the pelvis fixed and use your shoulders to

help you turn the spine.

In Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Tri-

angle Pose), your pelvis stays neutral while

your shoulders rotate. But the effort it

takes to rotate the spine often uproots the

back leg, which can throw you off balance

and create anxiety about exploring the

pose. The key to feeling grounded is to

root strongly through your feet. Keeping

your pelvis stable and square toward the

floor (with the hip bones horizontally and

vertically even) will help you do this.

Keeping the pelvis stable is not easy,

and it’s a detail that is often passed over

in Revolved Triangle. You may have

learned to initiate the twist from the pel-

vis by dropping your back hip toward the

ground. When you do the pose this way,

you may feel as though you’re getting a

deeper twist, because it enables you to

turn the torso more. But turning the torso

further doesn’t mean that you are rotating

each individual vertebra more.

Even if you’re accustomed to drop-

ping your back hip, try keeping your

pelvis fixed and observe the difference in

the way your body feels. You might find

that a stable pelvis gives you more lever-

age and actually increases the degree of

rotation in your spine. I’ve noticed that

keeping my pelvis square has reduced the

sacroiliac strain I used to feel after doing

Revolved Triangle.

Though Revolved Triangle is typically

practiced as part of a standing sequence,

coming to it from a series of gradually

deepening twists will help imprint muscle

memory of the two varieties of rotation,

which will help you demystify this asana.

After warming up with a few Sun Saluta-

tions, lie down and begin your exploration

with two supine poses.

Simple Reclining TwiST

Take a minute or two

to recline on your

back, relaxing your

muscles, your breath,

and your mind. Don’t

underestimate the power of moments

like these to create an atmosphere of

openness, curiosity, and flexibility. Move

into constructive rest by bending your

knees and placing your feet flat on the

floor. Relax your arms along the floor at

shoulder level. Keeping your shoulders

on the mat, exhale and let your knees fall

to your right. Allow your knees to drop

loosely, taking your hips and lower torso

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with them into a simple spinal twist.

Notice how your shoulders stay on the

floor while the movement of your hips

and legs rotates the spine, much like turn-

ing a corkscrew. Stay for a minute to feel

and observe your back muscles. Are they

tight? Do your shoulders rest comfortably

on the mat? Try to consciously release any

stiffness you feel in your back muscles by

allowing your spine to settle into the floor.

Next, bring your attention to your

breath. Twists squeeze the diaphragm,

which can make your breath feel strained.

To help release tension, use each inhala-

tion to create space in your abdomen and

each exhalation to coax your muscles to

adapt to the twist.

When the spine rotates in more chal-

lenging twists such as Supta Parivrtta

Garudasana (Reclining Revolved Eagle

Pose), your muscles will resist and rebel.

Take the time now, when the pose is sim-

ple, to use it as a primer for exploring how

to adjust to the muscular resistance. Stay

for another minute, then bring your legs

back to center and switch sides.

Supta parivrtta GarudaSana

(Reclining Revolved Eagle Pose)

The basic shape of

this pose is similar

to Simple Reclining

Twist, but the way

you enter the twist

makes it different. In Simple Reclining

Twist, your shoulders stay fixed as your

pelvis rotates around the spine. In this

pose, it’s just the opposite: The left knee

on the floor keeps the pelvis fixed while

your left arm reaches toward the left to

create spinal rotation.

Begin again in constructive rest. Shift

your hips a few inches to the left before

crossing your legs as in Eagle Pose, left

thigh over right. If you can hook your

foot behind your right leg, do so, but

don’t worry if you can’t. Draw your knees

toward your chest and, exhaling, turn onto

your right side, pinning your left knee to

the floor. If this creates pain in your knees

or lower back, modify your position by

unhooking the left foot and elevating the

left knee on a block or blanket.

With your left knee on the floor or on a

block, reach toward the ceiling with your

left arm. Exhale as you slowly lower your

left arm to the floor, placing your hand in

line with your shoulder. Keep your pelvis

fixed, and this time feel how the shoulders

create the torque, like a corkscrew.

Your body may twist easily, letting you

bring your shoulder to the mat, or you

may barely turn. Take your time and keep

your left arm active, even if it’s hovering

above the floor. Be curious and patient

with the process. If your knee moves up,

away from the floor or block, or your

breathing becomes labored, it means

that you’re rushing the pose and inviting

strain. Whether you get your shoulder to

the floor is unimportant; this is a strong

twist regardless.

Once your upper back is at its maxi-

mum, turn your head toward the left, but

be mindful. The neck, or cervical spine, is

the most flexible part of the spine. If your

upper back is tight, you might try to over-

compensate for it by turning your neck

more extremely. That’s why it’s important


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to wait until your thoracic rotation is at

its maximum before turning your head.

With your pelvis stabilized in this pose,

you may feel much more of the turn com

ing from your upper back. That’s because

keeping your pelvis fixed limits the ro

tation in your lower spine. If you tend to

be a flexible person, this is a good thing.

It’s relatively easy for flexible people to

overdo it and stretch the lumbar joints be

yond their natural capacity without even

knowing it, which can eventually strain

the lower back.

Stay in the pose for about a minute. If

you feel as though your body naturally

wants to go deeper, exhale and move your

left shoulder toward the floor. Notice how

this action turns your chest while leaving

the lumbar region undisturbed. A more

subtle way to do this is to visualize each

thoracic vertebra spinning, like a bead on

a string, into the rotation.

Stay in the twist for another minute,

then change the cross of your legs and

twist to the other side.

Janu SirSaSana

(Head-of-the-Knee Pose), variation

When you practice

Janu Sir sasana as

a twist rather than

a forward bend, it

can further educate

you about the mechanics of rotation. Sit

with the soles of your feet together and

your knees apart in Baddha Konasana

(Bound Angle Pose). If you find it difficult

to sit with an upright pelvis and straight

back, sit on a folded blanket. Keep your

left knee in place and extend your right

leg, centering your weight on the back of

the heel. Hold the outer edge of your right

leg or foot with your left hand, and place

your right hand on the back of your right

hip. Keep your gaze on your right foot,

and with an exhalation, lift your ribs and

shift your lower abdomen to the right to

align the midline, or axis, of your torso

with the right leg. You may already feel a

twist; now turn it up a notch by broaden

ing your chest and pulling your right col

larbone and shoulder back. As in Supta

Parivrtta Garudasana, keep your hips

fixed and strongly turn your upper spine.

If your breath is unrestrained and you

feel as though you can deepen the twist

further, exhale and stretch your right arm

straight back, rotating your skull to gaze

over your right shoulder at your hand. But

remember, if your upper back is tight and

feels stuck, you may be tempted to initiate

the twist from your head and compress

your neck. You may also unconsciously

swing your upper body laterally, moving

your head and shoulders to the outside

of your leg. Sidebending like this creates

poor alignment and can make the twist

unsafe. Avoid these common mistakes by

keeping your gaze on your right foot until

the last breath or two in the pose, then

gently turn your head to look over your

right shoulder. Keeping an image of the

spine spinning on its axis will also help.

Open your chest by actively expanding

its core to create a dynamic sense of space

that both deepens the twist and wrings

out tension from the upper back. Hold for

about five breaths, then exhale to release

the twist. Fold forward into the classic

forwardbend version of Janu Sirsanana

for a minute before switching sides.

Parivrtta utthita

haSta PadaSana

(Revolved Extended Hand and Foot Pose)

Stand with your

arms outstretched

at shoulder level.

Adjust your stance

so your feet are par

allel and directly

underneath your

wrists, or closer if your legs are strained. All

standing poses need to be grounded, espe

cially twists. Take a moment to balance the

weight between your feet, firmly ground

ing them evenly across the ball and heel of

each foot. Pull your inner thighs toward

your hips and steady your abdomen.

Stand tall as you exhale, and turn your

upper body to the right to begin a spi

nal twist. Did your hips come along for

the ride? That is not necessarily a bad

thing. In fact, the stretch probably feels

good, so enjoy it for a few breaths. But

then, try it with your pelvis fixed and see

if your spinal rotation becomes deeper.

Keeping your upper body rotated to the

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right and your arms outstretched, slowly

start to turn your hips back to the left,

toward their original position. Pause and

notice where you feel your back resisting

the turn. Rather than bracing yourself

against the resistance, sweet-talk tension

away from the muscles, and you will grad-

ually be able to return your hips to the

original, even alignment you had before

you twisted.

You may notice that keeping your pel-

vis square forfeits some of the turn of your

upper body, but now that you understand

the anatomy of twists, you know that

keeping one point fixed is essential. Stay

in the pose for a minute, then rest your

arms before repeating to the left. Fully

explore the relationship between keep-

ing the pelvis stable and the spine mobile,

since it is very similar to the alignment in

Revolved Triangle Pose.

After you’ve completed your second

side, take a counter pose such as Prasarita

Padottanasana (Wide-Legged Standing

Forward Bend), Uttanasana (Standing

Forward Bend), or Parsvottanasana (In -

tense Side Stretch) to allow the spinal

muscles to return to neutral before prac-

ticing Revolved Triangle Pose.

Parivrtta trikonasana

(Revolved Triangle Pose)

Start again with a wide

stance, rotating your

right foot out 90 degrees

and your left foot in

about 40 degrees. Turn

your hips toward your

front foot. The aim is to

have the hips turned all the way to the

right so the midline of the torso is aligned

with the right leg, as it was in Janu Sirsa-

sana. Expect some resistance from your

left hip and leg.

The fastest way to turn your hips fully

to the right is to turn your left foot in

more and shorten your stance. However,

I don’t think that’s the most skillful way.

Instead, recruit the deep abdominal mus-

cles to do the job by shifting your lower

belly to the right and pulling your right

hip back. That not only keeps your left

leg solid, but it also taps support from

your core, which establishes the stability

that benefits standing poses and twists.

If your left hip still hangs back, then turn

your left foot in slightly. Don’t sacrifice

your roots; distribute the weight across

the ball of your foot and keep that left

heel firmly down.

Place your right hand on your right

hip and extend your left arm up along-

side your ear. Breathing in, shift your hips

toward the rear of your mat and exhale

to hinge forward over your leg, pausing

halfway. Gaze at your right foot as you

shift your lower abdomen and then your

ribs to the right to align the midline of

your torso with your right leg.

Bring your left fingertips to the floor

outside your right toes, keeping the left

shoulder in line with the leg. If that’s

not possible, take the left fingertips to

the floor or to a block on the inside of the

right foot, keeping your left shoulder in

line with your left hand. Continue to look

down, keeping your head and gaze in line

with your foot to help align the axis of the

torso over the right leg.

Pause at this point to train your focus

on the base of the pose. Keep your back

leg grounded with the heel down. The

pelvis is level, the belly is stable, and

the breath is steady. Initiate the twist by

pressing into your left hand and lifting

your chest. Pull your right shoulder up

and back to rotate the thoracic spine. Feel

how the rotation here is exactly the same

mechanical process as in the previous two

twists; the pelvis is level and stable, and

the shoulders act as the top of the cork-

screw that turns the spine.

As the twist winds up, the hips, back

leg, and heel must stay grounded to resist

being pulled into the turn. Go slowly,

allowing for a little give in the hips; take

your time and be careful not to force

the twist. Let yourself be guided by the

somatic memory and actions of the ear-

lier poses. When the pose is steady and

you can enjoy the sensations free from

the distractions of your back leg, Parivrtta

Trikonasana will become a pose you look

forward to doing.

Power up the twist by extending your

right arm up. Make sure your left shoulder

stays aligned over your leg or hand, rotate

your head, and gaze at your right hand. If

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your neck hurts when you turn your head,

or if turning your head causes you to lose

balance, gaze at the floor and focus on

grounding your feet and steadying your

belly. Over time, revisit turning the head.

Once your chest is free and you’ve estab-

lished a strong base, you will be able to

rotate your neck and gaze comfortably at

your right hand. Keep both arms active

to give the upper body a strong surge of

energy that may rotate the spine even

more. Hold the pose for several steady

breaths, keeping the body active and alert.

When you feel as though the twist is

at its maximum, make a small counterac-

tion in the back leg: Exhale, surrender-

ing your upper back into the twist while

slightly turning your left thigh out. You

may find that this small move realigns the

pelvis and makes it level, affirms a nicely

grounded left heel, and lets the twist give

the spine a final hug.

Once your body has adjusted to the

instruction and principles of the pose,

let your focus turn away from the form;

accept the pose as it is. Stay aware of it,

but use it as a vehicle to turn your atten-

tion inward. If you can, create a sense

of expansion by letting your awareness

drench the pose with space and fullness.

Dwell in the sensations; inhabit the

form. Stay as long as you have clarity and

steadiness, then exhale fully to release the

twist. Breathe in as you stand up, then

root your legs into the earth with a solid

exhalation. Turn your feet parallel again

for a few breaths to reestablish stability

before practicing the pose to the left.

Twists do not come easily to many of

us. Because they wind you up so snugly,

they can seem more stuck than liberated.

However, with patience you will fall in

love with twists. They will teach you to

appreciate that less is often more. You will

find that your effort is well repaid by the

final sweet gift that comes as you unwind

the spine, sigh deeply, and feel your whole

body radiate lightness and well-being. ✤

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kundalini, the potent energy

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health and well-being. For

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DVD YOGA TO THE RESCUE

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that breaks down a dozen

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With excellent modeling and

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each pose individually and

understand its nuts and bolts

before putting it into play.

Because of the steady pace

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the tutorial, beginners should

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use ful. Since this is a “rescue”

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BOOK THE ABCS OF YOGA

FOR KIDS, by Teresa Anne

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Lots of kids are fascinated by

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instructions in the form of

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Whether you are new

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the psychological and spiritual aspects

of yoga. Along the way, he guides you

through self-refl ection exercises and 10

detailed steps to gain knowledge, joy, and

balance in everyday life.

Starting with uplifting methods to

develop intention and attitude that

align with yogic principles, Butera illus-

trates how to use postures, pranayama

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and concentration, bandhas (locks), and

mudras (sealing gestures), together with

archetypes, to release psychological

blocks and ultimately create the opening

for personal transformation to occur. He

draws upon traditional texts, including

the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, as well as his

own teaching experience. That he’s able

to instruct and inspire with a warm heart

and skillful direction, without judgment

or prejudice about the “style” of your

yoga of choice, is good reason to believe

this book will bring life to your practice.

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BOOK THE PASSIONATE MIND

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First released in 1974,

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Stone recognizes that while yoga has

sometimes been mischaracterized as a

retreat from the human world, at its base

yoga is, in fact, a radical embrace of all

reality. He also suggests that the yamas

articulate profound insights into the

laws of cause and effect (karma), serve as

expressions of our inextricable connec-

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everything we do.

This book needs to be digested slowly,

because in it Stone calls on us to change

our minds and lives. Fortunately, he

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path but also inspires us to follow it.

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book ESSENCE oF THE UPANISHADS:

A key to Indian Spirituality, by Eknath

Easwaran. Nilgiri Press; easwaran.org

The Katha Upanishad,

a 3,000-year-old yogic

text, tells the story of a

brave teenager named

Nachiketa, who jour-

neys to meet the King

of Death in search of

the secret to immortal-

ity. The tale brings into

sharp focus questions of existence: Who

am I? What is the purpose of life? How am

I to live? Death provides answers by tak-

ing Nachiketa “through the levels of per-

sonality to the final discovery, deep in

consciousness, of a changeless ‘Self ’

beyond time and death,” writes Eknath

Easwaran, who passed away in 1999, in his

revised translation and commentary.

Easwaran, a renowned meditation

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sacrificial ritual, and his role as a teacher

whose insights continue to inspire yogis

today. RICHARD ROSEN ✤

voyage, eager to tell what he has found.”

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at the festival. “When we can get that

many people together for yoga, then

we’re doing good. It was really amazing

to have that many people chanting and

doing yoga. People were up all night; it

was beautiful,” she says.

Yoga Rocks: EvolvE

Yoga festivals can happen anywhere and

don’t need to be pegged to “rock star” in

struction. Inspired by a small yoga class

that he’d taken in the earlymorning mud

at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Ten

nessee, Dave Bryson, a yoga teacher in

New Jersey, started the Evolve Music &

Yoga Festival in 2007, with the goal of

raising $5,000 for a local rural organiza

tion called Kids Camp, which provides

environmental education and free health

screening for lowincome kids. The first

Evolve event featured 30 bands from

the Northeast jamband and bar circuit.

Bryson also scheduled a few yoga classes,

but much to his surprise, nearly a thou

sand people showed up who were just as

interested in doing asana as rocking out.

A fullon yoga festival broke out.

“People were doing partner yoga out in

the fields,” he says. “There were people

meditating and doing yoga on the docks.”

In 2009, the festival’s third year, Bryson

said the music and the yoga were equally

important. He booked 70 bands and 16

yoga instructors, and says it all worked

together brilliantly. “The festival’s focus

is on selfimprovement and health, as

opposed to other music festivals, where

the focus is on partying and getting

wasted,” he says. “But I also had some

good hardrockin’ bands, with a real focus

on bringing music that’s danceable. I want

to encourage yoga people to come out and

lighten up and loosen up and dance.”

cRadlE of lovE: ThE cRib

Kira Ryder, who runs a yoga studio in

Ojai, California, was several years ahead

of the spinal curve. In 2003 she started

a festival called the Ojai Yoga Crib, and

seven years later, it’s still running. “When

your livelihood is yoga,” she says, “it be

comes a really neat practice to invite a

few hundred of your best friends to come

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Ryder had been to several yoga confer-

ences and had always had a good time, but

she sometimes felt as though they were

an impersonal grab bag of experiences.

She had the “crazy idea” to start a more

intimate alternative. Rather than have

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put their personal schedules together for

them. “I said to my husband, ‘This is going

to be a lot of work.’ And he said, ‘Well,

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founder John Friend. “It’s tricky—ask a

Tantric philosopher whether a specific

action is dharmic, and the answer is al

ways ‘Well, it depends.’ I like to think

of it this way: Given all of the variables,

what is it that best serves both you and the

greater good? Dharma is ultimately about

enhancing life.”

And it generally involves honoring

your ethics—doing right by yourself, your

family, your community, the world. “For

Westerners, dharma is the ethical basis on

which you live your life,” Kempton says.

“It’s your bottom line. I like to translate

it as ‘the path of the good.’ ”

Your dharma should govern your every

action and decision in life, Kempton says.

To understand your own dharma, and to

measure how well you’re living up to your

ideal, she suggests that you ask yourself a

few key questions:

➤ What is my role in the world?

➤ What are my obligations? Which

ones feel right?

➤ When I am serving the highest

good, what am I doing?

➤ Am I on a path for the good?

➤ How can I best serve the world

around me?

➤ What would Martin Luther King do?

(This is Kempton’s personal favorite—

though you could substitute your

grandmother, Gandhi, Mother Teresa,

or anyone else you consider a paragon

of dharmic living.)

2) ArtHA I prosperity

For the purposes of this article, it makes

sense to define the word dharma first—in

some ways, all of the other purusharthas

should be viewed through the lens of

dharma. Certainly, this is true of artha,

which is defined as “material prosperity,”

“wealth,” “abundance,” and “success.”

Artha is the material comfort you need

to live in the world with ease. Moreover,

artha is the stuff—the capital, the com

puter, the business suit—you need to get

your dharma done. Artha is, simply put,

that which supports your life’s mission.

Many philosophers would put artha

first on their list of purusharthas, for a

“The easiest way to define dharma is

to look at the verbal root, which really

means ‘to make firm,’ ‘to establish,’ or ‘to

create structure,’ ” Brooks explains. “It’s

about that which gives life order—about

stepping up to your own responsibilities,

about working within the structure to

serve yourself and society.”

There is a universal dharma, known

as sanatana dharma, which is thought to

underlie the very structure of existence.

It is the source of the fundamental ideas

of right and wrong that are deeply embed

ded in human consciousness. But along

with that universal order, we each have

our own unique, individual dharma, or

svadharma, the result of our birth cir

cumstances, karma, and talents, and the

choices we make in life as it unfolds for us.

“Dharma [refers to] the actions that

you are engaged in, in this life, and there

are many different levels,” says Gary

Kraftsow, Viniyoga founder and the

author of the book Yoga for Transforma-

tion. “As a father, my dharma is to raise

up my son. As a yoga teacher, my dharma

is to show up to class, to give interviews,

and to transmit these teachings. As an

American, part of my dharma is to pay

my taxes. Whatever you are doing, your

dharma is to do it well, to serve yourself

and serve life in the present moment, to

keep moving forward toward a sense of

personal fulfillment.”

For some, our dharmas reflect a clear

calling: farmer, teacher, activist, parent,

poet, president. For others, not so much.

But you don’t need to have a calling to have

dharma, Kraftsow says. Dharma means

sustaining your life, meeting your family

obligations, participating in society—and

sometimes even a lowlevel McJob can

enable you to do all that. “If you hate your

job so much that it’s sucking the life out

of you, it may not be dharmic for you,” he

says. “But realizing your dharma some

times means accepting where you are.”

Still, dharma can be a moving target,

especially here in the West, where—in

our ideal world, at least—we’re not bound

by caste, family, gender, or racial roles

(those, too, are forms of dharma). “Dharma

is a relative concept,” says Anusara Yoga


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it requires that you ask yourself: What

do I see as truly valuable?”

Brooks asserts that we are not human

without artha; Kempton agrees. “Artha

is the skills we develop to live a successful

worldly life,” she says. “I’ve found that if

human beings don’t get artha together in

one way or another, they feel bad about

themselves. Artha is one of the basic hu

man dignities—to have enough money to

live on, to care for your family.”

To learn to work skillfully with artha

in your own life, try asking yourself the

following questions:

➤ Knowing my dharma, what do I

need to play my role in the world?

➤ Where do I place value?

➤ Do I have enough?

➤ Are my things making me happy,

or are they stealing my joy?

➤ Am I afraid of having more?

Am I afraid of not having more?

➤ What does wealth mean to me

besides money?

3) KAmA I pleasure

According to Rod Stryker, kama, or the

desire for pleasure, is what makes the world

go ’round. “Desire for pleasure is what

drives all human behavior,” he says. “Kama

relates to pleasure, and that can be sensu

ality,” he says. “But it’s also art, beauty,

intimacy, fellowship, and kindness—

it’s what brings a sense of de light to our

lives. And there can be pleasure even

in sacrifice.”

Kama gets some bad press, Stryker

notes, possibly because it’s the purush

artha most likely to run amok. Excessive

kama can lead to overindulgence, addic

tion, sloth, greed, and a whole host of

other “deadly sins.” But it is good, and

indeed necessary, when it exists to support

dharma. “If we set kama in the context of

dharma, we understand it to be a part of

the richness of life,” Stryker says. “Every

accomplishment has been sought for the

pleasure that it provides. We live in service

to a higher purpose, but along that path

there is the pleasure we take from family

and friends, art, love, and harmony in the

world around us.” Brooks agrees, saying

simple reason: “If you don’t have enough

food to eat, you don’t have a place to eat,

or you don’t feel safe, forget the other

three,” Friend says. “Artha sets a basic

level of material comfort and resources

so that you can facilitate all of your

intentions in life.”

Artha refers to things —your apart

ment, your car, your pots and pans. For

a writer, the essential artha is pen and

paper; for a yoga practitioner, artha is

time and space for uninterrupted prac

tice. It can also mean the knowledge,

un derstanding, or education you need to

get along in the world—something you

certainly need to pursue the dharma of a

doctor, for instance. It also means good

health. And, of course, it means money.

Like dharma, artha can be a moving

target—especially here in the West, where

lifestyles vary from ascetic to excessive.

“When I used to teach the purusharthas,

artha meant food, clothing, and shel

ter,” Kraftsow says. “Now it means food,

clothing, shelter, a cell phone, and Inter

net access.”

That’s a little joke, of course, but it also

points to a fundamental truth: What you

need depends on who you are. “What ar

tha means for a beggar is the begging

bowl; what it means for a business execu

tive in Los Angeles is driving a Lexus,”

Kraftsow explains. “If you’re doing a busi

ness deal, it means looking the part—you

might need a nice suit or a good watch to

look professional. The yoga community

shouldn’t get the message that you can’t

have a nice car or a watch. You might need

those things to play your role.”

Just don’t get carried away by the no

tion that artha is everything, or that

more is always better—easy traps to fall

into in a culture like ours, which tends

to measure success in terms of material

gain only. Brooks says that a perceptual

shift may be needed to deal skillfully

with artha. “Wealth is not a bad thing—

and there is no zerosum game,” he says.

“What artha asks us to do is learn to

live skillfully in a world of material

objects that exist for our benefit. It’s not

about rejecting the world, but about fig

uring out how to be content with the

things you own, borrow, or steward. And

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that, whether we deal with it skillfully or

not, there is no life without kama.

Shining the light of awareness on your

desires can help you focus on the ones that

honor the true essence of life. “The con-

scious pursuit of kama is a profound yogic

practice,” Kempton says. “To practice

kama yogically means to practice being

fully present with whatever you’re experi-

encing. There are many levels of pleasure,

from eating a pizza to fi nding a meditation

practice that allows your heart to expand.

As a yogi, you learn to distinguish. You

know which pleasures are saturated with

god consciousness and are drenched in the

ecstasies of the soul, and which ones leave

you depleted or lying to yourself about

what is really going on.”

Brooks notes that focusing on the right

kinds of pleasure can lead you toward your

dharma—and help you fulfi ll it with pas-

sion. “Passion is never the problem,” he

says. “Passion is the solution.” Find your

own solution by inquiring deeply about

your own pursuit of pleasure. Ask yourself

these key questions:

➤ What am I passionate about?

➤ What brings me pleasure?

➤ Am I enjoying my life?

➤ Am I happy?

➤ What do I care about?

➤ What do I most desire?

➤ Am I hooked on anything?

➤ Are my pleasures leading

me toward or away from my

life’s purpose?

4) MOKSHA I freedom

Moksha, or liberation, is widely consid-

ered to be the pinnacle of the purushar-

thas. “The whole game is that you want

to be free,” explains John Friend. “You

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own power and connection to life. And

you want freedom to express your own

creativity as fully as possible, freedom

to live fully and be happy.”

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“Moksha is about getting off the wheel

of samsara [the cycle of suffering caused

by birth, death, and rebirth],” Kempton

explains. “You can be a good person who

is living a dharmic life, taking care of

yourself and your family, enjoying your

family life and your career, but all of that

will be ultimately unsatisfying unless you

are also doing the practices that can lead

to moksha.”

But moksha doesn’t have to be some

other place and time or some exalted

state to be reached, irrevocably, only

once and to the exclusion of the human

experience. “The question with moksha

is whether it is a goal, or whether it is your

nature,” Brooks says. “In other words, do

you be come free, or are you born free?

One view is that moksha is a kind of

otherworld liness—that it’s the opposite

of dharma. The other argument is that

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Simply taking time to remember your

own inherent freedom, in other words,

gives meaning to your dharma—and

everything you do in life. Practicing yoga,

in a very real sense, is practicing moksha.

“You are as free as you experience your-

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idea that it is because you are so free that

you have to bind yourself. What do you

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➤ How can I not get caught in

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➤ Can I be free from blaming myself

and others?

➤ How can I make my mind free?

Balancing act

The key to working with the purusharthas

paradigm is to constantly examine not

only the essential concepts and their role

in your life, but also how well balanced

they are. Are you working so hard to put

your kids through school that your life

feels like an endless grind? (That’s too

much dharma, not enough kama.) Are you

so trapped in pleasure that you’re neglect-

ing your duty to your friends and family?

(Too much kama, not enough dharma.)

Have you become so focused on making

money that you have no time to meditate?

(Too much artha, not enough moksha.)

Are you spending so much time getting

blissed out at the yoga studio that you

can’t swing this month’s rent? (Too much

moksha, not enough artha.)

The balance between them will con-

stantly shift—by stage of life, by month,

by week, even by the minute. A young

mother, for instance, will naturally empha-

size the dharma of raising her children,

and her artha will be about providing for

it. An elderly man facing the end of life will

turn toward moksha, ready to leave artha

and dharma behind. A business executive

entering contract negotiations will focus

on artha and dharma; a college student on

summer break will indulge in more kama.

All that is as it should be. The work of bal-

ance isn’t literal—it’s an effort to face the

world with all of your pieces intact, to live

in a conscious way that leaves no part of

your Self behind.

That work, of course, starts on the yoga

mat. “Yoga is virtuosity in being human,”

Brooks concludes. “The purusharthas tell

us that we must meditate on our roles in

the world, our values, relationships, and

passions. These are not concerns to cure,

extinguish, or transcend. They are simply

part of being human, and embracing them

is loving life.” D

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what you can’t do, you appreciate where

you are now,” she says. “Yoga taught me

to give myself a break. I no longer think

things like ‘I’ll be happy when I weigh

150.’ I’m slowly shedding the weight I’ve

been carrying for so long.”

from the inside out

Physically, a dynamic yoga practice burns

calories and can increase strength, stam-

ina, and metabolism. A 2009 pilot study

at the University of Pittsburgh demon-

strated that a 12-week yoga program suc-

cessfully helped participants lose weight,

decrease their blood sugar and triglycer-

ide levels, and lower their blood pressure.

But the benefits of putting in time on the

mat go even further: An asana practice is

another way to build much-needed body

awareness. “When I first started doing

yoga, I couldn’t feel my body,” says Dunn.

“It felt like my head was completely dis-

connected from the rest of my body,

which was how I managed to get to that

weight in the first place.” Though in the

beginning the poses were difficult for her,

Dunn says their effect on her was immedi-

ate. “Yoga created an awareness—of my

fingers, my toes, my breathing. It was a

complete awakening for me.”

In a recent study by researchers at Fred

Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,

people who practiced yoga were found

to be more likely to eat mindfully—that

is, to be aware of why they ate and to stop

eating when full. They were also found to

weigh less than those who ate when they

weren’t hungry, or in response to anxiety

or depression. The researchers concluded

that the increased body awareness (spe-

cifically a sensitivity to hunger and sati-

ety) learned through yoga had a greater

effect on participants’ weight than did

the exercise aspect of the practice.

This suggests that yoga leads to a

greater sensitivity to how the body re -

sponds to food, and therefore naturally

leads to better food choices. “It’s all about

listening to your body,” says Kripalu’s Bag-

nulo. In Kripalu’s weight loss program,

conscious-eating exercises aim at creat-

ing a deeper awareness of the connec-

tion between the body and the food that

goes into it, and teaching participants to

become more in tune with the body’s sig-

nals and messages.

“Yoga put me in my body, so that I

have a five-sensory experience of what it

feels like to feel good,” says Cheryl Kain,

who completed the Kripalu program in

2006. “I can make a decision about what

to eat from a full-body wisdom, rather

than just from my head.”

our bodies, ourselves

Of course, a yoga practice for weight loss

is not one size fits all. In Kripalu’s weight

loss program, participants are encouraged

to explore a variety of yoga classes, rang-

ing from restorative to vigorous, in order

to discover what kind of yoga can best

facilitate their weight loss. For example,

someone who has trouble handling stress

might choose a restorative approach,

while someone whose metabolism is

slowing as they age might look to a more

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Ashley Turner advises her clients who

want to lose weight that their physical

yoga practice should be well rounded and

comfortably challenging. She adds that

how challenging a practice is for each

individual will depend on their experi-

ence with yoga and their fitness level to

begin with. She recommends practicing

a minimum of three times a week if your

goal is to lose weight, and working at a

level that feels like a healthy challenge.

“Sweating and increased heart rate are

indications of that,” she says.

For the greatest weight loss benefit,

Turner says, your practice should have

variety. “If you do the same thing all the

time, your muscles will adapt,” she says. In

the sequence on pages 74 to 79, for exam-

ple, she suggests practicing it one day

as a flow, and another day holding each

pose for 30 seconds to a minute. When

that starts to feel comfortable, she says,

you might try adding a Sun Salutation

between each pair of poses. Turner also

advises trying different styles of yoga and

different teachers, and mixing in other

physical activities like walking, hiking, or

swimming as ways of moving out of your

body’s comfort zone and toward enjoying

what it feels like to really challenge your

body in a healthy, sustainable way.

For people who feel less than comfort-

able going to a public yoga class, Wendy

Althoff suggests that practicing poses

with a DVD (particularly one that modi-

fies poses for larger bodies so that you can

learn to move your body safely) or a pri-

vate instructor can help you become more

comfortable, as can getting a like-minded

friend to go to class with you at first.

Five years after losing 125 pounds, Liz

Dunn says she never worries about gain-

ing back the weight she lost. She practices

asana and meditation daily, “Because life

goes on,” she says. “It’s truly the unity of

settling into oneself and the physicality of

yoga that is so transformative.” ̃✤

Linda Sparrowe, author of The Woman’s

Book of Yoga and Health and Yoga: A Yoga

Journal Book, writes extensively on women’s

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which yoga

is for you? Yoga, by definition, is one thing: union. But the

methods used to achieve that union are many.

By some counts, there are hundreds of styles.

to help you understand what’s on offer, we’ve

created this guide to prominent yoga styles.

Anusara YogaWhat to expect Anusara offers a playful,

uplifting approach to an alignment-

focused practice, including storytelling,

chanting, and the life-affirming values

of Tantric philosophy. Every class has

a theme, which is used as a metaphor

to reflect on while you’re doing poses.

Opening your heart is an important

aim of the practice, often emphasized

in the many backbends you’ll do.

What it’s about Anusara means “flow-

ing with grace.” In class, students

apply the Universal Principles of Align-

ment, which are techniques generally

consistent with those taught in Iyengar

Yoga. There’s an emphasis on under-

standing both the physical actions and

the energetic channels you are attempt-

ing to connect with in each pose.

Teachers and centers John Friend

founded Anusara Yoga in 1997 after

many years of practicing and teaching

Iyengar Yoga. His experience with the

Siddha Yoga lineage and Gurumayi

Chidvilasananda sparked the creation

of Anusara’s first principle, Open to

Grace, which suggests that every pose

originates internally from a deeply

creative and devotional feeling before

taking its outward, physical form.

Find out more anusara.com

Ashtanga YogaWhat to expect The inspiration

for many vinyasa-style yoga classes,

Ashtanga Yoga is an athletic and

demanding practice. Traditionally,

Ashtanga is taught “Mysore style”: Stu-

dents learn a series of poses and practice

at their own pace while a teacher moves

around the room giving adjustments and

personalized suggestions.

What it’s about The practice is smooth

and uninterrupted, so the practitioner

learns to observe whatever arises with-

out holding on to it or rejecting it. With

continued practice, this skill of atten-

tive nonattachment spills over into all

aspects of life. This is one important

meaning of K. Pattabhi Jois’s famous

saying, “Practice, and all is coming.”

Teachers and centers Founded by K.

Pattabhi Jois (1915–2009), this system

is taught around the world. Jois’s grand-

son R. Sharath now leads the Shri K.

Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute

in Mysore, India. There are teachers

everywhere around the globe.

Find out more kpjayi.org; ashtanga.com

Baptiste Power Vinyasa YogaWhat to expect This is a physically

challenging, flowing practice that will

get your heart pumping while also

encouraging you to find your authentic

personal power in life. Classes feature

a vigorous 90-minute sequence, per-

formed in a heated room and designed

to condition the whole body.

