Carrie Schneider

Like her book “American Yoga,” Carrie Schneider’s instruction taps our vantage as 21st century yogins–fed, not limited by tradition. Her classes are seriously fun orchestrations of the salutations and held alignments that show us what we are. Initially certified in 1989, Carrie took teacher's intensives with Richard Freeman and David Life that informed her teaching then as now. A longtime student of Ramanand Patel and Ruth Lauer Manenti, Carrie was additionally certified by Rodney and Colleen Saidman Yee and Kofi Busia. Her 2012 study with Iyengar masters Rajiv and Swati Chanchani in Rajpur, India, was another game-changer, as is her ever-deepening meditation practice, cheered on eternally by Swami Dayananda. This ongoing inquiry has fueled group classes at Yoga Shanti, Yoga Works, Crunch, and Yoga Sutra; workshops at Jivamukti, Pure Yoga, and Vira Yoga; retreats in the Finger Lakes, Samasati (Costa Rica), Menla, and Ananda Ashram (where her summer and fall weekends have been a staple since 2004); and private sessions with students whose steady devotion has been the greatest teaching of all.

Upcoming Programs by Carrie Schneider

“Menla means Medicine Buddha in Tibetan, but I think the esoteric translation must be ‘magic’. Menla is a place unto itself.”

Isa Gucciardi

My experience was extraordinary: Ron, who worked his magic in a KuNye massage combines incredible skill and technique with intuition and artistry. It felt like a kaleidescope of Swedish massage, Thai massage and hot oils. Amazing. Adrienne topped off the day with a wonderfully relaxing and indulgent bath in a Japanese style tub – sublime! Thank you!

Jessica Uguccioni

“Please thank all the staff for the kindness and care of service to us. It was felt by ALL. It allowed us to provide a nourishing container to the women who came to our retreat, all of whom are doing some form of service work out in the world be it in the arts, in social justice, in climate change,in philanthropy, in healing trauma, and in caring for people’s physical and emotional well being. We all need time to replenish!”

Jean Esther

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