Stay @ Om Yoga
by dana
Hey, and Welcome!
My love affair with yoga started on the last day of a free week-long pass at a ritzy gym on the Upper West Side in 1998. Five minutes in, I knew somehow that this balance of mindfulness and movement lived somewhere in my cells, and probably had long before I'd stepped on any mat.
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After seven years practicing with Beryl Bender Birch at the NYRRC, I earned my 200-hour Yoga Certification at New York Yoga in 2005, followed by a Hot Yoga Certification a few years later.
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For the past two decades, I've taught yoga to cancer patients, screenwriters in Belize, diplomats at the UN, seniors, teens, writers and lovers of the written word, in addition to weekly private clients of all ages, some of whom have been working with me for as long as I've been teaching.
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I’ve been teaching HOT vinyasa yoga at the studio that birthed me for 10+ years now and have found a love for teaching 5, 15, 25 people at a time that I can’t even describe. And starting in 2020, livestreamed for the studio and started teaching Zoom classes on my own, with students in PA, NJ, CO, and all throughout NY. Those happily continue today.
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My classes aim to create the kind of safe space where every body can feel good about trying new things, celebrate what's possible, let the struggle go and the smiles come. I believe that what's cultivated on the mat can and should be lived off the mat, all towards moving through this life with more energy, ease, and grace.
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I hope you come play on the mat with me soon. Yay yoga!
love, dana
Experience
Vinyasa Yoga Instructor
2013-Present
New York Yoga, NYC, NY
Teach HOT vinyasa and livestream vinyasa yoga, both All Levels classes and Power Flow classes.
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2024-Present
Heatwise Studio, NYC, NY
Teach HOT vinyasa classes.
200-hour Yoga Certification
Summer, 2005
New York Yoga, NYC, NY
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HOT Vinyasa Yoga Certification
Spring, 2010
New York Yoga, NYC, NY
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Learned the nuances of teaching in the heat (up to 105 degrees) and how it’s different than teaching in a non-heated room.
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25-hour Ashtanga Yoga Certification
Summer, 2003
Beryl Bender Birch, NYC, NY
Livestream Vinyasa Yoga Instructor
2020-Present
Stay @ Om Yoga, NYC, NY
Teach challenging-but-doable vinyasa yoga classes on Zoom to all levels of yogis, all over the country.
Co-Director, Teacher Training Program
Fall, 2018
New York Yoga, NYC, NY
Shared directorial duties, training new teachers with a focus on asana, sequencing, cueing, and the difference between teaching groups and teaching privately, developing my own material.
Private Vinyasa Yoga Instructor
2005-Present
NYC, NY
Work privately and semi-privately on Zoom (or I can come to you), crafting bespoke classes/sequences that respond to a spectrum of factors including familiarity with yoga, injury, age, general health, and area of focus.
Contributor, Teacher Training Program
Winter & Spring, 2020
New York Yoga, NYC, NY
Ran modules on teaching Sun Salutations, Sequencing, and how to teach private clients, developing my own material.
"Practice makes practice."
- me
Schedule
Mondays
New York Yoga Livestream
7-8p ET
Register @ newyorkyoga.com
Tuesdays
Thursdays
New York Yoga Livestream
6-7p ET
Register @ newyorkyoga.com
Saturdays
Michael W., yoga instructor / NYC, NY
Dana is an incredible yoga teacher. Her classes are a mix between challenging and grounding. Her flows are intentional and you can really feel her love through her teaching. I leave her classes feeling refreshed, restored, and taken care of.
Kelly C. / NYC, NY
Dana’s sequences always manage to be creative without being confusing and challenging without being frustrating. And she’s one of the most intuitive teachers I’ve ever had, sensing what we need and adapting to that, even through the Zoom screen.
Jolie D. / Milford, PA
I've been practicing with Dana twice a week for the past 20 years. She's as good as it gets. Her classes are challenging, informative, and restorative all at once. I can't imagine going a week without her classroom. And the music playlists are epic!
