healthy body, open heart, clear mind, radiant spirit
Bio-Julie Erasmus
My first Sun Salutation was in a friend's backyard in Santa Fe, NM, many moons ago. I didn't even know that it was yoga. From that point on, my journey of practicing and studying yoga has been influenced by a desire to find balance through awareness, honoring both the light and dark aspects of life, the seen and unseen energies. As a mother, I began practicing with my children and found that it offers an innate sense of discovery of self, natural rhythms and energy all around. I am a Certified Yoga Instructor and Clinical Reflexologist. I have deeply appreciated the teaching influences of Seane Corn (Vinyasa Flow, Detox Yoga & the Chakras), Sarah Powers (Yin & Yang Yoga), Scott Blossom (Yoga-Ayurveda & Chinese Medicine), Beryl Bender Birch (Power Yoga & Mindfulness-as we age) & Tias Little (Yoga of the Subtle Body). I find inspiration and refuge when I am outside in nature, whether hiking, biking, walking, sitting or stargazing. One of the gifts of yoga is that it invites you inside, to connect with your internal landscape for compassion, guidance & illumination. My classes integrate yang postures (active, warming, rhythmic, focused on the outer layers of the body), yin postures (passive, cooling, longer held, accessing the inner layers of the body), and healthy alignment-all with a focus on integrating body and breath for physical, mental and emotional health and balance. I live in Simsbury, CT and offer yoga to all ages.
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then, go do that, because what the world needs...is people who have come alive!"
-Harold Whitman
Yoga Illumination
