Elizabeth Doberneck, RYT 500 Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher,
Authorized Teacher of Neelakantha Deep Meditation
Elizabeth is a
yoga teacher with more than 20 years of experience. Her intention as a teacher
is to help each student find their appropriate edge of growth and
transformation, while understanding that even small shifts can bring great
healing and a sense of accomplishment. Elizabeth doesn’t just teach this, but
practices it herself. Below she shares her experiences regarding a recent trip
to India, her meditation practice and a retrospective look at her yoga
practice. In addition to her regularly scheduled classes on Sunday morning,
Elizabeth will be offering a new meditation course and an Anusara immersion this
Fall. Read on below to learn more about
Elizabeth and her new offerings at Shree!
On India:
I recently went on Pilgrimage to India and
the highlight of my trip was the five days I spent in the sacred temple of
Chidambaram all the way in the south of India, in Tamil Nadu. It’s the
root place of all the teachings of Yoga and Tantra. In the heart of the
temple is the place where Siva Nataraja dances in the sky of consciousness. It
was so extraordinary to be a part of the life of the temple and to feel a
living connection to the lineage stream of the great wisdom teachings that have
been the foundation of my practice and my teachings, of my life really. It was
an unforgettable experience and I can’t wait go to back again!
How
I became a meditation teacher:
In
2008, I went from having no meditation practice at all to just diving into the
deep end of the pool — eventually to realize that not only was I not going to
drown but that I had always been meant to do this. And I had a superb guide to show me how. That was the summer I met Paul Muller-Ortega,
a master meditation teacher who has been teaching people to meditate for nearly
fifty years. I had been searching for my
next teacher and there he was. At the
time, the only way to study with Paul was to commit to an entire year of
intensive practice and study, so that’s what I signed up for not entirely sure
how I would swing it financially or timing wise. This past summer of 2016, with
great joy I became an authorized teacher of Neelakantha Meditation, this method
of deep meditation that has changed my life so much. I am thrilled to now be
able to offer it to my friends and students at Shree in a form that allows
anyone to meditate easily and deeply after just two sessions of individual
instruction.
I
love my meditation practice! No matter
what is going on in my life, no matter how bad things might seem, it is my
absolute one hundred percent reliable refuge.
I sit down, close my eyes and settle into a place beyond all of it; a
place that elicits so many different feelings: comfort, contentment, perfect
security, peacefulness, abundance, love, a charged meaningfulness that bears
all different kinds of gifts within it.
When I open my eyes the outer circumstances of my life may not have
changed but I have and that makes all the difference.
What
I wish I had had when I started Yoga:
I am
really looking forward to teaching the Immersion I in the Fall. I love teaching this immersion because it is
exactly what I wish I had had when I started yoga. When you feel the benefits
of your practice and start to recognize its possibilities for improving your
life, you naturally want to know more. I had to visit many different studios to
try to learn more about how to advance my poses — how alignment worked, what
alignments my particular body needed. I
craved to know more about the breath, about meditation and the perspective on
life that yoga offers and that is such an important ingredient in making yoga
practice transformative. I wanted to
have a more systematic understanding about all of this but no such thing
existed that brought it all together. This is what the Immersion I offers. Come join us!
We delve into all aspects of yoga so that your personal practice will be
accelerated ten fold. You will open up not just your poses and practice but the
possibilities of your life overall.
Come meet Elizabeth and learn more about
her upcoming offerings at Shree:
Free Information Sessions, reservations required
Free Information Sessions, reservations required
- 5/21 1:00 PM learn about the Meditaiton Cousre
- 5/21 1:30 PM learn about the Immersion
- 6/11 1:00 PM learn about the Meditation Course
- 6/11 1:30 PM learn about the Immersion
**Reservations Required. Please text
Elizabeth to reserve 646-489-7873.**
Read more about the Immersion and
Meditation programs on our website.
