yoga for bliss - now in our 18th year!
instructors
Neem Dewji has been the director of Yoga for Bliss for 18th 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. 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”. A recent graduate of teacher training, Berto continues to study all forms of yoga.
Yoga has been a part of Carly’s life since her early teens. It's the way she finds peace and levity amidst the ebbs and flows of life. The desire to share that peace and clarity with others led her to teacher training. As a social worker for teens with learning disabilities, Carly saw how yogic techniques were such valuable resource for those in need. Since becoming a mother of two, her children are now down-dogging alongside mommy. "Every time we unroll our mat, we have another chance to gain a new perspective on a pose, a breathing technique, a state of mind."
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.
Jo-anne was drawn to the healing power of yoga while recovering from an injury in 2004. With a BS in Exercise Physiology, an MS in Guidance and Counseling, 200-hour yoga teacher certification and children’s yoga certification, Jo-Anne uses yoga in her curriculum for children with special needs. Her adult class focuses on flow, alignment, breath, and taking what we learn on the mat out into the world.
After 10 years as a yoga student, Rose completed teacher training to be able to offer the practice to everyone, including children. Her practice and teaching are grounded in the belief that yoga offers a sanctuary from the craziness of day-to-day life and by finding peace on your mat, you can find balance in your everyday. In the studio you'll find her in some form of Vrksasana (tree pose) or singing "Tick-Toc Little Yoga clock" with her two young girls.
