the nature of yoga

Yoga Classes in Mansfield, Storrs, CT
Private Yoga Sessions
Reiki, Energy Work

breath and movement
stillness, presence
Come and share in the practice of yoga;
a time of gift and discipline,
resting in the warmth of rising and balancing energy.

Please come as you are.
The atmosphere is one of detailed guidance, challenge,
respect for inner listening, and deep relaxation.

Yoga practices support a life of healthful beauty and peace,
strength and insight,
freedom of movement and flowing energy.
Please see below for more thoughts on the practice.
Yoga loves the body.

All class cancellations will be posted here.

May you breathe the beauty of your life.
May you fully live the gift of being alive today.


For all classes, children age 7 and older with an adult, and teenagers are always welcome!
Class schedule:
Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:00pm
all levels of practice
This class is held at the Friend's Meeting House,
57 Hunting Lodge Rd, Storrs, CT, 06268.
an on-going class - there is no registration required.
You can just show up for any class whenever it works for you.
suggested contribution for the above class: $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for children and teens.
please pay what works for your budget and come as often as you can!
There is an optional 20 minute meditation
opportunity at the end of class.


What to expect: Yoga classes evolve from the essence of yoga itself. Sometimes classes have music (which varies from sacred yogic sound to local instrumentals or world music, classical mastery or simple quiet sounds). Sometimes we practice without music. We always are attentive to breath, pranayama, detailed exploratory movement, and awakening awareness. There is great respect in this class of individual needs and wisdom, encouraging you to listen to your body, above all trusting yourself. Sometimes we use toning with our voices or focus in on chakras, mantras, or energy meditations.

We are using the science of energy movement in the physicality of the body to nourish our whole selves into the ultimate state of health, which is -responsive balance-.

There is no set sequence of moves in this class. The reason is because in each moment of real living, we do not know what the future moment will bring. Our practice on the yoga mat is our practice for daily living. It is to be present from a deepening inner well of serenity one breath at a time and not to be swayed by influences from the periphery. These influences can be so many, including the peripheral noise of our own judgments, ego, pride, or even preferences.. the kinds of things we can release as non-essential to the expansive generosity that is life giving and which is sourced from an infinitely profound peace, natural to your very existence. Our practice is to be kind, from the first breath to the last in our time here on this earth, and to forgive ourselves and others the harm that happens through misunderstanding, pettiness or fear, being unskilled or ignorant to some need. Our practice is the humility of being human and the joy of being alive. With these practices, and others, we breathe and move our bodies, strengthening, balancing, stretching, being challenged by sound or silence. Often we are challenged most by our own thoughts. Our minds are an excellent tool, that is all. There is so much more yet to be known. The voice of the heart and the body require quiet listening, and reacquaintance, and playfulness.

This all happens so simply, patiently, in effortlessness. It is a dance of doing and non-doing from your center, listening deeply. It just takes practice to remember this way that is already here. This is yoga. It heals and it loves and we are together in our learning.




I am honored to offer private yoga sessions
- which are a combination of postures, breath and transformational conversation
in a ratio that unfolds naturally to the goals and process of the individual,
one-on-one Reiki, group Reiki, and energy work.
An hour session at a sliding scale fee of $50-$70; you decide the amount that works for you.
Please call to consult about your thoughts, feelings, needs for these sessions.

The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character.
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let it spring from love,
Born out of compassion for all beings.
As the shadow follows the body,
As we think, so we become.
-the buddha

Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it. -Rumi

For information, questions or concerns,
please call or email
jennifer dhyana -certified yoga instruction/ Reiki Master
860-617-4476 seaofsadhana@gmail.com