FLYING LOTUS - Key Persons
Andrew is an avid outdoorsman and member of the ski patrol at Titus Mountain. He is a graduate of the FLYC 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2020. Andrew has a calming energy and is offering an early morning Rise & Shine Yoga class to start your day out right!
Jade, she/her, fell in love with yoga in 2016 during my sophomore year of college at SUNY Canton. After graduating college she completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training course at Flying Lotus Yoga Center.
Jade enjoys spending her free time being out in nature, practicing yoga, napping with my two fluffy cats, or enjoying a big slice of pizza! Yumm! She is offering a weekly virtual class where students can prepare for the week ahead and experience the beauty of places near and far. Jade is excited to share her passion for yoga and its teachings with others.
Jenny is a St. Lawrence University philosophy professor who fell in love with yoga through its philosophy. She is a 200-hour trained yoga teacher and joins the FLYC family excited to share the concepts of yoga both on and off the mat.
Jenny has developed a class titled Yin for Social Justice which meets Mondays at 4:30pm. Join Jenny on this exploration of the stillness of Yin Yoga, as it prepares practitioners to be able to contribute socially. The work of equity, justice, and wellness begin within and will be the overall theme of the class. Learning to breathe, focus, and sit with discomfort helps us to sort through the social issues of our time with compassion and kindness.
Lillian completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training this past year, graduating from Flying Lotus's first teacher training program. She is currently attending St. Lawrence University where she is studying Psychology and Exercise Science. She has a huge passion for helping people, traveling, and trying new things and enjoys spending her free time outside or painting.
With a personal yoga practice of over 20 years, Linda brings a wealth of experience to the Center. She's practiced Kundalini Yoga with Jai Dev Singh for five years and attended retreats at Tibet House at Menla Mountain in the Catskills with Bob Thurman (the first Westerner to be initiated by HH Dalai Lama to Tibetan lineage). Linda's Sadhana or daily practice is noteworthy, as consistency of practice is paramount to change.
Throughout her classes, Linda applies Eastern teachings to contemporary culture in a practical way. She advances a nonjudgmental, fun teaching style rooted in a compassion-centered philosophy. Linda integrates meditation and yoga methods that reduce fear and anxiety, while promoting calm and harmony. Linda blends a variety of Kundalini poses and breathing techniques throughout her sessions. Her practice encourages growth of the physical and spiritual self, focusing on inner peace and connection.
Linda completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training program at Flying Lotus in 2020. Join her for an invigorating and centering class called Ground & Focus on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10am.
Rivka Rocchio, RYT-200, is a yoga instructor, world traveler, and mom, dedicated to living a life full of adventure, purpose, and passion. Rivka completed her 200-hour Vinyasa yoga teacher training at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health with Yoganand Michael Carroll, Coby Kozlowski, and Erica Arce. She teaches classes that use asanas (postures) to develop balance, flexibility, strength, and confidence. Yoga is a key part of her life and helps her reconnect mind, body, and spirit.
Rivka has an MFA in Theatre and teaches at SUNY Potsdam. Her creative and scholarly work explores the intersections of theatre and social justice. She is the creator of Theatre Across Prison Walls, a theatre-based project bridging the university and artists who are incarcerated.
Sasha has practiced yoga since high school. She has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since 2003, studying in Mysore and with her teachers Manju Jois and Greg Tebb. She received 200-hour certification from Yoga Satsanga Ashram (Yoga Alliance UK aligned) in 2014, and has been teaching since 2013, establishing an Ashtanga community in Wales, UK. She has run numerous workshops and co-teaches on an annual yoga teacher training course. She likes to call herself a ‘yoga enabler,' seeing her mission as helping anyone to establish their own personal practice.
In addition to yoga, Sasha's time and energies are devoted to homeschooling three kids and homesteading. Having taught many farmers in her classes and through her own experience, she is keenly aware of the useful interplay between physically demanding lives and yoga. "Too many people think that yoga's just ‘not their thing' - often the very people that would really benefit from it! I want to help anyone and everyone find a way in to this practice that feels comfortable and accessible."
She's very excited to begin teaching in the North Country, offering Ashtanga classes, including Mysore and second series, at Flying Lotus and collaborating on our upcoming Yoga Teacher Training programs!
Sasha is currently offering an online Ashtanga for All class via Zoom. This class has a special rate of $60 for 6 classes.