ELENA DEMYANENKO

After her graduation from the Academy of Arts in Moscow, Elena moved to NYC where she continued perform and study Yoga. Years of practice in ISHTA, Ashtanga and Iyengar styles of yoga, Western and Eastern philosophy, 25 years of her dance experience allows Elena to create an environment where we discover how to awaken our inherent range of intelligence, to find energetic direction in the body so that we can function at its highest level of efficiency. Studying with Alan Finger and Genevieve Kapuler, Mark Whitwell and Sharon Salzberg, Elena combines a focus on the breath and subtleties of alignment with a dynamic flow to create an atmosphere which challenges and heals. She looks for means of identifying and modifying the mental and physical limitation (habits) that interfere with one\'s full range of possibilities , as well as honoring one\'s ability to make choices ( take responsibility). The practice will encourage listening, exploring, and finding the teacher within. Gradually transforming and liberating, engaging one in the present moment, and guiding towards an inner stillness.