Rosa Lynley

Rosa first found yoga as a long-distance runner only looking to gain more balance and flexibility in her runs, but she soon realized the ways in which the physical practice of yoga could integrate into her already existing meditation practice. Over the past 16 years she has studied meditation with Jack Kornfield, guided meditation and Sanskrit with Dr. Carol Whitfield, and Sri Swami Dayanada Saraswati in Anaikatti, India. She has been lucky enough to be a student of renowned Iyengar yoga instructor Ramanand Patel for 9 years. These incredible teachers have shown her that each yoga posture can be approached as an opportunity to see how the mind responds to any challenge, making it possible for us to learn more mature ways of responding in every day life. Can the mind simply observe what is in this moment, or does it immediately judge the experiences that arise, seeking to change or avoid them?