Instructors: Sondra Loring, Ellen Chrystal, Tara McIndoo, Donald Mouton, Young Paris, Raghunath, Gordon Scarritt, Terry Schaff
Sondra Loring RYT
Sondra Loring fell in love with yoga while dancing professionally in New York City. She traveled to India to study Ashtanga yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and continued to study Ashtanga in New York City with Eddie Stern and Iyengar yoga with Genevieve Kapuler. Sondra opened Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation in 2003, and is the co-director with Jessie Lee Montague of Satya Yoga Center in Rhinebeck and Catskill. She studies harmonium with Sahaja and had an amazing time at kirtan camp with Jai Uttal in Guatemala. In 2008, she returned to India to study vedic chanting with M.A. Jayashree and yoga therapy at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. Her classes are loved for their graceful flow of movement, their quality of devotion, and their sense of community. She is a collective member of Dancing Crow Farm, and will be part of leading yoga and farming retreats this summer. Sondra lives with Isa, Zane and Mateo, her beloved and their two rascally sons. Sondra teaches Vinyasa classes on Weds. and Fri., and the Sunday morning All-Levels class.
Ellen Chrystal is a dancer who has studied and danced tango for over twelve years in classes and workshops in New York and Buenos Aires with many of the greatest Argentine tango masters. In 2006 Ellen founded *Tango New Paltz* with Nina Jirka. Together they have been teaching and presenting Argentine Tango in New Paltz and have performed and taught at local colleges. They are happy to bring their open and free approach to tango to Hudson. Read more about them at their website: www.tangonewpaltz.com. Ellen teaches Argentine Tango every Monday, starting Monday November 10th, 6:30 – 8pm. Cost: $12.00; $6.00 students.
Tara McIndoo RYT
A mother of four, Tara McIndoo was first introduced to yoga on Long Island and immediately fell in love with the entire body/mind connection. After completing her yoga teacher training at Om Shanti Studio with Lilly Leon, Tara moved upstate to continue to learn and deepen her own practice. She is currently completing her 500-hour Yoga teacher training and Ayurvedic studies with Linda Winnick at Shakti Yoga in Woodstock. Tara has studied Ishta, Jivamukti, Iyengar, and Kripalu yoga in addition to her investigations of Reiki and Ayurveda. Her teaching reflects her love of the different practices and whether she is teaching children or adults, she strives to bring an open heart, a sense of humor, and a love for yoga to all her classes. She hopes to help students achieve a deeper awareness and connection to themselves. Tara will be teaching the Kids Yoga series on Wednesdays from 1/16 - 2/20/08.
Donald Mouton LMT, RYT
I was first introduced to yoga in 1978 shortly after moving to NYC from Louisiana to pursue a career in dance. In 1980 I become a founding member of the Mark Morris Dance Group and continued to dance with MMDG until 1998. Other highlights of my dance career were working with Susan Marshall and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. I have mainly studied Vinyasa style yoga, which speaks to the dancer in me. In 2006 I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training at Satya Yoga Studio to become a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. In 1995, I became a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist. In my bodywork practice I utilize a number of modalities with a strong focus on Craniosacral Therapy. I am a teaching assistant for the Upledger Institute and lead study groups in CST in NYC and Albany. I feel honored to be a part of the Sadhana community and glad to share whatever I can. Donald Mouton teaches the Basics and Intro to Yoga on Saturday mornings. For more information see http://www.donaldmouton.com.
Raghunath
Raghunath started practicing yoga with the esteemed Dharma Mitra in 1987 in NYC. When Raghunath's father died suddenly a year later, he went to India to study deeper aspects of yoga philosophy, mysticism, spirituality. He practiced bramacharaya (celibate studentship) for the next 6 years. In 1991 in the sacred town of Vrindavan he was awarded diksha, or the "sacred thread," for his study and application of India's ancient texts.He is a master of advanced asanas and has been teaching kirtan, pranayama, japa meditation, detoxification and internal cleansing. For the last 6 years he has been teaching in Beverly Hills Ca. and Los Angeles to an enthusiastic number of dedicated students who's he's taken on retreats (most recently to India), led workshops, cleanses and teacher trainings. In 2007 Sports Club L.A. Beverly Hills voted his classes the most popular in attendance. In 2008 he was chosen as Beverly Hills yoga ambassador for Lululemon Athletica. With a strong desire to get back to a simpler life he and his wife and four children made a very conscious choice to move to the country and have settled in Columbia county in Upstate NY. Raghunath teaches Strong Vinyasa Flow Tuesday mornings. For more information about Raghunath's activities see www.Raghunath.org and www.homeToIndia.com.
Milandou Badila aka Young Paris
Milandou Badila aka Young Paris was born in Paris, France, into a family of African dance and drum performers. At the age of 11, he began to dance and instruct his peers in the contemporary branch of African dance called Hip Hop. At 15 he began teaching summer residency classes at Central Connecticut State University, in the multicultural arts and technology program. Since then he has taught Hip Hop all around New York state. He also creates his own music, which he uses in his dance classes.
Gordon Scarritt
Gordon Scarritt has been teaching meditation and leading spiritual retreats since the late 70s. His style is non-dogmatic, direct, practical and humorous while teaching people how to use their innate awareness to naturally transform confusion and emotional distress into the clear mind of the truth of being. Gordon studied with Oscar Ichazo of the Arica Institute for 15 years and with Dzogchen Master Shyalpa Rinpoche since1998. He experienced the grace of awakening from the illusion of separate self while in silent meditation retreat with Adyashanti's Open Gate Sangha. He works in private practice in New York and Hudson as an emotional awareness counselor, and is the author of the forthcoming book, Walking with the Tiger: Being Real in an Illusory World. Gordon leads Meditation classes Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:30.
Terry Schaff RYT
Terry’s love for yoga arises out of a personal practice spanning three decades. Her classes are both engaging and informative, founded in her belief that we learn by doing. Terry provides a warm and supportive environment to promote health and spiritual growth through yoga, in the tradition of BKS Iyengar. Classes are attuned to the needs of the individual with the goal of taking you deeper into your practice, opening your mind and body to the possibilities of meaningful physical and spiritual self-study. Terry’s clear and careful direction and attention creates an environment for you to work on aligning and strengthening the basic structure of your body. Terry is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She continues her ongoing studies at the Iyengar Institute in New York City. In addition to her classes at the Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation in Hudson, New York,,Terry teaches at the Hudson Department of Youth, and at Bard College in Annandale, New York. She also offers private classes for those with physical or scheduling challenges. Terry teaches the Community Yoga class at Sadhana on Wednesday evenings.
