Certain urges musn't be resisted. Belching, flatulating, defecating, urinating, sneezing, thirst, hunger, sleeping, coughing, breathing while exerting, yawning, crying, vomiting, orgasmic reflex. Consequences of forcibly withholding physical urges range from mild to deadly, from blurred vision to tremors, hiccups to headaches, urinary stones to rectal pain, pending what we resist, in what combination, context and frequency. From heart disease to body aches, fainting to abdominal tumors, inflammation to cough, suppressing our body’s natural urges is contraindicated due to these affliction and more, in Ayurveda.

Despite our best efforts, healing has its own timeline, and we are partially at the mercy of it as well as willing (or non-willing) participants in how it takes shape. Not only does recovering from an experience that leaves an impression on the heart, mind or body require time, but it requires a certain multifaceted process beyond time, including our daily habits, our practices, our social engagement. It necessitates awareness of our past, acceptance of our present and faith that a future we want to step into exists beyond our current horizon.

With the algorithm tracking every word and click and follow, we are constantly being stalked by appealing posts, emails and advertisements . While some of this content is truly educational, informative, interesting and/or funny, the majority falls into the category of sensory overload. 

Take grocery shopping for example. Preparing and cooking a meal. Kissing a lover. Driving through an Autumn landscape. Swimming. A de-accelerated asana practice. Playing golf. Dancing to music. Studying for an exam. Fixing a flat. Eating a meal. In each of these cases, instruments are required and/or movement is involved. Although the mind is unidirectional, foremost is it a sattvic mind? Secondarily, is the mind the medium we are using, or are we using the body and/or an instrument?

You've asked for restorative Yoga. This month we will begin a new monthly class, Floor Yoga - a restorative experience. Our approach to restoring you is novel in our local Yoga climate, yet ancient, reliable and aligned with Patanjali’s citta vrtti nirodha perspective. That is the crux of its unique teaching style, calming the mind and turning it inward to support self-healing. The “style” of restorative uses a plethora of props to support you, and we will too, yet without a distinct, Yogic task, mind will drift off. We’ll layer tools to ensure your body AND your mind are doing Yoga. The goal is not to get you into a position, but to enable you to experience ease and stability within them.

Yoga is practicing healthy coping mechanisms that balance us. The system of Yoga is replete with practical applications that raise awareness of and help us align with nature's current directive - balance. Neither holding on nor letting go. Neither sweltering nor freezing. Neither summer nor fall. There’s a liminal period that signals to us that we can also balance our guna-s in preparation for nature’s impending swings.

Teaching differently abled students is a challenge. Personalization is an essential component in order for Yoga to work, and Krishnamacharya lineage teachers rise to that challenge with efficacy.

Summer to fall, seasons, autumn, meditation, weathering change, breathing, breathwork, visualization and mantra.

How to navigate the fine line between what we yearn for and what our evolution requires?

As Yoga Therapists, we are pro-goal and we set goals from our first encounter, both long term and short term. Patanjali's health system calls this hanam, our liberation from our suffering. What often happens in laukika, or worldly, life is that goals choose us rather then we choosing them. Therein lies the problem.

Yoga practice takes us closer to our goals; however, sometimes it’s the fringe benefits, the consequences of the deliberate actions we take toward health, that prove to be the most profound.

Meditation, healing, pranayama, breathing, suffering, transformation, self help, self soothing, coping skills.

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Long Island Hamptons Yoga retreats with Danielle Tarantola. Plant based, Yoga, Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Women’s Retreats.

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Group Yoga classes are not known to be customized for the individual. Our Yoga Therapy groups are (and to a degree, our general groups). All progress rests on ongoing assessment, the individual, their goals, and our connection. Even within our groups for Osteoporosis, Metabolism, Addiction, Mental/Emotional Health, Eating Disorders and Cardiac Wellness, we see you as a whole human experiencing those particularities. So if you come to the Cardiac Wellness class with a backache, you will be guided accordingly. The Mental Health group with weight loss goals, there are ways to adapt. Our Yoga Therapy groups are a step up into a more intentional practice that address why you are really here, and more.