Michelle Song
My practice is rooted in the Zen Buddhist and Ashtanga yoga traditions as well as in deep ecology and herbalism. I’ve studied and practiced with elders and teachers within those communities at the Vairochana Zen Monastery, Anantha Reseach Foundation, East Bay Meditation Center, and the Mount Madonna Institute. I've lived part-time in India for the past several years to deepen in my studies of mindfulness meditation, pranayama, yoga, and Ayurvedic practices.
Sho Higuchi
Sho’s years of practice in meditation, free-spirited laughter, and yoga have led him to find his voice as a teacher. He chases after a more realistic version of his childhood dream to heal the world – though secretly he still dreams of becoming an angel because what’s a life without dreams? His teaching style fuses the powerful practice of classical Kriya Yoga and Tantra Meditation, the structure of Iyengar Yoga, the wisdom of the Yoga Sutras, and the freedom and fluidity of Qigong topped off with laughter, happiness, and the sweetness of pastries. In recent years, Sho has rediscovered his childhood roots within his imagination land. Inspired by his love of storytelling and lore, Sho weaves not only philosophy but also the many epic stories and poems shared in the yoga culture, bringing students on a vivid journey that invigorates body, mind, heart, and soul. In Sho’s classes you can expect to reconnect with a deeper version of self in a very gentle and nonjudgemental environment. He guides his students from a place of pure love, joy, and kindness. Sho leads happiness workshops throughout NYC, and brings a similar light into all his classes.
He finds true happiness from being a vessel of joy for others.
Melody Schroeer
As a transplant from Hamburg, Germany, Melody fell in love with New York City the moment she arrived. Having over a decade of experience in the field of wellness, she was always drawn to help people finding more health and wellbeing in their body and mind.
She completed multiple meditation trainings under Yogi Charu, Alan Finger and Peter Ferko, including Yoga Nidra (the art of conscious relaxation) and Prana Vidya (knowledge of energy).
In her classes she aspires to create a welcoming environment, with the intention that students can find more balance and harmony in their lives. Her aim is to make the ancient Vedic teachings relatable and applicable to our modern lifestyle. Melody believes that our internal world is always engaging and intimately connected with the world around us and knows that a regular meditation practice has a profound impact on our overall wellbeing.
Susan Hu
Susan is an E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500 yoga and meditation teacher based in NYC. Susan’s teaching style is very nourishing, grounding and uplifting with a focus on breathing and the relationship with Self. She offers different styles of meditation classes both one on one and in group settings including Mindfulness Meditation, Prana Vidya, Chakra Meditation, Yoga Nidra, to name just a few.
Born and raised in Shanghai, Susan is a gypsy at heart and has always been searching for the deeper meaning and purpose of life beyond the body and the mind. At age 20, she won the title of Miss Shanghai and worked in the public spotlight for two years. After obtaining two master's degrees in Media and Journalism in Japan and the U.S., and working in marketing/communications in NYC for over seven years, she listened to her inner calling to share the teaching of yoga and became a yoga, meditation and Ayurveda teacher. She has over 1,000 training hours and has been studying and assisting Yogi Charu in over 10 meditation teacher trainings.
Susan has shared yoga and meditation with non-profit organizations including Animal Connection, Earth Matter, In Defense id Animals, Community Yoga (Shanghai), among others to make the teaching of yoga and meditation accessible. She has also demoed yoga at the United Nations in celebration of the International Day of Yoga. S
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Vrindavan (Vrin) Rao
Vrin is a Meditation Teacher and Enneagram Coach. Born into a family of meditation practitioners, Vrin is a life-long practitioner of kaya sthairyam (stillness), nada yoga (the yoga of sound), japa yoga (the yoga of meditative mantra recitation) and kirtan yoga. She is also well-versed in tantra, chakra meditation, swara yoga (the science of the breath) and yoga nidra (psychic sleep). Along with teaching meditation exclusively, she also infuses meditative and mindfulness techniques in her coaching practice. She uses the personality framework known as the Enneagram to help individuals understand the specific lens by which their ego sees the world through. She supports her clients in doing the internal ego work in order to help them build strong and healthy relationships with themselves and others.