Each month, we'll be featuring a lil omm teacher in our monthly newsletter. Dena has been a integral part of the lil omm community, and we're so happy to share her path!

Five years had passed between Dena's first experience with yoga and when it became an integral part of her life. In her late-twenties and rising in her career in educational administration, she found herself walking bent-over around Manhattan, unable to stand upright.

After just one yoga class with an incredible teacher, her aching, stressed and twisted back began to feel relief. Yoga was the antidote to an incredibly fast-paced, disconnected life. After three-years of a dedicated practice with Kripalu master teacher Priti Robyn Ross and ISHTA-trained Lauren Hale, Dena pursued her new calling and became a Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher.

She believes that yoga is a process of personal discovery and that even in class settings, yoga is an individual experience. Each time on the mat is unique. The body is different everyday. The connection with breath and the challenges of the mind change each time the practice of yoga is engaged. As a teacher, she is there as a trained and knowledgeable guide. Paths may be offered, but are only suggestions. Even young or inexperienced yogis can attune themselves to their bodies, mind and breath to discover what is needed, what feels good, and how to meet a challenge. As a student turns inward, listens and explores, the inquiry of yoga will begin and a journey will unfold.

Practice with Dena at any of her regular classes, including:

Kids
Littles (drop off class for 3-4 year olds) on Wednesdays @ 4:00pm
Tweens + Teens on Wednesdays @ 5:00pm

Adults
Adult Yoga on Saturday @ 8:00am

Families
Family Yoga (3+Up) Mini Session, 3 week class starting this Sunday @ 5:00pm

Upcoming Workshops
No School Today on 11/11
PJ Party on 12/4

Dena hosts lil omm birthday parties, too!

want more details about these classes and workshops?
view the entire schedule here