Yoga: Physical Well-Being, Emotional Balance & Personal Transformation
Yoga And Meditation Teacher, The Creatrix Of Chilltown Yoga, Writer And Speaker
Healing Conversation #814
— “Since yoga entered my life, this theme of wanting things and not getting them, and instead getting the opposite has been one of my great enlightenment lessons. Using the 8 limbs of yoga to process these situations is what I consider "climbing the mountain," on the journey to enlightenment and peace of mind.” — says Lara
Valeria Teles interviews Lara Moon — She is Yoga And Meditation Teacher, The Creatrix Of Chilltown Yoga, Writer And Speaker
Lara Moon is the creatrix of Chilltown Yoga, a mobile and online yoga studio she founded at the Barrow Mansion, a historic landmark in downtown Jersey City, in 2016.
Born and raised in Manhattan, New York, she has made Jersey City her home for the last 25 years. She gave up a 20-year career in media to teach yoga full-time. Her training as a journalist inspired her to share her yoga and meditation insights via her blog, Seed: The Mindfulness Guide.
A 500-hour E-RYT Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher and continuing education provider, Lara has been practicing yoga for 30 years. She specializes in teaching Ashtanga Yoga and Yin Yoga, as well as providing meditation instruction.
Lara offers yoga to everyone because she feels yoga can be practiced by everyone, no exceptions. Her motto is: Move, breathe, be. Lara can teach all shapes, ages and ability levels how to move body and breath with precision to comfortably embody yoga poses, avoid injury and meditate with ease.
She has studied Ashtanga Primary and Intermediate Series with David Swenson and David Williams. Lara certified in Ashtanga Yoga with Multi-Dimensional Yoga School NYC, Yin Yoga with Corina Benner, Chakra Yoga with Anodea Judith, and Yoga of Awakening with Seane Corn. She learned meditation styles and methods through yoga and as a practicing Buddhist.
Lara focuses on teaching how to practice yoga consistently, safely and with devotion to achieve physical well-being, emotional balance and personal transformation.
Her classes emphasize serenity, ease and fun, with enough meditative space to achieve peace of mind.
To learn more about Lara Moon and her work, please visit: chilltownyoga.com and laramoon.com
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.