yoga for bliss - now in our 21st year!
instructors
Neem Dewji has been the director of Yoga for Bliss for 19 years. She also teaches meditation and stress management, leads groups that focus on health and well-being, and teaches yoga at various levels including therapeutic, gentle and chair yoga.
"It's wonderful to have been able to create a wellness community in Riverdale and Yonkers and online. In these stressful and difficult times, we offer a space where people can come together with similar intention: to stop and recenter, to improve their well-being, to remember their more expanded and sacred sense of Self, and to make a difference to others."
Sixteen years ago Berto recognized that practicing yoga was changing and centering his life. After surgery in 2011, yoga became deeply internal and brought him much better health. Berto's life as a public servant guides him to the healing power of yoga, to a soulful place. “There is an inner awareness, acceptance, and peace I find on the mat, and I’m heartfelt about sharing it with the world”. Having graduated from teacher training three years ago, Berto continues to study all forms of yoga.
Immersed in Iyengar yoga since 1995, Nancy has visited India three times to study with master teachers Ramanand Patel, Pandit Mukesh Desai, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, and the Iyengars. She has passed the rigorous Iyengar Yoga Certification process. Nancy believes the principles of asana practice can guide us to live our daily lives in harmony.
Stephanie has been a yoga practitioner for over fifteen years, and has found yoga to be an incredibly healing modality - physically, mentally, and spiritually. Her 2019 teacher training focused not just on asanas (postures), but on the timeless, philosophical elements of yoga, which have deepended both her self-awareness and her practice. Stephanie offers a gentle, grounding class with an emphasis on self-exploration and self-care.
Gina has been practicing yoga for over 15 years, and has completed several teacher trainings since 2013. To Gina, yoga is a transformative philosophy, beyond the physical poses that yoga is associated with in the West. Yoga teaches us to slow down, and has huge physical and mental benefits when practiced regularly. "We become more conscious of our bodies, minds, and hearts, and notice how we affect the world around us."