What it’s about The aim of Baptiste

Yoga is to create freedom, peace of mind,

and the ability to live more powerfully

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and authentically right now. The physi-

cally challenging practice is a training

ground for facing emotional and philo-

sophical challenges that arise in your life.

Teachers and centers Baron Baptiste,

son of yoga pioneers Walt and Magaña

Baptiste (who opened San Francisco’s

first yoga center in 1955), began practic-

ing as a child and studied with many

Indian yoga masters. The Baptiste

Power Yoga Institute is headquartered

in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There

are more than 40 affiliated studios.

Find out more baronbaptiste.com

Bikram YogaWhat to expect Rooms are heated to

105 degrees, and classes consist of 45

minutes of standing poses and 45 min-

utes of floor postures. You do the same

series of two breathing exercises and

26 poses in each class.

What it’s about This practice is

designed to work your body and requires

full mental concentration. The overall

objective is to create a fit body and mind,

allowing the physical self to unify with

the spiritual self.

Teachers and centers Bikram Choud-

hury was born in Calcutta and intro-

duced his system in the United States

in 1971. His main teacher was Bishnu

Ghosh (1903–1970). The Bikram Yoga

College of India in Los Angeles serves

as headquarters. There are now more

than 5,000 certified Bikram teachers

throughout the United States.

Find out more bikramyoga.com

Forrest YogaWhat to expect A strong, hot practice

designed to help you release physical

and emotional tension and pain, and

celebrate the strength of your own body.

What it’s about Working with the

premise that clearing stored emotions

makes room for your spirit to come

home, the practice combines physically

challenging sequences with deep emo-

tional exploration.

Teachers and centers Ana Forrest

began teaching Forrest Yoga in 1982. She

studied various systems of yoga, healing,

and native ceremony but credits her

own pain and suffering, her students,

the elements, and “the great mysterious”

as her primary teachers.

Find out more forrestyoga.com

Integral YogaWhat to expect A gentle practice based

on chanting, postures, deep relaxation,

breathing practices, and meditation.

What it’s about Integral Yoga focuses

on returning us to our “natural con-

dition,” which includes health and

strength, a clear and calm mind, a heart

full of love, a strong yet pliable will,

and a life filled with supreme joy.

Teachers and centers Founded by

Swami Satchidananda (1914–2002), a

student of Swami Sivananda, Integral

Yoga is taught at the Satchidananda

Ashram (Yogaville) in Virginia and the

Integral Yoga Institute in Manhattan as

well as at smaller centers and in studios.

Find out more iyiny.org; yogaville.org;

iyta.org

Ishta YogaWhat to expect Classes include

alignment-based vinyasa sequences,

with meditation, pranayama (breath-

work), and kriyas (cleansing techniques)

to create specific energectic effects.

What it’s about ISHTA stands for the

Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and

Ayurveda, and its aim is to balance the

human organism to create a strong and

stable platform for spiritual growth.

Teachers and centers Alan Finger laid

the foundations for Ishta Yoga with

his father, Kavi Yogiraj Mani Finger (a

disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and

Swami Venkatesananda) in South Africa

in the 1960s. The Ishta Yoga School in

Manhattan was opened in 2008.

Find out more ishtayoga.com

Iyengar YogaWhat to expect Often, you’ll do only

a few poses while exploring the subtle

actions required to master proper align-

ment. Poses can be modified with props,

making the practice accessible to all.

What it’s about For beginners, the

primary objective is to understand

the alignment and basic structure of

the poses, and to gain greater physical

awareness, strength, and flexibility.

Teachers and centers B. K. S. Iyengar

(a student of T. Krishnamacharya)

founded the style. His children Gita and

Prashant Iyengar teach in Pune, India,

and around the world. There are four

Iyengar institutes in the United States:

in New York, Los Angeles, San Fran-

cisco, and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

Find out more bksiyengar.com; iynaus.org

Jivamukti YogaWhat to expect A physically vigorous

and intellectually stimulating practice

with a focus on spiritual development.

Expect to encounter flowing asana

sequences along with Sanskrit chanting,

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references to scriptural texts, eclectic

music (from the Beatles to Moby), yogic

breathing practices, and meditation.

What it’s about One of the predomi-

nant principles of Jivamukti Yoga is

ahimsa (nonharming), and classes often

explore the link between yoga and ani-

mal rights, veganism, and activism.

Teachers and centers Jivamukti means

“liberation while living.” Sharon Gan-

non and David Life founded Jivamukti

Yoga in 1984, choosing the name as

a reminder that the ultimate aim is

enlightenment. Find centers in New

York, Toronto, Munich, London, and

Charleston, South Carolina.

Find out more jivamuktiyoga.com

Kripalu YogaWhat to expect Through asana,

pranayama, meditation, and relaxation

techniques, you’ll learn to observe the

sensations in the body and mind, and

thereby discover how well a pose, or a

life decision, is serving you. Classes

can be physically demanding or

extremely gentle, such as chair yoga.

What it’s about The primary objective

is to awaken the flow of prana—the

natural life force that will enable you

to thrive in all aspects of life.

Teachers and centers Swami Kripalu

(1913–1981) was a Kundalini Yoga master

who taught that all the world’s wisdom

traditions stem from a single universal

truth, which each of us can experience

directly. The main center is the Kripalu

Center for Yoga & Health in Stock-

bridge, Massachusetts.

Find out more kripalu.org

Kundalini YogaWhat to expect A 90-minute class typi-

cally begins with chanting and ends with

singing, and in between features asana,

pranayama, and meditation designed

to create a specific outcome. Expect to

encounter challenging breathing exer-

cises, including the rapid pranayama

known as Breath of Fire, minimedita-

tions, mantras, mudras (sealing gestures),

and vigorous movement-oriented pos-

tures, often repeated for minutes, that

will push you to your limit—and beyond.

yoga decoder

HatHa Yoga Hatha

is a Sanskrit word that

literally means “sun”

(ha) and “moon” (tha),

broadly referring to the

physical practices of

yoga, including active

and relaxing poses. Tech-

nically, all posture-based

yoga can be labeled as

hatha, but generic hatha

yoga classes are often

patterned loosely on

Iyengar Yoga.

Hot Yoga Classes are

held in a heated room

designed to warm the

body from the outside in,

just as the asanas warm

the body from the inside

out. Typically, hot yoga

classes are strenuous,

and the heat can make it

easier to go deeper in

some poses. Hot yoga

classes may be loosely

based on Bikram Yoga.

RestoRative Yoga

Devoted to deep rest,

these classes typically

include four to six floor

poses held passively

with the help of bolsters,

blankets, sandbags,

straps, eye pillows, and

blocks. Expect a long

Savasana at the end,

with about 20 minutes

devoted to sinking into

the earth to help the

body and mind experi-

ence true rest.

vinYasa oR Flow

Yoga Poses flow one

into another, synchro-

nized by the breath.

Expect to encounter lots

of Sun Salutations. If a

teacher tells the class to

“take a vinyasa,” she’s

using the word as short-

hand, probably referring

to a miniversion that

includes Plank, Chatu-

ranga Dandasana,

Upward-Facing Dog, and

Downward-Facing Dog.

Yin Yoga A physically

passive practice of

seated, supine, or prone

poses held for a few min-

utes each to maintain

mobility in the connec-

tive tissue. Most of the

poses focus on the lower

back and hips, because

the dense connective

tissue in those joints

requires extra care and

attention. Yin poses

are thought to mobilize

the flow of prana, freeing

energetic blockages.

Not all classes follow the teachings of a specific school. Here are some common terms that can help you decode a studio schedule.

What it’s about Kundalini Yoga is some-

times called the Yoga of Awareness.

The primary goal is to awaken kundalini

energy, the psychoenergetic force that

leads to spiritual elevation, and kick-

start the process of transformation.

Teachers and centers Kundalini Yoga

was founded in the United States in 1969

by Yogi Bhajan. There are more than

5,000 certified Kundalini Yoga teachers

in the United States.

Find out more kriteachings.org; 3ho.org;

yogibhajan.com; kundaliniyoga.com

OM YogaWhat to expect Medium-paced vinyasa

sequences combined with alignment

instruction and Tibetan Buddhist con-

cepts like mindfulness and compassion.

What it’s about The aim is to cultivate

strength, stability, and clarity and inte-

grate mindfulness and compassion into

your whole life.

Teachers and centers OM founder

Cyndi Lee has practiced yoga since 1971

and Tibetan Buddhism since 1987. The

OM Yoga Center is in New York City.

Find out more omyoga.com

ParaYogaWhat to expect Combining Tantric

philosophy with dynamic practice,

classes include challenging asanas

with an emphasis on the practices of

pranayama, meditation, mudras,

and bandhas (locks).

What it’s about Rooted in ancient texts

and modern life, this practice reveals

how asana affects and transforms energy.

Its aim is to manifest spiritual and

worldly success through increased Self-

awareness and the refinement of prana.

Teachers and centers Rod Stryker, a

student of Kavi Yogiraj Mani Finger

and Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, founded

ParaYoga in 1995.

Find out more parayoga.com

Prana Flow YogaWhat to expect “Challenging” and

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this active, fluid form of vinyasa yoga.

After the opening Om, the class is an

exercise in near-continuous motion.

Sequences are creative, often incorpo-

rating elements of dance and moving

meditation, and accompanied by music.

What it’s about The practice is a vehicle

to connect with prana.

Teachers and centers With a back-

ground in dance, yoga, Ayurveda, and

Indian martial arts, Shiva Rea founded

Prana Flow Yoga in 2005.

Find out more shivarea.com

Purna YogaWhat to expect Classes are asana

focused, with adherence to the align-

ment principles of Iyengar Yoga and

incorporation of yogic philosophy. Short

meditations begin and end class to

connect students with the heart center.

What it’s about The emphasis is on

uniting the body and mind with the

spirit. There are four limbs to Purna

Yoga: meditation, asana and pranayama,

applied philosophy, and nutrition and

lifestyle.

Teachers and centers Inspired by the

work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother,

Purna Yoga was officially founded by

Aadil and Mirra Palkhivala in 2003. The

main center is in Bellevue, Washington.

Find out more yogacenters.com;

aadilandmirra.com

Sivananda YogaWhat to expect Based on the teachings

of Swami Sivananda, this yoga style is

more spiritual practice than exercise.

Each 90-minute class focuses on 12 core

poses and Sanskrit chanting, pranayama

practices, meditation, and relaxation.

What it’s about Designed to transform

and elevate human consciousness, Siva-

nanda Yoga focuses on five fundamental

points of yoga: proper exercise, proper

breathing, proper relaxation (Corpse

Pose), proper diet (vegetarianism),

and positive thinking and meditation.

Teachers and centers Sivananda Yoga

was founded in 1957 by Swami Vishnu-

devananda (1927–1993), a primary stu-

dent of Swami Sivananda (1887–1963).

Large teaching centers can be found in

New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles,

San Francisco, Montreal, and Toronto.

Find out more sivananda.org

Svaroopa YogaWhat to expect Classes include a lot

of floor work with ample propping and

hands-on adjustments. Classes begin

and end in Savasana (Corpse Pose) and

focus on releasing tension.

What it’s about Svaroopa means “the

bliss of your own Being.” It refers to

the Tantric view of the body as a form

of consciousness. The goal is to cre-

ate “core opening” to remove energetic

impediments to inner transformation.

Teachers and centers Svaroopa was

founded in 1992 by Swami Nirmalan-

anda Saraswati, a longtime student of

Swami Muktananda (1908–1982), who

has been ordained into the order of

Saraswati monks. Svaroopa’s headquar-

ters, the Master Yoga Foundation, is

located in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Find out more svaroopayoga.org

TriYoga

What to expect A flowing asana prac-

tice, pranayama, mudras, dharana (con-

centration) practice, and meditation.

What it’s about The wavelike spinal

movements and synchronized breathing

are designed to awaken prana.

Teachers and centers TriYoga was cre-

ated by yogini Kali Ray, in 1980. Ray

had experienced a kundalini awakening

and created the practice in the manner

of kundalini-inspired hatha yoga. The

main TriYoga Center is located in Los

Angeles; other centers are in Santa Cruz,

California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,

Iowa, and around the world.

Find out more triyoga.com

ViniyogaWhat to expect Tailored to individual

needs, classes vary greatly and may

include asana, pranayama, chanting,

meditation, prayer, and ritual. All classes

emphasize mobilizing the spine and

coordinating movement with breath.

What it’s about Viniyoga is a useful

therapeutic tool for the body, but it

also aims to develop the breath, voice,

memory, intellect, character, and heart.

The practice views yoga as a means to

cultivate the positive, reduce the nega-

tive, and help each practitioner achieve

discriminative awareness—the key

to any process of self-transformation.

Teachers and centers Gary Kraftsow

founded the American Viniyoga Insti-

tute in 1999. His main teacher was

T. K. V. Desikachar. Gary Kraftsow and

Mirka Scalco Kraftsow are the senior

Viniyoga teachers.

Find out more viniyoga.com

Yoga in the Tradition of KrishnamacharyaWhat to expect Classes are taught

one-on-one or in very small groups,

with a great deal of individualization. In

the asana practice, each movement is

coordinated with a particular breath (an

inhalation, an exhalation, or a hold),

and the effects are often felt in the body

and breath, but also in the emotions.

What it’s about Students like to say they

practice not to be better yogis for the

hour that they are on their mat, but to

live more fully and with more ease the

other 23 hours of the day.

Teachers and centers Sri T. Krishnam-

acharya (1888–1989) is known as the

father of modern yoga. At the Krish-

namacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai,

India, his son, T. K. V. Desikachar, and

grandson, Kausthub Desikachar, con-

tinue his tradition of making ancient

teachings relevant for the modern world.

Find out more kym.org; khyf.net ✤

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nalabama—californiaYoga Teachers & Studios

alabamafair hopeyoga birdsMelanie Buffett rYt, 458 B north section st., Fair Hope, al, 36532 p (251) 990-3447 [email protected] yogabirds.com

Fun, alignment-based vinyasa yoga. RYT-200.

Insured. 12 year practice. Consistent class

schedule. Unveiling divine greatness through

attitude, alignment, action. Creating kula in

lower Alabama. YogaBirds.com

alaskaanchoragelaughing lotus yoga of anchorage, llcsvia rothstein, Kimberly greeff, 620 e. 57th pl., Unit a2, anchorage, aK, 99518 p (907) 243-9642laughinglotusanchorage.com

Laughing Lotus Yoga of Anchorage offers a

variety of inspiring classes to accommodate

the diverse interests, schedules and ability

levels for those within or visiting our Alaskan

community.

arizonagilbertgilbert yoganischala/cassandra, Heather Janesky, robin afinowich,6 e. palo verde st., ste. 13, gilbert, aZ, 85296 p (480) 225-1881 [email protected] gilbertyoga.com

Experience Yoga for you, beginner to

advanced. Meditation, Gentle, Restorative,

Yin, Vinyasa, Prenatal, Kids, Heated,

Kundalini, Nithya Yoga, Kirtans, &

Workshops. BE in Bliss. OM

glendaleblissful yogarosa rendon, amber samplin, tracy trapnell, 19420 n. 59th ave., H-800, glendale, aZ, 85308 p (623) 977-9642 [email protected] blissfulyoga.net

Blissful Yoga Studio is where you’ll find the

best yoga experience in the valley. It’s time to

feel good!

glendale phoenix metaphysical institutedurga Ma, Yogacharya, Metaphysical theology, dr. terry preston, ph.d. Metaphysical psychology, 4601 West golden lane, glendale, aZ, 85302 p (623) 271-9380 [email protected] durgaMa.com

Shaktipat Kundalini Yoga Meditation—

Spontaneous meditation that awakens

Kundalini naturally. Authentic and uncommon

yogic teachings with Durga Ma.

scottsdalesumits yogasumit Banerjee, patty callahan, dayna Henig, 14676 n. Frank lloyd Wright Blvd., ste. 127, scottsdale, aZ, 85260 p (480) 767-9642 F (480) [email protected] sumitsyoga.com

Arizona’s premier hot yoga studio, offering

classes seven days weekly in a sequence

designed for beginners through advanced

students. Classes flow to music in a heated

practice room. Visit sumitsyoga.com for

locations. New students: $20 for two weeks.

We welcome everyone to this balancing and

energizing practice.

at one yogaian lopatin, vanessa lee, david romanelli, 10050 n. scottsdale rd., no. 115 scottsdale, aZ, 85253 p (480) 556-6045 F (480) [email protected] atoneyoga.com

At One Yoga in Arizona integrates fashion,

music and technology to present a modern

approach to the 5,000 year old practice of yoga.

We offer over 100 classes per week, teacher

training, workshops with internationally

recognized yoga instructors, and a dynamic

shopping experience in our one-of-a-kind yoga

boutique.

tempebikram yoga tempeelaina Zorensky, Ben Zorensky, 1825 e. guadalupe rd., no. 103, tempe, aZ, 85283 p (480) 777-0939 [email protected] bikramyogatempe.com

Bikram Yoga Tempe is Tempe’s original (and

certified) hot yoga! State-of-the-art heating,

humidification and air purification. First-timer

two-week intro: $25.

tucsonlyric yoga and Wellnesssharon discorfano, 6342 n. oracle rd., ste. B-403, tucson, aZ, 85704 p (520) 219-2691 [email protected] lyricyoga.com

Yoga for the whole family! Adult hatha, flow

yoga, prenatal yoga, partner yoga, Yin Yoga,

Baby & Me, yoga for kids, corporate yoga

programs.

little rockbarefoot studioBreezy osborne, 3515 old cantrell rd., little rock, ar, 72202 p (501) 661-8005barefootstudio.com

Barefoot Studio offers dynamic hatha yoga

classes seven days a week for all levels. A six-

week introductory course is offered several

times a year.

californiaarroyo grandeyoga villageconnie Murphy, april thyrring, Moonyeen park, 132 W. Branch street, arroyo grande, ca, 93420 p (805) 474-9884 [email protected] arroyograndeYoga.com

Beautiful Eco-friendly studio. Classes: Hatha,

Vinyasa, Therapeutic, SportsYoga, Seniors’,

Kids’, Family, Meditation, Somatic, Pilates.

All levels/ages. 200/500-hour Yoga Alliance

teacher training. Workshops. Boutique.

Massage therapy.

auburncanyon spirit yoga centersusan Whitaker, 538 russell rd., auburn, ca, 95603 p (530) 885-6407 [email protected] canyonspirityoga.com

Well-established studio with over 20 weekly

classes. Hatha, prenatal, vinyasa, yoga therapy,

Yin, restorative. Private sessions, weekend

workshops. Serene and beautiful. Certified,

skillful teachers.

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BERKELEYBERKELEY Yoga CEntER cybele tomlinson, Melanie green, 1250 addison st., ste. 209, Berkeley, ca, 94702 p (510) 843-8784 [email protected] berkeleyyoga.com

Classes/workshops in Ashtanga, Mysore,

Iyengar-style, vinyasa flow, pre-/postnatal, Yin/

Yang and more, in two beautiful, light-filled

studios. Beginners and advanced students

welcome.

toni MaR, M.S.Berkeley, ca, 94720 p (510) 409-8345 [email protected] pe.berkeley.edu/instructors_toni_mar.shtml

Ashtanga vinyasa-based yoga with an exercise

and sport science foundation tailored for all

populations and age groups, including Varsity

Yoga for NCAA Division I athletes.

BuRBanKYoga BLEndchristy Marsden, 1921 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, ca, 91506 p (818) 954-9642 [email protected] yogablend.com

A blend of yoga styles for all levels in a friendly,

community environment. Classes, workshops,

retreats, trainings and more. Great teachers,

great students, great vibe!

ChiCoBLuE LotuS Yoga & WELLnESSlisa Marie gorman, r.n., e-rYt, 973 east ave., ste. F, chico, ca, 95926 p (530) 895-9642 [email protected] yogabluelotus.com

Chico’s premiere yoga studio! Voted Best of

Chico 2008. Classes for all levels and abilities.

Specializing in yoga therapy. Embrace a healthy

lifestyle for life at Blue Lotus!

CoRonaYoga dEn hEaLth Spaleeza villagomez, 1035 Montecito dr., corona, ca, 92879 p (951) 279-9642 F 951 [email protected] yogadenhealthspa.com

Twenty-five years of yoga experience.

Influences range from Iyengar and Ashtanga to

Anusara and hatha flow. Meditation practice,

workshops, cleanse retreats, teacher trainings

available.

CoSta MESaYogaWoRKS CoSta MESa adam calig, 1835 newport Blvd., ste. a-208, costa Mesa, ca, 92627 p (949) 642-7400 F (949) [email protected] yogaworks.com

YogaWorks offers classes for all levels, seven

days a week. Explore beginners’ programs,

Pilates, private yoga, yoga advisors, workshops,

retreats and teacher training.

EL SEgundoYogaWoRKS South BaYJennifer alonzo, 740 e. allied Way el segundo, ca, 90245 p (310) 322-6500 F (310) [email protected] yogaworks.com



yoga advisors, workshops, retreats and teacher

training. Locker rooms and showers available.

FRESnoFig gaRdEn Yoga Studio audrey tan, e-rYt 500, nancy tan, lcsW, e-rYt 500, elizabeth Karsh, rYt 200,6045 n. palm ave., ste. a, Fresno, ca, 93704 p (559) 222-5100 [email protected] FiggardenYogastudio.com

Certified Iyengar Yoga in a safe, supportive

environment. Yoga Alliance-registered

teachers, personalized instruction, friendly

atmosphere. Local and international retreats,

teacher training, workshops, wellness

programs.

gLEndaLEMind in BodYMolly Hagan rYt, at Wellness Works 540 W. Broadway, glendale, ca, 91204 p (818) 694-3507 [email protected] mindinbody.net

Teaching “The Thinking Body–The Feeling

Mind” ® (created by Linda Lack, PhD). A

movement technique that can help reduce pain

and/or minimize movement limitations.

huntington BEaChYogaWoRKS huntington BEaChJessica Keeler, 301 Main st., Huntington Beach, ca, 92648 p (714) 960-9740 F (714) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training.

La JoLLa

La JoLLa Yoga CEntERJeanie carlstead, e-rYt 500, lisa Fischer, 7741 Fay ave., la Jolla, ca, 92037 p (858) 456-2412 F (858) [email protected] lajollayogacenter.com

San Diego’s premier yoga center, located in

beautiful seaside La Jolla. Features 90+ classes

per week, 40+ highly experienced and inspiring

teachers, 22+ styles, workshops, teacher

training, retreats year-round. Check website

often for updates on internationally recognized

visiting master teachers. This inviting oasis

of peace and community caters to all ages and

abilities.

pRana Yoga CEntERgerhard gessner, amanda Mccarroll, nan comstock, 1041 silverado st., la Jolla, ca, 92037 p (858) 456-2806 F (858) [email protected] prana-yoga.com

La Jolla’s premier vinyasa flow yoga studio.

30+ classes, all levels. Vinyasa flow, hatha,

Anusara-inspired flow, prenatal, Kundalini,

Yin, meditation. Vinyasa yoga teacher training,

workshops.

Laguna BEaChthE LaughtER Yoga inStitutE Jeffrey Briar, clYt, cll, director, ruthe B. gluckson, clYt, Kathryn s. Burns, clYt,790 Manzanita dr., laguna Beach, ca, 92651-1962 p (949) 376-1939 F (949) [email protected] lYinstitute.org

Certified Laughter Yoga leader trainings as

authorized by Dr. Madan Kataria. Daily classes.

Program development, business seminars,

retreats. Introductory, customized and

synergistic workshops.

YogaWoRKS Laguna BEaCh Jean connelly, 30818 pacific coast Hwy., laguna Beach, ca, 92651 p (949) 415-0955 F (949) [email protected] yogaworks.com



Pilates, yoga advisors, workshops, retreats and

teacher training. Children’s yoga available.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o ncaliforniaYoga Teachers & Studios

Larkspurstress ManageMent Center of Marinrobin gueth, angela Farmer, lynn Weinberger, 1165 Magnolia ave., larkspur, ca, 94939 p (415) 461-2288 [email protected] sMcmarin.com

SMC means yoga therapy! Classes and private

yoga for healthy backs, heart health, pain

management, stretching, pre-/postnatal,

kids’. Angela Farmer-style, Viniyoga, Ananda,

Iyengar, Svaroopa.

YogaWorks LarkspurJune Katzen, 2207 larkspur landing cir., larkspur, ca, 94939 p (415) 925-2440 F (415) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Locker rooms and showers.

Long BeaChpurpLe YogaJoseph vogt, 6535 e. pacific coast Hwy. H-1, long Beach, ca, 90803 p (714) 525-5363 [email protected] purpleyogastudio.com

Opening January, 2010. Long Beach’s premier

yoga destination. Varied classes, workshops,

teacher training and retreats. Two yoga rooms,

locker rooms with showers, lounge and

boutique.

Los angeLesida unger, Med, Certified iYengar Yoga teaCherlos angeles, ca, 91042 p (818) 353-8050 [email protected] kosheryoga.net

Yoga and Jewish mysticism. Teaching

nationally since 1999, at universities,

conferences, retreats. Kosheryoga.net. Privates

in greater LA area. Therapeutic yoga for pain,

illness, disease. yogagardenstudios.com

thinking BodY-feeLing Mind ®linda lack, phd, Hagan, Kreiger and naughton, 1637 s. la cienega Blvd., los angeles, ca, 90035 p (310) 273-4797 F (323) [email protected] lindalack.com

The Thinking Body–The Feeling Mind ® is

a technique based on hatha yoga, movement

therapy and kinesiology principles. Lack’s

method is a psycho-physical-spiritual approach

to fitness, well-being, and resolution of

physical injury and stress. Beginning through

advanced classes. Group and private sessions

available. Teacher training, monthly intensives,

workshops and lectures.

YogaWorks LarChMont Jacqueline Kozak, 230 1/2 n. larchmont Blvd., los angeles, ca, 90004 p (323) 464-1276 F (323) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training.

YogaWorks WestWood emily Wynns, 1256 Westwood Blvd. los angeles, ca, 90024 p (310) 234-1200 F (310) [email protected] yogaworks.com



Pilates, yoga advisors, workshops, retreats

and teacher training. Changing rooms with

showers.

MiLL VaLLeYred dragon Yogastephanie schreiber, 438 Miller ave., Mill valley, ca, 94941 p (415) 381-3724 [email protected] reddragonyoga.com

Mill Valley’s Red Dragon Yoga offers a unique

combination of Bikram and Power Yoga

programs, dedicated parking, hot showers and

an equally hot retail boutique.

YogaWorks MiLL VaLLeYlaurel Haslam, 650 e. Blithedale ave., Mill valley, ca, 94941 p (415) 318-7650 F (415) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Locker rooms and showers.

Mission ViejoYogaWorks Mission Viejo victoria riach, 27001 la paz rd., ste. 206, Mission viejo, ca, 92691 p (949) 380-9642 F (949) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training.

Mountain VieWCaLifornia Yoga Center ann Merlo, elise Miller, ruth owen, lisa robinson,san antonio center, 570 showers dr., Mountain view, ca, 94040 p (650) 947-9642 [email protected] californiayoga.com

Established 1980. Now in two locations

(Mountain View and Palo Alto), California

Yoga Center offers daily classes and weekend

workshops in the Iyengar tradition.

Center of BaLanCetom Mccook, 1220 pear ave., ste. i, Mountain view, ca, 94043 p (650) 967-6414 [email protected] centerofbalance.com

Since 1997. We specialize in Pilates, Yoga, and

are a teacher certification center. Voted “Best

Pilates studio in the Bay Area” by San Francisco

magazine.

neWport BeaChYogaWorks neWport BeaCh sundya ramachandran, 230 newport center dr., ste. 230, newport Beach, ca, 92660 p (949) 640-9642 F (949) [email protected] yogaworks.com



Pilates, private yoga, yoga advisors, workshops,

retreats and teacher training.

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Oaklandlaura COrnell, Phd568 58th st., Unit B, oakland, ca, 94609 p (510) 418-3386 lauracornell.com

Experienced, empathic teacher. Offering

Kripalu Yoga classes, yoga philosophy

workshops, women’s wisdom circles, Yoga for

the Planet, and individualized yoga therapy

sessions.

MOnkey yOga Shalatim thompson, laura camp, cynthea denise, 3215 lakeshore ave., oakland, ca, 94610 p (510) 595-1330 [email protected] MonkeyYoga.com

Swing on in to Monkey Yoga Shala —“Best

Yoga Studio in the Bay Area, 2008”! We have

great teachers and great prices. Enjoy your first

two weeks for only $20.00! Series classes for

$10.00! We specialize in Isometric Monkey

Yoga, vinyasa, postnatal and Itsy Bitsy. Visit

our fun website. See you soon!

PiedMOnt yOga StudiO richard rosen, 3966 piedmont ave., oakland, ca, 94611 p (510) 652-3336 [email protected] piedmontyoga.com

Since 1987. Twenty-eight experienced teachers;

heated bamboo floors. Hatha/Iyengar, “Living

With Cancer,” Ashtanga Flow, back care,

restorative, Pilates, prenatal, seniors, teens,

disabilities, tai chi, introductory, workshops.

OrangeyOga in the hillS linda lane paulson, M.a., MFt, 7444 e. chapman ave., ste. c, orange, ca, 92869 p (714) 289-2248 F (714) 734-7763yogainthehills.com

A quiet place, a deep surrender. Yoga,

meditation, Yoga for Dancers, restorative

yoga, seniors’ yoga, prenatal yoga, workshops,

retreats and transpersonal counseling. New

students, first week free!

OrindaJeanne dOwell’S FitneSS PrOgraMS Jeanne dowell, e-rYt 500, 72 scenic dr., orinda, ca, 94563 p (925) 254-0193 F (925) [email protected] YogaWithJeanne.com

Iyengar/Anusara-influenced. Studied with

B.K.S. Iyengar. Former instructor, U.S.

Olympic Committee. Private/public classes in

Orinda, Moraga, Mills College. Unique yoga/

spa days. greenbuddha.com

Oxnardthe yOga ChannelMaribeth Hammond, e-rYt 500, Jeneth Mcclure, e-rYt 500, don steensma, rYt 200, 2520 roosevelt Blvd., oxnard, ca, 93035 p (805) 984-2520 [email protected] theyogachannel.net

Voted “Best Studio” and “Best Instructor”

2008, 2009, 2010, VC Reporter. Variety of

classes seven days a week. Yoga Alliance-

registered school and instructors. Teacher

training programs.

PaCiFiC PaliSadeSyOgawOrkS PaCiFiC PaliSadeS Blake nord, 15327 sunset Blvd.pacific palisades, ca, 90272 p (310) 454-7000 F (310) [email protected] yogaworks.com



private yoga, yoga advisors, workshops, retreats

and teacher training.

PalO altOCaliFOrnia yOga Center ann Merlo, elise Miller, ruth owen, lisa robinson,541 cowper st., palo alto, ca, 94301 p (650) 947-9642 [email protected] californiayoga.com

Established 1980. Now in two locations

(Mountain View and Palo Alto), California

Yoga Center offers daily classes and weekend

workshops in the Iyengar tradition.

darShana yOga catherine de los santos, 654 High st., palo alto, ca, 94301 p (650) 325-9642 [email protected] darshanayoga.com

Voted “Best Yoga in Palo Alto 2009” by Palo

Alto Weekly! Great teachers, beautiful studio!

Owner Catherine De Los Santos in Palo Alto

30 years!

eliSe BrOwning Millerelise Browning Miller, 1081 Moreno ave., palo alto, ca, 94303 p (650) 493-1254 F (650) [email protected] ebmyoga.com

R.Y.T., Senior Iyengar-certified. Owner/

teacher at California Yoga Center, specializing

in back care and scoliosis. Private instruction,

workshops, retreats.

anne naCey MaggiOnCalda, Phdanne Maggioncalda, palo alto, ca, 94306 p (650) 575-4843 [email protected]

Dr. Maggioncalda, a retired Stanford

University medical school lecturer, uses yoga

therapy to help individuals with injury or

chronic illness heal their bodies, minds and

spirits.

PaSadenayOga hOuSe Farzaneh noori, Bruce schwartz, 11 West state st., pasadena, ca, 91105 p (626) 403-3961 [email protected] yogahouse.com

Large, eclectic, friendly community yoga center

with over 30 instructors and three beautiful

studios. Over 70 classes weekly, beginning to

advanced. General hatha, Iyengar, Ashtanga,

Yin, restorative, gentle, prenatal, yoga for kids.

Beginner’s orientation: “Yoga 101.” Workshops

featuring internationally recognized

instructors. Wide selection of props, books,

DVDs, clothing and accessories.

SaCraMentOZuda yOga Centeranne Marie Kramer, Bill prysock, diana vitantonio,1515 19th st., ste. 104, sacramento, ca, 95811 p (916) 441-1267 F (916) [email protected] zudayoga.com

Live a powerful, happy life! This is our

commitment to you. Offering Midtown and

Folsom a challenging, fun and transformative

vinyasa practice, teaching training and

workshops.

San diegOinFinite yOgadana rae paré, rYt 500, trevor Monk, 2400 Kettner Blvd., studio 115, san diego, ca, 92101 p (619) 269-7043 [email protected] infiniteyoga.com

From complete beginner to aspiring yoga

teacher, our sanctuary in downtown San

Diego brings quality instruction and inspiring

Ashtanga-based classes. Explore. Evolve.

Infinite possibilities.

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San Diego (La MeSa) a gentLe Way yoga & JoyfuL MoveMent Center lanita varshell, anna noah, Marguerite tyrell,5316 Baltimore dr., san diego (la Mesa), ca, 91942 p (619) 698-1170 [email protected] agentleway.com

Specializing in gentle, restorative, and safe,

joyful yoga. A warm, caring studio welcoming

the beginner, senior, inflexible, and large-

bodied. Classes, teacher training, retreats,

workshops.

San franCiSCointernationaL orange Spa yoga LoungeJennifer lewis, 2044 Fillmore st., 2nd Fl., san Francisco, ca, 94115 p (415) 563-5000 F (415) [email protected] internationalorange.com

International Orange offers 39 classes per

week in its beautiful, sunlit studio. IO’s

knowledgeable instructors teach primarily in

the vinyasa style of hatha yoga.

Janet MaCLeoDJanet Macleod, 2404 27th ave., san Francisco, ca, 94116 p (415) 244-3678 [email protected] jmacleodyoga.com

Iyengar-certified yoga instructor since 1983.

Ongoing classes at two San Francisco locations.

Teacher training; workshops; and retreats at

exotic destinations worldwide.

Laughing LotuS yoga Center Jasmine tarkeshi, dana Flynn, 3271 16th st., (at dolores), san Francisco, ca, 94103 p (415) 355-1600 [email protected] laughinglotus.com

Welcome to the cosmic playground, where

your yoga practice is a creative celebration of

life. All of our ecstatic vinyasa yoga classes,

inspired workshops, cosmic kirtans and our

celebrated 200-hour teacher training are

designed to liberate the spirit and awaken the

heart to its true loving nature.

the MinDfuL BoDyroy Bergmann, founder/owner, Hillary Bergmann, manager/owner Maile sivert, yoga manager, 2876 california st.,san Francisco, ca, 94115 p (415) 931-2639 F (415) [email protected] themindfulbody.com

We provide high-quality instruction and

resources for self-responsible, holistic health

in a supportive community with acceptance,

care, and laughter. Yoga, workshops, massage,

and more!

yoga tree San franCiSCotim and tara dale, 1234 valencia st., (at 23rd st.), san Francisco, ca, 94110 p (415) 647-9707 [email protected] yogatreesf.com

At Yoga Tree, we bring you the best teachers

in San Francisco and from around the world.

