Hello,

As a yoga teacher, my goal is to help you build balance, strength, and presence on and off your mat.

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Formerly a dancer turned yoga teacher, my classes get you flowing with grace and connecting with your power.

Yoga as a call to action

For many of us, our bodies are political. We operate in the world and show up on our mats with different levels of safety. Yoga can help us to find calm and heal from trauma in a society that was designed to privilege some bodies over others.

But if we allow it, the practice of yoga can open our awareness to ourselves & others and provide us with tools to work toward our collective liberation.

Let’s move together with commitment and care.

Yoga portraits by Amy Frances

Reflections

A little 10 min yoga sequence I made for you - intended to calm down your body and mind and get you ready for sleep. Roll out your mat, light some candles, bring a pillow and/or blocks for support. Make your way into a nice easy seat at the top of y
This yoga community, coming together & modeling how we hold each other in the face of loss. We send blessings, we sing, we tell stories, it requires lots of flowers. And I love this photo because you can feel the warmth & light. The holde
Deep breath in & deep breath out In this space we commit ourselves to presence, to awareness, to community, to deep forward folds, to tapas (fire), to ahimsa (nonviolence). To our personal and collective transformation. Inhale, right foot fo
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Hi 👋🏻 I’m Ellie (she/her). I’m a yoga teacher & ashtanga practitioner. I grew up in studios as a dancer for over 20 years, and while ballet was my first movement vocabulary, I turned to yoga as a way to explore movement that wasn&r

Current Location

Hudson Valley, NY

teaching @ Newburgh Yoga Shala