Barbara Barbara, a Manhattan-based Certified Yoga Instructor, registered with the National Yoga Alliance, completed her 200-hour Bright Spirit Teacher Training with Jillian Pransky and Carrie Parker. She holds additional certifications in Restorative and Prenatal, and has also trained with Mark Whitwell, Alan Finger, Shiva Rea, Sarah Powers and Jonas Westring. Barbara's seven years of teaching experience ranges from yoga for kids, teens and actors to chair yoga for seniors, Restorative, Vinyasa Flow, Basic Hatha and more.

"My first experience with yoga was not an immediate love. It was taught more as a difficult exercise program. Yet, intuitively, I knew that this practice offered something unique that I needed in my life. Finally, I found a teacher who taught an authentic yoga and it clicked with me in a big way. I loved it. Eventually, the profound effects that yoga brought to my life, spirit and well-being encouraged me to leave my lucrative job and start my training. I felt like I was dying where I was. Maybe literally. I knew that no matter what, I had to do this... and I never looked back."
Barbara Barbara's journey of careers: VP at images.com, an actress, an acting teacher, a published fiction writer... to name a few... all of which contribute to her playful and upbeat style.
training and experience
vision
To share with others the gift of yoga; to guide my students on their journey to the joy and freedom that the rich tapestry of yoga offers. To lead them along the pathway to their own practice..."To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe." - Eckhart Tolle
training certification
Yoga Therapy. Kripalu Skill Buiding for Professionals,
Bright Spirit Teacher Training.
Jillian Pransky and Carrie Parker (senior master instructors at BeYoga in New York, Devotion Yoga Studio in Hoboken) ISHTA Yoga–Hatha Yoga w/Vinyasa Flow. 2002
Certification Restorative Yoga; 1 & 2
Certification Prenatal Yoga,
Baby Boomer and Seniors Yoga.
namaste to the following teachers and spiritual guides
Jillian Pranksy . Carrie parker . Alan Finger . Mark Whitwell. Shiva Rea . Srivasta Ramaswami. Sarah Powers . Jonas Westring . Mary Reilly . Amy Weintraub . Judith Lasater
teaching experience
Zen Touch 2010 - current
EECO. 2009 - current
PbagP 2004 - current
Education Alliance: New York. Chair Yoga for Seniors, Beginners Yoga. 2009 - current
Hoboken YMCA: Gentle Yoga: Restorative Yoga, Beginners, Vinyasa (Slow Flow). 4/2003 - 4/2010
Devotion Studio sub. Hoboken, NY Classes: Gentle, Beginners Sequence, Slow Flow, Open Flow. (ave. 25 classes a yr.) Hoboken.2003 - 2010.
DOROT: New York. Gentle Yoga for Seniors. 2007-2009.
Fleetwood Stage Company. New Rochelle, NY. Yoga for Teens combined with Theater Games. Summer. 2003, 2002.
Joyous Life Yoga Studio. New York. Hatha Yoga New York. 2003 – 2004
Prana Studio, Gentle Yoga. Edgewater 2004, 2005
classes taught
Gentle, Restorative, Beginners, Absolute Beginners, Young Teens, Basic Hatha, Chair Yoga for Seniors and Post Operative, Vinyasa-open, flow 1, flow 1-2.
workshops
Inversions - Happy Being Upside Down. Surya Namaskara ("Here Comes the Sun"). Absolute Beginners ("In The Beginning"). Kid’s Yoga (ages 4 - 7).