We believe yoga is for everybody and have a

variety of styles to offer in our five studios. Visit

yogatreesf.com for a full listing of yoga classes,

workshops, teacher trainings and retreats.

yogaWorkS San franCiSCoBabs caramico, 1823 divisadero st. san Francisco, ca, 94115 p (415) 292-5600 F (415) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Changing rooms and showers.

San MateonanDi yogaWendy Klein, 309 8th ave. san Mateo, ca, 94401 p (650) 343-9642 F (650) [email protected] nandiyoga.com

One of the greenest yoga studios in the

country, with classes for students of all ages and

abilities, including adults, kids, families, seniors

and prenatal.

Santa BarBara

Santa BarBara yoga Center 32 e. Micheltorena st., santa Barbara, ca, 93101 p (805) 965-6045 F (805) [email protected] santabarbarayogacenter.com

For 18 years, Santa Barbara’s premier yoga

studio, among the best in the U.S. Over 100

classes a week, beautiful studios, highest-

quality instruction, Yoga Alliance-registered

200- and 500-hour teacher training and

advanced studies program, specialty workshops

and intensives with internationally renowned

instructors, kirtan. Also boutique, bookstore

and healing arts.

Santa Cruz

roLf gateS vinyaSa yogarolf gates, Mariam gates, santa cruz, ca, 95060 p 617-271-7106 [email protected] rolfgates.com

“That which we heal in ourselves, we heal

in the world. And that which we heal in the

world, we heal in ourselves.” Rolf Gates, author

of the acclaimed book on yogic philosophy

Meditations from the Mat, conducts

workshops, one-on-one yoga life coaching

sessions, 200-/500-hour teacher trainings and

vinyasa/kirtan retreats worldwide.

Santa MoniCaexhaLe at the fairMont MiraMar hoteL anD BungaLoWSJenifer newman, 101 Wilshire Blvd., santa Monica, ca, 90401 p (310) 319-3193 [email protected] exhalespa.com

Exhale’s Core Fusion ®, Core Fusion ® Sport

and Core Energy Flow ® classes integrate

breath, movement, inner/outer alignment,

strength and flexibility for rejuvenating,

balancing, results-oriented effects.

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Yogacogrant gottfurcht, Kelsey oldershaw, tamal dodge, 1408 3rd. st. promenade, 3rd Fl., santa Monica, ca, 90401 p (310) 395-0600 [email protected] yogaco.com

YogaCo is the newest, cleanest, greenest and

largest donation-based studio in Santa Monica,

on the 3rd St. Promenade! 25 classes a day. All

styles! All levels!

YogaWorks Main street chris Buehrer, 2215 Main st. santa Monica, ca, 90405 p (310) 664-6470 F (310) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Changing rooms and showers

available.

YogaWorks Montana avenueJessica smith, 1426 Montana ave., santa Monica, ca, 90403 p (301) 393-5150 F (310) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Children’s yoga available.

sebastopolDevi Yoga centerKashi ananda, 7151 Wilton ave., ste. 103, sebastopol, ca, 95472 p (707) 318-6538 [email protected] deviyogacenter.com

Classes, workshops, retreats, teacher training

in the method of Kali Ray TriYoga and other

styles of yoga, Pilates, dance, kirtan. Certified

TriYoga teachers. Green studio.

sherMan oaksrising lotus Yogaclaire Hartley, daniel stewart, 13557 ventura Blvd., sherman oaks, ca, 91423 p (818) 990-0282 F (818) [email protected] risinglotusyoga.com

A Zen neighborhood studio offering dynamic

vinyasa flow, Iyengar and therapeutic for all

levels. Warm, knowledgeable teachers. 14 days

of yoga for $30. Let joy rise!

south lake tahoeDoug sWenson/ saDhana Yoga chidoug swenson e-rYt-500, p.o. Box 17724, south lake tahoe, ca, 96151 p (530) 573-8400 F (218) [email protected] dougswenson.net

Doug Swenson/Author- E-RYT-500- Highest

quality professional: TT, Workshops

& Retreats. With balanced approach-

Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin, Power, Restorative.

Enlightened Progressive Evolution.

tarzanaaMber WilliaMson18607 ventura Blvd., ste. 310, tarzana, ca, 91356 p (818) 618-4326 [email protected] amberwilliamson.com

Amber Williamson has taught yoga since 1994.

She is also a certified hypnotherapist helping

clients and students to find freedom in body,

mind and spirit.

YogaWorks tarzanacoming Winter 2010, 18700 ventura Blvd., tarzana, ca, 91356 p (310) 664-6470yogaworks.com




training. Locker rooms with showers and tea

lounge.

thousanD oaksboDYsattva stuDioshana Berger, chandra gero, Bobbi rudin, 1414 e. thousand oaks Blvd., ste. 211, thousand oaks, ca, 91362 p (805) 497-0300 [email protected] bodysattvacenter.com/

Bodysattva’s intimate and warm studio offers

beginners’, hatha, Patanjali and kids’ yoga, as

well as other movement-centered practices.

Adjoining Healing Arts Center offers

chiropractic, massage and more.

tiburonYoga 1 on 1 anD aYurveDapamela r. schuyler-cowens, 1150 tiburon Blvd., ste. 5 BUp, tiburon, ca, 94920 p (415) 435-9642 [email protected] yoga1on1.org

In the hatha yoga tradition, working with

small groups and individual students to create

a personal, integrative yoga practice that lasts

a lifetime.

valenciaYogaWorks valenciaMarina aghakhanian, 23951 newhall ranch rd., valencia, ca, 91355 p (661) 799-2645 [email protected] yogaworks.com

YogaWorks offers classes for all levels and

styles. Explore beginners’ programs, yoga

advisors, workshops, retreats and teacher

training. Locker rooms with showers, child

care, tea lounge.

veniceexhale center for sacreD MoveMentcristi christensen, 245 s. Main st., venice, ca, 90291 p (310) 450-7676 F (310) [email protected] exhalespa.com

exhale’s yoga classes integrate breath,

movement, inner and outer alignment, strength

and flexibility for rejuvenating, balancing,

results-oriented effects.

Walnut creekYogaWorks Walnut creekrachelle abreu, 1500 Botelho dr., 2nd Fl., Walnut creek, ca, 94596 p (888) 687-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com




teacher training. Locker rooms, showers and

tea lounge.

Westlake villageYogaWorks Westlake villagealison Bristow, 2475 townsgate rd. Westlake village, ca, 91361 p (805) 371-3030 F (805) [email protected] yogaworks.com

YogaWorks offers classes for all levels and

styles. Explore beginners’ programs, Pilates,


training. Locker rooms with showers, child

care, tea lounge.

WhittiercoMMunitY Yoga servicesMaya devi, e-rYt 500, Whittier, ca, 90605-2846 p (562) 698-8690 [email protected]

Traditional yoga for everyone. Programs for

physically challenged people and National

Multiple Sclerosis Society. Credentials and

certifications. Members of I.A.Y.T. and Yoga

Alliance.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o ncalifornia—connecticutYoga Teachers & Studios

Woodland Hillsdiana lang–lifeWorks Yoga & Meditationdiana lang, Woodland Hills, ca, 91364 p (818) 888-7319 [email protected] dianalang.com

Author of “Opening to Meditation.” Heart-

centered group and private yoga, meditation

and spiritual counseling in an uplifting, sup-

portive and inspired atmosphere. Since 1980.

coloradoBreckenridgesHivaYa YogaMegan vallender, 118 s. ridge st., no. 5, Breckenridge, co, 80424 p (970) 453-2015 [email protected]

Shivaya Yoga: May all beings everywhere be

happy and free! Offering skiier and boarder

yoga! Half off your first workshop! Come on in!

Downtown Breckenridge.

denverrisHi’s crossing Yoga studioMary ann plocher, Karen Quinn, 2730 s. Wadsworth, denver, co, 80227 p (303) 984-8444 [email protected] rcyoga.com

Warm, friendly, supportive environment.

Knowledgeable and caring instructors. Classes

for all levels. Students are encouraged to honor

their bodies and abilities. Registered teacher

training program.

saMadHi center for Yogaannie Freedom, 639 e. 19th ave. denver, co, 80203 p (303) 860-9642samadhiYoga.net

Experience true yoga and meditation in our

sacred space with brilliant and passionate

teachers. Create profound change with our

extraordinary and award-winning yoga teacher

training.

vital YogaMicah springer, desi springer, patrick Harrington, 4342 tennyson st. denver, co, 80212 p (303) 477-8545 [email protected] vitalyoga.org

Vital Yoga is Denver’s premier community-

minded and donation-based studio with

exceptional Anusara, Vital Roots, Forrest, and

vinyasa instruction. 200-hour teacher trainings

offered in the spring and fall.

durangoYogadurangoMichele lawrence, sheryl Mcgourty, Katie Walsh,1485 Florida rd., Bldg. c, ste. 201, durango, co, 81301 p (970) 403-1133 [email protected] yogadurango.com

Durango’s community yoga center. Offering

classes seven days a week, including vinyasa,

hatha, beginner, Anusara, Kundalini and more.

Workshops, kirtan, special events, visiting

instructors.

steaMBoat springsYoga WitH liBBielibbie Mathes, 2759 Burgess creek rd., steamboat springs, co, 80487 p (970) 879-8428 [email protected]

Asana and pranayama in the Krishnamacharya/

Iyengar lineage with dedicated fellow students.

All levels. Small classes and privates. The

Buddhist Center of Steamboat Springs.

telluridetelluride Yoga centersharon caplan, 201 W. colorado ave., ste. 200, p.o. Box 2552, telluride, co, 81435 p (970) 729-1673 F (970) [email protected] tellurideyoga.com

Our beautiful mountain town has a community

of advanced teachers offering several styles

of yoga for all levels. Visiting teachers offer

workshops year-round.

connecticutavonkula Yoga Julie Miller, 136 simsbury rd., ste. 4d, avon, ct, 06001 p (860) 676-8800 [email protected] kulayogacenter.com

Kula Yoga provides a warm, inviting

atmosphere for the exploration of yoga. Classes

offered include Anusara, vinyasa flow, kids’

yoga, gentle, yoga-Pilates fusion and more.

croMWellfacilitated Healing centerlaurie sabourin, 211 shunpike rd., cromwell, ct, 06416 p (860) 635-0509 [email protected] cromwellyogastudio.com

Located in central Connecticut, we offer yoga

classes for beginners, experienced, prenatal,

Mommy and Me, therapeutic, meditation,

belly dance, massage, foot reflexology and

craniosacral therapies.

east HaMptonYoga for HealtH, llcMarcie loffredo, rYt, lauren olshesky, 76 spellman point rd., east Hampton, ct, 06424 p (860) 267-8279 F (860) [email protected] yoga-4-health.com

Colchester, Cromwell, East Hampton,

Portland, CT. Ashtanga, Soft Ashtanga,

“Stretch and Tone,” hot, back care, Yogalates,

yoga for weight loss, Zen. Details on website.

Yoga Alliance RYT.

fairfield

Yoga for everYBodYJanis Bowersox, carolyn Fahey, Michelle Brunet, 27 Unquowa rd., Fairfield, ct, 06824 p (203) 254-9642 [email protected] yoga4everybody.net

Kripalu-affiliated, 15 teachers. Anusara-

inspired, hatha, Viniyoga. Downtown Fairfield

between the Community Theatre and the

train station. Classes include introductory,

gentle, vinyasa, restorative, pre-/postnatal, core

yoga, and yoga at Penfield Beach! Additional

programs: Mindfulness-Based Stress

Reduction, yoga teacher training. Clean, quiet,

well-equipped studio; voted best in Fairfield

County 2005-09.

gosHendancing star center for stress reductiondeanne c. gauya, M.s., HFs, cpt, lMt, rYt, 141 north st., goshen, ct, 06756 p (860) 491-9065 [email protected]

All services are offered by DeAnne C.

Gauya, MS, RYT, HFS, CPT, LMT. She is

exceptionally well-qualified, both academically

and experientially. DeAnne has been helping

people develop healthier lifestyles and actualize

their body’s capacity for health and well-being

for over 20 years. “Heal yourself, heal the world.”

greenWicHgreenWicH Yogastan Woodman, gina norman, 328 pemberwick rd., greenwich, ct, 06831 p (203) 532-0660 F (203) [email protected] greenwichyoga.com

Greenwich Yoga offers quality yoga from

superb teachers in Ashtanga, vinyasa, precision

hatha, Kripalu and specialty classes. Experience

peace, purity and commitment!

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n connecticut—district of columbia Yoga Teachers & Studios

HamdenYour CommunitY Yoga CenterJennifer Brosious, sue neufeld, Bill Banick, 39 putnam ave., Hamden, ct, 06517 p (203) 287-2277 [email protected] yourcommunityyoga.com

Classes and workshops in ParaYoga, Kundalini,

meditation, Kripalu, Anusara, vinyasa, Tantric

hatha, gentle/restorative, seniors’, kids’, tai chi.

Beginner/advanced teacher trainings. Yoga

books, DVDs, supplies.

LakeviLLeYoga at SpaCe sarah getz, 228 sharon road/route 41, p.o. Box 582, lakeville, ct, 06039 p (860) 435-9046 [email protected] yogaatspace.com

Beautiful studio in the northwest corner

of Connecticut offers daily yoga classes in

a variety of different traditions and levels.

Certified and registered yoga instructors.

middLetownYoga in middLetown sandra Kopell, e-rYt, Madeleine Hexter, iyengar certification track,438 Main st., Middletown, ct, 06457 p (860) 347-9642 [email protected] yogainmiddletown.com

Explore optimal alignment and breath. All

levels, back care, gentle, prenatal, Iyengar

workshops. Centrally located, fully equipped,

YA CEUs. Individual attention given. Since

1991.

new HavenFreSH YogaHeidi sormaz, phd, peg oliveira, phd, nancy Melillo,319 peck st., new Haven, ct, 06513 p (203) 776-9642 [email protected] freshyoga.com

New! Second location: 49 Orange St.,

downtown New Haven. Daily yoga classes.

Voted best studio in CT, 2009. Specializing

in Forrest, Power, vinyasa. Certified teachers.

Beautiful space!

norwaLkYogi Brian’SBrian Buturla, e-rYt 500, 8 parkhill ave., norwalk, ct, 06851 p (203) 838-9644 [email protected] YogiBrian.com

A stronger mental, physical and spiritual

connection. Regain mobility and create an

inner peace that will last a lifetime! Kripalu and

Dharma Yoga 500-hour certified.

reddingdavid SCHoenBerg at tHe redding meditation Centerdavid schoenberg, iYnaUs, 9 picketts ridge rd., redding, ct, 06896 p (203) 544-1090 [email protected] Mountain-therapeutics.com

Iyengar Yoga since 1990. Class every Tuesday

morning from 9:30am-10:45am at Redding

Meditation Center. Once a month, restorative

asanas. Beginners always welcome! See you

there-namaste.

SHermanLotuS gardenS Yoga SCHooLlara azzarito Ward, e-rYt 500, sheila Huard, Marianne vince adamo,26 spring lake rd., sherman, ct, 06784 p (860) 354-6241 [email protected] lotusgardensyoga.com

Lotus Gardens Yoga School offers dynamic

teacher trainings and advanced level workshops

throughout CT and NY, as well as corporate

wellness programs and yoga classes.

weSt HartFordweSt HartFord YogaBarbara ruzansky, shankara newtonnykki poole,32 Jansen courtWest Hartford, ct, 06110 p (860) 953-9642 [email protected] westhartfordyoga.com

West Hartford Yoga (WHY), one of the

largest studios in New England, offers 60

classes/week: WHY Power, hot, gentle,

Kripalu, prenatal, restorative. Hosting national

teachers, including Sharon Salzberg, Tias Little,

Sarah Powers, Seane Corn, Bryan Kest, Judith

Lasater. Workshops and teacher trainings.

Two beautiful, spacious studios. Large yoga

boutique. Teacher trainings.

delawarewiLmingtonpure Yoga piLateS StudioMeredith McFadden, rYt, M.a., adtr, lpcMH, 14a trolley sq., Wilmington, de, 19806 p (302) 225-9642 [email protected] pureyogapilatesstudio.com

A mind-body studio offering non-heated hatha

and vinyasa-style yoga, gentle yoga classes,

Pilates mat work and yoga/Pilates fusion

classes. One-on-one instruction also available.

Yoga uWeese Wagner, 2900 concord pike/rte. 202, Brandywine sq., Wilmington, de, 19803 p (302) 225-5349 [email protected] yogau.org

“Great class!” Our very experienced teachers

hear that every day. Welcoming studio, great

energy and our total dedication to you. Vinyasa,

flow, meditation, restorative, more.

district of columbiawaSHingtonCirCLe Yogaannie Mahon, linda Feldman, anne Kennedy,3838 northampton st., n.W., Washington, dc, 20015 p (202) 686-1104 F (202) [email protected] circleyoga.com

Mindful yoga for people of every age and

type, offering classes and workshops on yoga,

meditation, Pilates, and more, in a joyfully calm

urban setting.

FLow Yoga Centerdebra perlson Mishalove, 1450 p st., nW, Washington, dc, 20005 p (202) 462-3569 [email protected] flowyogacenter.com

Find your flow! Awaken the essence of who you

are. Soulful, nurturing environment and eco-

friendly haven. City Paper voted Flow “Best

Yoga Studio in DC”!

tranquiL SpaCeKimberly Wilson, 1632 17th st., n.W., Washington, dc, 20009 p (202) 328-9642 [email protected] tranquilspace.com

Named among the top 25 yoga studios in the

world by Travel and Leisure, Tranquil Space

is an urban oasis. Our lifestyle-focused studio

has inspiring classes, workshops and teacher

trainings. Shop our boutique, sip tea, or book

a massage. Visit us in Washington, DC;

Bethesda, MD; and Arlington VA.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o ndistrict of columbia—floridaYoga Teachers & Studios

Unity Woods yoga CenterJohn schumacher, director, 2639 connecticut ave., n.W., ste. c-102, Washington, dc, 20008 p (202) 232-9642 F (301) [email protected] unitywoods.com

Dedicated to providing uncompromising,

quality yoga instruction in the Iyengar

tradition. Four locations: Woodley Park and

Tenleytown, DC; Arlington, VA; Bethesda,

MD.

floridaamelia islandgo yoga amelia islandJp and cassie Mcclellan, 708 s. 8th st., amelia island, Fl, 32034 p (904) 335-0539 [email protected] goyogainc.com

Located on enchanting Amelia Island, our eco-

friendly green studio offers whole-life practices

that are rigorously dynamic and personally

transforming. Baptiste-certified/affiliate.

Workshops and retreats.

BoCa ratonleslie gliCkman, e-ryt 500leslie glickman, Boca raton, Fl, 33486 p (561) 306-3626 [email protected] yogajourney.com

Leslie’s style is intelligent and organic.

Foundation and alignment, combined with

a spiritual and emotional journey, create the

perfect balance for your practice to grow.

deerfield BeaChameriCan yogaMonica schmidt, rYt 500, Kathy evans, rYt 200, Kimberly davitt,1645 s.e. 3rd ct., ste. 100, the cove shopping center, deerfield Beach, Fl, 33441 p (954) 420-5595 F (954) 946-1990americanyoga.net [email protected]

A Vinyasa-/Ashtanga-based studio. 200-hour

Y.A.-registered teacher training starting every

September and February. Specialty massage,

workshops and elite guest teachers. A fun,

active, peaceful space!

the yoga Center of deerfield BeaChdotty Zevin, Joann evans, louise goldberg, 827 s.e. 9th st., deerfield Beach, Fl, 33441 p (954) 427-2353 [email protected] yogacenterdb.com

Established 1968. Hatha, beginner,

intermediate, advanced, Vinyasa, stress

reduction, restorative. Teacher training starts

every September. Daily classes and privates.

Large healing space at hourly rental.

delray BeaChyoga solstephanie streff, colleen gallagher, 215 n.e. 22nd st., delray Beach, Fl, 33444 p (561) 272-8699 [email protected] yogasol.com

Our certified teachers offer a safe, systematic

technique for all levels. Props used in

developing strength, stamina, concentration

and body alignment; poses adjusted for

individual needs.

yogafox stUdiosKeith Fox, e-rYt 500, Kelly Brookbank, e-rYt 500, genevieve rivera, rYt 200, 525 e. atlantic ave., delray Beach, Fl, 33483 p (561) 703-1236 [email protected] yogafox.com

YogaFox has two studio locations: the historic,

green Colony Hotel, and our Buddha Lounge,

located at 1405 N. Federal Hwy. 38+ weekly

classes—Vinyasa, Kripalu, Yin, kids’, more.

Yoga with live music Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to

11:00 a.m. 200-/500-hour TTs. Retreat to

our location in Delray Beach, FL, or come to

Colorado, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico.

ft. myershealth & harmony CenterKandy taylor love, 15951 Mcgregor Blvd., Ft. Myers, Fl, 33908 p (239) 433-5995 F (239) 433-4996healthandharmonyonline.com

Thirteen weekly classes, Iyengar-style, with

Kandy, Susan, Sondra, Joann, Suzanne, Lisa and

Maggie. Also enjoy therapeutic massage, large

retail store and quaint red-brick schoolhouse

setting.

hollyWoodyoga one dr. steve Feinzig, darlene Feinzig, 613 n. 21st ave., Hollywood, Fl, 33020 p (954) 929-9642 [email protected] yoga1.net

Yoga One is a shakti-filled studio with classes

for everyone, from beginners to advanced

students…plus Anusara Yoga workshops, Itsy

Bitsy Yoga and kids’ yoga.

lakelandsatya life yoga, llCFrankie Hart, e-rYt 500, MFa, gregory Hicks, lMt, cpt, laura pallos, rYt,112 e. pine st., lakeland, Fl, 33801 p (863) 802-9642 F (863) [email protected] satyalife.com

Satya Life offers classes for everyone in a

welcoming environment. Yoga for family,

Iyengar-based, core power, seniors’,

therapeutic, hot, prenatal, tai chi, qi gong,

workshops, private sessions.

leesBUrgJeWeled lotUs yogaKellie adkins, Ms, erYt 200, rYt 500, 110 s. 3rd street, leesburg, Fl, 34748 p (352) 874-3272 [email protected] jeweledlotusyoga.com

Vinyasa Flow/Power Yoga, Yoga Therapy,

Kids’ yoga, Mandala Yoga, Bollywood Dance,

Thai Yoga, Meditation classes, Massage, Yoga

Teacher Training. Holistic health services

available by appointment.

miamidharma stUdioloree shrager, natalie Morales, 3170 commodore plz., Miami, Fl, 33133 p (305) 461-1777 [email protected]

Every day Dharma Studio brings you authentic

yoga with some of Miami’s finest teachers.

Enjoy one of our varied classes in the heart of

Coconut Grove.

exhale at ePiC hotel and residenCesKimberly Welby, 270 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami, Fl, 33131 p (305) 423-3900 [email protected] exhalespa.com

Exhale’s yoga, Core Fusion ®, Core Fusion ®

Sport and Core Energy Flow ® classes integrate




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MiaMi Beach

MiaMi Life centerKino Macgregor, tim Feldmann, greg nardi, 736 sixth st., Miami Beach, Fl, 33139 p (305) 534-8988 [email protected] miamilifecenter.com

Miami Life Center, Best Yoga Studio of

Miami, is an urban retreat space for yoga,

holistic health and consciousness. We make

traditional yoga accessible to all. Join our

community for workshops, trainings, daily

classes, life coaching, nutritional counseling,

energy healing, free seminars and much more!

Change your life: Start Now!

MiaMi YogaFred Busch, Mark giubarelli, 210a 23rd st., Miami Beach, Fl, 33139 p (305) 974-0746 [email protected] miamiyoga.com

World-famous teacher trainings. Yoga

Alliance-registered. Power Yoga, vinyasa,

core yoga, Kundalini, Sanskrit, beginners’

yoga, meditation. Across from beach! “Best of

Miami.” Also in London and Lima.

napLesBaLa VinYasa YogaKiersten Mooney, Michelle ploog, 6326 trail Blvd. n., naples, Fl, 34108 p (239) 598-1938 F (239) [email protected] bvyoga.com

Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga affiliate, offering

daily classes, monthly workshops, private

sessions, massage and yoga boutique. Our

mission: empowerment of mind, body & spirit.

north paLM Beachsports Yoga M2

rishi infanti, Mark Maldonado, Mary Mccabe, 524B northlake Blvd., north palm Beach, Fl, 33408 p (561) 252-2225 [email protected] yogam2.com

Sports Yoga M2 intuitive yoga for your

interests and needs. Beginner/intermediate,

vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar, rehab/restorative.

Workshops, privates. 200-/500-hour TT

CEUs. Meditation, drum circles, beach yoga.

orLandocoLLege park Yogacalvin and theresa curameng, 706 W. smith st., orlando, Fl, 32804 p 407-999-7871 [email protected] collegeparkyoga.com

Ashtanga. Power. Vinyasa. Classes everyday.

CPY workshops and teacher training

certification with Beryl Bender Birch. Private

and corporate sessions. Voted best of Orlando

seven times!

Yoga Jane trainingJane e. Foody, 511 virginia dr., orlando, Fl, 32803 p (914) 424-2298 [email protected] YogaJanetraining.com

200-hour multi-style YTT with therapeutic

emphasis. Learn how to customize yoga for any

client! Free lifetime repeat training. Payment

plans, scholarships, flexible schedule. NYC,

Orlando.

YogaMatrix studioedely Wallace, B.a., cYt, e-rYt 500, 7601 della dr., ste. 5, orlando, Fl, 32819 p (407) 354-0909 [email protected] yogamatrixstudio.com

Peaceful atmosphere close to the Disney area.

25 classes weekly: prenatal, back, vinyasa,

therapeutic, breathing, meditation, chakras,

mudras and philosophy. Multi-level, workshops


paLM Beachparasutraconnie Beaudoin, 340 royal poinciana Way, palm Beach, Fl, 33480 p (561) 835-2006 F (561) [email protected] parasutra.com

Daily classes, private instruction, workshops

and retreats in a peaceful island setting. Skilled

and caring teachers. Vinyasa flow, hatha, Yin

Yoga, meditation, and kids’ yoga.

saLt springsaMrit Yoga institute Yogi amrit desai, Kamini desai, John Hiester, 23855 n.e. county rd. 314, p.o. Box 5340, salt springs, Fl, 32134 p (352) 685-3001 F (352) [email protected] amrityoga.org

Through meditative awareness and inward

focus, Amrit Yoga and Yoga Nidra add

the spiritual dimension to your practice,

transforming all aspects of life.

taMpaexaLted Warrior foundationannie okerlin, p.o. Box 10453, tampa, Fl, 33679 p (813) 495-9642 [email protected] exaltedwarrior.com

The Exalted Warrior Foundation facilitates

a yoga instruction program that is designed

for wounded soldiers in military and veteran

hospital facilities. Yoga community national

non-profit.

Yogani studios annie okerlin, lisa Wilson, 1112 W. platt st., tampa, Fl, 33606 p (813) 251-9668 [email protected] yogani.com

Vinyasa, Power, Bikram, Ashtanga, restorative,

Yoga 101, prenatal, Mommy & Baby, kids’

classes in a serene environment. Private yoga

room, massage, showers, yoga boutique. Check

website for upcoming seminars, workshops,

teacher trainings.

West paLM BeachBindu Yoga studioangelina lucia, 5913 s. dixie Hwy., West palm Beach, Fl, 33405 p (561) 233-9882 [email protected] bindu-studio.com

200-hour vinyasa flow teacher training

program. Daily classes in vinyasa flow,

Viniyoga, restorative, wall yoga, teacher

training workshops, retreats, private

instruction and more!

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o ngeorgia—hawaiiYoga Teachers & Studios

georgiaAlphArettA

MAinstreet YogA lynda gill, laura Huang, 289 s. Main st., ste. 204, alpharetta, ga, 30009 p (678) 297-1229 [email protected] mainyoga.com

Certified Iyengar Yoga classes for all levels

in a fully equipped studio with experienced

teachers. We also offer weekend workshops

with in-depth study in asana, pranayama,

therapeutics and more. Weekend workshop

and teacher training with advanced Iyengar

teacher Joan White in 2010.

AthenssAnghA YogA studio Meghan Madhavi Burke, 834 prince ave., athens, ga, 30606 p (706) 613-1143 [email protected] healingartscentre.net

Housed in the beauty of an old church, this

sacred space is a playground for the soul. 30

classes weekly, including yoga, Pilates, belly

dance and more.

AtlAntAgeorgiA stAte universitY Wellness progrAMa. Janet Wice, M.ed., M.a., e-rYt 500, 125 one park pl., ste. 308, atlanta, ga, 30303 p (678) 457-5454 [email protected] gsu.edu

Georgia State University wellness program:

yoga and meditation classes. All levels welcome!

Shamanic yoga and vinyasa flow offered.

Retreats to Pura Vida, U.S.

KAshi AtlAntAswami Jaya devi Bhagavati, 1681 Mclendon ave., atlanta, ga, 30307 p (404) 687-3353 F (404) [email protected] kashiatlanta.org

Experience the authentic depth of classical

yoga. Classes for all ages and levels, including

yoga, meditation, pranayama and spiritual

growth. 200-hour teacher’s training course

January-June.

urbAn bodY studios730 ponce de leon pl., ste. a (back of bldg.), atlanta, ga, 30306 p (404) 201-7994 [email protected] UrbanBodystudios.com

Urban Body Studios offers multiple styles and

levels of yoga, including correlation, Ashtanga

and restorative. Yoga and Pilates group classes

and private sessions are available.

CArtersvilleetoWAh vAlleY YogAsue Hopkins, e-rYt 500, pYt, 18 s. erwin st., cartersville, ga, 30120 p (770) 383-3022 [email protected] etowahvalleyyoga.com

Cartersville’s only yoga center. Offering classes

seven days a week for all levels of students.

Etowah Valley Yoga is a registered yoga school,

200/500.

KennesAWneW dAY YogA: YogA FroM A ChristiAn perspeCtive dayna gelinas, e-rYt, 2716 Bent creek dr., Kennesaw, ga, 30152 p (678) 354-1120 [email protected] newdayyoga.com

Weekly yoga classes, 200-hour yoga teacher

training registered with Yoga Alliance,

12-hour Christian yoga teacher certification,

workshops, retreats at the Monastery of the

Holy Spirit.

MAriettAMAriettA Center For YogA And Well beingWanda devaughn, lcsW, e-rYt 500, abbey Brewer, e-rYt, vicki Knight, e-rYt, Becky Huff, e-rYt, vicki Knight, e-rYt, 317 alexander st., Marietta, ga, 30060 p (770) 425-4488 F (770) [email protected] mariettayoga.com

A nurturing environment to restore your true

essence. We offer various styles and levels

of yoga, individual sessions, meditation,

massage, workshops, retreats and holistic

psychotherapy.

sAvAnnAhsAvAnnAh YogA Center Kelley Boyd, e-rYt200, 1321 Bull st., savannah, ga, 31401 p (912) 232-2994 [email protected] savannahyoga.com

Savannah Yoga Center: Y.A. 200-hour teacher

training: eight-month program. Begins in

October. Extensive and affordable. All levels

welcome. (912) 232-2994; savannahyoga.com

hawaiieWA beAChYogA4eWAtasha Kauihou, 91-440a pupu st., ewa Beach, Hi, 96706 p (808) 689-1020 [email protected] yoga4ewa.com

Located in beautiful Ewa Beach, Hawai’i.

Yoga4Ewa offers classes for all levels Monday-

Saturday. Instructors at Yoga4Ewa are

recognized by the Yoga Alliance.

hAnAleiYogA hAnAleiBhavani Maki, tara Mala, carol dumeyer, p.o. Box 990, Hanalei, Hi, 96714 p (808) 826-9642 [email protected] yogahanalei.com

Yoga Alliance teacher trainings. Daily classes:

Ashtanga, Bikram, hatha flow, Iyengar, Nia

Dance, restorative yoga, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.

Surf, sun, rejuvenation on Kauai’s pristine

North Shore!

honolulu silent dAnCe Centerae Ja Mobley, glenn Kawana, sandi Jordan, 1127 11th ave., Honolulu, Hi, 96816 p (808) 526-9642 [email protected] iYogaHi.com

Iyengar Yoga in Hawaii since 1977. 53 weekly

Iyengar classes for all levels, special workshops,

teacher trainings, seniors’ classes. 14 Iyengar-

certified teachers. Ann-Marie Brege, Jim

Dillman, Catherine Hage, Chris Havener,

Valerie Hobensack, Nancy Horlacher, Cynthia

Lee, Debra Michels, Alison Mito, Eunice Sakai,

Evelia Pineda Torres, Gretchen Valentin (TT).

Second location: 2535 S. King St.

lAhAinAislAnd spirit YogA MAuideborah dipierro, christy abelov, greg ruzicka,840 Wainee st., lahaina square shopping center, lahaina, Maui, Hi, 96761 p (808) 667-2111 [email protected] islandspirityoga.com

A West Maui sanctuary where locals and

visitors can connect in cultivating physical and

spiritual well-being. Also offering adult and

children’s dance classes.

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idahoBoiseBoise Yoga Center vickie and Jerry aldridge, James Burton, don gura,3113 rose Hill, Boise, id, 83705 p (208) 343-9786 [email protected] boiseyogacenter.com

Two fully equipped studios, all levels of

students in Boise and Eagle. Certified Iyengar

teachers with the experience and knowledge to

enhance your inner awareness.

DriggsYogatejascate stillman, Bridget lyons, 165 Front st., driggs, id, 83422 p (208) 354-9642 [email protected] yogatejas.com

YogaTejas is an Anusara studio offering 15

weekly classes, private lessons and regular

weekend workshops on the west side of the

Teton Mountain Range.

MosCowMosCow Yoga Center Jeri Hudak, iyengar-certified, rYt 500, erika greenwell, rYt 200, Marcia gossard, rYt 200,525 s. Main, Moscow, id, 83843 p (208) 883-8315 [email protected] moscowyogacenter.com

Certified Iyengar instruction and registered

yoga teachers. Offering daytime and evening

classes, weekend workshops and advanced

studies. Twenty years of experience and

training.

sun ValleYsun ValleY one-on-oneKatherine pleasants, p.o. Box 1469, sun valley, id, 83353 p (208) 720-5824 [email protected]

Experience the balance of well-being through

the asanas of restorative yoga. Body/mind in

union allows deep relaxation. All levels taught.

Privates, groups, retreats.

illinoisBlue islanDYoga for gooD HealtH anD relaxationMichael larocca, 12254 s. greenwood ave., Blue island, il, 60406 p (708) 388-3397

Teaching classical hatha and raja yoga since

1970, including 18 years at the university

level. Classes in Chicago’s south suburbs and

northwest Indiana.

CHiCago

CHiCago sCHool of Hot Yoga2442 n. lincoln ave., 2nd Fl., chicago, il, 60614 p (773) 868-9642 F (773) [email protected] chicagoschoolofhotyoga.com

The Chicago School of Hot Yoga, located

in Lincoln Park across from the Biograph

Theater, near DePaul University. A learning

center where experienced and excited

instructors teach a variety of unique classes

in two heated studios. Join us for your health,

strength, meditation and individual practice.

