Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation Hudson New York

Instructors: Sondra Loring, Nicolas Dalton, Tara McIndoo, TJ Macchiaroli, Donald Mouton, Melissa Parsons, Terry Schaff

Sondra Loring, E-RYT

Sondra Loring fell in love with yoga while dancing professionally in New York City. She traveled to India to study Ashtanga yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and continued to study Ashtanga in New York City with Eddie Stern and Iyengar yoga with Genevieve Kapuler. Sondra opened Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation in 2003, and is the co-director with Jessie Lee Montague of Satya Yoga Center in Rhinebeck and Catskill. She studies harmonium with Sahaja and had an amazing time at kirtan camp with Jai Uttal in Guatemala. In 2008, she returned to India to study vedic chanting with M.A. Jayashree and yoga therapy at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. Her classes are loved for their graceful flow of movement, their quality of devotion, and their sense of community. Sondra teaches YOGA MIX Weds., Vinyasa class Fri., and the Sunday morning All-Levels class.

Nicolas Dalton, RYT

Nicolas Dalton, RYT, is a Certified Svaroopa Yoga Teacher and Embodyment Therapist. He has been teaching Yoga since 2001. His passion for this deeply transformational yoga grows with each passing day as he continues to deepen his own practice and understanding of it. Nicolas is also certified in Kripalu Yoga. He comes to Yoga with a background as a spiritual healer, teacher of energy healing, and abstract painter. In addition to his Svaroopa classes, Nicolas also offers private sessions in Embodyment Therapy, a very gentle and effective Yoga therapy for the release of core tension and back pain. More about Nicolas and Svaroopa Yoga can be found at www.theotheryoga.net (518) 697-0200 anahata108@hotmail.com

Tara McIndoo, RYT

A mother of four, Tara McIndoo was first introduced to yoga on Long Island and immediately fell in love with the entire body/mind connection. After completing her yoga teacher training at Om Shanti Studio with Lilly Leon, Tara moved upstate to continue to learn and deepen her own practice. She is currently completing her 500-hour Yoga teacher training and Ayurvedic studies with Linda Winnick at Shakti Yoga in Woodstock. Tara has studied Ishta, Jivamukti, Iyengar, and Kripalu yoga in addition to her investigations of Reiki and Ayurveda. Her teaching reflects her love of the different practices and whether she is teaching children or adults, she strives to bring an open heart, a sense of humor, and a love for yoga to all her classes. She hopes to help students achieve a deeper awareness and connection to themselves. Tara teaches Kids Yoga series on Wednesdays 3:45 – 4:30pm.

TJ Macchiaroli, RYT

TJ earned his 200-hour Yoga Teacher's Certification from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and his 500-hour Yoga Teachers Certification from Sri Dharma Mittra at the Dharma Yoga Center in NYC. He has a deep interest in Bhakti Yoga (the Yoga of devotion), and he and his wife Melinda have journeyed to India where they studied yoga and visited many holy places. TJ’s classes cultivate concentration and a meditative mood in the classical style of Hatha Yoga as taught by Sri Dharma Mittra. He has dedicated himself to share with others the wisdom and knowledge he has received from his teacher. TJ leads Dharma Mittra Vinyasa Tuesdays 8:30-10:00 and Thursdays 6 - 7:30 pm. For more information please contact tmacchi@gmail.com.

Donald Mouton LMT, RYT

I was first introduced to yoga in 1978 shortly after moving to NYC from Louisiana to pursue a career in dance. In 1980 I become a founding member of the Mark Morris Dance Group and continued to dance with MMDG until 1998. Other highlights of my dance career were working with Susan Marshall and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. I have mainly studied Vinyasa style yoga, which speaks to the dancer in me. In 2006 I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training at Satya Yoga Studio to become a Registered YogaTeacher with Yoga Alliance. In 1995, I became a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist. In my bodywork practice I utilize a number of modalities with a strong focus on Craniosacral Therapy. I am a teaching assistant for the Upledger Institute and lead study groups in CST in NYC and Albany. I feel honored to be a part of the Sadhana community and glad to share whatever I can. Donald Mouton teaches the Basics and Intro to Yoga on Saturday mornings. For more information see http://www.donaldmouton.com.

Melissa Parsons, RYT

Melissa Parsons, RYT is a certified Svaroopa® yoga teacher and an Embodyment® therapist. Due to an illness at age 15, she began exploring various forms of Hatha yoga and meditation on her journey to health. She also studied Reiki, and more extensively Tai Chi and Chi Gong. Svaroopa® yoga became her path of choice in 2000, after experiencing profound inner openings during a workshop with Rama Berch. Melissa, who has a masters degree in education, worked as a middle school teacher and a yoga teacher in the Boston area as she trained with Rama. She has completed over 900 hours of training, including advanced teacher training in pre-natal and deeper yoga, and is continuing her studies in Svaroopa® yoga therapy. Melissa now lives in Hudson, NY and teaches yoga fulltime throughout the Hudson Valley. Her classes combine her enthusiasm for teaching with an abiding love of yoga. Melissa teaches Svaroopa Yoga tuesdays.

Terry Schaff, RYT

Terry’s love for yoga arises out of a personal practice spanning three decades. Her classes are both engaging and informative, founded in her belief that we learn by doing. Terry provides a warm and supportive environment to promote health and spiritual growth through yoga, in the tradition of BKS Iyengar. Classes are attuned to the needs of the individual with the goal of taking you deeper into your practice, opening your mind and body to the possibilities of meaningful physical and spiritual self-study. Terry’s clear and careful direction and attention creates an environment for you to work on aligning and strengthening the basic structure of your body. Terry is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She continues her ongoing studies at the Iyengar Institute in New York City. In addition to her classes at the Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation in Hudson, New York,,Terry teaches at the Hudson Department of Youth, and at Bard College in Annandale, New York. She also offers private classes for those with physical or scheduling challenges. Terry teaches the Community Yoga class at Sadhana on Wednesday evenings.