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Private session fee for a 60-min session: 1 session $80, 4 sessions $300

My students are saying:
"Amazing yoga instructor and lovely person!Kristina has changed our lives. We began with one private lesson, and because of her, we will continue forever. She has wonderful demeanor, delightful personality and a great style of teaching. She provides variety and is very focused on individual need and utmost attentive to every move. She is the best!! A joy to know:)" ~ Debra Farley (a student since December 2015)  ​

Meditation practice

Studies have shown that there are many benefits  for practicing meditation.  However, in my view, the goal of meditation is not to attain any known benefits, but to accept whatever might reveal itself during meditation.  In a sense, it is the hardest and the joyous benefit of it.  The less you expect from your practice, the more will come.  All you need is to open your heart, be honest in your intention, be willing to receive, and be willing to accept.  

The word "meditation" carries different meanings in different contexts.  The term "meditation" refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy or life force, develop compassion, love, generosity and forgiveness, as well as to get beyond the reflexive (thinking, logical) mind into a deeper state.  The most common meditation technique is to turn attention to a single point of reference.  It can involve focusing on the breath, image, bodily sensations, or on a word or a phrase.  In other words, meditation means turning your attention from distracting thoughts and focusing on the present moment while remaining on the waking state of consciousness. 

Remember that there is no better teacher than you, but there is a greater energy than i-self.  You are something more than the collection of your emotions, thoughts, preconceptions, and all the information and memories stored inside your brain.  You are not your thoughts, nor your emotions, nor your body, nor your mind - you are greater than all of these things.  I believe that the meditation itself is one of the greatest tools to achieve such realization.  None can force you to it; none can restrain you from it.  Meditation finds you when you need it the most.