We look forward to your growth.

exHalenicole romano, 945 n. state st., chicago, il, 60610 p (312) 753-6500 F (312) [email protected] exhalespa.com

Exhale’s yoga, Core Fusion®, Core Fusion®

Sport, and Core Energy Flow® classes integrate




KunDalini Yoga in tHe loopshakta Kaur, Hari dev singh, 410 s. Michigan ave., ste. 514, Fine arts Building, chicago, il, 60605 p (312) 922-4699 F (312) [email protected] shaktaKaur.com

Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan)

is a blend of spiritual and physical practices.

We incorporate kriya, movement, pranayama,

mudra, the gong, meditation, and chanting

mantras. Chicago’s largest Kundalini Yoga

and meditation studio. Downtown. All teach-

ers are Yoga Alliance-registered. Workshops,

classes, Breathwalk, teacher training, hatha,

trips to India.

Yoga CirClegabriel Halpern, 401 W. ontario, ste. 210, chicago, il, 60654 p (312) 915-0750 [email protected] yogacircle.com

Yoga Circle, celebrating our 24th year of

Iyengar Yoga in Chicago. Classes/workshops.

Introductory classes begin every month.

Gabriel Halpern, director.

HigHlanD parK2Hot Yoga & pilatesdesiree rijos, randy anbar, 1500 old deerfield rd., no. 7, Highland park, il, 60035 p (847) 831-9642 [email protected] 2Hotyoga.com

Enjoy hot yoga on our bamboo floors on our

soon-to-be 1800-square-foot studio. Pilates,

privates, personal training, boxing and large

gym available.

loCKportVisions YogaJennifer Millette, lockport, il, 60441 p (708) 508-8580 [email protected] visionsyoga.com

We incorporate yoga into schools, playing

fields, workplaces and homes to address

students’ specific needs. We also offer Pilates

and personal training.

Mt. prospeCtnortHwest Yoga steve and patricia nakon, Michal annWarren, pat, sandy, 104 s. george st. Mt. prospect, il, 60056 p (847) 590-1221 [email protected] northwestyoga.org

Classes and workshops: the Chicago Botanic

Garden, Northfield Community Center and

the Dance Building in Des Plaines. Retreats

and vacations on website: northwestyoga.org.

nortHfielDnortH sHore Yogasharyn galindo, e-rYt 200, 310 Happ rd. ste. 216, northfield, il, 60093 p (847) 784-8844 F (847) [email protected] nsyoga.com

Offering daily classes in vinyasa flow, Ashtanga,

Mysore, prenatal, teens’, family, beginners’,

restorative, pranayama and meditation.

Ayurvedic consultations available. Plus, a 200-

hour teacher training January-June.

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indianaWest Lafayettesage yoga & PiLatessonja gaylor, 221 e. state st. West lafayette, in, 47906 p (765) 269-7447 F (765) [email protected] sageyogapilates.com

Sage Yoga & Pilates is committed to promoting

healthy bodies and spirits in a non-judgmental

environment, rooted in the principles of

traditional yoga and Pilates.

iowaioWa CityHotHouse yogaMaureen Mondanaro, 224 s. clinton st. iowa city, ia, 52240 p (319) 351-9642 [email protected] hothouseyoga.com

Classes practiced in a heated room to promote

cellular metabolism, detoxification, suppleness

of the muscular system, health and mental well-

being. Visit us at our two locations!

kentuckyfuLtontHe yoga studio at HaWs MeMoriaLJennifer connell, Jo ann roy, 1004 Holiday ln., Fulton, KY, 42041 p (270) 472-1971 F (270) [email protected]

Beautiful studio located in southwest Kentucky

on the Tennessee line. Weekly hatha yoga

classes include beginners’, intermediate, senior

citizens’, and restorative/therapeutic. First

class is complimentary.

Lexingtonyoga at tHe Massage Centercindy Hutchison, 380 s. Mill st., dudley square, lexington, KY, 40508-2560 p (859) 231-1782 [email protected] themassagecenter.org

Hot Power yoga withToby Traylor, Anusara

and breath-inspired yoga, Vinyasa Flow,

Kripalu yoga, guest instructors, boutique

offering unique apparel. Classes every day.

louisianaHouMaKundaLini yoga Center of HouMaMeredith Wright, rYt, iKYta, peter george, rYt, iKYta, rocky smith, rYt, iKYta, 7863 park ave., Houma, la, 70364 p (985) 872-4081 F (985) [email protected] houmayoga.com

Bliss on the bayou! A beautiful Kundalini

studio in a southern mansion! Beginner,

intermediate and advanced students welcome!

Pregnancy yoga. Guest teachers. Veggie

dinners!

neW orLeansWiLd Lotus yoga sean Johnson, 4842 perrier st. new orleans, la, 70115 p (504) 899-0047 [email protected] wildlotusyoga.com

Voted “Best Yoga in New Orleans” seven years

running! Most extensive class/event schedule

in Gulf South. Home base of Sean Johnson and

Wild Lotus Band.

mainePortLandPortLand yoga studiostephanie abrams, director, elaine Mcgillicuddy, founder, 616 congress street, 3rd Floor, portland, Me, 04101 p (207) 799-0054 [email protected] portlandyoga.com

4 Iyengar-certified instructors. Beginners

warmly welcome. Free introductory classes

held quarterly. Specialty classes include life-

long, prenatal, gentle/restorative and vinyasa

yoga. Weekend workshops with renowned

teachers.

tHe yoga Centervickie labbe, Jennifer cooper, p.o. Box 1243, 449 Forest ave. plz., portland, Me, 04104 p (207) 774-9642 [email protected] maineyoga.com

Quality instruction for over 25 years. 30 weekly

classes: restorative, vinyasa, therapeutic,

prenatal; special teacher workshops. Two

studios. Yoga vacations in Mexico and Maine.

marylandannaPoLisdivine LigHt yoga, LLCdenise lapides, e-rYt 500, iKYta, 211 Wardour dr., annapolis, Md, 21401 p (410) 570-2878 [email protected] divinelightyoga.com

Denise B. Lapides, E-RYT 500, IKYTA.

Compassionate and reflective. Privates, groups,

workshops, retreats and corporate. Divine

Light Yoga 200-hour Yoga Alliance hatha

teacher training.

goLden Heart yoga elizabeth lloyd, 179 admiral cochrane dr., no. 120, annapolis, Md, 21401 p (410) 224-3278 [email protected] goldenheartyoga.com

Voted “Best Yoga” in Annapolis. Dedicated

to art and science of yoga. 200-/500-hr. RYT

programs, workshops with leading teachers,

yoga therapy. Anusara, ParaYoga, Kundalini,

hatha.

BetHesdaunity Woods yoga CenterJohn schumacher, director, 4853 cordell ave., suite pH 9, Bethesda, Md, 20814 p (301) 656-8992 F (301) [email protected] unitywoods.com



tradition. Four locations: Arlington,

VA; Bethesda, MD; Woodley Park and

Tenleytown, DC.

CoLuMBiatHe yoga Center of CoLuMBia Kathy donnelly, e-rYt 500, 8950 rte. 108, ste. 109, columbia, Md, 21045 p (410) 720-4340 F (410) [email protected] columbiayoga.com

Voted “Best Yoga Center”! 90+ classes weekly.

All levels. Gentle, therapeutics, children’s,

teens’, advanced, Anusara, Iyengar, Pilates,

qi gong, meditation. Workshops, vacations,

teacher training, Anusara immersion.

gaitHersBurginner reaCHes yoga & HeaLtHdee gold, M.a., e-rYt 500, 257 Market st., W., 2nd Fl., gaithersburg, Md, 20878 p (301) 987-0884 [email protected] innerreaches.com

The finest yoga instruction in Gaithersburg:

Anusara, vinyasa, Iyengar, Ishta, Mommy and

Me and more. Workshops and retreats. Lovely

warm, welcoming studio. Class size limited.

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GermantownFollow Your Heart YoGa CenterKathy thompson, rYt 500, 13097 Wisteria dr., ste. 203, germantown, Md, 20874 p (877) 835-9642 F (301) [email protected] followyourheartyoga.com

The first and only yoga center in Germantown

since 2004. Regular and specialty yoga classes

(prenatal, gentle/special conditions) and

workshops seven days a week.

roCkvilletHrive YoGa Center roCkvillesusan Bowen, dave Bowen, alan Finger,1321-B rockville pike, rockville, Md, 20852 p (301) 294-9642 [email protected] thriveyoga.com

Spacious, nature-inspired yoga center. Vinyasa,

hatha, restorative, gentle, hot yoga, prenatal,

kids’, pranayama, meditation. Eight-week

beginner sessions. Boutique. Workshops.

ISHTA 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings.

SmitHSburGFlowerinG Heart YoGa simone Heurich, e-rYt 500, 13112 Bikle rd., smithsburg, Md, 21783 p (301) 739-3330 [email protected] floweringheartyoga.com

Certified in Anusara Yoga, Phoenix Rising

Yoga Therapy. Classes, private instruction,

workshops, retreats, inclusive of yoga’s rich

traditions. Experience your vibrant body,

peaceful mind, joyful heart.

takoma Parkwillow Street YoGa Centersuzie Hurley, e-rYt 500, 6930 carroll ave., takoma park, Md, 20912 p 301-270-8038 F [email protected] willowstreetyoga.com

With over 130 weekly classes in two locations,

WSYC is the largest Anusara yoga center in

the country. WSYC is known for excellence

in instruction and a welcoming, vibrant

community. Highly-trained teachers offer

yoga classes for all levels and ages, including

therapeutic yoga, yoga for pregnancy and

yoga for athletes; Yoga Nidra and meditation;

teacher training.

timoniumSuSqueHanna YoGa & meditation Center suzy pennington, e-rYt 500, 12a W. aylesbury rd., timonium, Md, 21093 p (410) 308-9950 [email protected] syoga.com

Iyengar-certified teachers. Day, weekend

and evening classes; workshops; international

retreats; apprenticeship program. Yoga

Alliance-registered. Syoga is the home of the

Tibetan Meditation Center of Baltimore.

massachusettsandoverunionStudio YoGaconnie glore, trish Macneil, 305 n. Main st., andover, Ma, 01810 p (978) 886-7944 [email protected] unionstudioyoga.com

UnionStudio Yoga aspires to bring together

a variety of class offerings and yoga styles to

support the differing needs and lifestyles of our

students.

bedFordSerenitY YoGa & wellneSS Centertoni Bradley, rYt,18 north rd., Bedford, Ma, 01730 p (781) 275-4092 [email protected] serenityyoga.com

Kripalu-affiliated studio. Our small, fully

equipped studio allows for individualized

attention. We adapt poses to suit each

individual. All levels/abilities welcome. Private

therapeutic sessions available.

boStonexHaledenise griffin crowe, 28 arlington st., Boston, Ma, 02116 p (617) 532-7000 F (617) [email protected] exhalespa.com

Exhale’s yoga, Core Fusion®, Core Fusion®

Sport, and Core Energy Flow® classes integrate




bridGewatermaHa YoGa Center— Center For StreSS manaGementdiane lagadec, 992 Bedford street, Bridgewater, Ma, 02324 p (508) 697-3273 F (508) [email protected] mahayogacenter.com

Hatha, Ashtanga, Kundalini yoga; Meditation;

Massage; Workshops; 200-hour Yoga Teacher

Certification (registered with Yoga Alliance)

Yoga supplies, books.

CambridGeelemental YoGaBo Forbes, psyd, e-rYt 500, ceylan akturk, James gotz, Katherine Hartsell, cassandra Horii,cambridge, Ma, 02138 p (617) 448-3228 [email protected] elementalyoga.com

Vinyasa, restorative, therapeutic yoga. This

innovative system of yoga integrates Eastern

and Western thought with psychology and

other mind-body traditions. Center for

Integrative Yoga Therapeutics.

majeStiC YoGa Studiolindsay gibson, M.s., 223 concord ave., cambridge, Ma, 02138 p (617) 876-6116majesticyogastudio.com

Classes are offered for all levels from beginning

to advanced. Emphasis is on core strength and

flexibility and on promoting serenity. All ages

are welcome!

CentervilleCenterville YoGaanika iliadis, 1600 Falmouth rd., Unit 41, centerville, Ma, 2632 p (508) 775-1422centervilleyoga.com

Acupuncture, facials and waxing, hypnotherapy,

infrared sauna, psychotherapy, reflexology,

massage therapy, monthly workshops, Reiki,

spiritual medium psychic readings.

eaSt denniSCaPe Cod YoGa Center lynnette Walker, carrie cooper, po Box 58, 1604 rte. 6a, east dennis, Ma, 02641 p (508) 385-8034 [email protected] yogacenterofcapecod.com

Charming studio on historic Route 6A offering

a variety of classes: gentle, hot, vinyasa and

Ashtanga. Special events and workshops. The

hottest place in town!!

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nmaryland—michiganYoga Teachers & Studios

Great BarrinGtonYoGa Great BarrinGtondeborah salem, 30 elm court, 2nd Fl., great Barrington, Ma, 01230 p (413) 528-1181 [email protected] YogagB.com

At Yoga Great Barrington students are

invited to build a personal yoga practice, while

discovering yoga as a means of vibrant living

and self-transformation.

Miltonrenew Yourself YoGaFern ross israel, Milton, Ma, 02186 p (617) 696-1665 [email protected] heartcenteredhealing.org

Iyengar-influenced classes in restorative yoga,

mindfulness, qi gong, energy psychology. All

ages/health/ experience welcomed. 30 years’

experience and insight. Yoga/hiking in Italy,

July 2010.

nantucketthe YoGa rooMshannah green, e-rYt 300, 49 Fairgrounds rd., nantucket, Ma, 02554 p (508) 825-2211 [email protected] nantucketyogaroom.com

Nantucket’s exclusive year-round yoga studio.

Vinyasa-based classes incorporating many

styles and traditions. Highly trained teachers

offer the finest yoga instruction. Small group,

semi-private and private sessions available.

newtonPeGGY MclouGhlin, e-rYt 500peggy Mcloughlin, 60 clyde st., newton, Ma, 2460 p (617) 964-1722yoganewton.com

Precise attention to alignment, the development

of focus, stamina and a sense of well-being

illuminate the experience of yoga in this

encouraging and supportive environment.

northaMPtonYoGa sanctuarYsara rose, 150 Main st., thornes Marketplace, 3rd Fl., northampton, Ma, 01060 p (413) 585-9642 [email protected] yoga-sanctuary.com

A destination studio. Be enveloped in the

beauty and warmth of our community. Be

uplifted by Anusara Yoga classes, immersions,

teacher trainings, workshops, therapeutics,

bodywork.

readinGYoGa MovesMary ellen carroll, 274 Main st., 1st Fl., reading, Ma, 01867 p (781) 944-9040 [email protected] eyogamoves.com

Offering hot yoga, vinyasa, Power vinyasa,

hot hatha, PranaVayu & Yin styles. Classes

for all fitness levels. Teachers certified and

professional. Monthly workshops.

YoGa MovesMary ellen carroll, 274 Main st., 1st Fl., reading, Ma, 01867 p (781) 944-9040 [email protected] eyogamoves.com

Offering hot yoga, vinyasa, PranaVayu & Yin

styles. Classes for all fitness levels. Teachers

certified and professional. Monthly workshops.

sharonBreathe JoY YoGarobyn parets, 3 tisdale rd., sharon, Ma, 02067 p (781) 784-4848 [email protected] breathejoyyoga.com

Spacious studio nestled in the woods! Hatha,

vinyasa, Power, prenatal, restorative, teen

and Pretzel Kids, 200-hour teacher training,

Pretzel Kids certification, workshops and

affordable retreats!

stockBridGekriPalu center for YoGa & health57 interlaken rd., p.o. Box 309, stockbridge, Ma, 01262 p (800) 741-7353 [email protected] kripalu.org

The nation’s largest yoga retreat center.

Workshops with master teachers, including

Stephen Cope, Rodney Yee, Shiva Rea, Angela

Farmer, Gary Kraftsow, Ana Forrest, Gurmukh

Kaur Khalsa and many others. Natural-foods

cuisine, woodland trails, sauna and whirlpool,

fitness activities, healing arts services and more

in the beautiful Berkshires. Request a catalog!

wellesleYlauGhinG doG YoGa studioJennifer Harvey, Marissa Farrell, Kathy Mongeau,159 linden st., 2nd Fl., ste. 1, Wellesley, Ma, 02482 p (781) 235-9642 [email protected] ldyoga.com

Variety of classes, all levels, group/private.

Knowledgeable, dedicated teachers. Anusara,

vinyasa, restorative, Yin, prenatal, kids’/teens’,

Nia, Pilates, Zumba. Yoga therapy, Yoga

philosophy. Specialty workshops, retreats.

west roxBurYiYenGar YoGa in west roxBurY/Bostonlaureen rueckner, 227 temple st., West roxbury, Ma, 02132 p (617) 323-4289 [email protected] yogaclasses.net

Small group classes in beautiful, open studio

space: all levels including gentle, seniors’,

intermediate; privates. Certified Iyengar

teacher with many years of experience for safe,

informed, inspiring practice.

wilMinGtonthe YoGa loftJen ryan, 3 lopez rd., Wilmington, Ma, 01887 p (978) 658-5888 [email protected] yogaloftnorth.com

Vinyasa-based classes for all levels from

beginner to advanced. Offering teacher training

at 200-hour RYT, workshops and core classes.

Located right off highway.

michiganBriGhtonYoGa center for healthY livinG, llclee ann louis-prescott, phd, e-rYt 500, 4437 old Us 23, Brighton, Mi, 48114 p (810) 225-1288 F (810) [email protected] yogahealth.org

Join us! Hatha, vinyasa, Ashtanga, restorative,

partner, Yoga4Kidz, pre-/postnatal, Yin and

gentle back classes. Meditation. Workshops.

RYS 200/500. Look for our retreats in/outside

U.S.

Grosse Pointe woodsPractice YoGachristy Wood, 20792 Mack avenue, grosse pointe Woods, Mi, 48236 p (313) 881-2874 [email protected] practice-yoga.net

Practice Yoga has created a safe yet friendly

studio atmosphere while maintaining the

integrity of this ancient system of healing.

Achieve the extraordinary!

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LansingHiLLtop YogaHilaire lockwood, 108 e. grand river ave., lansing, Mi, 48906 p (517) 290-1961 [email protected] hilltopyoga.com

Power, vinyasa/Ashtanga, basics, pre-/postnatal.

Comprehensive mind/body/spirit studio

focusing on all eight limbs. Mid-Michigan’s

best. Y.A.-registered school. Group or one-

on-one trainings taught by yogi with 21 years’

experience. Two Lansing-area studios: Old

Town, Haslett. New student specials. Visit

website for teacher training info, schedules,

locations.

RoYaL oaknamastÈ Yoga linda K. Makowski, 309 s. troy st., royal oak, Mi, 48067 p (248) 399-9642 [email protected] namaste-yoga.net

Royal Oak’s home for yoga! Basic, Anusara,

Yoga for the Emotional Body, Ashtanga,

Mindfulness Yoga, restorative, better back,

prenatal, Yoga at the Wall, Kundalini; TT

RYS 200.

minnesotaminneapoLis

Yoga CenteR of minneapoLis 230-HouR advanCed Yoga studY and teaCHeR tRaining pRogRamsJennifer gray, 212 3rd ave., n., ste. 205, Minneapolis, Mn, 55401 p (612) 436-4700 F (612) [email protected] yogacentermpls.com

We host the largest variety of yoga classes in

the Twin Cities: Ashtanga, Anusara, hatha,

vinyasa, Jivamukti, Big A#%!, restorative,

meditation, pre-/postnatal and more! Weekend

workshops, visiting teachers and trainings,

including 230-hour yoga study/teacher training

programs registered with Yoga Alliance.

Qualified, experienced instructors provide

classes for all abilities.

Red WingBLueWateR Yoga studiocarolyn s. Hedin, 323-1/2 Main st., red Wing, Mn, 55066 p (651) 388-6099 [email protected] BluewaterYoga.com

Bluewater Yoga Studio is affiliated with

the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga

Foundation (KHYF) in Chennai, India.

Private and group classes are available.

saint pauLinstitute of tHe HimaLaYan tRadition swami Jaidev and Ma devi, Manuraj speece, 1317 summit ave., saint paul, Mn, 55105 p (651) 645-1291 F (651) [email protected] ihtyoga.org

Directed by close disciples of Swami Rama of

the Himalayas, the Institute of the Himalayan

Tradition offers classical raja yoga, hatha,

pranayama, meditation and teacher trainings.

stiLLWateRstiLL WateR Yogaamy Hawks, 5898 omaha ave. n., ste. 4, stillwater, Mn, 55082 p (651) 439-2569 [email protected] stillwateryoga.com

St. Croix Valley of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Hatha yoga: classical, vinyasa, gentle,

restorative, prenatal, meditation and yoga

studies in the Himalayan tradition. Open-

heart policy.

WHite BeaR LakedRisHti Yogalauri Hopple, 2189 Fourth st., no. 2, White Bear lake, Mn, 55110 p (651) 592-5535 [email protected] drishtiyogaonline.com

Welcome home. Come inside. Arrive more

fully aware, moving toward your true self with

an open heart. Find your focus at Drishti Yoga.

Classes, workshops.

mississippiRidgeLandJoYfLoW Yogadebi lewis, e-rYt 500, 7048 old canton rd., 2-F, trace Harbor village, ridgeland, Ms, 39157 p (601) 613-4317 [email protected] joyflowyoga.com

Playful vinyasa classes with attention to

alignment and breath, beginner-friendly, from

restorative to Power. Pranayama, meditation

emphasized. Registered teacher training.

Phoenix Rising Therapy, Enneagram.

missourikansas CitYHeaRtLand Yoga & aCupunCtuRe Kathleen coleton, 111 e. gregory Blvd., Kansas city, Mo, 64114 p (816) 822-0500 F [email protected] kcoletonyoga.com

Iyengar-certified instructor. Introduction to

yoga, beginning, mixed-level, advanced classes.

Privates, therapeutic lessons, workshops,

teacher training. Tai chi/Yang-style class. Call

for additional locations.

st. Louis

staRfin/ CandLe RiveR Yoga, LLCsuzanne Fischer, 8390 delmar, ste. 207, st. louis, Mo, 63124 p (314) 569-5744 [email protected] starfincandleriver.com

Yoga, yoga for pregnancy, Thai massage,

lomilomi, healing touch, meditation. Group

classes or private lessons. Private appointments

designed to meet your specific needs.

montanaBiLLingspeRfeCt BaLanCerory rogina, pam Havig, 712 carbon st., ste. d, Billings, Mt, 59102 p (406) 294-9642 [email protected] perfectbalanceyoga.com

Warm and friendly environment open to all.

Honoring many styles and traditions of yoga.

Ten Yoga Alliance-certified teachers, with over

35 weekly classes.

new hampshireConCoRdLiving Yoga nHMaureen Miller, e-rYt, 2 pillsbury st., ste. 302, concord, nH, 003301 p (603) 226-9642 F (603) [email protected] livingyoganh.com

Ashtanga-based studio nurturing students of

all levels. Flow yoga, primary series, gentle flow,

Relax & Renew, Anusara-inspired, pre/postna-

tal, teacher training, kids’ yoga and more!

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nnew hampshire—new jerseyYoga Teachers & Studios

Durhammoebius Yoga at the Prana stuDio, nhHannelore Moebius, e-rYt 500, 13 sunnyside dr., durham, nH, 003824 p (603) 868-6753 [email protected] moebiusyoga.com

Moebius Yoga offers classes, private sessions

and workshops for yoga, meditation and Reiki

at The Prana Studio and the Mill Pond Center

in Durham, NH.

hamPtoninstitute for Personal DeveloPment, inc., rYs 500 Kenneth toy (swami Jayananda), 652 lafayette rd., Hampton, nH, 03842 p (603) 929-0303 [email protected] ipdtransform.com

A kriya yoga ashram (652/725 Lafayette Rd.)

offering classes and personal training in all

eight stages of yoga, transformational astrology,

teacher training. Individual residential

programs.

merrimacknh Power Yoga, baPtiste affiliate stuDioMary Howard, rYt 500, 704 rte. 101a (Milford rd), Merrimack, nH, 03054 p (603) 594-2494 [email protected] nhpoweryoga.com

Specializing in Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga.

The perfect blend of sweat and serenity! All-

level classes, workshops and private instruction.

NH’s only Baptiste affiliate studio.

new jerseybelmarYoga anjalicarmel calcagno, dina crosta, Margie Kozub 905 Main st., Belmar, nJ, 07719 p (732) 681-7660yogaanjali.com

“A Studio of Many Offerings.” Anusara classes

for every level with qualified teachers and

lots of heart. Private instruction, meditation,

chanting and yoga store.

bounD brookkat graYtokBound Brook, nJ, 08805 p (732) 208-8185 [email protected] katinteriorsgroup.com

Kat Graytok completed the 200-hour

Atmananda yoga sequence program. Her

style is vinyasa flow. Kat also designs yoga and

meditation rooms incorporating the principals

of Sherri Silverman’s Vastu: Transcendental

Home Design in Harmony With Nature.

collingswooDYogawooDBeth Filla, lisa Korchma, Zoe Mai, 688 Haddon ave., collingswood, nJ, 08108 p (856) 858-9642 [email protected] yogawood.com

Vinyasa, Ashtanga, prenatal, gentle and Yin

Yoga just outside of Philadelphia. Classes

for families and kids, too! Teacher training;

continuing education; warm, welcoming

community.

colts neckcolts neck Yogaann Yocum, 340 state Hwy. rte. 34, s., Unit 123, colts neck, nJ, 07722 p (732) 866-9999 [email protected] coltsneckhotyoga.com

Hot yoga, vinyasa, children’s yoga, ballet

(barre), and privates for prenatal and other

yoga. Great teachers, warm and healing

atmosphere! Celebrating 10 years of yoga!

east winDsorone Yoga & wellness center, llctracey l. Ulshafer, e-rYt, 405 rte. 130 n., lower level, east Windsor, nJ, 08520 p (609) 918-0963 [email protected] oneyogacenter.net

All-level yoga classes in gentle, hatha and

vinyasa flow. Kids’, prenatal, meditation,

private, partner; 200- and 500-hour teacher

training also available.

fairfielDmaDmatYogaMadelana Ferrara-Mattheis, debby catanio, 180 Fairfield rd., Fairfield, nJ, 07004 p (973) 900-1990 [email protected] madmatyoga.com

MadMatYoga, a serene, cozy jewel of a yoga

studio, offers daily yoga classes, teacher training

apprenticeships, bodywork, workshops, and

international retreats with talented, educated

teachers.

frenchtownsuPatha Yoga & Pilates…a Place for health anD healingsri lakshmi devi, e-rYt, the old Kingwood Municipal Building, 12 Fairview rd., Frenchtown, nJ, 08825 p (908) 996-6428supathaYoga.com

Vinyasa, hatha, therapeutic, Pilates, body

sculpting, specialty classes, workshops. All

levels. Lakshmi creates a safe, stable, fun

environment; develop and nurture your

practice at your own pace.

hobokenDevotion Yoga stuDioliza Bertini, Jillian pransky, carrie parker gastelu,79 Hudson st., ste. ll103, Hoboken, nJ, 07030 p (201) 610-9642 F (201) [email protected] devotionyoga.com

Offering 70 classes weekly for all ages and

levels. Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin, Power, pre-/

postnatal, kids/baby, restorative, workshops,

teacher training, retreats. Second location: 14th

Street, Hoboken.

leonialaurie welch— Private instructionleonia, nJ, 07605 p (201) 482-4670 [email protected]

Private yoga instruction tailored to your needs

in home or office. 25 years’ experience. Greater

NYC area. Call (201) 482-4670 for more

information.

maDisonstuDio Yoga maDison/chathamtheresa rowland, carol Wipf, amy Hamilton,2 green village rd., ste. 217, Madison, nJ, 07940 p (973) 966-5311 F (800) [email protected] studioyoganj.com

Iyengar classes and more: teacher education,

prenatal, children’s, seniors’, anatomy,

pranayama, restorative, meditation, tai chi,

Pilates, belly dance, capoeira, sound healing,

yoga intensives.

maPlewooDshakti Yoga & living arts & shakti maanna Winkler, gayle lemke, 1861 springfield ave., Maplewood, nJ, 07040 p (973) 763-2288 [email protected] shaktinj.com

Classes in a variety of styles for every body.

First class free. The studio has a radiant heat

bamboo floor, high ceilings and plenty of

sunshine.

montclairasana housecharles secallus, deb Williams, 127 valley rd., ste. a, Montclair, nJ, 07042 p (973) 744-1500 [email protected] asanahouse.com

Asana House combines a juice bar and

Ashtanga Yoga center. Mysore program,

led Ashtanga, meditation and special

events. “Eat, Breathe, Do Yoga … “ See

ashtangayogamontclair.com.

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Moorestownthe studio for Yogalynda Maguire, e-rYt, 101 e. Main st., Moorestown, nJ, 08057 p (856) 430-1116 [email protected] thestudio4u.net

Small class size. Large variety of classes. Lots

of personal attention. Experienced, dedicated

teachers. Beginners thru advanced students

welcome. Specializing in private classes.

north Brunswickinner Light Yoga centertarra J. Madore, dc, rYt 500, 1626 rt. 130 n., ste. K-3, 2nd Fl., north Brunswick, nJ, 08902 p (732) 951-1100 [email protected] ilyc.com

Variety of classes for different levels, certified

instructors, workshops. Private sessions for

individual, group or family. Yoga therapy. Yoga

Alliance-certified teacher training program.

Peaceful.

PrincetonsiMPLYYoga, LLc, rYsJoanne carter-Yount, e-rYt 500, carol cook, e-rYt, david thurn, e-rYt ,4437 rte. 27, (Kingston Mall), princeton, nJ, 08528 p (609) 924-7751 [email protected] simplyyogakingston.com

User-friendly yoga classes. Seven days a week.

18 qualified teachers. Prenatal and kids’ yoga.

Teacher training. Private instruction available.

Gift certificates. All levels. Drop-ins welcome.

Princeton Princeton center for Yoga & heaLthdeborah Metzger, rYt 500, MsW, prYt, robert stagon, dc, rYt, pat vroom, phd,Montgomery professional center, 50 vreeland dr., ste. 506, princeton, nJ, 08558 p (609) 924-7294 [email protected] princetonyoga.com

Yoga and holistic center welcoming all

traditions. Yoga, meditation/MBSR, massage,

aromatherapy, chiropractic. Two spacious,

light-filled studios. Kirtan, drumming.

Workshops, teacher trainings, work exchange,

rental space.

raMseYYoga sYnthesisraji thron, rose Fitzgerald, 225 n. Franklin tpke., ramsey, nJ, 07446 p (201) 818-9642 [email protected] yogasynthesis.com

Full class schedule for all levels. Vinyasa yoga.

Creative integration of styles. Mysore and

guided Ashtanga, Yoga Synthesis DVDs,

teacher trainings, workshops, wellness services.

saddLe rivershree Yoga studioschaya spencer, elizabeth doberneck, Karon shovers goldsmith,3 Barnstable ct., saddle river, nJ, 07458 p (845) 425-8159 [email protected] shreeYoga.com

Our beautiful, sunny studio offers Anusara

Yoga classes for all levels and abilities, aimed

at creating a healthy body, happy mind, and

peaceful heart. Be welcome.

scotch PLainsYoga and heaLing center Wendy gross-pinto, 1744 e. second st., scotch plains, nJ, 07076 p (908) 322-0003 F (908) [email protected] yogaandhealingcenter.com

Voted “Best in New Jersey”! Unique and

powerful yoga style sculpts your life and body

into its best shape ever. Ashtanga, Bikram,

hot vinyasa, and the innovative Soul Sweat

Yoga (created here); 200-hour accredited yoga

teacher training. Beautiful Zen-like studio,

loving staff and teachers, awesome classes! Let

us help you love living in your body!

teaneckstone center for Yoga & heaLthcharlotte chandler stone, cYt, e-rYt 500, 1415 Queen anne rd., ste. 204, teaneck, nJ, 07666 p (201) 833-5955 [email protected] stoneyoga.com

Therapeutic yoga classes, private sessions,

corporate. Yoga for osteoporosis, arthritis,

stress management, wellness. Flow, hatha,

gentle, beginner, all-level. Yoga Alliance-

approved teacher training, coaching.

toMs river

center for heaLth and heaLingdawn Keen, 111 W. Water st., toms river, nJ, 08753 p (732) 505-8282 [email protected] centerforhealthandhealingnJ.com

Let us transform and inspire you at our large,

beautiful, tranquil yoga studio. Open seven

days a week, offering 50 classes/week, free

parking, massage. Free karma yoga classes twice

a month, facials, acupuncture, Reiki, Y.A.

yoga teacher training twice a year, inspiring

workshops, yoga retreats. Call for details.

veronagrace Yoga and dancedonna scro, 271 grove ave., Bldg. c, ste. 4, verona, nJ, 07044 p (973) 433-7491 [email protected]

Grace Yoga and Dance is an Anusara-inspired

studio offering yoga classes for everyone. It

is also the home of the renowned Freespace

Dance company.

westwoodJuLuka Yoga studioMandy grant, e-rYt 500, 591 Broadway, Westwood, nJ, 07675 p (201) 638 6828 [email protected] julukayoga.com

The heart of Bergen County, full range from

beginner to vinyasa flow. Children, family.

Pilates. Intense eight-month Yoga Alliance

200-hour teacher training.

new yorkBedfordBedford Yoga cynthia Worby, Judi Friedman cathy eising,Bedford, nY, 10506 p (914) 234-2195 [email protected]

Our beautiful studio offers beginning and

mixed-level Iyengar Yoga classes and private

sessions taught by experienced, certified

Iyengar Yoga teachers. Anyone can do yoga!

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Bridgehamptonexhaleanna carbonell, 2415 Main st., Bridgehampton, nY, 11932 p (212) 249-3000 [email protected] exhalespa.com






BrooklynBend & Bloom yogaamy Quinn-suplina, Beth donnelly caban, Marisa sako,708 sackett st., Brooklyn, nY, 11217 p (347) 987-3162 [email protected] bendandbloom.com

A serene Park Slope studio where students tune

into their breath, energize their bodies and

align with their truest self through our creative,

flowing yoga.

Jennifer Brilliant yogaJennifer Brilliant, 732a carroll street, Brooklyn, nY, 11215 p (718) 499-7282 [email protected] JenniferBrilliant.com

Jennifer Brilliant Yoga: vinyasa classes and

private sessions in a serene, supportive space.

Experienced teachers. Refined, practical

information. Individual attention. All levels

including special needs.

Sangha yoga Shala, the yoga playgroundalana Kessler, 107 n. 3rd st., no. 2H, Brooklyn, nY, 11211 p (718) 384-2097 [email protected] sanghayoganyc.com

A transformative space for those new to

yoga, seasoned practitioners and everyone in

between. Mysore Ashtanga, Iyengar, vinyasa,

pre- and postnatal, cooking, nutrition and

more.

