YOGA

The ancient science of yoga involves all aspects of the personality: body, mind, emotions and spirit. The aim of yoga is to develop self awareness and experience relaxation. On a deeper level one can experience unity, harmony and oneness. Yoga provides the necessary tools to live a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Bihar Yoga / Satyananda Yoga teaches traditional yoga practices, techniques and disciplines for overall health, happiness and wellbeing. Yoga is a lifestyle. Living yoga means to express full potential in life.

There are different branches of yoga to suit different personality types. Bihar Yoga / Satyananda Yoga incorporates classical Tantric and Vedantic philosophies with  major branches of yoga including: Hatha Yoga (asana, pranayama & cleansing techniques), Karma Yoga (service / work with complete awareness), Bhakti Yoga (yoga of the heart and emotion) Raja Yoga (meditation),   Mantra Yoga (sound and vibrations), Jnana Yoga (Self inquiry) & Kundalini Yoga (purifying psychic centers).

Anne Monsees (Sannyasi Samatamurti) is a Satyananda Yoga Instructor and Special Education Teacher from New Jersey, USA. She received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from University of Vermont and Special Education Endorsement from Bloomfield College. She resided at Bihar School of Yoga, Ganga Darshan from 2006-2009, and at Rikhiapeeth from 2012-2015. In 2010 Samatamurti competed the Satyananda

 Teacher Training & Diploma Course in Australia. She started teaching yoga full time for Newark Yoga Movement in 2015 and specializes in teaching yoga in schools to children with special and behavioral needs. In August 2017 Samata became the board secretary for the Yoga Academy of North American and assisted on the March 2018 Satyananda Yoga Teacher Training 2 at the Atma Center, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Contact Anne Monsees at yogaschoolnj@gmail.com