Namaste and Welcome!

Let me introduce myself, my name is Cindy, I am a yoga instructor and mental health therapist in Washington, DC. Yoga has been the medium that has taken me on such a phenomenal journey over the course of the past year and a half. I renewed my passion for yoga at Georgetown Yoga in May 2007 when I was going through a lot of personal problems. Suffice it to say that I was grieving my loss of self and cliche as it may sound, I had lost awareness of who I truly am. It was through yoga, what I call a "moving meditation," that eventually brought me peace, balance, and a clearer outlook on life and my place within my environment.

As a mental health therapist, day in and day out, I'm usually attempting to assist my clients to locate this same sense of clarity and emotional cleansing through the medium of talk and play therapy (with children, though I'm convinced adults would greatly benefit from a little bit of play in their lives!). As I discovered the healing benefits of yoga for myself, I became inspired to share my newfound passion with others in need, be it dealing with a crisis or simply getting through the daily grind. To that end, I completed a 200hr teacher training at Georgetown Yoga in the YogaWorks method in June 2008. To say that it was a life-changing experience doesn't even begin to convey what I got out of the training. Yoga is an individual practice, while also acknowledging the essence of community. Through yoga, one is faced front and center with personal demons - pride, anxiety, and ego, to name but a few. To many, that doesn't really sound like a fun hour and a half a day. And, honestly, it isn't always fun. But it is almost always a chance for growth and development.

Again, as a therapist, I know that personal demons don't get exorcised by ignoring them. The only way to find resolution and peace is to face them head on, eye-to-eye, "mano y mano." And then, I also know that personal demons almost never completely disappear, they evolve to match one's current experiences and future possibilities. Over the course of the past year, a consistent yoga practice has helped me to weather the intermittent storms I've gone through, and has inevitably enabled me to come out the other side refreshed and ready to face the challenges ahead.

I wholeheartedly encourage all to give yoga a try and please do come visit me at my new yoga teaching home, Tulsi Holistic Living Center, www.tulsiliving.com. I will be teaching two classes a week:

Thursdays, 7-815pm: Candlelight Yoga
Saturdays, 430-530pm: Flow 2

I will also continue to update classes that I'm substitute teaching at Inspired Yoga.

Peace,
Cindy