CharlottevilleCharlotte valley yoga StudioJudy Brick Freedman, 525 county Hwy. 40, charlotteville, nY, 12036 p (607) 397-9346 F (607) [email protected]

Certified by and dedicated to promoting the

teachings of Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, Intermediate

Senior 3. NYC # (212) 688-1009

[email protected] graham, chris glover, adam vitolo,5 old post rd., s., croton-on-Hudson, nY, 10520 p (914) 271-3076 [email protected] hudsonyoga.com

Certified Iyengar and Kripalu teachers. Studio

has been in operation since 1997. Beginner,

intermediate, general, gentle, children’s classes.

Private instruction is available.

elmSford yogaSpapatricia Fischer, Jacqueline vernon 321 tarrytown rd., elmsford, nY, 10523 p (914) 345-9642 [email protected] yoga-spa.com

Bikram, Power Yoga, hot vinyasa, live

drumming classes. Beginning vinyasa,

Ashtanga, hot rock massage. Specialties:

private/individual, yoga at work, therapeutic,

workshops, teacher training. Community,

beginners.

irvingtonyogaWorkS WeStCheSter Maria edwards, 50 s. Buckhout st., irvington, nY, 10533 p (914) 591-9642 F (914) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training.

iSlandiayoga in iSlandiagrace ripa Welch, rYt 500 67 scotch pine dr., islandia, nY, 11749 p (631) 348-7199 [email protected] gracewelch.com

Sivananda Yoga-certified, RYT 500, small

classes, vigorous, restorative, all levels, free Full

Moon/Laughing Meditation, Japanese garden,

intensives, newsletter, private/corporate, kriya,

cardiac, fibromyalgia, stress reduction.

mamaroneCkthe yoga SanCtuaryellen patrick, one depot plz., Mamaroneck, nY, 10543 p (914) 381-9642 [email protected] Yogasanctuary.net

The Yoga Sanctuary, an oasis for vitality and

tranquility, offers yoga, Pilates and massage.

Specialty yoga classes include kids’, prenatal,

restorative and live music.

maSSapequaom tara yoga StudioJacquie deFlorio-reid, debra Monaco, Maria Yakkey, 577 Broadway, Massapequa, nY, 11758 p (516) 456-0403 [email protected] omtarayoga.com

Peaceful sanctuary offering multi-level classes.

Influences: Iyengar, Kundalini, vinyasa.

Prenatal, YogaKids, private classes, workshops,

Pilates, “Freedom Yoga” for women with

cancer, qi gong, knitting and yoga.

monteBelloindian roCk yogapauline Kalish, cindy Mcdowell, laura schneider, 18 indian rock plz., rte. 59, Montebello, nY, 10901 p (845) 357-0459 [email protected] indianrockyoga.com

A nurturing environment for yoga practice;

offering a full schedule of classes for students of

all levels. Private instruction and yoga therapy

available.

neW york CityaShtanga Sadhana nyC lori Brungard, 12 st. Marks pl., no. 4r new York city, nY, 10003 p (646) 319-5988 [email protected] ashtangasadhana.com

Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’ Mysore-style Ashtanga

Yoga with Lori Brungard, authorized by

KPJAYI. Students learn the breath-initiated

sequence individually, according to their needs.

the atma Center of yoga and healing Katherine Brewster, rYt, csYt 500, 890 W. end ave., ste. 4e, new York city, nY, 10025 p (212) 222-9859 [email protected] souls-alive.org

Honor body, mind and spirit. Reconnect with

your soul’s passion. Release deep muscular

tension. Svaroopa ® yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga

Therapy, Embodyment ®, Reiki.

Beyond Body mind SpiritMichele risa, 10 park ave., new York city, nY, 10016 p (212) 889-4986 [email protected] BeyondBodyMindspirit.com

Too busy? Prefer your own space? Need daily

push? Revolutionary dial-up yoga at home, with

hundreds of others via phone, plus easy-to-

follow video, 365 days a year.

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Body and Mind Builders78 reade st., new York city, nY, 10007 p (212) 587-1099 F (212) [email protected] bodyandmindbuilders.com

Eco-friendly wellness and learning center

catering to adults and children. Yoga, Pilates

mat, meditation, tai chi, qi gong, body

works, supervision of children and academic

enrichment.

Chair yoga With sandisandi Jacobs, e-rYt 500, new York city, nY, 10075 p (212) 249-4856 [email protected] chairYogaWithsandi.com

The Manhattan-based program Chair Yoga

with Sandi is brought directly to the client.

Chair yoga is beneficial for anyone with limited

mobility.

exhaleanna carbonell, 150 central park, s., new York city, nY, 10019 p (212) 249-3000 [email protected] exhalespa.com






exhaleanna carbonell, 980 Madison ave., new York city, nY, 10075 p (212) 249-3000 F (212) [email protected] exhalespa.com






exhaleanna carbonell, 68-70 spring st., new York city, nY, 10012 p (212) 249-3000 [email protected] exhalespa.com



breath, inner/outer alignment, strength and

flexibility for rejuvenating, results-oriented

effects.

exhale at the gansevoort neW yorkanna carbonell, 18 ninth ave., new York city, nY, 10014 p (212) 660-6733 [email protected] exhalespa.com

Exhale’s Core Fusion ®, Core Fusion ® Sport,

Core Energy Flow ® and music/yoga flow

classes integrate breath, inner/outer alignment,

strength and flexibility for rejuvenating, results-

oriented effects.

integral yoga instituteswami ramananda, swami chidananda, Kali Morse,227 W. 13th st., new York city, nY, 10011 p (212) 929-0586 F (212) [email protected] iyiny.org

Daily hatha classes for every body, beginner

to advanced, teacher trainings, spiritual study

groups, kirtan and workshops, all in a newly

renovated, traditional yogic setting.

JivaMukti yoga® sChoolsharon gannon, david life, 841 Broadway, 2nd Fl., new York city, nY, 10003 p (212) 353-0214 F (212) [email protected] jivamuktiyoga.com

The Jivamukti Yoga Schools are places for

spiritual gatherings, offering a vigorous form of

hatha yoga, integrating chanting, asana, music,

meditation, devotion and yoga philosophy

into every class. Emphasizing source teachings

such as the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali and the

Upanishads. Beginner to advanced levels.

Includes cafe and eco-boutique.

JosChi yoga loungeJoschi schwarz, 163 W. 23rd st., 5th Fl., new York city, nY, 10011 p (212) 399-6307 F (212) [email protected] joschinyc.com

A fun, dynamic and accessible program of

creative, powerful vinyasa yoga and progressive,

forward-thinking Pilates. Classes, private

and semi-private sessions, workshops, Yoga

Alliance teacher training.

liza lairdnew York city, nY, 10009 p (646) 845-9147 [email protected] lizalaird.com

Liza teaches private, group and corporate

classes focused on alignment, balance and

ensuring an energetic cardiovascular workout

that reconnects mind and body.

laughing lotus yoga Center Jasmine tarkeshi, dana Flynn, 59 W. 19th st., 3rd Fl., new York city, nY, 10011 p (212) 414-2903 [email protected] laughinglotus.com

Welcome to the cosmic playground, where

your yoga practice is a creative celebration of

life. All of our ecstatic vinyasa yoga classes,

inspired workshops, cosmic kirtans and our

celebrated 200-hour teacher training are

designed to liberate the spirit and awaken the

heart to its true loving nature.

Judy nayer340 e. 80th st., new York city, nY, 10075 p 212 535-3143 [email protected] sacredhealingyoga.com

Private yoga teacher specializing in restorative

yoga will help you set up your own practice and

give you the empowering gifts of self-healing

and balance.

oM yoga Center cyndi lee, 826 Broadway, 6th Fl., new York city, nY, 10003 p (212) 254-9642 F (212) [email protected] oMyoga.com

Make new friends, get inspired, develop

strength and firm up nicely. Because of our

focus on alignment, you will feel safe. Because

of our focus on vinyasa, you’ll get sweaty.

Because of our focus on mindfulness you’ll

develop stability, clarity and curiosity. 120+

classes/week, creative workshops, Buddhist

studies and more.

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Pilates shoP/Yoga garage2805 Broadway, new York city, nY, 10025 p (212) 316-9164 [email protected] psygnyc.com

We bring yoga to you! Yoga at home/yoga

at work. Hatha yoga tailored to individual

needs with emphasis on breath, alignment and

mindfulness.

Prenatal Yoga Centerdeb Flashenberg, nikita Maxwell, Jyothi larson,251 W. 72nd st., ste. 2F, new York city, nY, 10023 p (212) 362-2985 F (212) [email protected] prenatalYogacenter.com

The Prenatal Yoga Center specializes in pre-/

postnatal yoga, Mommy and Me, music for

babies, infant massage, plus workshops and

events for new and expectant parents.

Pure Yoga203 e. 86th st., new York city, nY, 10028 p (212) 360-1888pureyoga.com

Named “Best Yoga” by New York Magazine,

Pure Yoga’s two uptown locations bring a new

level of yoga experience to Manhattan: the

city’s most sought-after teachers, over 100

classes a week across 27 styles of yoga, master

classes led by world-renowned instructors, and

a community-building series of workshops and

events.

Pure Yoga

204 W. 77th st., new York city, nY, 10024 p (212) 877-2025pureyoga.com

Named “Best Yoga” by New York Magazine,

Pure Yoga’s two uptown locations bring a new

level of yoga experience to Manhattan: the

city’s most sought-after teachers, over 100

classes a week across 27 styles of yoga, master

classes led by world-renowned instructors, and

a community-building series of workshops and

events.

ellen saltonstallellen saltonstall, 17 e. 16th st. no. 5, new York city, nY, 10003 p (212) 727-7288 F (212) [email protected] mohiniyoga.com

Experienced certified Anusara, all levels of

classes, specialty in therapeutics, sensitive

to individual needs. Privates, workshops,

anatomy-therapy and teacher trainings. Kinetic

Awareness therapeutic ball work.

the shalaKristin leigh, Barbara verrochi, 815 Broadway, 2nd Fl., new York city, nY, 10003 p (212) 979-9988 [email protected] theshala.com

Certified teachers focus on intelligent

sequencing in rigorous vinyasa-style format,

blending asana, chanting, meditation. Also

led/Mysore Ashtanga, beginners, by donation,

retreats, kirtan and meditation.

unnata aerial YogaMichelle dortignac, new York city, nY, 10011 p (646) 205-3210 [email protected] aerialYoga.com

Unnata ® is New York City’s original Aerial

Yoga class. Gravity inspires intense stretches,

deep muscle release, spinal realignment and

relaxation. Aerial, yes, and absolutely yoga.

World Yoga Centerrudrani Brown, 265 W. 72nd st., 2nd Fl., new York city, nY, 10023 p (212) 787-4908 [email protected] worldyogacenter.com

A beautiful Upper West Side oasis of Anusara

Yoga with a welcoming atmosphere founded

in 1972 offering a variety of classes for all levels:

restorative yoga, basics, therapeutics, fertility,

private training, workshops, Immersions,

meditation classes, kirtans, satsangs, summer

and fall retreats and Yoga Alliance-certified

200-hour teacher certification program.

Yoga union™alison West, deborah Wolk, robin thorpe, 32 W. 28th st., 4th Fl., new York city, nY, 10001 p (212) 889-8643 [email protected] yogaunion.com

Yoga Union™ offers dynamic, original,

well-informed basic/intermediate/teachers’

classes emphasizing breath and alignment and

founded on YU Principles of Practice. Basic

to challenging poses, pranayama, meditation.

Therapeutics: yoga for backcare, scoliosis,

diabetes, asthma, depression, anxiety. Private

instruction, workshops, lectures. “Gold

Standard” (TONY) 200-/300-hour teacher

trainings. Director: Alison West.

Yoga union Center for BaCkCare & sColiosisalison West, deborah Wolk, Wendy Baranello, eve Holbrook,32 W. 28th st., 4th Fl., new York city, nY, 10001 p (212) 532-1512 [email protected] yogaunionbackcare.com

The Yoga Union Center for Backcare &

Scoliosis, dedicated to helping you, offers

safe, focused classes by experienced teachers

for students of all ages with back problems,

from disk herniation to scoliosis and full spinal

fusion. Therapeutic classes include backcare,

womens’ classes, restorative. See website for

details, schedules, testimonials, workshops.

YogaWorks doWntoWn Jackie Bruncaj, 138 Fifth ave., 4th Fl., new York city, nY, 10011 p (212) 647-9642 F (212) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Changing rooms with showers.

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YogaWorks EastsidE Jackie Bruncaj, 1319 third ave., 2nd Fl., new York city, nY, 10021 p (212) 650-9642 F (212) [email protected] yogaworks.com



private yoga, yoga advisors, workshops, retreats


YogaWorks MidtoWn Brooke sodowsky, 160 e. 56th street, 12th Fl., new York city, nY, 10022 p (212) 935-9642 F (212) [email protected] yogaworks.com




training.

YogaWorks soholiana sheintal, 459 Broadway, (at grand st.), new York city, nY, 10013 p (646) 442-6207 [email protected] yogaworks.com




training. Locker rooms with showers and tea

lounge.

YogaWorks WEstsidE Brendan gibbons, 37 W. 65th st., 4th Fl., new York city, nY, 10023 p (212) 769-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com




teacher training. Locker rooms and showers.

north salEMBasil JonEs YogaBasil Jones, 2 Keeler ln., Union Hall, north salem, nY, 10560 p (646) 338-9299 [email protected] basilyoga.com

Vinyasa :Yoga Philosophy: Workshops.

Northern Westchester, NY. Musically infused,

spiritually driven yoga classes for all levels.

Group classes and private instruction.

nYackthE nYack Yoga cEntEr in thE nEW agE cEntErpaula renuka Heitzner, e-rYt 500, 1 s. Broadway, nyack, nY, 10960 p (845) 356-5613 [email protected] yoga4you.com

Ongoing classes, mixed levels, Western body/

mind modalities combined with yoga to create

synergy of East and West. 200-/500-hour

teacher training available, Y.A.-approved.

ossiningYoga tEachErs associationlauri nemetz, M.a., adtr, e-rYt, lcat, sylvia samilton-Baker, M.a., rYt, 72 Underhill rd., ossining, nY, 10562 [email protected] ytayoga.com/index.html

Yoga teachers created the Yoga Teachers

Association in 1979. This nonprofit

organization is based in Westchester, NY, with

over 200 members. Visit ytayoga.com/index.

html for more information.

Port WashingtonoM sWEEt oM Yogagail grossman, rYt, cYKt, lisa Bondy, rYt, 37 ave. a, port Washington, nY, 11050 p (516)944-9642 F (516)[email protected] omsweetomyoga.com

Beautiful multi-studio center. Over 50 weekly

classes. Ishta, hatha/vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar,

gentle, restorative, YogaKids, Mom & Baby,

pre-/postnatal, parties, workshops, teacher

trainings.

rEgo Parkdilshad kEshWani62-82 saunders st., no. 5d, rego park, nY, 11374 p (646) 675-7351 [email protected] restoreyoga.com

Ishta Yoga 500-hour, therapeutic and

restorative-trained. Teaches at YogaWorks,

etc. Specializes in meditation workshops,

gentle yoga, privates; hosts four retreats in

India per year.

rochEstEroPEn skY Yoga cEntErFrançois raoult, 19 Birch crescent, rochester, nY, 14607 p (585) 244-0782 [email protected] openskyYoga.com

Classes and seminars in the creative spirit of

B.K.S. Iyengar. Retreats in Greece, France and

India. 200-hour essential yoga teacher training

in Rochester. See website for details.

rockvillE cEntrEMariannE Bochilo, rYt 200rockville centre, nY, 11570 p (516) 984-9644 [email protected] http://web.me.com/peacfulyogini/site

Women’s breast cancer survivor gentle

yoga classes in Malverne, NY. More info at

yogapolarity.com. Other yoga classes available

including group and privates.

sag harBorrodnEY YEE and collEEn saidMan YEErodney Yee, colleen saidman Yee, sag Harbor, nY, 11963 p (510) 844-9500 [email protected] yeeyoga.com

Rodney and Colleen teach workshops, retreats

and teacher trainings worldwide. They are

key faculty for the Urban Zen Integrative

Therapist and yoga teacher trainings in NYC,

and have created the Gaiam Online Yoga Club

(gaiamyogaclub.com). They teach at Yoga

Shanti (Sag Harbor, NY; yogashanti.com)

and Piedmont Yoga Studio (Oakland, CA;

piedmontyoga.com).

Yoga shanticolleen saidman Yee, ann Fristoe stewart, 32 Bridge st., p.o. Box 2642, sag Harbor, nY, 11963 p (631) 725-6424 [email protected] yogashanti.com

Named “The Hamptons Yoga Studio” by

New York Magazine. Yoga Shanti-style yoga

is an eclectic blend, influenced by Jivamukti,

Rodney Yee, Iyengar and Ashtanga.

WEstfiEld thE studio at PantErradariel Woltz, Michael Woltz, Westfield, nY, 14787 p (716) 326-3993 F (716) [email protected] studiopanterra.com

Experienced registered teacher (500), school

(200). 28 years’ experience. Primarily Iyengar,

Kripalu influences. Classes for all levels, private

sessions, workshops. Movement therapist.

Secluded, pristine setting.

WoodBurYaBsolutE Yoga studioleslie luft, 1 guilles ln., Woodbury, nY, 11797p (516) 682-9642 F (516) [email protected] absoluteyogastudio.com

Beautiful studio with two practice rooms

offering 50+ classes per week from beginner to

advanced levels. Also offering children’s, pre-/

postnatal, gentle/restorative yoga and Pilates.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nnew york—oregonYoga Teachers & Studios

WoodstockWoodstock YogaBarbara Boris, Mountain view studio, Woodstock, nY, 12498 p (845) 679-3728 [email protected] woodstockyoga.net

Alignment-based yoga classes, privates,

workshops, pranayama, restorative, advanced

study groups. Woodstock and Rhinebeck

locations. Studied five times at Ramamani

Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India.

YorktoWn HeigHtsann Justi1992 commerce st., no. 203, Yorktown Heights, nY, 10598 p (914) 318-6972 F (914) [email protected]

Private lessons in hatha, Anusara, Kundalini,

Tantra, and modified (adaptive/rehabilitation)

yoga. Background in nursing and dance. Nine

years of study experience.

north carolinaBurlingtonom sHanti Yogasusan Hearn, Mary Faucette, 422 Huffman Mill rd., ste. 204, Burlington, nc, 27215 p (336) 584-0301 F (336) [email protected] omshantiyoga.org

Classes available for students of all levels.

Most are vinyasa-based with an emphasis on

alignment. Primary styles include Ashtanga,

Iyengar and Anusara.

cHapel Hill

triangle Yogatracy Bogart, e-rYt 500, 930 Martin luther King Jr. Blvd., chapel Hill, nc, 27514 p (919) 933-9642 [email protected] triangleyoga.com

In our beautifully sunlit studios we offer

Chapel Hill’s finest yoga teachers, bodywork,

weekend workshops with master teachers and

YogaWorks teacher training intensives every

summer. We provide a wide variety of yoga

styles seven days a week, 365 days a year.

gastoniaJudY BlankensHip, ma, erYt500, reiki masterJudy Blankenship, Ma, erYt500, reiki master, 1267 cambridge st., gastonia, nc, 28054 p (704) 867-7176 [email protected]

Certified all levels. Integral yoga. Breathe,

stretch, strengthen, focus, balance, heal.

Group, private, therapeutic, workshops,

meditation, relaxation. Nationally registered

yoga teacher.

greensBoromind|BodY|fitness Yogaandrea dyer, rYt 500, 2949 Battleground ave., greensboro, nc, 27408 p (336) 392-9224 [email protected] mindbodyfitnessyoga.com

Tranquil, eco-friendly studio offering

Ashtanga, vinyasa flow, Anusara, Yin, insight

meditation, restorative practices. All levels.

A.M./P.M. classes. Monthly workshops. Find

yourself at MBFY! Inquire within.

raleigHBlue lotus Yoga & movement artsJill sockman, director, e-rYt, 401 n. West street, no. 105, raleigh, nc, 27603 p (919) 831-2583 [email protected] bluelotusnc.com

Our eco-friendly urban sanctuary offers a full

schedule of classes for all levels: vinyasa, Yin,

restorative, foundations, stretch, meditation &

more. Teacher trainings, workshops.

raleigH Yoga center christopher a. Moore, r.n., e-rYt 500, Jane B. Barrett, e-rYt 500, Kirsten Bachmann, 619 oberlin rd., raleigh, nc, 27605 p (919) 856-1390 [email protected] raleighyoga.com

Raleigh’s oldest and finest yoga school.

Daytime and evening introductory and

continuing classes in the Iyengar tradition.

Integrated health care: neuromuscular,

acupressure and yoga therapy.

ohiocanal WincHester fitness firmcolleene Weiser, 19 e. Waterloo st., canal Winchester, oH, 43110 p (614) 834-4027 F (614) [email protected] fitnessfirmcw.com

Fitness Firm has the yoga that suits your

lifestyle and caters to your skill level. A non-

competitive atmosphere, guided by respected

and qualified yogis.

cincinnatiWorld peace Yoga & motion studioWorld peace Jubilee event, anna Ferguson, 268 ludlow avenue, cincinnati, oH, 45220 p (513) 300-9642 [email protected] WorldpeaceYoga.com

200/500-hour Certification, Classes, &

Workshops for all ages, Private Sessions,

Philosophy, World Peace Diet, Spiritual

Activism; Offering Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Yin,

Taoist, Pre/Postnatal & Kids Yoga.

columBusYoga on HigHMarcia Miller, e-rYt 500, Martha Marcom, e-rYt 500, linda oshins, e-rYt 500, 1081 n. High st., columbus, oH, 43201 p (614) 291-4444 [email protected] yogaonhigh.com

Seventy classes/week, all levels Ashtanga, hatha,

including prenatal yoga. Teacher training (RYS

200 and 500). Workshops include Tim Miller,

Rodney Yee, Maty Ezraty, David Swenson.

Woodmereevolution Yoga studios & Boutiquesandy gross, 28601 chagrin Blvd., (inside the Boutique Mall at eton), Woodmere, oH, 44122 p (216) 595-9642 [email protected] evoyoga.com

Voted “Best Of” by Northern Ohio Live. 50

weekly classes, 17 teachers. Vinyasa, OM

Yoga, Anusara, Bikram, restorative, prenatal,

kids’, beginners’; teacher trainings; boutique;

showers.

oregonotisBasic YogaM-c cuthill, 750 n. echo Mountain rd., p.o. Box 178, otis, or, 97368 p (541) 994-6721 F (541) [email protected] basicyoga-mc.com

(Iyengar-based) Explore ‘how yoga works,’ the

biomechanics of body and mind, in magical

sylvan setting. Emphasis on personalized

yoga therapy: individuals, small groups and

workshops.

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PortlandGudmestad YoGa studio Julie gudmestad, 3903 s.W. Kelly ave., ste. 210, portland, or, 97239 p (503) 223-8157 F (503) [email protected] gudmestadyoga.com

Julie Gudmestad, P.T., and associate teachers

have integrated decades of physical therapy and

Iyengar Yoga experience to provide a safe and

supportive environment for healing of injuries,

enhancing athletic performance, and expanding

your yoga practice. Weekly classes, workshops

and individual sessions.

HolidaY’s HealtH & Fitness YoGaHoliday Johnson, director national teens Yoga program, e-rYt, Hawthorne Wellness center, 3016 n.e. 27th ave., portland, or, 97212 p (503) 224-8611 [email protected] holidaysyogacenter.com

Drawing on three decades of teaching

experience, Holiday assists students with

developing personalized yoga practices.

Trained in hatha, Iyengar, vinyasa, Ashtanga,

and more. Weekly classes, workshops, retreats,

and teacher training for all ages and levels.

Holiday is the Director of the National Teen

Yoga Program “Standing on Your Own Two

Feet.”

YoGa Pearlalice Boyd, Jennifer Hayes, 525 n.W. davis st., portland, or, 97209 p (503) 525-9642 [email protected] yogapearl.com

Vinyasa and Power Vinyasa, led Ashtanga

and Mysore, hatha, Yin, prenatal and Pilates

mat classes from beginner to advanced. We

offer basic and advanced yoga teacher training

programs and ongoing workshops. Visit our

boutique for clothing and props, and our

healing arts center for massage, acupuncture,

craniosacral, Ayurveda and more.

scaPPoosetHe YoGa loFtchristine eisenschmidt, rYt, gary domby, d.c., d.i.B.a.K., rYt, 52485 s.W. First st. scappoose, or, 97056 p (503) 397-0012 [email protected] yogaloft.com

Eclectic-style hatha yoga. Bright, cheerful

studio with friendly, supportive atmosphere.

Beginners and drop-ins always welcomed.

Occasional workshops. Private lessons

available. Please visit our website.

pennsylvaniaindianasunFlower YoGa studioJill M. Fiore, 580 philadelphia st., ste. 104, indiana, pa, 15701 p (724) 388-6327 [email protected] sunfloweryogastudio.com

Offering a variety of classes for all levels in a

beautiful, relaxing space. Choose from various

styles of yoga, tai chi, belly dancing and Pilates.

PittsburGHbYs YoGa, llcKristi s. rogers, rYt, 1113 e. carson st., 3rd Floor, pittsburgh, pa, 15203 p (412) 481-9642 [email protected] bys-yoga.com

Awareness-Discovery-Realization. “Become

Your Self.” Welcoming environment in

historic South Side offering multi-level yoga

classes daily, workshops and special events

monthly.

scHoolHouse YoGaleta Koontz, Monique richards, 2401 smallman st., pittsburgh, pa, 15222 p (412) 401-4444 [email protected] schoolhouseyoga.com

Four locations: Squirrel Hill, Shadyside,

South Side, Strip District. Classes: Ashtanga,

Kundalini, Yin, Flow, Prenatal, Kids, Mommy

& Me, Gentle, Doga, Plus-size, Ayurvedic

consultations.

soutHamPtonPrasad YoGaMichelle synnestvedt, 516 2nd street pike, 2nd Fl., southampton, pa, 18966 p (215) 355-3224 [email protected] prasadyoga.com

An Anusara studio serving all levels of students.

We offer daily classes, privates, immersion

programs, teacher trainings, workshops,

therapeutic massage, injury rehab and

homeopathic consultation.

waYnedonna debs donna debs, 570 Barton ln., Wayne, pa, 19087 p (610) 341-0434 F (610) [email protected] donnadebsyoga.com

Iyengar Yoga with an experienced, certified

teacher in a fully equipped private studio. Small

classes offer one-on-one help in a challenging,

supportive, friendly environment.

YorkeiGHt stones YoGa studiodavid lee Horwitz, tana Martin, 2805 eastern Blvd., York, pa, 17402 p (717) 840-4183 [email protected] eightstonesyoga.com

Daily hatha yoga classes, workshops, SRF

meditation services, social and musical events.

Various styles taught in a quiet and serene

setting. Certified and Registered teachers.

rhode islandbristolbristol YoGa studio580 Wood st., p.o. Box 1219, Bristol, ri, 02809 p (401) 569-0147 [email protected] bristolyogastudio.com

Bristol Yoga Studio offers many types of

classes: gentle, all-levels and vinyasa; as well as

specialty classes: hot yoga, yoga and Ayurveda,

and prenatal.

narraGansettnatural Fitness YoGa gina raheb, e-rYt 500, 76 narragansett ave., narragansett, ri, 02882 p (401) 783-9229 [email protected] naturalfitnessyoga.com

Yoga classes daily: basic, advanced and heated.

Personal training: yoga, Pilates, weight training.

Morning yoga everyday on Narragansett Beach,

June through September. Must see website!

Peace daleYoGa scHool oF soutH countYrichard toohey, e-rYt, rose russo, e-rYt, 1058 Kingstown rd., peace dale office Building, peace dale, ri, 02879 p (401) 782-9511 [email protected] makeitsoyoga.com

RYS 500. Daily Mysore and basics classes. We

teach well-being through practice, meditation

and walking. Learn “enlightened walking.”

Atlantic Ocean nearby. Very experienced

teachers.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nrhode island—texasYoga Teachers & Studios

Providenceeyes of the World yoga centertom gillette, p.o. Box 2450 providence, ri, 02906 p (401) 295-5002 [email protected] innerhappiness.com

Warm, transcendent vinyasa yoga. Thoughtful,

balanced, and effective. Interesting topics

by well-trained teachers. An East Coast yoga

destination. Must see website.

south carolinacharlestonholy coW yoga centertrace sahaja Bonner, e-rYt 500, Kat Hendrix, phd, e-rYt 200, 10 Windermere Blvd., charleston, sc, 29407 p (843) 769-2269 [email protected] holycowyoga.com

40 ongoing yoga classes, seven days/week.

Drop-in visitors welcome. Multidiscipline,

vinyasa and gentle/restorative. Also, monthly

workshops, 200-hour teacher training and

advanced studies program.

greenvilleit’s yoga! studio inc.Kristi ried Barton, rYt, tiffany Massey, rYt, 1440 pelham rd., ste. g, greenville, sc, 29615 p (864) 354-2882 [email protected] itsyogastudio.com

National Yoga Alliance school. Teacher

training/in-depth studies; classes, personal

sessions, corporate, meditation; workshops/

retreats; Ayurveda; life coaching; pre-/

postnatal; therapeutic/recovery; core

strengthening/fitness training.

tennesseeKnoxvillethe gloWing Body711 irwin st., Knoxville, tn, 37917 p (865) 545-4088 [email protected] glowingbody.net

The Glowing Body & Bowl is a yoga studio

and high energy cafe located near downtown

Knoxville. Visit our website for class schedules

and menus!

MeMPhisBetter Bodies yogaKaren Moss, 692 W. Brookhaven cir., Memphis, tn, 38117 p (901) 767-Yoga F (901) [email protected] BetterBodiesYoga.com

Teaching hatha yoga in a beautiful, tranquil

new facility. All levels, open seven days a week.

Instructors are certified at 200 hours and

above.

nashvillehot yoga nashvillepJ Brown, 2214 elliston pl., nashville, tn, 37203 p (615) 321-8828 [email protected] hotyoganashville.com

Rated No. 1 by Nashville Scene. Perfect

midtown location. Hatha, hot, Power, vinyasa,

private lessons, teacher training, workshops

and corporate wellness programs. All classes for

all levels.

Kali yuga yogaleah lillios, Blair rowan, 1011 Fatherland st., nashville, tn, 37206 p (615) 260-5361 [email protected] kaliyugayoga.com

We believe yoga heals the body from injury,

illness and misuse, and repairs tissues for

optimal health. Specializing in vinyasa, hot yoga

and restorative classes. Welcome!

one 2 yogaJan thrasher, 223 donelson pike, nashville, tn, 37214 p (615) 884-9021 [email protected] one2yoga.com

Welcoming atmosphere. Combination of

classical/contemporary styles of hatha yoga.

Classes include gentle, beginners, vinyasa,

prenatal and seniors. Tea bar and yoga store

open daily.

sanctuary for yoga, Body and sPirittom larkin, daphne larkin, 3902 Hillsboro pike, nashville, tn, 37215 p (615) 297-8797 [email protected] sanctuaryforyoga.com

Nashville’s oasis for the transformative

experience of vinyasa flow yoga. Sanctuary

welcomes all levels of students to begin,

grow, or renew. Classes, workshops, privates,

boutique, teacher training.

texasaddison (north dallas)

dynaMic PoWer yoga Plus! By suze curtis4951 airport pkwy., ste. 590, addison (north dallas), tX, 75001 p (972) 934-3905 [email protected] dynamicpoweryogaplus.com

Practiced in heat, DPYP! (Hot Power Yoga)

is a fun, transformational, muscle-building,

fat-burning, stress-releasing, cardiovascular

practice, balancing the powerful elements of

the asana with the ancient healing science of

vibration. All levels: beginners to seasoned

practitioners. ”Enjoy feeling and you CAN

heal.” Suze

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Austin

YogA YogAMehtab Benton, guru Karam Benton, rich (raghurai) goldstein,2167 W. anderson ln., austin, tX, 78757 p (512) 380-9800yogayoga.com

Yoga for moms, dads, freaks, geeks, athletes

and amateurs. Over 100 registered teachers

and over 350 weekly classes at five Austin

locations. Classes in hatha, Kundalini,

Ashtanga, pre-/postnatal, restorative and more.

Also offering specialized workshops, events

with internationally renowned yoga masters,

and Yoga Alliance-registered teacher training

programs.

DAllAsDAllAs YogA Centerdavid sunshine, carla rudiger, Jessica o’Keefe,4525 lemmon ave., 3rd Fl., dallas, tX, 75219 p (214) 443-9642 [email protected] dallasyogacenter.com

With 60 classes weekly, DYC offers a

rich mixture of yoga, yoga philosophy and

meditation. Iyengar, Ashtanga, Shanti,

vinyasa. Workshops, teacher training and yoga

boutique.

exhAleKaren greatti, 5300 e. Mockingbird ln., dallas, tX, 75206 p (214) 370-5800 F (214) [email protected] exhalespa.com






rAnjAnA’s YogA & BoDYworksranjana pallana, claude grimes, Kay Morrison, Maggie Metzinger, John Watson, cheryl osborn, Jennifer theis, 13614 Midway rd., ste.101, dallas, tX, 75244 p (972) 233-4377 [email protected] ranjanasYoga.com

Hatha yoga, emphasis on traditional styles.

Yoga, tai chi, meditation. Other services:

massages, body glow, and shirodhara. 50 years

of teaching experience.

el PAsowest texAs YogA For liFe carol carnes Johnson, 111 rio Flor st., el paso, tX, 79912 p (915) 490-6013 [email protected] westtexasyogaforlife.com

Iyengar Yoga for beginners on through

advanced students, offered at our studio

on beautiful wood floors. Join our friendly

community. Eastside El Paso classes, also.

Flower MounD ProACtiveworx YogA AnD wellness Center Kristi taylor, Jessica springfield, 3100 peters colony rd., ste. 300, Flower Mound, tX, 75022 p (972) 539-1511 [email protected] proactiveworx.com

We are a Baptiste affiliate studio, offering

Power Yoga and AcroYoga, located seven

miles north of DFW Airport in Flower Mound,

Texas. Visit us! proactiveworx.com

gArlAnDAwAken with YogAcarol a. stall, e-rYt 500, 3109 High plateau dr., garland, tX, 75044 p (469) 441-7064 [email protected] awakenwithyoga.us

Yoga classes and workshops based on the

teachings of Donna Farhi and Vanda Scaravelli.

Yoga Alliance-registered Scaravelli Yoga

teacher training. North Dallas, Richardson,

Plano.

houstonhAthA YogA stuDiosrobert Boustany, sam evers, aaron Hartung,3788 richmond ave., central presbyterian church, Houston, tX, 77007 p (713) 292-6559 [email protected] Byoga.com

All levels, start any time. Hatha yoga: Forrest,

Ashtanga, vinyasa, yoga for athletes and

Pralaya. Friendly, very well-trained instructors.

