WELCOME TO PRAKASA !
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We are modern yogis who practice Anusara Yoga because it supports our health and wellbeing, and makes us feel so good! The underlying Tantric philosophy gives us effective strategies to gracefully manage life's challenges and to cultivate a blissful, happy inner state. Our mission is to help you discover and cultivate your own great life through these timeless practices in our classes, workshops and retreats. |
For Special Promotions & New Courses:
Read our Holiday Newsletter (Dec & Jan)
New Year's Celebration: Saturday Dec 31
Two for One Healing Hands Energy Work
with George
Workshops:
3 Master Classes with Lynne (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Winter Retreat: Sara Davidson & Lynne Paterson (Feb 10-12)
Advanced Teacher Intensive: with Desiree Rumbaugh (June 8-10)
Bill Mahony Yoga Philosophy Workshop (November 3-4)
NEW 2012 Courses:
Learn to Meditate: Thursday Jan 12
Yoga for Beginners: Tuesday February 21
Anusara Immersion Part 1: Jan 28/29, Feb 18-19, Mar 10/11
Visit the Workshop/Training/Event page |
View our new Calendar |
Living our Dream:
Prakasa is the culmination of our lifelong vision to create sacred space for people who desire high quality, yogic education in a natural and healing environment. We designed and built our beautiful studio, by hand, using lumber milled from our own land. We employed “green” building techniques and “eco-friendly” materials so that the physical space will support your well-being, growth and enjoyment.
Our unique 12-sided studio is perfect for contemplative spiritual practices and special celebrations. It boasts radiant heated floors powered by a state of the art wood-fired boiler with logs cut from our property, a domed skylight and long elegant windows overlooking a southern slope. Our floating cork floor, harvested using sustainable methods, is both lovely to the eye and pleasing underfoot.
We chose Goshen because it is readily accessible (via route 9) to all of Western Massachusetts and our 10 acres are surrounded by 1,000’s more. Here wildlife abounds: wild bear stroll contentedly through the woods; nightingales sing in the dark of night; hawks soar overhead; songbirds perch high in the tree tops and sing the dawn into being; sunlight and moonlight sift through the forest into the studio and our beautiful cat Shri - plays delightfully among them all. We’d love for you to join our amazing hilltown community of yoga practitioners, musicians, artists and nature lovers at our brand new peaceful, woodland sanctuary.
Come for community, adventure, enjoyment, healing or retreat….and especially to play!
Lynne Paterson, RYT200, has been a certified Anusara Yoga (TM) teacher since 2003.
Lynne teaches public, private and therapeutic classes, workshops, Immersions and Teacher Trainings
at her new Prakasa Yoga Studio, and offers workshops regionally. She has been a faculty member of Smith College since 2000. Lynne is known for her radiant light heart, inquisitive mind and clear transmission of the elegant alignment principles of Anusara Yoga and of Tantric philosophy. She welcomes students of all ages and abilities to her classes, and supports each individual on their path to awakening and transformation.
George Nager is an aspiring Anusara yoga teacher, who completed a 200 hour Teacher Training with Lynne Paterson in 2010. He is a Reiki Master and Temple Academies certified Energy Worker. He conveys transformative healing frequencies, which focus on health and its maintenance, instead of disease and its treatment. George offers private healing energy sessions and breath work classes.
John Friend
John Friend, creator and founder of Anusara Yoga, is one of the most charismatic and respected yoga teachers in the country. He has inspired thousands of students to cultivate a deep sense of innate goodness, beauty and divine power through the art, science and practice of yoga.John has a remarkable and thorough knowledge of the biomechanics of movement, a richly textured understanding of yogic philosophy, a colorful sense of humor and boundless energy, which he uses to help people transform their lives
Anusara Yoga
Anusara Yoga, which John Friend founded in 1997, is one of the most popular and fastest growing schools of hatha yoga in the world today. Anusara Yoga, founded by John Friend in 1997, is an elegant system of alignment principles that affirms life and honors the body as a sacred vessel of Spirit. To learn why Anusara yoga is fondly referred to as the Yoga of Grace, please go to anusara.com. Namaste.
LOCATION:
Prakasa Yoga Studio 152 Ball Road Goshen, Ma 01032
We are centrally located 1.5 miles off route 9 near Goshen center; an easy drive from all Western Massachusetts locations. (1/2 hour to Northampton, Greenfield, Pittsfield and S. Vermont; and only 1 hour to Bradley International Airport).
Directions From Northampton:
Take route 9 west (Elm Street) 13.5 miles through Goshen center. Pass route 112 on your right and Propane Co. on your left. Take your next left on to Ball Road. Go 1 mile, follow road as it curves sharply to the left. Pass horse riding arena on your right. Take your next right into our parking lot. Follow the forest path (lit at night) back to the studio.