I was introduced to yoga in the mid 80’s on a summer trip to Vermont. We stopped at a spa in the mountains and took a class with a local yoga teacher. It was a transformative experience. There was no turning back! I knew that I would continue as I had never felt so much more at ease and so alive after any other type of exercise class I had taken. I continued to practice, and then in 2000 completed a 200 hour yoga teacher certification program in Westchester. Since then, I have studied extensively with many internationally renown yoga teachers ,including Colleen Saidman Yee, Rodney Yee, Angela Farmer and Victor Von Kooten, and completed additional trainings – 500 hour Yoga teacher and Urban Zen certifications at Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, Trauma Sensitive Yoga at the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute and, most recently, I completed a certification in the Inelda End of Life Doula training. My master’s in social work had also deepened my yoga practice.
I seek to maintain a perpetual beginner’s mind in my yoga and hope you will join me in class to continue to explore finding peace of mind, more balance in life, ways to unwind, to explore yoga from the inside out and to breath.

Masha found herself on a mystical path at a very young age, and dedicated herself to energy healing and yoga immediately after experiencing their transformative and purifying effects. Reiki, Kundalini and Jivamukti yoga are her specialty, and she loves sharing her wisdom and uplifting practices with friends, clients, and strangers.

Physically, she lives between New York City and the Hamptons, while spending winters recharging in Hawaii. Spiritually, she keeps up a daily practice and does much of her work in the dream realm. She believes whole-heartedly in the power of intention, in listening to intuition, and elevating humanity to be more conscious of the well being of our home, planet earth.

Masha seeks to balance spiritual aspirations with modern life for herself and her clients, and is passionate about doing her part in healing the world!

Monica - Yogini with an accent! Monica grew up in a small town in Switzerland where she started practicing hatha yoga at the age of 14, over 30 years ago. Hatha yoga, along with chanting and meditation have been the pillars of her life, allowing her to experience happiness and freedom from within. She completed her teacher training in the Anusara style and philosophy, and holds a certificate at the 200 hour level. Monica has been teaching for eight years; she is known as an inspirational teacher who’s main focus is alignment, breath and the language of the heart. While teaching a well rounded class, she has the ability and gift to take her students to a place of deep stillness within. Monica is also a professional Doula, certified by DONA International, who serves and educates women during pregnancy, birth and postpartum, making this most defining time truly remarkable. Pre Natal Yoga is one of her specialties! To learn more, visit hamptondoula.com

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