Teacher training in U.S. and Europe.

jennYogA: live. BreAthe. Do YogA.Jennifer Buergermeister, 3641-c Westheimer rd., (at timmons), Houston, tX, 77027 p (713) 839-9642 F (713) [email protected] jennyoga.com

“Live. Breathe. Do yoga.” Jennyoga is a Y.A.-

approved yoga studio and school in the heart

of Houston River Oaks. Premiering the Texas

Yoga Conference February 19 -20, 2010.

joY YogA CenterJoy Winkler, 4500 Washington ave., ste. 900, Houston, tX, 77007 p (713) 868-9642 F (713) [email protected] JoyYogacenter.com

“Find your joy!” Join us for joyful, exhilarating

vinyasa yoga classes at our beautiful facility,

now expanded to include traditional Chinese

medicine and massage therapy.

killeensevikA linDA wArD, MBA, CYi, rYtsevika linda Ward, MBa, cYi, rYt, Killeen, tX, 76548 p (254) 699-6908 [email protected]

Georgetown-Temple-Killeen locations.

Integral Hatha Yoga, all levels. Meditation

& kundalini process guidance. Certified

professional, experienced. 15 yrs. Taught in

India. Provides individual attention. Gently

effective.

luBBoCkluBBoCk YogAstephanie studler, 3135 34th st., lubbock, tX, 79410 p (806) 771-9539 [email protected] lubbockyoga.com

Classes, workshops, 200-hour Yoga Alliance

teacher training, eight-week beginners’

series. Three Kripalu-certified teachers;

other influences include Ashtanga, Anusara,

Kundalini, Yin, Baptiste and Sivananda.

sAn AntonionYDiA’s YogA therAPYnydia tijerina darby, Ms, pt, 4680 lockhill selma, san antonio, tX, 78249 p (210) 764-1616 F (210) [email protected] nydiasyogatherapy.com

Where physical therapy meets yoga. Hatha

yoga instruction with modifications provided

for beginners, intermediates and advanced.

Group/private/yoga therapy/workshops/

specialized teacher training.

stePhenvillejAnie PorteleJanie portele, 10683 cr 132, stephenville, tX, 76401 p (254) 968-8917stephenville.com/yoga

Affordable yoga/meditation retreats,

workshops and classes for living better in your

body, being more present and uniting with your

spirit. Country retreat center also available.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nutah—washingtonYoga Teachers & Studios

utahPark CityMiChelle Skally Doilney, rytMichelle skally doilney, rYt, p.o. Box 4557, park city, Ut, 84060 p (435) 640-1206 F (435) [email protected] practicalenvironments.com

Michelle Skally Doilney is a certified yoga

instructor, practicing Himalayan Tradition

hatha yoga and meditation since 1997. Contact

for individualized or group instruction and

lectures.

virginiaalexanDria

Pure Prana yoga StuDionatasha Hennessy, M.s., rYt 500, 100 s. patrick st., alexandria, va, 22314 p (703) 836-7873 F (703) [email protected] pureprana.com

Pure Prana is dedicated to people interested in

learning, exploring and enjoying authentic and

evolving yoga. Our studios are open, warm and

inviting. Our teachers are outstanding, and our

classes and workshops are truly magnificent.

We also offer 200-/500-hour Yoga Alliance-

registered holistic teacher trainings each year.

arlington

Sun anD Moon yoga StuDioamir tahami, rixie dennison, alex levin, 3811 lee Hwy., arlington, va, 22207 p (703) 525-9642 [email protected] sunandmoonstudio.com

Sun and Moon is a leading school of yoga, home

to an exceptional group of highly educated and

dedicated teachers. We offer an eclectic mix

of hatha yoga and Pilates classes, workshops

and teacher trainings to students of all levels.

First class free. Second location: 9998 Main St.,

Fairfax.

unity WooDS yoga CenterJohn schumacher, director, 4001 n. 9th street, suite 105, arlington, va, 22203 p (703) 525-8992 F (301) [email protected] unitywoods.com



tradition. Four locations: Bethesda, MD;

Woodley Park and Tenleytown, DC;

Arlington, VA.

aShburnbriDge to learning FaMily yogavasanthi srinivasan, 44110 ashburn shopping plaza, ste. 136, ashburn, va, 20147 p (703) 726-0077 [email protected] bridgetolearning.net

We inspire and enrich all levels and ages,

building a sense of family and community. We

offer hatha, vinyasa, restorative, kids’, family,

therapeutic, Thai Massage.

briStoWDiSCover healthspencer sossa, Bristow, va, 20136 p (703) 365-2322 [email protected] setyourselffreeyoga.com

Hatha classes or private sessions at our studio

or your home. Together we’ll find what inspires

and motivates you. Discover what lies within…

set yourself free.

hernDonthe health aDvantage yoga Centersusan van nuys, 1041 sterling rd., ste. 202, Herndon, va, 20170 p (703) 435-1571 F (703) [email protected] healthadvantageyoga.com

Hatha yoga in a beautiful, natural-light-filled

center. Daily classes, weekend workshops,

teacher training, adults’, kids’, teens’, prenatal

yoga. All teachers are RYTs.

ManaSSaSthe yoga ConneCtionMarsha Mcclellan, 9126 center st., Manassus, va, 20110 p (703) 330-7799 F (703) [email protected] theyogaconnection.net

Bright, peaceful studio in historic Manassas,

offering hatha yoga using principles of proper

alignment. All levels, all ages. Meditation and

workshops of interest. Certified instructors.

northyoga For all SeaSonSlu spotswood, 41 laughing gull loop, p.o. Box 214, north, va, 23128 p (804) 815-3309 [email protected]

Teaches group hatha and gentle yoga classes

at various locations in Gloucester, Mathews,

and Middlesex counties and offers private yoga

therapy sessions in client’s home.

PotoMaC FallS inner PoWer yogaUrsula cox, tanya Zimmerli, 46090 lake center plz., potomac Falls, va, 20165 p (703) 795-8400 [email protected] inner-power-yoga.com

Vinyasa classes and workshops in the Ashtanga

and Baptiste tradition in a beautiful and serene

studio. All levels are welcome! Strength, grace

and spirit!

reStonbeloveDyogaMaryam ovissi, odisa Walker, ladan Judge, 11872 sunrise valley dr., no. 101, reston, va, 20191 p (703) 860-9642 [email protected] belovedyoga.com

Our yoga is inspired by the breath: grounding

… strengthening … stretching … relaxing.

Offering vinyasa, hatha, beginner, Ashtanga,

prenatal, kids’. 200-/300-hour teacher training.

Second location: Great Falls.

virginia beaChatMa boDha yoga StuDioavery Jones and Zoe Ward, 2728 n. Mall dr., ste. 109, virginia Beach, va, 23452 p (757) 233-9644 [email protected] atmabodhayoga.com

Spiritually uplifting classes for all levels. All

classes include chanting, breath awareness,

guided relaxation and meditation.

washingtonbellevuebikraM yoga bellevueHilarie larson, 626 120th ave., n.e., ste. B101, Bellevue, Wa, 98005 p (425) 637-9642 [email protected] bikramyogabellevue.com

Full-service authorized Bikram center with

100% certified instructors offers therapeutic

hot yoga for beginners through advanced, 49

classes a week, parking and showers onsite.

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Yoga Centersaadil palkhivala, Mirra, 2255 140th ave., n.e., ste. F, Bellevue, Wa, 98005 p (425) 746-7476 [email protected] yogacenters.com

The home of Purna Yoga™, teaching mind,

body, and emotions how to be at home with

the spirit. Voted “Best Yoga Studio” for yoga,

meditation, teacher training.

BellinghamYoga northwestingela abbott, 1440 10th st., Bellingham, Wa, 98225 p (360) 647-0712 [email protected] yoganorthwest.com

The B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Studio of Bellingham.

Founded 1987. Voted “Best Yoga Center”! 35

classes weekly, in our beautiful, peaceful new

studio in historic Fairhaven.

seattle8 limBs Yoga Centersanne phyfe palmer, Melina Meza, Jenny Hayo,500 e. pike st., seattle, Wa, 98122 p (206) 325-8221 F (206) [email protected] 8limbsyoga.com

Award-winning hatha yoga in four Seattle

neighborhoods (Capitol Hill, Phinney Ridge,

Wedgwood, West Seattle) since 1996. 200-

/500-hour teacher training, pre-/postnatal, kids’

camps, retreats and more!

Be luminous YogaMichel eubank spruance, scott Francis, dawn Jansen, 900 lenora st., no. 128, seattle, Wa, 98121 p (206) 682-9642 [email protected] beluminousyoga.com

You are invited to be part of a vibrant

community at Be Luminous Yoga, whether

you live in Seattle or are just passing through.

Providing a full menu of Baptiste Power

Vinyasa classes, complemented with fine-

tuning, dynamic flow, kids’ and men’s classes,

Be Luminous provides a healthy place to grow.

Forrest Yoga teaCher trainingana Forrest, seattle, Wa, 98122p (888) 453-5252 [email protected] forrestyoga.com

Ana Forrest is recognized worldwide as a

pioneer in yoga and emotional healing. Her

focus in Forrest Yoga® is to guide the student

in the sacred exploration of truth, healing, and

the “Great Mystery.” Her approach is unique,

intense and compassionate. Visit forrestyoga.

com for more information and schedules.

home Yoga and wellness Centerterri dyer, Bridgett silva, Kitty Wittkower, 315 First ave., W., seattle, Wa, 98119 p (206) 270-9642 F (206) [email protected] homeyogaseattle.com

Located in the historic lower Queen Anne

area, we offer a variety of styles for all levels.

Daily classes, including hatha, vinyasa flow and

restorative.

samadhi Yoga CenterKathleen Hunt, steve davis, 1205 e. pike st., no. 1B, seattle, Wa, 98122 p (206) 329-4070 F (206) [email protected] samadhi-yoga.com

40+ classes/week: dynamic flow to gentle,

restoratives, pranayama, mantra, chanting

meditation, Kundalini, acro-partner yoga,

Aston-Patterning for yoga, free community

class, satsang and workshops, Vedic astrology,

kirtan, sutra study, teacher training. We share

the magic of yoga to help people attain their

essential state: joy, or samadhi.

shaKti VinYasa Yoga east & westlisa Black avolio, peter avolio, 2238 n.W. Market st., seattle, Wa, 98107 p (206) 297-9642 [email protected] shaktivinyasa.com

Voted best Seattle studio! Baptiste Power

Vinyasa Yoga-affiliated studio. Master

teachers, introductory series, teacher training,

assisting program, Mexico retreat. Visit our

other location in Bellevue.

whole liFe Yoga tracy Weber, 8551 greenwood ave., n., no. 2, seattle, Wa, 98103 p (206) 784-2882 [email protected] wholelifeyoga.com

A beautiful studio in the Viniyoga tradition,

featuring “Yoga for Real People” for all ages

and abilities. Group classes, private instruction,

yoga teacher training available.

the Yoga treetaffy Frost, Jennifer cabanero, Kitty Wittkower,4250 Fremont ave., n., seattle, Wa, 98103 p (206) 545-0316 [email protected] yogatree.com

Established in 1994, The Yoga Tree is one of

the leading yoga schools in Washington, home

to an extraordinary group of highly educated

and dedicated teachers.

wisconsinappletonmidwest power Yoga, llCdebbie Williamson, cYt, e-rYt, robin Hertting, cYt, e-rYt, 2416 W. nordale dr. appleton, Wi, 54914 p (920) 475-5405 F (920) [email protected] [email protected]

Baptiste-affiliate studios in Appleton and

Mequon. 20+ classes weekly, workshops,

privates, parties, corporate, teacher trainings.

Teaching since 1989. See website for details.

YogaBella, llCangie lucas, cYt, 103 e. college ave., ste. 302, appleton, Wi, 54911 p (920) 540-0622 [email protected] myyogabella.com

Our peaceful downtown studio offers hatha/

vinyasa-style classes for all levels, bringing

strength, flexibility, balance and awareness to

the body. Private sessions are also available.

Namaste.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nwisconsin—internationalYoga Teachers & Studios

BrookfieldYogAsYlumpamela Bliss, M.a., Bsn, r.n., e-rYt, 3815 n. Brookfield rd., ste. 101, Brookfield, Wi, 53045 p (262) 781-8102 [email protected] yogasylum.com

At YogAsylum our mission is to awaken the

world by being the world’s leading provider of

top-quality yoga instruction.

CedArBurgYogAone studioMeg galarza, e-rYt, W61 n397a Washington ave., cedarburg, Wi, 53012 p (262) 376-9642 [email protected] yogaonestudio.com

20 minutes north of Milwaukee, offering

an atmosphere that cultivates, inspires and

supports the transformational process of yoga.

State-approved 200 RYT teacher training

program.

kohlerYogA on the lAkepamela laBouve, cYt, rYt, deb sampson, cYt, rYt, 725 B Woodlake rd., Kohler, Wi, 53044 p (920) 453-2817 F (920) [email protected] yoga-on-the-lake.com

Yoga on the Lake studio and boutique features

a serene, heated environment overlooking

Wood Lake in Kohler, Wisconsin. All teachers

are certified through Yoga Alliance. Classes

are available on a drop-in basis and private

instruction is by appointment.

mAdisoninner fire YogA Center for WellnessMarit sathrum, 5003 University ave., Madison, Wi, 53705 p (608) 661-0167 F (608) [email protected] innerfireyoga.com

Wisconsin’s premier hot yoga studio offering

hot yoga, Power Flow, Inner Fire Flow, Yin

Yoga, massage therapy, workshops and teacher

training. Over 60 classes/week.

international

canadaottAWArAmA lotus YogA Centretara cartland, 342 gladstone ave., ottawa, ont, K2p 0Y8 p (613) 234-7974 [email protected] ottawayoga.com

Over 100 weekly, drop-in classes; 14 styles of

yoga; 34 qualified, nurturing teachers; teacher

training; workshops; full yoga boutique. Serving

the community for over 14 years.

torontospYngA®-the YogA And CYCling studio1415 Bathurst st., ste. 302, toronto, ontario, M5r 3H8 p (416) 588-7796 F (416) [email protected] spynga.com

Trademarked Spynga Flow™ class. Classes

range from detox, Power, vinyasa, outdoor,

Yin, prenatal, kids’, and indoor cycling.

Teacher trainings are 200-hour RYT, Yin

Yoga, indoor cycling.

the YogA sAnCtuArYcynthia Funk, Kimberley sopinka, 95 danforth ave., ste. 301, toronto, ont, M4K 1n2 p (416) 461-6161 [email protected] theyogasanctuary.net

Two studios. One pass. Both conveniently

located minutes from the subway. Ashtanga,

hatha, prenatal, Mom and Baby, restorative,

vinyasa, Yin/Yang, Pilates, various teacher

trainings.

the YogA sAnCtuArYcynthia Funk, Kimberley sopinka, 2 college st., ste. 306, toronto, ont, M5g 1K2 p (416) 928-3236 [email protected] theyogasanctuary.net

Two studios. One pass. Both conveniently

located minutes from the subway. Ashtanga,

hatha, prenatal, Mom and Baby, restorative,

vinyasa, Yin/Yang, Pilates, various teacher

trainings.

costa ricanosArA

nosArA YogA institutedon stapleton, phd, amba stapleton, nosara, guanacaste, 50206 p (866) 439-4704 [email protected] nosarayoga.com

Founded in 1994, the institute is dedicated to

preparing professional yoga educators. This

Y.A.-registered school offers yoga teacher

trainings at all levels, expertly designed to

balance experiential inquiry, time in nature’s

classroom and rigorous teacher training.

Founders and directors Amba and Don

Stapleton, PhD, oversee public classes and

institute offerings.

greeceAthensillium-Center of lightJenny colebourne, adriana Zahariou, stavroula Katsina, dimocharous 18, athens, gr 115 21 p 3.02e+11 F [email protected] illium.gr

Small groups. Hatha, Ashtanga, Satyananda,

Tibetan yoga, pre- and postnatal yoga, seminars

and teacher training programs. Pilates,

including teacher training. Reiki, fasciatherapy,

reflexology, chiropody, craniosacral.

indonesiaBAliCAt kABirABali, indonesia 80571 p +62 813 3895 4253 [email protected] catkabira.com

Join Cat Kabira, an internationally known yoga

instructor, for classes and workshops in Bali.

Check out her new DVD,”A Journey To Your

Core Strength.”

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irelandDublinyogarani yogaSPaCERani Sheilagh Dunn, 55 S. King St., 3rd Fl., Dublin, D2, Ireland P +353 86 8192377 [email protected] yogarani.com

yogarani YOGASPACE is Dublin’s premier

yoga studio right in the heart of the Dublin

city center with experienced, enthusiastic and

passionate teachers. Come join us!

singaporeSingaPorECoMo ShaMbhala urban ESCaPEVivienne Spanopoulos, Jay Budai, Samantha Lum,583 Orchard Road, #06-05 Forum The Shopping Mall, Singapore, 238884 P +65 6735 2163 F +65 6413 [email protected] singapore.comoshambhala.bz

Personalized attention provided for Basic to

Intermediate levels: Ashtanga, Hatha, Iyenger,

Kids’ yoga, Pre/post-natal and Pilates. Private

classes,special workshops/retreats and Teacher

Training Courses also available.

swedenStoCkholM

oMyoga SCanDinaviaUlrica Norberg, Sara Granström, Sarah Jonsson, Wallingatan 20-22, Stockholm, Sweden 111 24 P +46 841023990 [email protected] omyoga.se

Omyoga is an organic, beautiful yoga studio

in the center of Stockholm. We offer many

years of experience and excellence in teacher

training, workshops, body treatments, retreats.

Styles: Ashtanga, hatha, flow, vinyasa, detox

vinyasa, therapeutic yoga, chakra yoga, pre-/

postnatal, yoga for children and elders, Yin

Yoga, restorative, Nia, philosophy and theory.

OM!

taiwantaiPEi

SPaCE yogaRocita Huang, Ann Lu, 16th Fl., No. 27, An Ho Road, Section 1, Taipei, C106 P (8862) 2781-6108 F (8862) [email protected] withinspace.com

SPACE is the pause between breaths, Asia’s

premier yoga studio. Currently with two

locations in Taipei, SPACE offers over 200

vinyasa flow, hot, Anusara, Ashtanga, Yin and

restorative classes each week in ten serene

practice rooms. SPACE’s devoted sangha

is committed to inspiring a vibrant yoga

community in Taiwan.

united kingdomlonDonJivaMukti yoga lonDon Manizeh Rimer, 300 Kensal Rd., Units 136-13, London, W10 5BE P +44 208 960 3999 [email protected] jivamuktiyoga.co.uk

Jivamukti Yoga London offers vigorously

physical and intellectually stimulating yoga

classes as well as workshops and performances

by internationally renowned teachers and

artists.

triyogaJonathan Sattin, 6 Erskine Rd., Primrose Hill, London, England NW3 3AJ P +44 207 483 3344 F +44 207 483 3346triyoga.co.uk

UK’s leading yoga studio offers a combination

of the best teachers, broadest range of classes

and styles of yoga, and beautiful studios in three

locations.

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californiaBELMONT

NAMASTAMember Services, 2313 Hastings Dr, Belmont, CA, 94002P (877) 626-2782 F (530) [email protected]

If you are a yoga teacher, studio owner or

mind-body professional, NAMASTA helps you

fi nd abundance, peace of mind, and nurturing

community support. Join now, to access:

affordable liability insurance; a health plan

for yoga teachers, mind-body professionals;

holistic health discounts; free mentoring and

more. Visit www.NAMASTA.com. Call toll-

free: (877) 626-2782.

OAKLAND

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SVAROOPA® YOGAKaya Mindlin, CSYT, RYT 500, Kriyananda Devi, CSYT, RYT 500, Christine Hernandez, CSYT, RYT 500,Oakland, CA, 94618P (415) 847-7084 [email protected]

Discover a therapeutic system of yoga

approachable for beginners and revolutionary

for experienced yogis! Svaroopa® yoga releases

spinal tension through precise angles, props,

and adjustments. As your spine opens, pain

and old patterns dissolve, revealing the bliss of

your being! Visit our website to fi nd teachers,

classes, workshops, trainings and yoga therapy

near you!

new mexicoESPANOLA3HO INTERNATIONAL KUNDALINI YOGA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (IKYTA)Upma Kaur, 6 Narayan Ct., Espanola, NM, 87532P (505) 629-1708 F (424) [email protected]

3HO IKYTA is a global association of

Kundalini Yoga teachers, as taught by Yogi

Bhajan. See our website to fi nd teachers around

the world.

oregonEUGENERECYCLE YOUR MAT Eugene, OR, 97401P (541) 556-9191 [email protected]

Recycle Your Mat provides yoga mat recycling,

upcycling and donation services for yoga

practitioners and studios. Of mats collected in

2008, more than 50% were upcycled and more

than 30% were donated. Visit our website to

search our studio listings, join our network or

learn more about yoga mat recycling

pennsylvaniaLANGHORNECHINMAYA PUBLICATIONSSwami Siddhananda, 560 Bridgetown Pike, Langhorne, PA, 19053-7240P (215) 396-0390 F (215) [email protected]

Swami Chinmayananda’s commentary on

Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, meditation

and life, Ashtavakra Gita, self-unfoldment,

Atmabodha, Narada Bhakti Sutra, Bhaja

Govindam, Vishnu Sahasranamam, Mananam,

children’s books, CD/DVD talks, bhajans,

chants.

texasTHE WOODLANDSANUSARAJohn Friend, 9400 Grogan’s Mill Rd., Ste. 200, The Woodlands, TX, 77380P (888) 398-9642 F (281) [email protected]

Founded by John Friend in 1997, Anusara Yoga

is a school of hatha yoga which unifi es a life-

affi rming Tantric philosophy with Universal

Principles of Alignment.

associations

To find an event in your community go to

yogadayusa.org

Find upwardbliss

with downward dog.

A national celebration

of yoga!

SATURDAY

JAN 23,2010


s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n Teacher Trainings & Workshopsarizona—california

arizonaGlendaleYoGaWorks Teacher TraininG ProGramin partnership with Blissful Yoga, 19420 n. 59th ave., H-800, glendale, aZ, 85308 p (310) 664-6470 x125 [email protected] yogaworks.com

YogaWorks offers the most comprehensive of

teacher training programs for aspiring teachers

and serious students. Our program blends yoga

traditions from East and West, integrating

both into a practical and unique method

that combines vinyasa flow with an emphasis

on alignment and skillful sequencing. Visit

yogaworks.com for information on 200-hour,

300-hour and continuing education programs.

Phoenix

holY YoGaBrooke Boon, dawn rutledge, alisa Keeton, christina Mroz,1334 e. chandler Blvd., no. 5/d-18, phoenix, aZ, 85048 p (866) 737-4659 F (602) [email protected] holyyoga.net

location: phoenix, aZ

Holy Yoga is the nation’s premier style of

Christian yoga. We offer hundreds of Holy

Yoga classes weekly nationwide. Holy Yoga

also offers workshops, retreats, 200-hour,

1000-hour and 20-hour CYT teacher trainings

multiple times annually. Connect to a Holy

Yoga experience today!

californiacorTe maderainsiGhT YoGa insTiTuTesarah powers, paul grilley, patricia sullivan, deer run, corte Madera, ca, 94925 p (408) 728-7902 [email protected] insightyogainstitute.com

location: 35 deer run

Using yoga, Buddhism and spiritual psychology

as our vehicles, the Insight Yoga Institute

offers trainings, retreats, and a 700-hour Yoga

Alliance-registered certificate program (levels

one and two) where students can develop a

body/heart/mind path of awareness that creates

a regular vehicle for insights to occur.

cosTa mesa

YoGaWorks Teacher TraininG ProGram1835 newport Blvd., ste. a-208, costa Mesa, ca, 92627 p (949) 631-7447 [email protected] yogaworks.com










Grass ValleY

siVananda ashram YoGa Farmswami sitaramananda, 14651 Ballantree ln., grass valley, ca, 95949 p (530) 272-9322 F (530) [email protected] sivanandayogafarm.org

location: grass valley, california

Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm is an established

spiritual yoga and meditation retreat on 80

acres in beautiful Northern California. The

daily schedule includes meditation, asanas,

workshops and organic vegetarian food.

We offer certified teacher training courses,

meditation intensives, residential work/

study, and Ayurvedic rejuvenation. Visit

sivanandayogafarm.org or call (530) 272-9322.

la Jolla

la Jolla YoGa cenTer VinYasa and anusara Teacher TraininGJeanie carlstead, Michael Fukumura, erich schiffmann, douglas Brooks, roger cole, 7741 Fay ave., la Jolla, ca, 92037 p (858) 456-2412 F (858) [email protected] lajollayogacenter.com

location: la Jolla, california

200-hour Y.A. vinyasa TT, certified Anusara

immersions/TT (includes unlimited yoga

classes). Beginning January 2010. Lead teachers:

Jeanie Carlstead, E-RYT 500; Michael

Fukumura, certified Anusara instructor.

Master teachers: Erich Schiffmann, Douglas

Brooks, Roger Cole, more. Check website for

visiting master teachers throughout the year in

this beautiful, peaceful seaside yoga center.

teacher trainings & workshops

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Los AngeLes

Thinking Body-FeeLing Mind®linda lack, phd, 1637 s. la cienega Blvd., los angeles, ca, 90035 p (310) 273-4797 F (323) [email protected] lindalack.com

Hatha yoga, movement and yoga therapy,

advanced technique training and injury

resolution for beginning through advanced

movers. Monthly intensives include workshops,

lectures, teaching and learning seminars.

These are attended by seasoned and would-be

teachers or anyone wanting to refine technique,

extend knowledge or immerse themselves in

The Thinking Body-The Feeling Mind®.

yAs TeAcher TrAining ProgrAMKimberly Fowler, 1101 abbot Kinney Blvd., los angeles, ca, 90291 p (310) 396-6993 F (310) [email protected] go2yas.com

location: los angeles

YAS founder Kimberly Fowler has developed a

unique program that combines yoga and indoor

cycling. The YAS teacher training program

provides practical tools that integrate the

essential principles of balance, strength, endur-

ance, power and flexibility, producing teachers

with the highest level of skills and expertise.

Los gATos

The yogAsource 200-hour FLow TeAcher TrAininglinda schlamadinger Mcgrath, Yogasource|los gatos, 15545c los gatos Blvd, los gatos, ca, 95032 p (408) 402-9642 [email protected] yogasourcelosgatos.com

location: los gatos, ca

Follow your dreams and change your life! Enroll

for the most comprehensive, interesting,

challenging and practical training specializing

in flow yoga! It covers everything you need

in order to teach an inspiring flow class like

the ones we’ve perfected here at YogaSource,

Silicon Valley’s premier yoga studio. Y.A.-

registered. Rave reviews online!

MAnhATTAn BeAchMukTi yogA TeAcher TrAiningJulie rader, p.o. Box 967, Manhattan Beach, ca, 90266 p (310) 872-8587 [email protected] juliesyoga.com

location: Manhattan Beach, ca, and Kona, Hi

200-hour and 500-hour Yoga Alliance-

approved teacher trainings. Students customize

the learning experience by choosing from

50-hour and 100-hour modules. The 100-hour

modules include foundation and graduate

studies. The 50-hour modules include advanced

asanas, vinyasa, therapeutics, Tantra/kriya,

chakra vinyasa and the Living Yoga retreat.

juliesyoga.com

nevAdA ciTyAnAndA yogA TeAcher TrAining gyandev Mccord, Maitri Jones, diksha Mccord,14618 tyler Foote rd., nevada city, ca, 95959 p (800) 346-5350 [email protected] expandinglight.org/aytt

location: the expanding light retreat at ananda

Ananda YTT is the premier training in teaching

a spiritual approach to yoga. Small classes for

individual attention, the dynamic ashram atmo-

sphere of Ananda Village, the deeper, spiritual

dimensions of yoga—all in the renowned tradi-

tion of Paramhansa Yogananda. Registered

with Yoga Alliance at 200 and 500 hours.

yogA TherAPy TeAcher TrAiningnicole deavilla, 14618 tyler Foote rd., nevada city, ca, 95959 p (800) 346-5350 [email protected] nicoledeavillaYoga.net

location: expanding light retreat center and Marin county

Yoga therapy teacher training, Royal Yoga

retreats and workshops, and deluxe personal

retreats, offered by master teacher, Nicole

DeAvilla, RYT. Receive great instruction

and insights from Nicole’s more than 25

years of professional experience as a writer,

teacher trainer, workshop leader, personal

yoga instructor, and her background in sports

medicine.

norTh hoLLywood

sTrong yogA4FerTiLiTyBrenda strong, e-rYt 500, 4821 lankershim Blvd., ste. F, north Hollywood, ca, 91601 p (818) 769-3857 F (818) [email protected] yoga4fertility.com

Empower women and enhance fertility with

yoga. Become a Strong Yoga4Fertility™

teacher. 20-hour CEU teacher training

program taught by Brenda Strong, E-RYT,

creator of Strong Yoga4Fertility™, Strong

Fertility Ball Yoga Method©2008 and Breathe

to Conceive©2008. yoga4fertility.com;

[email protected]; (818) 769-3857

for a training schedule.

oAkLAndBAreFooT MoveMenTleah gillman, carrie adams, 2406 Webster st., oakland, ca, 94612 p (510) 543-3450 [email protected] FlowYogateachertraining.com

Barefoot Movement’s Flow Yoga teacher

training is a Yoga Alliance-registered yoga

school. Graduates are eligible for a RYT 200

certification. 200 hours over six months.

20 participants maximum. Evenings and

weekends. Affordable payment options.

Additional teaching opportunities outside of

classroom hours set this program apart. Check

the website for details.

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S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N Teacher Trainings & Workshopscalifornia

OAKLAND

AMERICAN VINIYOGA INSTITUTE Gary Kraftsow, Mirka Scalco Kraftsow, Oakland, CA, 94618P (808) 572-1414 [email protected]

Viniyoga: appropriate application of asana,

pranayama, chanting and meditation.

Professional programs: Viniyoga training

(RYS-500 level), Foundation for Yoga

Therapy, yoga therapist training-levels I and

II. American Viniyoga Institute also offers

retreats, workshops and privates. Member

school, Yoga Alliance and International

Association of Yoga Therapists.

POINT ARENAINTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SYNERGY YOGA TEACHER TRAININGCharles Defay, Ronna Frost,340 Main St., Point Arena, CA, 95468P (707) 882-3176 F (707) [email protected]

Location: Point Arena, California

Surf Therapy Yoga featuring daily Synergy

Yoga classes on the westernmost point in the

U.S. All levels welcome! Ongoing international

Synergy Yoga teacher training home-study

program. Workshops and retreats. Peri Ness

Defay, founder; Charles Defay, senior mentor

teacher; Ronna Frost, mentor; Pam Mason,

mentor.

SAN DIEGO (LA MESA)A GENTLE WAY TEACHER TRAININGLanita Varshell, E-RYT 500, Diane Ambrozini, E-RYT 500, Marguerite Tyrell, E-RYT 500,5316 Baltimore Dr., San Diego (La Mesa), CA, 91942P (619) 698-1170 [email protected]

Location: San Diego (La Mesa), CA

Specialists in teaching: chair, restorative, gentle

and adaptive hatha yoga. We are modifi cation

experts! Known for our effective stress

reduction techniques and our work with larger-

bodied, beginner, health-challenged and aging

populations. Focus: Meditation in Movement

Style® gentle, but deep, healing fl oor yoga.

200- and 500-hour teacher trainings. World

respected guest teachers.

SAN FRANCISCO

HEALING YOGA FOUNDATION TEACHER TRAININGLizzie Nichols, 3620 Buchanan St., San Francisco, CA, 94123P (415) 931-9642 [email protected]

Location: San Francisco, California

Healing Yoga Foundation: accredited 500-

hour yoga teacher training in the tradition

of T. Krishnamacharya as taught by T.K.V.

Desikachar. Starting in San Francisco, January

2010. RYS 500. Call (415) 931-9642 or visit

healingyoga.org.

INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE OF SAN FRANCISCOSwami Vimalananda, Rev. Jivana Heyman, 770 Dolores St., San Francisco, CA, 94110P (415) 821-1117 [email protected]

Integral Yoga—a complete system of inward-

focused yoga classes. 200-hour and 500-hour

teacher training certifi cation available. Our

teacher training certifi cation program offers

in-depth instruction in asana, pranayama,

guided relaxation, meditation, yoga philosophy,

anatomy and physiology, and more. Yoga

Alliance-registered. Our goal is to be easeful,

peaceful and useful.

SAN FRANCISCO’S

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Yoga Tree is the Premier Destination for Advanced Studies, offering 200-hour Yoga Alliance®

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Max Strom, Yoga Tree’s Janet

Stone and Jane Austin, and more.

ALSO FEATURING:Four Great Locations

Over 150 Classes a Week

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Yoga Tree San FranciScotim and tara dale, 97 collingwood st., (at 18th st.), san Francisco, ca, 94114 p (415) 701-9642 [email protected] yogatreesf.com

Yoga Tree is the premier destination for

advanced studies, offering 200-hour Yoga

Alliance®-certified teacher trainings in

addition to continuing education with master

teachers Shiva Rea, Judith Lasater, Sianna

Sherman, Max Strom and more. Please visit

yogatreesf.com for more information and our

five studio locations in San Francisco.

see ad on page a41

YogaWorkS Teacher Training Program1823 divisadero st., san Francisco, ca, 94115 p (310) 664-6470 x148 [email protected] yogaworks.com










San JoSeJoY oF Yoga WiTh JenniFer Prugh, 200-/500-hour Teacher TrainingJennifer prugh, e-rYt-500, 998 s. 8th st., san Jose, ca, 95112 p (408) 283-8167 [email protected] jenniferprugh.com

Integrating the ancient tradition of yoga with

a contemporary understanding of human

wellness, this Y.A.-certified 200- and 500-hour

program provides a foundation in the art and

science of both an integrated dynamic flow and

therapeutically based yoga practice. Jennifer

offers world-wide retreats and works with

clients and organizations.

San LuiS obiSPoYogaWorkS Teacher Training Programin partnership with Yoga centre, 3422 Miguelito ct., san luis obispo, ca, 93401 p (310) 664-6470 x125 [email protected] yogaworks.com










SanTa barbaraYogaWorkS Teacher Training Programin partnership with Yoga soup, 28 parker Way, santa Barbara, ca, 93101 p (805) 965-8811 [email protected] yogaworks.com










SanTa cruzVinYaSa FLoW Teacher Training and in-dePTh STudieSMark stephens, santa cruz, ca, 95060 p (831) 331-3955 [email protected] markstephensyoga.com

location: north america

Yoga Alliance-registered school offering 250-

and 550-hour certifications. Comprehensive

and eclectic curriculum covers teaching

methods, techniques, philosophy, anatomy,

sequencing, hands-on adjustments, pre-/

postnatal and more. Extensive practice

teaching and apprenticeship opportunities.

Lead teacher Mark Stephens is author of

Teaching Yoga: Essential Foundations &

Techniques (2010). Details and application at

markstephensyoga.com.

SanTa cruz

emPoWered kidS Yoga Teacher coaching ProgramMariam gates, M.ed., p.o. Box 421, santa cruz, ca, 95060 p (617) 271-7106 [email protected] empoweredkidsyoga.com

location: national

Join kids’ yoga expert Mariam Gates, M.Ed.,

for the Empowered Kids Yoga Coaching

Program. All sessions are done one-on-one

over the phone and will help you to create a

high-impact children’s yoga program or expand

on your existing offerings with these easy-to-

follow class templates and principles.

