I committed to a daily practice, and over time my interest in yoga deepened. I had no idea the magnitude of what I was embarking on, but I trusted that it would be a transforming journey. Thereafter, I enrolled at The Yoga Teacher Training Institute, Long Island, where I pursued advanced studies in yoga. I continued learning over the course of the past decade with many renowned teachers in many styles of yoga and focused my studies in the tradition of Ashtanga Yoga.

I completed a 3 year formal teacher training course with senior teachers of Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation. This approach to yoga enables me to utilize an integrative approach with a wide range of yoga tools to enhance individuals’ well-being & maintain or restore health. Some of these tools include physical postures, breath regulation, meditation, chanting/mantra, visualization and self inquiry. This method of teaching ensures a safe environment that honors the classic traditions of yoga while making them relevant and applicable to today’s modern times.

Currently, I continue my studies of yoga philosophy, yoga sutra, vedic chanting, and ayurveda. My learning interests inspire my own personal growth and development as well as enhance my commitment to teach beginner and well accomplished students of yoga.”

Karen holds three degrees, including Psychology, Biology, and Nutrition. She is a Registered Dietitian and a Counselor of Holistic Nutrition Therapy, which enhances her yoga teaching and compassion for students physically, mentally, and emotionally. Her research and studies allow her to combine the use of scientific devices and energy healing to offer a complete and harmonious approach towards optimum health.

Elaine has been practicing yoga for most of her adult years. Yoga has been everything to her, a way of staying healthy, focused, and strong. It has helped her through many of life’s passages; it has kept her sane when everything around was not.

After spending many years working in the business world, she began to teach yoga and provide yoga therapy because ‘I realized that I had something to offer…my love of the practice and lots of enthusiasm. I love teaching…. I love knowing that my students walk away from a session feeling good and that they take what they learned into their everyday lives in very subtle ways.

I don’t know what I love more, teaching yoga or giving a Phoenix Rising session. I have been able to experience profound growth and have witnessed it in others. This is a gift and I am grateful.’

Elaine welcomes people of all flexibilities, and ages, people in wheelchairs and chairs, pregnant women, seniors, people with chronic disease. Elaine believes that we are only limited by our minds. Yoga opens one up to all possibilities….old habits can be changed…new patterns can be created. We don’t have to stay stuck.’

Elaine is a mother of two and grandmother of 3 beautiful girls and lives in Melville.

Credentials:
E-RYT Registered Yoga Teacher certified, listed on the national Teachers Registry by Yoga Alliance, registered since 2001
Advanced Certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner since 2003
Member of International Association of Yoga Therapists
Member of the Long Island Yoga Association

• Orthopedic conditions: Hip labral tears, osteoarthritis, herniated or bulging discs, generalized spinal pain, scoliosis, sciatica or other nerve compressions (this is a brief list)
• Prenatal and postpartum issues: Recovery from c-section or episiotomy, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis recti, sacroiliac joint dysfunction
• Post-Surgical Recovery: Hysterectomy, hernia repair, laparoscopy, appendectomy, spinal surgery, hip, shoulder, knee, and ankle/foot surgery
• Osteoporosis
• Disorders of the bladder: IC (Interstitial Cystitis)
• Disorders of the bowel: IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Chronic Constipation
• Sexual Dysfunctions: Levator Ani Syndrome, Pudendal Neuralgia (nerve compression), Dyspareunia (painful intercourse), Vulvodynia, Vulvar vestibulitis, Vaginismus