A second-generation yoga instructor, Paula has been working for more than eight years in New York City and Washington DC. With experience in many yoga styles, she specializes in yoga for athletes, yoga for injured or older adults, and yoga for relaxation. Paula also has extensive experience with eating disorders, obesity and body image problems.

B Yoga's director, Elizabeth Neuse, offers therapeutic training for yoga teachers. Individual yoga therapy sessions with Elizabeth or another B Yoga teacher are suitable for people with a very wide range of conditions and can be held at the studio or your location. Your teacher will design a practice specifically for you and provide yoga prescriptives or practices for you to do on your own.

Sandi Boerum teaches yoga and meditation to a wide range of clientele, including seniors and those afflicted with HIV, addiction, blindness, hearing loss and mental illness. Her brand of instruction focuses on personal growth, helping students to find their own meaning of yoga, balance and wellness.

J. Brown has been teaching yoga in New York for more than ten years. He founded Abhyasa Yoga Center, which offers personal, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practice that adapts to individual needs, including chronic or acute conditions. Individual sessions and group classes are available.

Norma Colón is a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor with 30 years experience. She has specialized in yoga for special populations, including the deaf and hard-of-hearing and people with MS and other debilitating conditions. Her sessions cater to each student's individual needs and include one-on-one, hands-on, correctional assistance.

Rita specializes in yoga for injuries and restorative yoga (as well as yoga for pregnancy). She is a certified Relax and Renew™ trainer. Sessions with her are designed to help people relax, rejuvenate, manage stress, heal injuries and reduce pain. She also is a licensed massage therapist and a meditation instructor and can incorporate aspects of both practices into yoga sessions.

Leslie Daly specializes in restorative yoga, yoga for mental health and fertility yoga. She is a certfied LifeForce Yoga® (yoga for depression) practitioner. A sequence of postures, breathing, meditation and relaxation techniques will be developed specifically for you as you learn yoga techniques for coping and healing.

Carl Horowitz works with students of fitness levels, including special populations, helping them to tailor a unique yoga practice for individual needs and goals and get the most out of their yoga experiences.

Jennifer Kagan is an Iyengar Yoga teacher as well as a RID certified interpreter (CI, CT) who has worked in the field for over 12 years. She teaches private, semi-private and group lessons in American Sign Language and in English. Lessons taught in ASL are specifically designed to be accessible to Deaf students.

Lisa Langer designs private classes to meet students' specific needs. She draws from training in Anusara Yoga, Jivamukti Yoga, Iyengar Yoga and Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga. Students leave feeling refreshed, aligned, calm and vibrant.

Antoinette Maclachlan offers Thaishi Yoga and Stretch sessions for students recovering from injury, with chronic stiffness, or with other specific needs. The sessions include personalized yoga and meridian stretching followed by Thai yoga massage and acupressure. Students also learn ways to help themselves between sessions.

The Matkins' private classes can help you take your yoga practice to new levels, learn to work therapeutically with injuries, illness or chronic conditions, or make sure you find the time to study—with individually designed content to suit your unique needs and goals.

Marjorie Nass is a Certified Anusara Teacher. She works with all levels of students, including those currently injured, or post illness or surgery. Yoga sessions are tailored to the needs of each student, as creating a specialized practice is essential to promote healing. Students also can benefit from her ongoing small group classes in conjunction with private sessions.

Deborah Quilter has successfully helped many people with various injuries and health conditions achieve a greater level of fitness without exacerbating pain. Regardless of flexibility and physical fitness level, you will work within your own capability and at your own pace in a non-competitive, comfortable way.

Ellen is a certified senior Anusara Yoga teacher with 25 years experience in bodywork and massage, and a specialty in therapeutics. Ellen has taught in hospitals and has designed yoga programs for fertility, menopause, Repetitive Strain Injury, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. She authored two books with Dr. Loren Fishman, Yoga for Arthritis and Yoga for Osteoporosis.

Jodi Stuart has been teaching one-on-one yoga and therapeutics for 12 years. Each session is customized to individual needs. Breathe, get stretched, open tightness anywhere in the body. Therapeutics can address neck and back pain, posture, disease, depression, sports injuries, insomnia, lack of energy, stress, etc. Jodi is certified in Jivamukti, Ashtanga, and Contact Yoga.

Alicia Suárez uses movement, chanting, breath, inspirational reading, humor, relaxation, visualization and meditation to mindfully guide her students through a journey of self-discovery in a safe and non-dogmatic environment (in English or Spanish). Her specialties include restorative yoga, gentle yoga, chair yoga, yoga for seniors, and yoga for back care.

Alison West specializes in yoga for back care and scoliosis. In private sessions, she also specializes in yoga for depression and anxiety, asthma, diabetes, and MS. She is the co-director of Yoga Union, the first center to focus on backcare and scoliosis.

Deborah Wolk specializes in yoga for all types of back problems including pain and postural problems and scoliosis. She is the co-director of Yoga Union, the first center to focus on backcare and scoliosis.