Welcome to Prakasa!

Vision of Prakasa Yoga Studio
Plans to build a brand new studio in Goshen, MA. are underway!

The 36' diameter round yurt-like studio will have radiant heated floors and a clear dome top. It will have vertical windows to the south and lots of natural light. The design is based on sacred geometry. In addition to our regular weekly yoga classes and meditation, we will offer private & therapeutic yoga classes, subtle energy and breath work sessions, kirtan (sacred chanting), cooking classes, workshops and retreats! The studio will be available for rental in 2008. Prakasa is born of Lynne and George's desire to offer their skills and love to a world-wide community of seekers wanting high quality, eco-friendly yogic education in a ≠truly peaceful, natural and healing environment. Prakasa will be nestled in a quiet pristine forest, in beautiful Goshen, Massachusetts. Here wildlife abounds: wild bear stroll contentedly through the forest; nightingales sing in the dark of night; hawks soar overhead- their piercing cry enlivening the atmosphere; songbirds perch high in the tree tops and sing the dawn into being; sunlight and moonlight sift through the leaves and our beautiful cat Shri - plays delightfully amongst them all. All of this splendor and more, exists for your own well-being, growth and enjoyment.

Lynne Paterson, Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, RYT 200

In 1997, Lynne took her first workshop with John Friend and fell in love with Anusara Yoga. By 2000, Lynne had made a commitment to certify and began extensive study with John Friend, attending numerous teacher and therapy trainings across the USA. She was awarded certification in July 2003. Lynne is skilled in therapeutics and has a deep understanding of the Anusara Yoga principles and Tantric philosophy. She studies Rajanaka Tantra with Professor Douglas Brooks regularly. Lynne conveys her passion for the transformative power of Anusara Yoga with precision, humor and poetic imagery. She is known for her radiant smile, enthusiasm and joyful presence. Lynne brings clarity of purpose to each class, holding a vision of greatness for all her students.

Lynne's life long search for Truth led her early to yoga and later to meditation. In 1998, she became a formal student of Swami Chidvilasananda, the living master of the international Siddha Yoga lineage. Lynne regularly attends meditation retreats and intensives and enjoys the Grace of a daily meditation and chanting practice.

Lynne began yoga in 1980 and studied with BKS Iyengar and many of his senior teachers in Boston until 1996. She studied weekly with Deb Neubauer from 1996-2004 and is the first of Ms. Neubauers' students to be certified in Anusara Yoga. She certified to teach Flow Yoga with Ganga White and Tracy Rich of White Lotus in 1998. Lynne is also a professional chef, who ran a natural foods catering business and cooking school from 1990-2000. Among Lynne's life passions are a love of poetry, nature, oceans, mountains, camping, hiking, healthy gourmet food, meaningful conversation, her cat and all things beautiful.

George Nager, Reiki Master and certified Temple Academies Energy Healer

George has spent most of his life following his heart. He received both spiritual and healing energy initiation while living on Maui, Hawaii. In 1990, he traveled to India to meet his spiritual teacher Swami Chidvilasananda, the living master of the international Siddha Yoga community. Since then, he has regularly practiced meditation, chanting and japa (mantra repetition) under her direction. While living in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in 1994, George received guidance that healing work was his calling. He received initiation into Reiki later that year. George attained Reiki Master in 2005.

In 2004, George successfully completed a yearlong professional training in subtle energy healing with Devita Birdwell, a certified teacher trainer for Temple Academy. In this training, he received powerful attunements to many healing frequencies. George has studied breath work with master teacher, Andy Caponigro, author of the book, The Miracle of the Breath for the past four years. He is part of an on-going master breath work series and assists Mr Caponigro in local Breath of Life workshops.

George offers treatments which are a synthesis of these various modalities at Prakasa Yoga Studio. Above all else, George loves to challenge and encourage people to recognize and affirm spiritual reality. He also loves rock 'n roll, sushi, back roads and the wilderness.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:

All classes are taught with the intention of guiding you to the fullest expression of your heart. Alignment principles and techniques are taught in order to support the inner yoga practice- the cultivation of spiritual virtues, which transform us and set us free. Expert instruction and personal attention are provided.

Basics: for beginning yoga students and students with injury, or those who prefer to move slowly and gently. Class will progress sequentially from week to week. Focus is to safely learn the basic postures and to begin breath awareness and meditation.

Level 1: for beginners and students new to Anusara Yoga. Basic alignment principles and Tantric philosophy are taught. Learn to link breath and movement in a flow of simple postures and sequences in a safe and light-hearted atmosphere.

Level 1 / 2: for advanced beginners and intermediate students. Learn new postures, including backbends and inversions, with fun variations. Detailed alignment instructions and helpful hands-on adjustments provided to guide you.Broaden your understanding of the Anusara Yoga principles and Tantric philosophy.

Level 2: for strong intermediate students. Deepen, refine and strengthen your yoga practice. Longer meditations, playfully serious practice with backbend and inversion variations, introduction to arm balances and pranayama. Create the fullest expression of the beauty in each pose. Discover precision and grace in motion.

CLASS LOCATIONS:

Prakasa Yoga Studio 152 Ball Road Goshen, Ma 01032
Anahata Yoga Center 16 Center Street Northampton, Ma 01060
Goshen Town Hall, Route 9 Goshen, Ma 01032
Greenfield Community College 1 College Drive Greenfield, Ma 01301
Smith College Elm Street Northampton, Ma 01064
Village Church on Main Street, Cummington, Ma 01026
Yoga Sanctuary, 191 Main Street, Northampton, Ma 01060

Lynne Paterson, RYT200, is a certified Anusara Yoga Instructor. Lynne teaches public, private and college classes and offers workshops and retreats locally and regionally. Anusara Yoga, founded by John Friend in 1997, is an elegant system of alignment principles that affirms life and honors the body as a sacred vessel of Spirit.

George Nager is Reiki Master and Temple Academies certified Energy Worker. He conveys transformative healing frequencies, which focus on health and its maintenance, instead of disease and its treatment. George offers private healing energy sessions and breath work classes.

John Friend

John Friend, creator and founder of Anusara Yoga, is one of the most charismatic and respected yoga teachers in the country. He has inspired thousands of students to cultivate a deep sense of innate goodness, beauty and divine power through the art, science and practice of yoga.John has a remarkable and thorough knowledge of the biomechanics of movement, a richly textured understanding of yogic philosophy, a colorful sense of humor and boundless energy, which he uses to help people transform their lives

Anusara Yoga

Anusara Yoga, which John Friend founded in 1997, is one of the most popular and fastest growing schools of hatha yoga in the world today. To learn why Anusara yoga is fondly referred to as the Yoga of Grace, please go to anusara.com. Namaste.

Local yoga and meditation classes offered in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts- Northampton, Amherst, Greenfield, Smith College and Greenfield Community College; and also in the Hilltowns Goshen and Cummington. Workshops & Immersions are held in New England, United States & Canada. Retreats at Prakasa Yoga Studio in Goshen, Ma. begin 2008.

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