welcome to good space!
Sutra 2.46 sthira sukham asanam:
resolutely abiding in good space.
Hi! I’m Berlin. I am a longtime yoga and movement practitioner and teacher. I have taught yoga to children, teens, college students, and adults; to inmates, to farmers, and to artists on retreat. I found yoga as a teenager and was drawn to the way the practice quelled my mind and offered me deep insight into my own workings & patterns. I earned my 200hr certification in 2014 at Happy Buddha Yoga in Goshen NY. In 2019, I completed my 500hr certification at Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation in Hudson NY. Through my involvement with the Sadhana Service Project, I also developed the first Yoga & Wellness volunteer program at a jail in Northern NY, where I taught yoga to the inmates once a week.
I strongly believe in giving students the agency to move & explore in ways that feel safe, intuitive, and illuminating for them. My classes go beyond just “stretching,” and incorporate strengthening techniques, somatic explorations, functional & intuitive movement, and invitations to connect with oneself on a deeper level. It is important to me that I, as a teacher, empower my students to listen deeply to their body’s own intelligence— to embody the practice their way, on any given day. I believe embodied movement & meditation are powerful tools that can help us learn to self-regulate and assist in working through trauma. I aim to help students cultivate a brave curiosity and awareness about their inner world, and to find joy & ease in their movement.
I identify as a grumpy hermit most of the time. My yoga practice makes me a better person, unblocks my heart, invites me to reside in a more spacious head space, and urges me to live in integrity. This newsletter is a practice in orienting myself towards that goodness, and staying in close contact with the philosophical tenets of yoga. It’s also a merging of my old Mailchimp newsletter, which I started in 2020, and my Patreon membership site, which I started in 2021. You can find the old newsletter archived here, as well as tons of pre-recorded yoga and meditation sessions.
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