Instructor

Elana Master, a Putnam Valley resident and Hudson Valley native, arrives with 20 years of experience in Yoga (varied styles) and Teaching (private and group classes.) Her craft has transformed over the last few years as she established Healing Yoga with Elana, offering yoga online and privately, as well as workshops and retreats. She is thrilled to join Pure Presence Yoga to teach in-person in the community she loves.

Elana had life altering experiences that have brought her to this moment; a traumatic back injury in 2017, birthing premature twins at the beginning of the pandemic of 2020, developing chronic Long Covid in 2022, resulting in an unexpected career shift. On her healing journey she traveled near and far, met with healers, and dove into a variety of spiritual practices to address the myriad of compounding issues. These include vinyasa yoga, kundalini yoga, yin yoga, restorative yoga, as well as studying Buddhism, Judaism, Sutras of patanjali, and meeting with healers in Thailand, Israel, and here in New York and New Jersey.

She realized that although she could find some healing outside of herself, her truest transformation only began when she turned within. As one works with their own healing energy through yoga, breathwork, meditation, and connecting deeply with the chakra energy centers, the healing process quickens. It is this path to healing that she hopes to share with, and guide you on, though your own unique journey.

She leans into the healing powers of yoga, breathwork, and meditation in her class offerings, whether it is a Slow Flow Gentle Embodied Yoga class or a Restorative Chakra Informed Yoga class. As a public school music teacher for fifteen years, Elana embraces her love of teaching children in the Kids Yoga class, introducing a fun and expressive way for children to find balance and focus in their energetic bodies, minds, and spirits.

One of the best ways to help repair the world is to begin with oneself, to heal and restore the body to wholeness. This is a daily practice that is ever changing, like yourself. Just as each moment is brand new, so renews our opportunity to heal. The body is constantly working to heal, and if we listen carefully, it can give us messages as to how to help it along.

Belief in someone else offers permission for others to believe in themselves. I believe we all have the capacity to heal ourselves, and heal our world, one breath at a time. It is with gratitude to the universe that I am here now, sharing my journey with all who will join me, to the center of healing that resides within ourselves.