“As I often tell my students, the person you’ll have the hardest time opening to and truly loving without reserve is yourself. Once you can do that, you can love the whole universe unconditionally.”
— Adyashanti

Mentoring and Yoga Therapy

Mentoring and Yoga Therapy

Connection and chemistry matter. Learning is a co-creative process. In my role as mentor, teacher, and yoga therapist, I see my primary responsibility as supporting you in recognizing your strengths – so you can discover your authentic voice and reconnect with what genuinely matters to you.

While yoga is something that can be taught, it is ultimately something to be lived. As yoga professionals, we often find that our personal and professional lives are deeply intertwined. To tend one is to tend the other. The teachings of yoga inform how we live, and life itself continually shapes how we teach. Supporting others requires an ongoing willingness to grow ourselves.

Through practice, many yoga students come to experience a sense of self that extends beyond the body. This unfolding can awaken a desire to live with greater clarity, integrity, and purpose. Yoga, at its heart, is a journey toward wholeness—one that emerges through self-understanding, compassion, and self-love. As we live more in alignment with who we truly are, a deep sense of wholeness naturally arises.

I often liken this journey of self-discovery to hiking a mountain—beautiful, demanding, and filled with both ease and challenge. Life includes joy and sorrow, effort and rest. Learning to meet these polarities with awareness and compassion is the yogic path. Cultivating self-compassion is central to my approach and forms the foundation for creating a safe, supportive, and courageous space for both mentoring and yoga therapy.

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 Let go of the battle.  Breathe quietly and let it be.  Let your body relax and your heart soften.  Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
-Jack Kornfield

Excited about the prospect of becoming a Yoga Teacher?

Ready to take your skills to another level as a Yoga Therapist?

Join me, ellen, for the Integrative Yoga Therapy 200-hour level Yoga Teacher Training (in RI or via Zoom) or for the Kripalu Integrative Yoga Therapy, Professional Yoga Therapy Certification (300 and 800 hour level) in the exquisite Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.

I am excited to guide and support you. With almost 40 years as a Yoga practitioner and 30 as a teacher I have an abundance of practice, training and experience to share with you. The Integrative Yoga Therapy 200-hour program is an exquisitely designed curriculum that prepares you to teach individuals regardless of age or level of fitness. Click here for 200-hour Integrative Yoga Therapy training.

Join me and an amazing group of colleagues at the Kripalu Center for advanced training in Yoga Therapy.  Upon completion of the 300 hour program you will be certified as an advance teacher of therapeutic yoga.  Complete the 800 hour professional yoga therapy training program and become certified as a Yoga Therapist through the International Association for Yoga Therapists. For more information and a link to Kripalu Integrative Yoga Therapy click here.

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