SanTa monica

YogaWorkS Teacher Training Program2215 Main st., santa Monica, ca, 90405 p (310) 664-6470 x114 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n Teacher Trainings & Workshopscalifornia—florida

Solana BeachYogaWorkS Teacher Training Programin partnership with Haute Yoga, 437 s. Hwy. 101, ste. 401, solana Beach, ca, 92075 p (858) 345-1810 [email protected] yogaworks.com










WaTSonville

mounT madonna cenTer Jaya Maxon, Brajesh Friedberg, Kamalesh Hooven, 445 summit rd., Watsonville, ca, 95076 p (408) 846-4064 [email protected] mountmadonna.org

location: Mount Madonna center

MMC is honored to teach a comprehensive

system of yoga that has endured for thousands

of years, yet retains its vital relevance in today’s

world. The program is for those who wish to

be yoga teachers, and students who wish to

deepen their knowledge and practice of yoga.

200-/500-hour trainings.

WoodacremindfulneSS Yoga and mediTaTion Training Programphillip Moffitt, anne cushman, Mark coleman, Woodacre, ca, 94973 p (415) 488-0164 [email protected] spiritrock.org

location: spirit rock Meditation center

An intensive 18-month program for yoga

teachers and experienced practitioners. Three

10-day retreats that weave together yoga,

insight meditation and wisdom teachings of

the Buddha. Retreat 1 (Yucca Valley): May

10-20, 2010. Retreat 2 (Spirit Rock): January

24-February 3, 2011. Retreat 3 (Spirit Rock):

September 12-22, 2011.

coloradodenverviTal vinYaSa and viTal rooTSdesi springer, Micah springer, patrick Harrington,4342 tennyson st., denver, co, 80212 p (303) 477-8545 [email protected] vitalyoga.org

Vital Yoga provides outstanding teacher

training programs throughout the year,

including vinyasa training in March and the

Vital Roots training in October. These 200-

hour trainings will prepare you to teach either

vinyasa flow or Vital Roots, a comprehensive

set of postures with optimal alignment.

louiSvilleYoga Bloom—200-hour Yoga Teacher Training and advanced STudieS cora Wen, Jen ross, andi Johnson,908 Main st. (between Boulder and denver), ste. 100, louisville, co, 80027 p (720) 988-0064 [email protected] yogaelements.net

location: Yoga elements

Yoga Bloom is the program that will

enhance your yogic journey! You will receive

comprehensive, hands-on instruction by

experienced teachers that will combine the

safety of alignment, insight into the history of

yoga and access to the creativity of flow. Sign

up now for our 2010 sessions. Plant Your Seed!

connecticutSherman

loTuS gardenS Yoga Schoollara azzarito Ward, e-rYt 500, sheila Huard, Marianne vince adamo, 26 spring lake rd., sherman, ct, 06784 p (860) 354-6241 [email protected] lotusgardensyoga.com

location: naugatuck, southington and Monroe, connecticut

At Lotus Gardens Yoga, the first Yoga Alliance-

approved school in Connecticut, we offer 200-

and 500-hour multidiscipline teacher trainings,

immersion workshops for teachers only, and

certifications for seniors and Growing Lotus

kids throughout CT and NY. Students receive

individual attention from faculty with more than

20 years of professional experience.

WeST harTfordWhY PoWer Teacher TrainingBarbara ruzansky, dr. peter Meadow, shankara newton, 32 Jansen court, West Hartford, ct, 06110 p (860) 953-9642 [email protected] westhartfordyoga.com

West Hartford Yoga’s Power Teacher Training

meets Yoga Alliance 200-hour requirement.

In-depth training: a course in holistic living

with emphasis on whole foods diet, meditation,

and personal growth. We offer a 500 hour

training beginning in October, 2010. Barbara

offers weekend retreats for people with eating

disorders throughout the year.

district of columbiaWaShingToncircle Yoga—Budding YogiSTeaching Yoga To kidScerTificaTionannie Mahon, linda Feldman, 3838 northampton st., n.W., Washington, dc, 20015 p (202) 686-1104 F (202) [email protected] buddingyogis.com

location: Washington, dc

The Budding Yogis three-day, 20-hour teacher

training will impart our unique philosophy of

teaching kids yoga and mindfulness in a way

that stretches their imaginations, offers them

non-competitive opportunities to play, and

teaches kids and teenagers how to relax. Please

call the studio or visit buddingyogis.com for

program dates.

YogaWorkS Teacher Training Programin partnership with quiet mind yoga, 3423 14th st., n.W., Washington, dc, 20010 p (310) 664-6470 x161 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nTeacher Trainings & Workshops florida—georgia

floridaOrlandO

YOgamatrix StudiOedely Wallace, B.a., cYt, e-rYt 500, 7601 della dr., ste.5, orlando, Fl, 32819 p (407) 354-0909 [email protected] yogamatrixstudio.com

location: orlando, Florida

Although technique is important, teaching

yoga is not about technique; it’s about inner

transformation. Yogamatrix offers 200- and

500-hour YTT. Both involve intensive training

in asana, pranayama, meditation, relaxation,

mantra, mudras, philosophy, methodology,

practice teaching and anatomy. The 200 hours

are divided into six segments annually: two

weeklongs/four weekends.

BaY HarBOr iSlandSgentle tHerapeuticS YOgaallaine stricklen, Bay Harbor islands, Fl, 33154 p (786) 252-2353 [email protected] gentletherapeuticsyoga.com

location: Miami, Fl

Allaine Stricklen is an accredited master yoga

teacher with the Yoga Alliance, offering yoga

workshops and teacher training programs

worldwide. Her unique style, based on the

Iyengar method with the use of props, is tailor-

made for each trainee. Allaine is now available

on webcam for teacher training and classes.

delraY BeacH

YOgaFOx teacHer trainingKeith Fox, e-rYt 500, Kelly Brookbank, e-rYt500, Marlysa sullivan, e-rYt,1405 n. Federal Hwy, delray Beach, Fl, 33483 p (561) 703-1236 [email protected] yogafox.com

location: delray Beach, Florida

The YogaFox school has Y.A. hatha and vinyasa

200- and 500-hour training. Co-directors Keith

and Kelly bring backgrounds from Ashtanga,

vinyasa and Kripalu for a unique and diverse

training. Programs run year-round. 200-hour

program spread over seven months; includes a

retreat to Costa Rica or Asheville, NC. Payment

plan available.

gaineSvilleYOgaWOrkS teacHer training prOgramin partnership with sanctuary, 1204 n.W. 10th ave., gainesville, Fl, 32627 p (352) 336-5656 [email protected] yogaworks.com










miami BeacHYOgaWOrkS teacHer training prOgramin partnership with the standard Hotel and spa, 40 island ave., Miami Beach, Fl, 33139 p (310) 664-6470 x161 [email protected] yogaworks.com










Salt SpringS

amrit YOga & YOga nidra training Yogi amrit desai, Kamini desai, John Hiester, 23855 n.e. county rd. 314, salt springs, Fl, 32134 p (352) 685-3001 F (352) [email protected] amrityoga.org

location: amrit Yoga institute

Amrit Yoga and the Amrit method of Yoga

Nidra transform the philosophy of yoga—the

integration of body, mind and spirit—into

experiential reality. Using the body and con-

scious relaxation as entry points, this system

releases long-held blocks, allowing us to tap

into the source of infinite potential within.

georgiagaineSville

cHriSt centered YOgaBecky Martin, e-rYt 200, 1071 green street cir., gainesville, ga, 30501 p (770) 861-8420 [email protected] christcenteredyoga.com

Become a Christ Centered Yoga-trained

instructor. Impact your community. Share

God’s Word with others, allowing His truth to

lay the mental and spiritual foundation for your

physical practice of yoga. Serve others through

donation classes, scholarships and outreach

ministries. Warmly welcome people of all

faiths. CCY: Train. Practice. Serve.

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SavannahYogaWorkS Teacher Training Programin partnership with Yoga co-op, 2424 drayton st., savannah, ga, 31401 p (912) 695-9990 [email protected] yogaworks.com










hawaiihaleiWaTrue union Teacher Trainingp.o. Box 1163, Haleiwa, Hi, 96712 p (808) 638-5372trueunion.org

location: north shore oahu, Hawaii

Immerse yourself in True Union’s 200-hour

teacher training program. This month-

long personal transformation provides an

exploration into the foundations and principals

of hatha yoga. Through physical practice,

philosophy and spiritual expansion, you will be

provided with the necessary tools to become a

confident and effective vinyasa flow teacher.

honaunau

Yoga advenTuredeborah Koehn, david Blehert, p.o. Box 678, Honaunau, Hi, 96726 p (970) 309-3835 [email protected] yogaadventure.com

location: Big island, Hawaii

Oceanfront Big Island teacher training June

11-July 1: “Discover your True Nature as a Yoga

Teacher.” Tropical paradise. Therapeutic

focus. Also continuing education Hawaii

and overseas therapeutic practicum studies,

“Teaching Yoga to the Village People” cultural

immersion: Peru/Machu Picchu, Bali, Japan,

India. Ayurveda. Yoga Alliance-registered.

Applications online.

maui

maYa Yoga Teacher Training Programnicki doane and eddie Modestini, Maui, Hi, 96779 p (808) 268-9426 [email protected] yogaonmaui.com

location: Maui, Hi

Practice in paradise at Maya Yoga with

Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini. Offering

beginner to advanced teacher trainings and

asana intensives in Maui and California: see

website for details. Upcoming retreat on the

Amalfi Coast, Italy: June 22-29, 2009. Yoga

Alliance-accredited with 20+ years of teaching

experience.

idahomccallShanTi Yoga School, Y.a. 200/500debra Murphy, phd, e-rYt 500, pamela Blasco, e-rYt 500, 100 n. 3rd st., Mccall, id, 83638 p (208) 634-9711 [email protected] shantiyogastudio.org

location: Mccall and Boise, idaho

Our excellent program evolved from hundreds

of hours of research, practical experience and

development. Dedicated to providing the best

education through support and personalized,

flexible systems, students acquire confidence

to skillfully communicate the practice of yoga

while honoring their own voice, culminating in

a transformational experience on every level.

illinoischicago

global Yoga cenTerrhonda Kantor, chicago, il, 60647 p (773) 719-6227 [email protected] globalyogacenter.com

location: chicago, il

Training One: hatha yoga teacher training,

200-hour Yoga Alliance school, held three

times a year March/July/October. One half-

day per week for nine months. Training Two:

prenatal yoga teacher training, teachers only.

Intensive 10-hour weekend. Held three times

per year. Call or email.

TemPle of kriYa Yoga goswami Kriyananda, 2414 n. Kedzie Blvd., chicago, il, 60647 p (773) 342-4600 F (773) [email protected] yogakriya.org

location: chicago

The Temple of Kriya offers one of the nation’s

finest home-study teacher training and cer-

tification programs twice yearly. This course

prepares you to structure and lead classes, pro-

viding a comprehensive understanding of yoga

theory and practice and the skills to communi-

cate effectively as a teacher. Includes retreats

for in-depth hands-on training.



s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nTeacher Trainings & Workshops illinois—massachusetts

YogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with soulistic studio and spa, 805 n. Milwaukee ave., no. 200, chicago, il, 60642 p (312) 226-7685 [email protected] yogaworks.com










louisiananeW orleansYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with life Yoga studio, 5422 Magazine st., new orleans, la, 70115 p (310) 435-6098 [email protected] yogaworks.com










marylandcolumbiaThe Yoga cenTer of columbia Teacher Training 200-hour ProgramKathy donnelly, e-rYt 500, cheryl catranbone, e-rYt 500, 8950 rte. 108, ste. 109, columbia, Md, 21045 p (410) 720-4340 F (410) [email protected] columbiayoga.com

Howard County’s best yoga center offers a

comprehensive 11-month, RYT 200 Yoga

Alliance certification program weekends,

January through November 2010. Student-

centered program includes personal growth,

solid teaching foundation, individual

mentoring by certified Anusara Yoga®

instructors. Aligns with the root aspects of

posture, breath, meditation, intention, service.

$3,295. Payment plan and brochure available.

The Yoga cenTer of columbia— anusara Yoga immersioncheryl catranbone, e-rYt 500, lucy lomax, rYt 500, 8950 rte. 108, ste. 109, columbia, Md, 21045 p (410) 720-4340 F (410) [email protected] columbiayoga.com

location: the Yoga center of columbia

Step onto the path and into the light! Delve

deeper into the essentials of Anusara Yoga®

at Howard County’s best yoga studio. January

through November 2010. Three parts, 36 hours

each, total of 108 hours. Register for the entire

immersion, a part or a module. Payment plan

and brochure available.

Takoma ParkWilloW sTreeT Yoga cenTer’s anusara Teacher Trainings and immersion Programssuzie Hurley, e-rYt 500, Joe Miller, Moses Brown, 6930 carroll ave., takoma park, Md, 20912 p 301-270-8038 F [email protected] willowstreetyoga.com

location: Willow street Yoga center

Willow Street Yoga, the largest Anusara yoga

center in the world, offers training programs

with certified teachers and renowned guests.

200-hour RYT Anusara teacher training, 108-

hour Anusara immersion, advanced teacher

training modules. Open since 1994, with 2000

students, WSYC is known for its excellent,

rigorously-trained faculty and welcoming,

vibrant community.

Timoniumsusquehanna Yoga & mediTaTion cenTersuzy pennington, e-rYt 500, 12a W. aylesbury rd., timonium, Md, 21093 p (410) 308-9950 [email protected] syoga.com

Iyengar-style teacher training is a Y.A.-

approved 500-hour apprenticeship program

giving one-on-one apprenticeships; emphasizes

observation, adjustments, modifications and

sequencing. Reading and essays are assigned

in philosophy, psychology, meditation and

pranayama. Also learn studio management

and marketing and graduate with one year of

teaching experience.

massachusettsarlingTon

elemenTal Yoga mind-bodY Teacher TrainingBo Forbes, psyd, e-rYt 500, nicolai Bachman, M.a., edwin Bryant, phd, lou Benson, rMt, edwin Bryant, phd, lou Benson, rMt, 369 Massachusetts ave., the arlington center, arlington, Ma, 02474 p (617) 448-3228 [email protected] elementalyoga.com

location: arlington, Massachusetts

The Elemental Yoga method of Integrative

Yoga Therapeutics™ forms the heart of

this training. Our transformative curriculum

includes Alignment, Anatomy, Integrative

Yoga Therapeutics™, Neurobiology of the

Mind-Body Connection, Art of Assisting,

Emotional Body, Psychology of Yoga,

Philosophy, Sanskrit, Sequencing and Self-

Study. Y.A. 200-/500-hour levels. Continuing

education for social workers and psychologists.

bosTonYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with Back Bay Yoga, 364 Boylston st., 2nd Fl., Boston, Ma, 02216 p (212) 965-0801 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n Teacher Trainings & Workshopsmassachusetts—new jersey

Cambridge

baptiste power Yoga insituteBaron Baptiste, p.o. Box 400279, cambridge, Ma, 02140 p (800) 936-9642 F (617) [email protected] baronbaptiste.com

Baptiste Trainings are among the most in-

demand programs offered worldwide. These

total immersions are designed to develop

high-impact and inspirational teachers. Guided

by Baron Baptiste and skilled facilitators, our

programs provide a remarkable opportunity to

not only learn the principles of Baptiste-style

vinyasa yoga but also initiate your personal

transformation.

northamptonpeaCeful weight loss online teaCher trainingBrandt passalacqua, northampton, Ma, 01060 p (212) 252-3118 [email protected] peacefulweightloss.com

Peaceful Weight Loss Teacher Training: This

six-month online yoga therapy course will train

you to work one-on-one with individuals who

are looking to lose weight and bring their physi-

cal, emotional and spiritual selves into greater

alignment. Learn more about the training, work-

shops and book at peacefulweightloss.com.

south hamilton

Yogaspirit® teaCher training with Kim ValeriKim valeri, p.o. Box 2337, south Hamilton, Ma, 01982 p (978) 927-0099 F (978) [email protected] yogaspiritstudios.com

location: new england

200/500 RYS. Compassionate learning environ-

ment, strong ethical spiritual principles. Immer-

sive classical yoga study: Samkhya, Tantric,

Surat Shabda, Ayurveda, hatha. Foundation for

spiritual, personal, professional education. Com-

prehensive teacher certifications since 1999.

Preventative Iyengar-based healing approaches,

weekly classes, healing shala, international

retreats, online teleclasses, CEUs, workshops,

private healing and spiritual mentoring.

minnesotaminneapolis

Yoga Center of minneapolis 230-hour adVanCed Yoga studY and teaCher training programsJennifer gray, 212 3rd ave., n., ste. 205, Minneapolis, Mn, 55401 p (612) 436-4700 F (612) [email protected] yogacentermpls.com

location: Minneapolis

Our Yoga Alliance-registered 230-hour and

advanced trainings help students deepen their

knowledge of yoga and/or teach. Study asana,

philosophy, physical/energetic anatomy,

teaching methodology and much more. Learn

from a variety of experienced teachers from

different backgrounds. Be mentored by a

teacher in the style of your choice.

missouriKansas CitY200-hour VinYasa flow teaCher training and in-depth studies programgina caputo, e-rYt, 1717 Wyandotte st., Kansas city, Mo, 64108 p (866) 222-9555 [email protected] moyoga.com

This teacher training is for those who want

to experience a dynamic and integrative

approach to learning, living and teaching the

diverse elements of the art and science of yoga.

Graduates gain a broad and deep base from

which to live and teach the flow of living yoga

to all.

nevadalas VegasYogaworKs teaCher training programin partnership with pilates plus Yoga, 500 e. Windmill ln., las vegas, nv, 89123 p (702) 604-3134 [email protected] yogaworks.com










new jerseybutlerYogaworKs teaCher training programin partnership with Highland Yoga, 1572 rte. 23, n., Butler, nJ, 07405 p (973) 838-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com












s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nTeacher Trainings & Workshops new york

HobokenbrigHt Spirit teacHer trainingJillian pransky, carrie parker gastelu, liza Bertini, 79 Hudson st., ste. ll103, Hoboken, nJ,7030 p (201) 610-9642 F (201) [email protected] devotionyoga.com

Devotion Yoga’s Bright Spirit Teacher

Training is a nationally recognized, Yoga

Alliance-registered, 200-hour program

graduating teachers since 1999. We are a

non-dogmatic training offering an expansive

overview while encouraging students to

discover their own point of view.

Montclair reStorative Yoga and tHerapeuticSJillian pransky, Montclair, nJ, 07042 p (201) 377-7010 [email protected] yogajillian.com

location: nYc, la, orange county, Kripalu, lenox

Deepen your understanding of the nervous

system, subtle body, koshas, working with

special conditions and propping for individual

needs. Develop your ability to see the energy

body and an inner dialogue to help you make

decisions when meeting each unique student.

Great for yoga teachers, body workers, nurses,

physical therapists.

toMS river

200-Hour Y.a.-recognized Yoga teacHer training dawn Keen, 111 W. Water st., toms river, nJ, 08753 p (732) 505-8282 [email protected] centerforhealthandhealingnJ.com

Our mission: to provide the opportunity for

our students to become above-average yoga

teachers. This well-developed program is

steeped in self-discovery and healing. We will

nurture and encourage each student to awaken

the teacher within. We offer a practical,

empowering, comprehensive and rewarding

program (twice a year.)

new mexicoalbuquerqueYoganow, vital Yoga networkMeta Hirschl, e-rYt 500, cypresse emery, e-rYt 500, 3607 calle del sol, n.e., albuquerque, nM, 87110 p (505) 232-4717 [email protected] yoganow.org

location: new Mexico and south Florida

Teacher training and personal enrichment in

a welcoming, safe and nurturing environment

to learn and practice yoga. Three Sundays,

one weekend for six months, Albuquerque;

residential: 16 days, South Florida, following

six-month distance learning. Purchase Vital

Yoga: A Sourcebook for Students and Teachers

from yogawoohoo.com to begin your studies.

Santa cruzkri aquarian teacHer level one iMMerSion courSegurucharan singh Khalsa, nirvair singh Khalsa, p.o. Box 1819, santa cruz, nM, 87567 p (505) 747-7450 [email protected] kriteachings. org

The Aquarian Teacher Level One teacher

training is a community-based immersion

course in the content, culture and

consciousness of Kundalini Yoga as taught by

Yogi Bhajan. Spend 27 days deepening your

experience of Kundalini Yoga and discovering

yourself as you journey toward becoming

a teacher. Pre-registration price: $4,250 +

housing.

Santa Fe

tiaS little teacHer trainingtias and surya little, rYt 200/500, nicolai Bachman, linda spackman, elesa commerse, richard rosen, santa Fe, nM, 87505 p (505) 988-5248 [email protected] prajnayoga.net

location: santa Fe, new Mexico

The Prajna Yoga program includes in-depth

studies and continuing education: asana, yoga

therapeutics, yoga anatomy, sutras, poetry,

Buddhism, meditation and devotional chanting

to inspire students to practice and teach

with creativity and adaptability. Students are

empowered to tap their greatest potential to

teach yoga with strength, confidence, insight

and imagination.

new yorkaStoriaYogaworkS teacHer training prograMin partnership with the Yoga room, 32-32 steinway st., astoria, nY, 11103 p (917) 862-9268 [email protected] yogaworks.com










new York citY

urban zen integrative tHerapiSt prograM—500 rYtrodney Yee, colleen saidman Yee, Jamie naughright, Urban Zen Foundation, 705 greenwich st., new York city, nY, 10014 p (212) 414-8520 F (212) [email protected] urbanzen.org

A 12-month advanced program including

training in yoga therapy, aromatherapy, Reiki,

nutrition and contemplative end-of-life care,

providing broad knowledge and expertise to

practitioners and preparing them to use these

integrative therapies in a variety of healthcare

settings, including private practice. In NYC

in 2010.

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New York CitY

200-Hour teaCHer traiNiNg Jhon tamayo, tatiana Forero puerta, dana Yeminy,324 lafayette st., 7th Fl., new York city, nY, 10012 p (212) 625-1511 [email protected] atmananda.com

Receive free unlimited yoga classes throughout

your training! The 200-hour Atmananda

teacher training program is certified by Yoga

Alliance. Trainees learn a vinyasa style of yoga,

Iyengar alignment, Vedantic philosophy and

other aspects of yoga. For aspiring teachers and

those who wish to deepen their practice. See

website for details/dates.

LittLe FLower Yoga For CHiLdreN teaCHer traiNiNgJennifer M. cohen, new York city, nY, 10003 p (917) 385-2005 [email protected] littlefloweryoga.com

location: new York city

Designed by an educator and rooted in youth

development principles, LFY trains teachers to

engage and encourage students from the age of

two through their teens. Three comprehensive

training levels, 24-126 hours. Emerge with the

tools and confidence to inspire joy and help

children recognize their tremendous capacity

to achieve!

oM Yoga CeNter cyndi lee, david nichtern, sarah trelease, 826 Broadway, 6th Fl., new York city, nY, 10003 p (212) 254-9642 F (212) [email protected] oMyoga.com

Since 1996, OM yoga teacher training has

integrated study and yoga practice to grow

an international reputation for excellence in

producing the highest standard of teachers.

Curriculum includes teaching methodology,

yoga philosophy, anatomy, class planning and

sequencing, pranayama, Sanskrit, and Buddhist

studies; intensive, evening, weekend, 200-/500-

hour courses. OMyoga.com

Yoga uNioN 200/300 teaCHer traiNiNgalison West, deborah Wolk, sharon salzberg, 32 W. 28th st., 4th Fl., new York city, nY, 10001 p (212) 889-8643 [email protected] yogaunion.com

Yoga Union™/Alison West offers “Gold

Standard” (TONY) 200-/300-hour teacher

trainings for qualified applicants. These

powerful, personal trainings create a strong

foundation for outstanding teaching, allowing

you to discover your direction as a teacher

and as a person. Teaching practice; anatomy;

pranayama; meditation; Yoga Sutra (200);

other texts (300). Yoga Alliance-registered.

Yogaworks teaCHer traiNiNg PrograM160 e. 56th st., 12th Fl., new York city, nY, 10022 p (646) 442-6206 [email protected] yogaworks.com










oYster BaYYogaworks teaCHer traiNiNg PrograMin partnership with Yoga rocks!, 127 south st., oyster Bay, nY, 11771 p (516) 624-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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JivaMukti Yoga® 300-Hour teaCHer traiNiNg CertiFiCatioN PrograMsharon gannon, david life, 150 lake dr., rhinebeck, nY, 12572 p (212) 353-0214 F (212) [email protected] jivamuktiyoga.com

Jivamukti Yoga® taught by Sharon Gannon

and David Life with highly qualified specialists

in Sanskrit, yoga scripture and anatomy. Plus

two-day ecstatic chant immersion experience.

Become a certified Jivamukti Yoga® teacher,

one of the most effective and popular forms of

yoga today. Four weeks on the beautiful Omega

Institute campus.

woodBourNesivaNaNda Yoga teaCHer traiNiNg Coursesrinivasan, swami sadasivananda, p.o. Box 195, 33 Yoga ln., Woodbourne, nY, 12788 p (845) 436-6492 F (845) [email protected] sivananda.org/ranch

location: catskill Mountains, new York

America’s first classical yoga teacher course;

23,000 trained since 1969. Founded by Swami

Vishnudevananda. Taught by senior disciples.

28-day residential intensive personal practice,

theory and teaching instruction. June 2-30 and

Sept. 10-Oct. 8. Advanced: July 6-Aug. 3. Hatha

yoga asanas, pranayama, kriyas, bandhas, raja

yoga, Vedanta, chanting, anatomy/physiology,

scriptures, karma yoga.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nTeacher Trainings & Workshops north carolina—pennsylvania

north carolinaAshevilleAsheville YogA Centerstephanie Keach, e-rYt 500, rod stryker, tim Miller, asheville Yoga center, 239 s. liberty st., asheville, nc, 28801 p (828) 254-0380 [email protected] youryoga.com

location: asheville, nc

Voted best in Asheville, NC, we offer all YA

teacher trainings and certifications: 200-hour

(nine-month or 23-day) and 500-hour advanced

trainings. Yin, vinyasa, prenatal, children’s,

five-day intensives. Over 35 classes a week,

weekend workshops (Bryan Kest, Stephanie

Keach, Scott Blossom, Doug Keller, Rod

Stryker), retreats. Training manuals, DVDs and

videos available.

BooneneighBorhood YogAvalerie Midgett, 129 shanthi Way, Boone, nc, 28607 p (828) 265-0377 [email protected] neighborhoodyoga.net

location: Boone

Neighborhood Yoga located in Boone

(western mountains of North Carolina)

offers a nine-month, 220-hour Yoga Alliance-

approved teacher training one weekend a

month, September through May. In addition,

the studio offers 20 yoga classes weekly,

including vinyasa, Anusara, Iyengar, gentle and

prenatal. Contact info: (828) 265-0377, or visit

neighborhoodyoga.net.

ChApel hill YogAWorks teACher trAining progrAmin partnership with triangle Yoga, 930 Martin luther King Jr. Blvd., chapel Hill, nc, 27514 p (919) 933-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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duke integrAtive mediCine Ytt: teAChing YogA to seniors carol Krucoff, e-rYt 500, Kimberly carson, MpH, e-rYt 200, 3475 erwin rd., duke University center For living, durham, nc, 27705 p (866) 313-0959 [email protected] dukeintegrativeMedicine.org

Teaching Yoga to Seniors: workshop for yoga

instructors. Learn to teach yoga to older adults

in community, health care and senior home

settings. Earn a certificate of completion in

Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors at an eight-day

workshop offered in both spring and fall. Details

available at DukeIntegrativeMedicine.org.

rAleigh9 months of trAnsformAtion At Blue lotus YogA & movement ArtsJill sockman, director, e-rYt, 401 n. West street, no. 105, raleigh, nc, 27603 p (919) 831-2853 [email protected] bluelotusnc.com

September 2009–May 2010: 285-hour

immersion and teacher training intensive.

Exceeds Yoga Alliance standards for 200-hour

registration. One weekend/month. Through a

process of inquiry as unique as you, dive deep

into vinyasa yoga and rest in the Yin practices.

Includes philosophy, anatomy, pranayama,

sequencing, alignment, assisting/adjusting and

more.

ohioClevelAnd heightssAtYAnAndA YogA® teACher trAiningswami atmarupa (Beverly singh), asYt2, e-rYt 500, cYt, sannyasi atmadarshan (laura santoro), asYt2, e-rYt 500, cYt, 2319 lee rd., cleveland Heights, oH, 44118 p (216) 371-9760 F (216) [email protected] atmacenter.com

location: atma center

Only center in North America offering

SATYANANDA YOGA® yogic studies

and teacher training. Affiliate of Bihar School

of Yoga, India. Exceptional academy staff

includes medical professionals, E-RYT 500

teachers. Residential facility available for

intensive coursework followed by home study.

ColumBusYogA on high teACher trAiningMarcia Miller, e-rYt 500, Martha Marcom, e-rYt 500, linda oshins, e-rYt 500,1081 n. High st., columbus, oH, 43201 p (614) 291-4444 [email protected] yogaonhigh.com

Offering two levels of teacher training: yearlong

basic (200) and flexible three-year advanced

(500). Yoga Alliance-registered school. Both

programs offer the opportunity to be certified

in either hatha or Ashtanga. Special majors

include prenatal, kids’, therapeutic. Guest

faculty includes Rodney Yee, Tim Miller, Maty

Ezraty, David Swenson and Roger Cole.

oregonBendYogAWorks teACher trAining progrAmin partnership with Bend Yoga, 155 s.W. century dr., ste. 113, Bend, or, 97702 p (541) 322-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com










pennsylvaniahonesdAlehimAlAYAn institute teAChers AssoCiAtion (hitA)sandra anderson, e-rYt, rolf sovik, psyd, 952 Bethany tpke., Honesdale, pa, 18431 p (800) 822-4547 x6 [email protected] Hita.org

200-/500-hour certification programs and

continuing education seminars are held in

Honesdale, Pennsylvania and Allahabad, India.

HITA represents an authentic tradition in the

unbroken spiritual lineage of the Himalayan

masters. Areas of study: asana, advanced

asana, pranayama, mantra meditation, Tantra

Yoga, Sanskrit, Ayurveda, yoga philosophy,

therapeutic yoga, anatomy and physiology.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n Teacher Trainings & Workshopsrhode island—virginia

rhode islandCranstonYogaWorks teaCher training Programin partnership with raffa Yoga, 1145 reservoir ave., ste. 200, cranston, ri, 02920 p (310) 664-6470 x125 [email protected] yogaworks.com










tennesseememPhisYogaWorks teaCher training Programin partnership with Better Bodies Yoga, 692 W. Brookhaven cir., Memphis, tn, 38117 p (901) 767-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com










nashville

sanCtuarY for Yoga’s evolutionarY exPlorationdaphne larkin, e-rYt 500, tom larkin, e-rYt500, 3902 Hillsboro pike, nashville, tn, 37215 p (615) 297-8797 F (615) [email protected] sanctuaryforyoga.com

Our program is designed to build a solid

foundation rooted in fundamental teaching

skills, integrated alignment, philosophy,

and the great river of vinyasa flow. Bringing

together years of experience in several lineages,

our diverse faculty offer their own perspectives

on the practice of yoga, both on and off the

mat.

texasaustin

Yoga Yoga teaCher trainingMehtab Benton, guru Karam Benton, 1700 s. lamar, austin, tX, 78704 p (512) 326-2273 [email protected] yogayoga.com/training

Yoga Yoga teacher training programs train

dedicated students to be knowledgeable and

capable yoga teachers. 200- and 500-hour Yoga

Alliance-registered hatha program. 200-hour

Yoga Alliance-registered and KRI-certified

Kundalini program. Advanced trainings, CEUs,

specialized workshops for teachers. Study in a

professional studio environment with a strong

yoga community.

houstonthe Yoga institute lex gillan, e-rYt, 3830 villanova st., Houston, tX, 77005 p (800) 524-6674 [email protected] lexgillan.com

200-/500-hour Yoga Alliance-Approved.

One of the oldest yoga studios and National

Teacher Training Courses (nine days) in the

United States; all levels welcome. New or

experienced teachers of all traditions; no

teaching experience required. Specializing in

Hatha and Raja Yoga and Meditation. Refer to

lexgillan.com for dates and location.

league CitYYogaWorks teaCher training Programin partnership with Yoga lola studios, 1701 Hwy. 3, s., league city, tX, 77573 p (218) 684-3168 [email protected] yogaworks.com










riChardsonnamaste’ usa sCaravelli Yoga teaCher trainingcarol a. stall, e-rYt 500, vicki Johnson, e-rYt 500, Jim davis, d.o.,336 ridgeview drive, richardson, tX, 75080 p (469) 441-7064 [email protected] namasteusa.us

We are a Yoga Alliance-registered school

offering 200- and 500-hour certifications,

teaching all aspects of yoga. We have been

involved in training teachers in Dallas since

1997. Our graduates are highly regarded by

studios, recreation centers, businesses, and

local college campuses as among the best

prepared yoga teachers available.

virginiaBuCkingham

satChidananda ashram-Yogaville ram Weiner, swami asokananda, swami Karunananda, 108 Yogaville Way, Buckingham, va, 23921 p (800) 858-9642 F (434) [email protected] integralyogaprograms.org

Integral Yoga Teacher Training Certification

Programs. Residential courses provide

total immersion in yogic lifestyle: basic,

intermediate, and advanced hatha yoga;

meditation; cardiac, cancer, and gentle yoga;

stress management; prenatal/postnatal;

children’s yoga; therapeutic yoga; more.

Workshops. Retreats. Children’s camp.

Work/study. Guest stays. Vegetarian meals.

Celebrating 43 years of service, 1966-2010.

CharlottesvilleCharlottesville Yoga sChoolJennifer elliott, Kate Hallahan, Jen Fleisher,1040 owensville rd., charlottesville, va, 22901 p (434) 531-5441 [email protected] charlottesvilleyogaschool.com

Charlottesville Yoga School. 200- and 500-

hour teacher trainings in the Ashtanga/Iyengar

tradition. Artfully combining the intellectual

with the experiential, this program provides

instruction in asana, pranayama, meditation,

mantra, anatomy, philosophy and other topics

to deepen students’ practice and increase

their confidence in teaching. Yoga Alliance-

approved, CEUs offered, lodging available.



s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nTeacher Trainings & Workshops virginia-wisconsin

RichmondYogaWoRks TeacheR TRaining PRogRamin partnership with Yoga source, 3122 W. cary st., no. 220, richmond, va, 23221 p (804) 359-9642 [email protected] yogaworks.com










washingtonBellevueThe college of PuRna Yoga™ asana TeacheR TRainingaadil palkhivala, Mirra, 2255 140th ave., n.e., ste. F, Bellevue, Wa, 98005 p (425) 746-7476 F (425) [email protected] purnayoga.com

Washington State-licensed and Yoga Alliance-

registered school. 200-hour, 500-hour and

certificate levels. Directed by renowned yoga

masters Aadil Palkhivala and Mirra. Holistic

curriculum (alignment-based asana, pranayama,

Purna Yoga meditation, therapeutics,

nutrition, yogic living, ethics, energetics,

business) inspires exceptionally well-rounded

and confident teachers—with integrity

and joy. Structure serves local and long-distance

students.

seaTTle

samadhi Yoga cenTeRKathleen Hunt, steve davis, 1205 e. pike st., no. 1B, seattle, Wa, 98122 p (206) 329-4070 F (206) [email protected] samadhi-yoga.com

Since 1998, over 100 teachers have graduated

with a strong foundation in yoga philosophy/

history (Sutra, Vedas, Gita, Pradipika, Upa-

nishads); anatomy/physiology; yogic lifestyle;

teaching methodologies of asana, pranayama,

mantra and meditation; adjustments. Mentor-

ing program for teacher trainees within satsang

community on Capitol Hill, Seattle. 200-hour

Yoga Alliance-registered certification.

