Easeful Body Yoga Center

Esther Jyothi Larson (Founder) is certified as a 500 hour RYT through the Integral Yoga Institute in NYC. She has been practicing and studying yoga for over 30 years. She's taught in NY and nationally for 15 years. Jyothi has adapted yoga for many populations. She teaches pre and post-natal yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute and the Pre-Natal Yoga Center in Manhattan. She is the author of "Yoga Mom Buddha Baby" (Bantam 2002). Jyothi also teaches Restorative, Therapeutic, and Kids yoga. At Beth Israel Hospital, she teaches people living with pulmonary and cardiac disease, as well as people living with cancer. Jyothi believes that everyone can benefit from Yoga and enjoys that her students range in age from in-utero to well into their nineties.

Rachel Feinberg (Director) started out as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. In 1999, after receiving a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, she moved to NYC. In an attempt to ease chronic back pain, she started practicing yoga. Amazed and inspired by Yoga's ability to heal and transform, Rachel became a Yoga teacher. In 2003, she was certified to teach Vinyasa by Alma Largey, an OM Yoga certified instructor. Rachel has taught in corporations, hospitals and studio settings in addition to maintaining a private practice. Currently, she studies and teaches the Iyengar method. In 2011, she will graduate from a two year, intensive teacher training program at the Iyengar Institute in NYC.

Carla Darhani Ardito has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. After completing university in 1981 she went on to study respiratory therapy and voice production, became a voice teacher and trained numerous actors and singers to efficiently use the breath and body. After completing certification as a yoga instructor at the Integral Yoga Institute, Carla continued to study the science of the breath, and in 2003 she developed a workshop devoted to teaching individuals how to integrate breath awareness into the practice of yoga. Carla’s passion lies in sharing her knowledge of the relationship between our breath and our emotional and physical health.

Lisa Feuer grew up an athlete, discovered dance in college and then her search for something more spiritual brought her to the study of yoga. Two years into her practice, she became pregnant with her son, Sasha. She thoroughly enjoyed taking prenatal yoga, practicing through the week he was born and was inspired to become a prenatal teacher herself. She hopes to bring the feeling of empowerment she felt then to her students now. Lisa is a certified and trained prenatal teacher through Ma Yoga and Janice Clairefield. She has also completed her 200 hour teaching certification in the vinyasa style at Om Yoga. As well, she is certified in restorative yoga from Kripalu, childrens' yoga from Karma Kids, and Reiki Level 1 and 2 in the Usui tradition. She holds an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College in Chicago. Lisa loves being a mother in the exciting city of New York, and is very excited to be working with other NYC moms! Sasha continues to be her greatest teacher and inspiration.

Alma Largey has been teaching yoga for the past nine years, with a style that combines compassion and grace with spirit and breath. She has been certified by OM Yoga Center (200-hour) as a Vinyasa teacher and by Janice Clairfield in Prenatal Yoga, in New York. Also, she has a Hatha Yoga Certification (500-hour) from the Himalayan Institute in PA.

ALMA YOGA, established in 2006, a yoga center located in Pennsylvania where she teaches vigorous, playful, and spirited flow-style Vinyasa classes, which emphasizes breath awareness, mindfulness and alignment. She encourages her students to observe their breath and practice on and off the mat to uncover their innate truth, gentleness and beauty. Classes are hearty and energetic and challenge students to develop their physical practice while widen their mental and spiritual path.

Also, she has ongoing yoga private clients and her expertise ranges from basic through advance levels. While teaching in the U.S. or abroad, Ms. Largey's teachings provide inspiration to the most advanced practitioner, kids and people with physical limitations.