Whole life Yoga TeacheR TRaining tracy Weber, 8551 greenwood ave., n., no. 2, seattle, Wa, 98103 p (206) 784-2882 [email protected] wholelifeyoga.com

location: seattle, Wa

A 10-month yoga teacher training using the

Viniyoga methodology, which caters yoga

movements and breath work to the needs of

each individual student. Class meets one night

a week and one Sunday a month. Certified at

both the 200- and 500-hour levels through

Yoga Alliance. Call for more information!

YogaWoRks TeacheR TRaining PRogRamin partnership with the Yoga tree, 4250 Fremont ave., n., seattle, Wa, 98103 p (206) 545-0316 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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Yoga TeacheR, TeacheRassisTanT, life coach and Yoga PeRsonal TRaining ceRTificaTionsdeborah Williamson, e-rYt, 2416 W. nordale dr., appleton, Wi, 54914 p (920) 475-5405 [email protected] deborahwilliamson.com

Yoga teacher certifications offered: CYT YA

200 —Certified Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance

200 hours); CTA—Certified Teacher Assistant

(20 hours); ACTA—Advanced Certified Teach-

er Assistant (20 hours); CYLC—Certified Yoga

Life Coach (40 hours); CYPT—Certified Yoga

Personal Trainer (40 hours)

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n Teacher Trainings & Workshopswisconsin-international

BrookfieldYogAsYlum TeAcher TrAiningpamela Bliss, M.a., Bsn, r.n., e-rYt, 3815 n. Brookfield rd., ste. 101, Brookfield, Wi, 53045 p (262) 781-8102 [email protected] yogasylum.com

location: Brookfield, Wisconsin

At YogAsylum, our mission is to awaken the

world by being the world’s leading provider of

top-quality yoga instruction. Our program is

steeped in the classical teachings to carefully

preserve the history and integrity of the tradi-

tional practice and provide one of the world’s

most comprehensive teacher training programs.

grAfTonfYB (feel Your BesT) YogAdebra Hennesy, e-rYt 500, cpt, p.o. Box 626, grafton, Wi, 53024 p (866) 375-3975 F (262) [email protected] FeelYourBest.com

location: Milwaukee, Wi, and national locations

Yoga, yoga therapy, Pilates, and stress manage-

ment teacher certification training. Interna-

tionally recognized, Yoga Alliance (200- and

500-hour), International Association of Yoga

Therapists-listed. Trademarked philosophy:

“The Person, Not The Pose”®. Programs that

fit you, from gentle and therapeutic, to athletic

and dynamic. Advanced standing, scholarships

and payment plans available.

international

heArT of YogA TeAcher TrAiningMark Whitwell, 340 1/2 n. lucerne Blvd., los angeles, ca, 90004 p (323) 646-3858 [email protected] heartofyoga.com

location: Worldwide

Heart of Yoga is an overarching brand of

yoga education, ensuring yoga is universal

and practical. Founder: Mark Whitwell,

student of source scholars, Krishnamacharya

(1888-1989), U.G. Krishnamurti (1918-2007).

Adapting all styles, making yoga entirely your

own, powerful and safe. Teacher training and

Fiji retreat: heartofyoga.com. Nonprofit:

heartofyogapeaceproject.com;

thepromise.com.

200-/500-hour nATionwide VinYAsA TeAcher TrAiningsrolf gates, p.o. Box 421, santa cruz, ca, 95060 p (617) 504-6505 [email protected] rolfgates.com

location: Worldwide

Rolf Gates, author of the acclaimed book on

yogic philosophy Meditations from the Mat:

Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, offers

200-/500-hour vinyasa teacher trainings designed

to enable serious students to become inspired

teachers. Challenge yourself and become what

you seek. Locations nationwide, upcoming:

Puerto Rico, California, Boston, Virginia.

sAmudrA: gloBAl school for liVing YogAshiva rea, venice, ca, 90291 p (301) 560-0934 [email protected] shivarea.com

location: retreat 1 (spirit rock) 1/24-2/3/11; retreat 2 (spirit rock) 9/12-9/22/11; retreat 3 (Yucca valley) 5/6-5/16/12

Experience the most comprehensive, innova-

tive program for vinyasa flow yoga in the West.

200-/500-hour YogaAlliance Prana Flow Yoga

teacher studies focus on embodying and living

the flow through energetic, creative, evolution-

ary approaches to vinyasa, integrating Tantra,

Ayurveda, bhakti and the arts of yoga. Four to

10-day teacher trainings offered worldwide.

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o ninternationalTeacher Trainings & Workshops

Global Family yoGaMira Binzen, e-rYt, chicago, il, 60625 p (312) 324-3119 globalfamilyyoga.org

location: chicago and other locations worldwide

Yoga Alliance®-registered, 200-hour teacher

certification program focused on teaching yoga

to children and families. Also offering fun one-

day workshops, topic specific weekend training

sessions, eight-day intensives, customized

trainings and a home study guide. Learn

effective techniques for bringing peace and

wellness to the children in your life.

FroG lotus yoGa international Vinyasa Flow yoGa teacher traininGsJacqueline Heisel, Jennifer Yarro, 189 Beaver st., studio 207, north adams, Ma, 01247 p (413) 776-4188 [email protected] froglotusyoga.com

location: Worldwide

Vinyasa flow yoga teacher training intensive

three-week retreats in exotic locations.

200-hour Y.A.-approved. Established,

comprehensive, well-organized, highly

effective, affordable program. Directed by

master teachers Jacqueline Heisel, E-RYT 500,

and Jennifer Yarro, E-RYT 500. Nine retreats

scheduled in 2010 in Guatemala, Costa Rica,

Bali, Italy, Thailand, India and Massachusetts.

himalayan yoGa tradition (hyt) teacher traininGswami veda Bharati, p.o. Box 5120, phillipsburg, nJ, 08865 p (888) 964-2887 F (908) [email protected] hyt-ttp.com

location: Minnesota

Himalayan Yoga Tradition teacher training

program offers 200- and 600-hour training:

integrated, transformative programs following

the authentic Himalayan Tradition. Yoga

Alliance 200/500 continuing education: India,

March 6-20, 2010; Minnesota, July 24-Aug. 7,

2010; and worldwide. Learn and teach unique

methods of subtle-body hatha and meditative

techniques to connect with the essential Self.

the hard & the soFt yoGa teacher traininG instituteBeryl Bender Birch, p.o. Box 5009, east Hampton, nY, 11937 p (631) 324-8409 [email protected] power-yoga.com

location: worldwide

Our training programs provide an

extraordinary opportunity to work on personal

transformation through intense and joyful

immersion in the practice of raja yoga, with

like-minded souls—from asana and yoga

therapy to meditation, community service

to sustainable living. Learn the principles

of teaching through practice. Professional

certification and Yoga Alliance RYS.

bahamas

200-hour siVananda yoGa teacher traininG course,swami swaroopananda, swami Brahmananda, sita chaitanya, p.o. Box n7550, paradise island p (866) 446-5934 F (242) [email protected], sivanandabahamas.org

This course is residential and recognized

for Yoga Alliance 200-hour certification.

A profound experience of yoga immersion.

Curriculum: hatha yoga, karma yoga, bhakti

yoga, raja yoga, jnana yoga, meditation,

mantras, anatomy. Additional dates in 2010:

March 4-30, (international); April 4-May 1;

May 5-June 1.

canadayoGaworks teacher traininG ProGramin partnership with sanguine Yoga2763 sunridge Way, n.e., no. 105, calgary, alberta, t1Y 7K7 p (403) [email protected] yogaworks.com










yoGaworks teacher traininG ProGramin partnership with shanti Yoga studio 2-10026 102nd st., edmonton, alberta t5J 0v6 p (780) [email protected] yogaworks.com










yoGaworks teacher traininG ProGramin partnership with the asana room 2779 penrith ave., cumberland, Bc v0r 1s0 p (250) [email protected] yogaworks.com










semPerViVa yoGa teacher traininGgloria latham,1985 W. Broadway, vancouver, Bc v6J 4Y3 p (604) [email protected] sempervivayogacollege.com

Our intent is to spread our love of yoga to

students of all ages and abilities. We offer

200 and 500-hour Yoga Alliance-registered

programs and advanced studies from master

teachers from around the globe. Begin this life-

transforming journey today. “The first step is

half the journey.”—Pythagoras

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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n international Teacher Trainings & Workshops

YogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with semperviva, 2608 W. Broadway, vancouver, Bc, v6K 2g3 p (877) [email protected] yogaworks.com










Yoga Teacher Training Programida Manly,500 - 3 Fan tan alley, victoria, Bc v8W 3g9 p (250) [email protected] moksanayoga.com

location: Moksana Yoga center

250-hour, Yoga Alliance-registered, eight-week

program. $2,600 + GST (includes three-month

unlimited membership). Our program is

suitable for those interested in teaching yoga

or for those who simply want to deepen their

understanding and knowledge. MokSana Yoga

Center is located in historic Chinatown in

beautiful downtown Victoria on Vancouver

Island.

200/500 sri sri Yoga Teacher Training

Yoga shiromani Krishan verma, 13 infinity rd., st. Mathieu du parc, Quebec g0X 1n0, p (819) [email protected] srisriyoga.org

Learn yoga from a living master—Yogasara

Upanishad. Discover the depth of Sri Sri Yoga,

inspired by yoga shiromani Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Join 3,000 Sri Sri Yoga teachers globally.

Experience the joy of teaching this holistic

practice: a combination of yoga postures,

breathing techniques, meditation and ancient

wisdom.

chinaYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with mYoga, Hong Kong [email protected] yogaworks.com










costa rica

nosara Yoga insTiTuTedon stapleton, phd”, amba stapleton, guanacaste nosara 50206 p (866) [email protected] nosarayoga.com

Founded in 1994, the Institute is dedicated to

preparing professional yoga educators. This

Y.A.-registered school offers yoga teacher

trainings at all levels, expertly designed to

balance experiential inquiry, time in nature’s

classroom and rigorous teacher training.

Founders and directors Amba and Don

Stapleton, PhD, oversee public classes and

institute offerings.

YogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with namaste ashtanga Yoga studio, la Uruca, san Jose, costa rica 0-1000 p +506 83 73 18 [email protected] yogaworks.com










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s p e c i a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o nTeacher Trainings & Workshops international

franceYogaWorks Teacher Training Programparis, France [email protected] yogaworks.com










greeceYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with grafts, athens and thessaloniki, greece [email protected] yogaworks.com










semPerviva Yoga Teacher Traininggloria latham, Kythira, avlemonas, attiKi 80100 p (604) [email protected] sempervivayogacollege.com

Combine your yoga teacher training with a trip

to the unforgettable island of Kythira. Immerse

yourself in the study of yoga in a place rich

in history, ancient worship sites, and rugged

natural beauty. Come discover yourself through

the study of yoga in a place rich with life. Call

toll-free: (877) 730-5522.

indonesia

vibranT Living Yoga Teacher TrainingsBali, indonesia 80571 p +62 81 337 823 [email protected] radiantlyalive.com/training.php

Breathe, sweat and transform. Top-quality,

residential, multi-style, 300- and 500-hour

Yoga Alliance-certified intensives. Organic,

living food. Tropical luxury. Master teachers

(Daniel Aaron, Edward Clark, Tim Miller,

Dave Stringer, Rusty Wells, Dena Kingsberg,

Alanna Kaivalya, Simon Borg-Olivier, Paul

Toliuszis, Emil Wendel) in Ashtanga, Iyengar,

Jivamukti and more.

YogaWorks Teacher Training ProgramBali, indonesia [email protected] yogaworks.com










irelandYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with the Yoga room 262 Merrion rd., dublin, ireland, d4 p +353 1 219 [email protected] yogaworks.com










japanYogaWorks Teacher Training [email protected] yogaworks.com










mexicogannon ashTanga vinYasa Yoga Teacher aPPrenTiceshiPs (gavY)Michael gannon, david Keil, ana paula dominguez, residence sian Kaan, playacar 2, playa del carmen, 77710 Mexico p +52 1 984 125 [email protected] michaelgannonyoga.com

location: playa del carmen, Mexico

Yoga can be practiced by everybody. Therefore

we must learn to teach it to anybody! Michael

Gannon. The GAVY 200 has trained over 150

teachers in 30 countries to share traditional

yoga, palatable for the Western beginner’s

mind. Explode your practice potential,

cultivate fresh teaching skills and inspire real

life transformations.

norwayYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with Balance Yoga and pilatesrosenborggt 9, oslo 356, norway p (310) 664-6470 [email protected] yogaworks.com

YogaWorks offers the most comprehensive

of teacher training programs for aspiring

teachers and serious students. Our program

blends yoga traditions from East and West,

integrating both into a practical and unique

method that combines vinyasa flow with an

emphasis on alignment and skillful sequencing.

Visityogaworks.com for information on 200-

hour, 300-hour and continuing education

programs.

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philippinesYogaWorks Teacher Training Programin partnership with pulse Yoga 23 Florida st., greenhills, Mandaluyong city, philippinesp (632) [email protected] yogaworks.com










puerto rico

Progressive ashTanga Yoga Teacher Trainingdavid Kyle, elizabeth sallaberry,1950 Mcleary ave., san Juan, 00911 puerto rico p (787) [email protected] itsyogapuertorico.com

location: ocean park, san Juan, puerto rico

200-hour Y.A. teacher training in Puerto Rico!

28-day intensive that guarantees the ability to

teach a beginner/intermediate yoga class and

deepen your personal practice. Experience,

feel and be in a training that will create

transformation from the inside out. Relax in

the ocean and cleanse your spirit.

spainYogaWorksTeacher Training Programin partnership with YogaYouc/ Brondo 6, palma de Mallorca, Baleares, 7001, spain p (310) 664-6470 [email protected] yogaworks.com












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arizonaSedonaSedona Mago RetReat3500 e. Bill gray rd., sedona, aZ, 86336p (928) 301-4706 F (928) [email protected] sedonamagoretreat.org

location: sedona, arizona

Yoga and overnight at a vortex! 160 acres sur-

rounded by dramatic red rocks, 126 rooms and

suites, 10 yoga rooms, meditation lake, water-

falls, vegetarian/fish dining.

Sedona SpiRit Yoga & Hikingp.o. Box 278, sedona, aZ, 86339 p (928) 282-9900 [email protected] yogalife.net

location: sedona, arizona

Enjoy yoga and hiking in majestic Sedona. Self-

renewal retreats; daily vortex hikes; teacher

training. Access inner peace through yoga amid

red rock vortexes. Beginners welcome.

californiaHappY CaMpklaMatH RiveR and Mountain RetReat CenteRp.o. Box 319, 64634 Hwy. 96, Happy camp, ca, 96039 p (530) 493-2207 F (530) [email protected] klamathrafting.com

location: Happy camp, california

One- to seven-day yoga and Reiki adventures.

Lightweight, horse-assisted wilderness back-

packing. Whitewater rafting. Practice yoga in

remote natural settings. Combination trips,

gear, instructors, meals provided.

JulianSan diego HatHa YogaJulian, ca, 92036 p (619) 925-7103 [email protected] sandiegohathayoga.com

location: san diego Hatha Yoga

Located in the beautiful mountains of San

Diego County. Retreats/classes tailored to your

needs. Including onsite corporate/private ses-

sions. Beginner through advanced classes.

gRaSS valleY

Sivananda Yoga FaRM14651 Ballantree ln., grass valley, ca, 95949p (530) 272-9322 F (530) [email protected] sivanandayogafarm.org

location: sierra Foothills of california

The Sivananda Yoga Farm is located on 80

secluded acres of rolling hills, ancient oaks

and meadows in the Sierra foothills, and offers

affordable yoga vacations, meditation retreats,

Ayurveda, work/study programs, and a twice-

yearly certified teacher training course. For

more information, visit sivanandayogafarm.org,

or call (530) 272-9322.

MiddletownHaRbin Hot SpRingS18424 Harbin springs road, Middletown, ca, 95461 p (707) 987-2477 [email protected] harbin.org/yj

location: Harbin Hot springs

Escape to this beautiful hideaway in the North-

ern California wine region. Daily yoga, natural

spring pools, massage, Watsu®, clothing-

optional sunbathing, workshops. Rooms,

camping, day visits.

nevada CitYtHe expanding ligHt RetReat14618 tyler Foote rd., nevada city, ca, 95959 p (800) 346-5350 F (530) [email protected] expandinglight.org

location: nevada city, ca

Enjoy the peaceful beauty of California’s Sierra

Nevada foothills, luscious vegetarian meals,

comfortable accommodations, an ashram envi-

ronment, and classes in yoga, meditation and

spiritual/healthy lifestyle.

SonoMaYoga tRee San FRanCiSCo780 stanyan st., (at Waller st.), san Francisco, ca, 94117 p (415) 387-4707 [email protected] yogatreesf.com

location: sonoma, california

Yoga Tree hosts ongoing retreats at our local

retreat center, TaraBellaVilla, nestled in the

wine country of Sonoma County, CA. For more

information, visit yogatreesf.com.

coloradobReCkenRidgebaCkCountRY Yoga RetReatSp.o. Box 8227, 158 Bucyrus cir., Breckenridge, co, 80424 p (970) 453-4060 F (970) [email protected] babesinthebackcountry.com

location: colorado and lake tahoe, california

Year-round women’s backcountry yoga retreats.

All levels. No backcountry or yoga experience

required. Hut trips: snowshoe, ski/Telemark,

snowboard, cross-country ski, hike and bike.

telluRidetelluRide Yoga FeStivalp.o. Box 1945, telluride, co, 81435 p (970) 728-2477 F (970) [email protected] tellurideyogafestival.com

location: telluride, coloradodates: July 8-11, 2010

Third annual Telluride Yoga Festival: an

incredible yoga experience in an unforgettable

setting. Aadil Palkhivala, Richard Freeman,

Tias Little, Scott Blossom and many more.

Yoga workshops, panel discussions, kirtan,

meditation. Full children’s program. 25% of net

proceeds donated to environmental preserva-

tion. Don’t miss the country’s most inspiring

yoga event!

arizona—californiaVacation & Retreats

vacations & retreats

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floridaPalm Beachexhale at the OmPhOy Ocean ResORt2842 s. ocean Blvd., palm Beach, Fl, 33480 p (561) 585-8116 [email protected] exhalespa.com

location: palm Beach, Florida

Exhale’s premier destination retreats offer

guests the opportunity to experience

transformational and rejuvenating mind-

body retreats of various lengths and intensity

throughout the year.

sanIBel IslanD

sanIBel IslanD, Fl VacatIOn RetReat wIth BOBBI GOlDIn8241 s.W. 124 st., Miami, Fl, 33156 p (305) 969-5999 F (305) [email protected] yogamiami.com

location: sanibel island, Fl

April 25 to May 2, 2010. A full week of two

Iyengar Yoga classes a day, white-sand beaches,

the Gulf of Mexico, and starlit nights. Join us

for yoga sessions intentionally designed to keep

us in tune with ourselves and in harmony with

the nature around us.

hawaiihaleIwacOmPlete healInG exPeRIence66-403 paalaa rd., p.o. Box 4, Haleiwa, Hi, 96712 p (808) 389-2227 [email protected] cabspates.com

location: oahu, Hawaii

Aloha. Welcome to our community! Bike/hike

to local studios, beaches, farmers’ markets,

shops/cafes, or eat right from the garden. See

you soon for a custom retreat.

PahOa

KalanI OceansIDe RetReatdennis dehler,12-6860 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach rd., pahoa, Hi, 96778 p (800) 800-6886 F (808) [email protected] kalani.com

location: pahoa, Hi

Find yourself... in a peaceful, nurturing envi-

ronment filled with the healing energy of the

Big Island of Hawaii. Kalani’s 120-acre retreat

on the lush, tropical coast of the Big Island

celebrates nature, culture, and wellness. We

offer daily yoga, teacher training workshops,

delicious cuisine, adventures, and renowned

massage therapists.

maineIslanD Fallssewall hOuse yOGa RetReat1027 crystal rd., island Falls, Me, 04747p (888) 235-2395 [email protected] sewallhouse.com

location: island Falls, Maine

Historic bed-and-breakfast feeling; three veg-

etarian meals/day. Classes in hatha/Ashtanga,

Kundalini, meditation, kirtan.

Near lakes, hiking. Charming private bed-

rooms. May through October 2010.

montanaBOzeman

BIG sKy yOGa RetReatsBozeman, Mt, 59718 p (406) 587-2390 [email protected] bigskyyogaretreats.com

Yoga and outdoor fitness in Montana’ s Big Sky

Country. Winter 2010 yoga and skiing retreats;

summer 2010 Cowgirl Yoga™ retreats blend

yoga, hiking and horseback riding. Gourmet

food and spectacular mountain setting. Dis-

cover the peace that comes from practicing

yoga and being connected to nature. Yeehaw

and namastè.

helena

FeatheReD PIPe FOunDatIOnrodney Yee, seane corn, angela Farmer, p.o. Box 1682, Helena, Mt, 59624 p (406) 442-8196 F (406) [email protected] featheredpipe.com

location: Helena, Montana

The Feathered Pipe has been offering the ulti-

mate yoga retreats for over 30 years. Join us at

our ranch in Montana or a retreat in Mexico, or

take your yoga practice and travel around the

world with us. We host small-size workshops,

one at a time, with the finest teachers.

nebraskaOmahahaRmOnIc stRuctuRes5324 n. 52nd st., omaha, ne, 68104 p (402) 291-1122 [email protected]

location: continental United states

Vastu meditation gardens. Vacation every day

with your own beautifully landscaped harmonic

structure, which uses divine measures to reso-

nate in harmony with you. Student of Sthapatya

Veda.

nIRVana POInte wellness RetReat & sPaomaha, nep (402) 551-0500 [email protected] thewellnessconnection.net

location: omaha, nebraska

A sacred haven! Exquisite energy and surround-

ings. 30-foot waterfall, pool/spa. Guided or

unstructured retreats. Holistic practices, topics

and certifications. Breathtaking escapes! Out-

side OMaha, city of enlightenment!

new jerseyhOBOKenOne hunDReD sKIes yOGa aDVentuRes79 Hudson st., suite ll103, Hoboken, nJ, 07030 p (201) 320-3864 [email protected] onehundredskies.com

location: domestic and international

Annual Adventures and Yoga Retreat Plan-

ning. Instructors, let us do the work for you!

Customized yoga adventures to beautiful desti-

nations to share with your students.

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new mexicoSanta FePrajna Yoga retreatS11 toltec rd., santa Fe, nM, 87505 p (505) 988-5248 [email protected] prajnayoga.net

Tias Little’s Prajna Yoga Retreats offer incred-

ible daylong events, weekend workshops,

women’s retreats and transformational six-day

intensives in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.

new yorkPhoenicia

Menla Mountain retreat & conFerence center375 pantherkill rd., phoenicia, nY, 12464p (845) 688-6897 x7519 F (845) [email protected] menla.org

location: phoenicia, new York

Breathtaking Catskill Mountains treasure.

First-class accomodations. Nutritious gourmet

vegetarian meals. All yoga styles welcome. Ideal

for retreats and teacher trainings of all sizes.

See why some of the hottest names in yoga have

chosen Menla for their trainings. Let us help

you create the perfect retreat for your students.

ShandakencoPPerhood retreat and SPalaurie Heaven,7039 state rte. 28, shandaken, nY, 12480 p (845) 688-2460 [email protected] copperhood.com

location: copperhood retreat and spa

Balance your life in our forest preserve retreat

120 miles from NYC. Organic gourmet food,

yoga, hiking, biking, skiing, fantastic indoor

facilities to nurture health and fitness.

catSkill MountainSSivananda aShraM Yoga ranchp.o. Box 195, 33 Yoga ln., Woodbourne, nY, 12788 p (845) 436-6492 [email protected] sivananda.org/ranch

location: catskill Mountains, new York

Year-round, daily asana classes, meditation and

vegetarian meals. Classical hatha and raja yoga;

Vedanta philosophy. Teacher training courses.

Work/study. Yoga vacations. Ayurveda, sauna.

Organic garden, permaculture.

oregonPortlandhealth & FitneSS Yoga retreatSHawthorne Wellness center, 3016 n.e. 27th ave., portland, or, 97212 p (503) 224-8611 [email protected] holidaysyogacenter.com

location: please check website for details.

Year-round intensives: Oregon Coast, Mount

Hood, Hawaii, and European retreats. Holiday

provides three decades of experience in a vari-

ety of student-based yoga systems.

pennsylvaniahoneSdale

hiMalaYan inStitute952 Bethany tpke., Honesdale, pa, 18431p (800) 822-4547 [email protected] himalayaninstitute.org

location: northeast pennsylvania

A leader for 38 years in the fields of yoga,

meditation and holistic health, the Hima-

layan Institute offers seminars, workshops,

health products, self-transformation pro-

grams and 200-/500-hour yoga teacher cer-

tification programs at our peaceful 400-acre

campus in northeastern Pennsylvania and

around the world. Call (800) 822-4547. Visit

HimalayanInstitute.org or HITA.org.

tennesseehohenwaldgraY Bear lodge retreat centerp.o. Box 682, Hohenwald, tn, 38462 p (615) 782-0469 [email protected] graybear.org

location: gray Bear lodge retreat center

Beautiful wilderness setting: log cabins,

waterfalls, serenity. Timeless retreats, teacher

trainings: yoga (all levels) cleansing/juicing,

Thai massage, Watsu. Guest teachers: Patricia

Walden, Rodney Yee, Kausthub, T.K.V. Desi-

kachar.

texasMineolaYoga in the PineS retreatS431 county road 2487, Mineola, tX, 75773p (469) 867-0766 [email protected] yogainthepines.net

location: east texas

Joyful healing weekend retreat surrounded by

the serenity of nature, two hours from Dallas.

Share yoga, wisdom and laughter. $259 all-

inclusive. All levels welcome.

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international

Yoga Yoga Vacationsaustin, tX, 78757 p (512) 707-9642 [email protected] yogayoga.com

location: Mexico, costa rica, and beyond!

A Yoga Yoga vacation combines the best in

yoga with healthy activities and breathtaking

natural locations to relax and transform you.

Barefoot Yoga retreatsHonomu, Hi, 96728 p (808) 232-1900 [email protected] barefootyogaretreats.com

location: Hawaii, Micronesia, Fiji, greece, solomon islands

Travel should be more than an escape; it

should be a life-changing adventure. Barefoot

Yoga Retreats combines invigorating yoga

with outdoor excursions, culture and seva,

fresh island cuisine and luxurious accommoda-

tions. Take your practice out of the studio and

onto the best beaches, jungles and waterfalls of

the world.

samudra YogadVentures with shiVa reavenice, ca, 90291 p (301) 560-0934 [email protected] shivarea.com

location: Worldwide

Samudra Yogadventures global retreats honor

the many paths that lead to the source and offer

infinite inspiration. Transformational vinyasa

flow yoga, healing nature, sacred sanctuaries

and yoga tribe. Our retreats are life-changing

ways to deepen and renew your experience of

living yoga. Offered globally.

the hard & the soft eco-Yoga retreatspo Box 5009, east Hampton, nY, 11937 p (631) 324-8409 [email protected] power-yoga.com

location: Worldwide

Our eco-yoga vacations/retreats with inter-

nationally renowned spiritual teacher, Beryl

Bender Birch, offer a unique opportunity to

rebuild, recharge and restore your body, mind

and spirit.

VinYasa + Kirtan retreatssanta cruz, ca, 95060 p (617) 504-6505 [email protected] rolfgates.com

location: costa rica, esalen, Big sur, catskills, Mexico

Rolf Gates, author of the acclaimed book on

yogic philosophy Meditations from the Mat,

offers vinyasa/kirtan retreats with GIRISH in

breathtaking settings. These weeks combine

intensive vinyasa practice, phenomenal kirtan

sessions, first-rate alignment training, medita-

tion and lots of fun. Flow deeply into the life

you want to create for yourself!

Yoga adVenture with deBorah Koehn and daVid Blehertp.o. Box 678 , 41 Ho’okena Beach rd. , Honaunau, Hi, 96726 p (970) 309-3835 [email protected] yogaadventure.com

location: Worldwide

Adventures/Y.A. teacher training programs,

“Yoga for the Village People” cultural immer-

sion, Bali, Peru/Machu Picchu, Hawaii, India.

See Hawaii Training ad this issue/web listing.

Yogafox retreatsgenevieve rivera, rYt 200,525 e. atlantic ave., delray Beach, Fl, 33483 p (561) 703-1236 [email protected] yogafox.com

location: colorado, costa rica, greece, Mexico, and More

YogaFox retreats. Travel to beautiful loca-

tions worldwide, practicing a variety of yoga

styles daily: vinyasa, Kripalu, restorative, nada

yoga with traveling musicians. Enjoy daily

meditation as we explore our surroundings on

adventures. Also visit us at our home studios in

Delray Beach, FL, at 525 E. Atlantic Ave. and

1405 N. Federal Hwy.

bahamaswildQuest retreatsp.o. Box 7433, delray Beach, Fl, 33482-7433p (800) 326-1618 [email protected] wildquest.com

location: Bimini, Bahamas

Swimming with wild dolphins and yoga in

the Caribbean. Weeklong transformative,

meditative retreats. Experience the magical

human-dolphin connection. (800) 326-1618;

wildquest.com.

siVananda ashram Yoga retreatsita chaitanya,p. o. Box n7550, paradise island, nassau, p (866) 446-5934 F (242) [email protected] sivanandabahamas.org

location: paradise island, Bahamas

The Yoga Retreat is an island paradise with

crystal clear water and pure white sands. It

is located on one of the finest beaches of the

world. Year-round yoga vacations, yoga teacher

training courses, hatha yoga, meditation,

chanting retreats, vedanta, Ayurveda, confer-

ences, yoga therapy, music festivals, fasting,

and family programs.



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botswanaYoga Safarip. o. Box 1034, Maun, Botswana p +267 6865117 F +267 [email protected] yogasafari.com

location: Botswana, africa

Ever thought of practicing yoga within the

wilds of Africa with a qualified yoga instructor?

Then this is the vacation for you! Check out

yogasafari.com .

indonesia

2010 BaliSpirit Yoga feStival44B Jalan Hanoman, padang tegal, Ubud, Bali, 80571 p +62 361 970 992 F +62 361 970 581 [email protected] balispiritfestival.com

location: Ubud, Bali and surroundings dates: March 31–april 4, 2010

Be a part of something that will change your

world! Come to the Balispirit Festival. Yoga,

dance, music, workshops, night concerts,

healing, community . . . magnified by the magic

of Bali.

Bali—eScape the WorldUbud, Bali , 80226p +62 361 289 752 [email protected] oneworldretreats.com

location: Ubud, Bali

Bali ongoing retreats: Escape the World.;

Yoga, meditation, spa treatments, cultural

discoveries. Peaceful and authentic life

experiences, spectacular location. All-inclusive

journey starting at $1050. Six days/five nights.

ann BarroS’ Yoga in BaliUbud , Bali, p (831) 475-8738 F (831) [email protected] BaliYoga.com

location: Bali, indonesia

Celebrating over 40 successful tours! Original

Iyengar Yoga Bali retreat with Ann Barros:

includes airfare, deluxe accommodations, daily

yoga, cultural excursions. “Eat Pray Love.”

bhutanBhutan Yoga travelS304-40 landry st., ottawa, ont, K1l 8K4 p (613) 883-5850 [email protected] yogatravels.ca

location: Bhutan dates: May/June 2010

14-day yoga trips in Bhutan. May/June 2010.

We practise all-level hatha yoga and visit

monasteries, museums and small villages

within this Himalayan kingdom.

brazilBlYSS Yoga in Brazilrua visconde de piraja 318, sala 211, rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22410000 p +55 21 9218 5511 [email protected] blyss.com.br

location: rio de Janeiro

For just $100/day you will have a private two-

bedroom apartment, breakfast, vegetarian

meals and unlimited yoga classes in sunny

beautiful Rio.

caribbeanBocaS Yogacasa Morada, 4th st., Bocas town, Bocas del toro p +507 6658 1355 [email protected] bocasyoga.com

location: caribbean

Custom-built yoga studio designed with Vastu

Shastra. Safe, comfortable, noncompetitive,

nonjudgmental, air-conditioned, sound-

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How and when did you discover yoga? I went

to my doctor with a litany of problems. He just

said, “Madam, there’s nothing wrong with you.

You’re suffering from the blahs. Exercise.” I

had a wonderful husband, two beautiful sons,

a golden retriever, a boat on the sound, and the

question was, “Why aren’t I happy? What’s miss-

ing?” I decided to go to a Sivananda Yoga class at

the YWCA in Stamford, Connecticut. I stopped

smoking, slept better, and had more energy.

How did your television show come about? I

would watch Richard Hittleman’s shows in

black and white with two beautiful, perfect

women demonstrating postures. I thought, “I

could do that better.” Then, the wife of a local

PBS producer took my yoga class. She told her

husband I would be perfect for a TV show.

How did it feel to be a part of something so

groundbreaking? I got very good schooling

from Sri Swami Chidananda, a teacher in the

Sivananda lineage, and some wise teachers like

Angela Farmer, Goswami Kriyananda, and Dr.

Jean Houston. Their advice was that this was

service. Don’t hold on to the fruits of your

actions—people writing in and being recognized

in the streets, that kind of thing. It became and

still is a practice. It’s my sadhana.

Do you ever worry about how much yoga has

grown since you started your show? Losing its

connection to the mystics of the past of India?

No. It will be what it will be. I really do think

that all is well. Joy belongs to everyone.

What motivated you to write your book, Yoga

Gets Better with Age? I wanted to share my

journey. I’m in a 70-years-young body, and I do

my yoga practice differently. Certain postures

don’t mean as much to me anymore, but other

ones do. The essence of the book is to show how

to work intelligently with a midlife body and

beyond in a way that’s pain free. ✤

Decked out in her leotard and braids, Lilias Folan brought

yoga into living rooms nationwide via her syndicated 1972 PBS

television series, Lilias! Yoga and You. Through the course of the

show’s 500 episodes and her travel around the world, she introduced

millions of people to yoga, yet remains sincere and humble.

Would you call yourself a spiritual seeker? Absolutely. I’ve

been a passionate spiritual seeker since I was a little girl. My up -

bringing was very difficult. When it got really tough, I would go

into the center of my chest, and I would meet with my friend who

would soothe and connect me to something that I had no words

for. And that’s where I would heal.

That’s yoga from a very young age. That’s how I came to the

planet. But as a teenager, I forgot about my friend. Then I had a

major crisis and thought, “I can solve this. I’ll go back inside.” When

I did, I couldn’t find my friend. Yoga brought me back to this inner

friend that’s always been there. Yoga brought me home again. Ry

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