“Brahmani is one of those rare teachers whose authenticity and compassion radiates in every moment of her life-work. She balances her rich knowledge with a spiritually infused heart. Grab the opportunity to work with her and her staff; it is your gift to yourself.” —David Surrenda, Ph.D., John F. Kennedy University
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Brahmani Liebman, MSEd, ERYT-500, is Founder and Director of The Rivertown Center for Yoga and Health in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She is a Senior Kripalu Yoga Teacher & Mentor and part of the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training team. In addition, Brahmani is co-creator of JOURNEY INTO YOGA LLC which offers Yoga Teacher Trainings in the Kripalu tradition, 500 hour trainings, workshops and yoga and meditation retreats worldwide. Founded in 1999, JOURNEY INTO YOGA is a nationally registered Yoga Alliance School which also provides corporate retreats, workshops and lectures.

Brahmani brings over thirty years of studies and experience in yoga, meditation & complementary modalities. She has studied and taught yoga and meditation with some of America's Master teachers in Yoga & Buddhist meditation. In addition to her deep connection to the Kripalu lineage her teaching has been influenced by her studies and teacher trainings with Erich Schiffman & Sarah Powers. Soon after her studies with Sarah Powers began the integration and deepening in Brahmani's teachings of Yin Yoga, Buddhist studies and Kripalu Yoga. Her training as a Transcendental Reiki Master and teacher, certified Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist and certified Your Life Blueprint: Multi-Dimensional Living Counselor and her lifelong journey of awakening is what informs her work with groups and individuals.

In addition to being on the Yoga Teacher Training Team at Kripalu, she served as Co-Director of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association (KYTA) from 1992 to 1997. Brahmani worked on staff at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and lead workshops at the Teachers' Conferences. She has also assisted Jeff Migdow's Prana, Erich Schiffman's Freedom Style & Sarah Powers Yin/Yang Yoga teacher trainings. Brahmani has served as the yoga consultant for Eileen Fisher Inc.

She opened The Rivertown Center for Yoga & Health's doors in 1992, and has balanced her full-time responsibilities there with her deep commitment to family as a wife, mother and grandmother. Dedicated to community-locally, by offering herself freely to young people through yoga and meditation teaching and "wellness days" at regional schools; and globally, by fostering planetary healing in the yogic sense of the "world as one family" through her leadership and teaching. Her deep commitment to sharing the gifts of practice and teachings is offered to everyone who has a need despite their financial situations through scholarship and donation classes. Her co-creation of JOURNEY INTO YOGA's CD, "Awakening the Spirit", along with her classes and trainings, brings to the community a way to take the teachings home to support their life and personal practice. Brahmani, believing in people's ability to access their healing and inner knowing, offers tangible and sustainable ways to live a spiritual life.

About Brahmani (bio page)
Andrew D. Liebman, MS is primary support person at The Rivertown Center for Yoga and Health, and his joyful and kind presence is felt by everyone who attends classes there. Andy has spent over 25 years in the field of education, and is a Certified Hypnotherapist. He also is a member of the International Association of Counselors and Therapists, a Certified Transcendental Reiki III practitioner, and trained in Ohashiatsu and bodywork. Andy's motivation, sports psychology, and light-heartedness inspire all ages. His ease of being and playfulness encourage others to touch the child within.
Polly Bijur has studied yoga with Brahmani since 1992 and trained as a Kripalu Yoga Teacher in 1996. She has taught in a variety of settings in Westchester and lower Connecticut including the Quad Villages Adult Education Program. As a full-time working mother of three boys, she brings to her teaching a deep appreciation of the need to be quiet, to take time for oneself, and to simply be present.
Patricia Castimore came to yoga in 2000, after a long a fulfilling career as dance and physical education teacher. She completed her Journey Into Yoga Teacher training at The Rivertown Center with Brahmani & Jashoda in the fall of 2003 and looks forward to many years as a student and a teacher, as both bring so much joy and balance into her life.

Chris Glover , RYT 500 Level, has taught yoga throughout Westchester and Rockland Counties since 1992. A former professional dancer and circus performer she has trained in several traditions including Kripalu, Iyengar, Asthanga and Anusara. She received her certification from the New Age Center in Nyack, NY under the tutelage of master teacher, Tao Porchon Lynch. She is certified as a gymnastic, acrobatic and circus instructor and a co-director of motivational circus programs for children and adults. She also has received Level II Transcendental Reiki attunement. Chris’ lifelong exploration of movement has given her insights into the body as a vehicle, but it was yoga - the connection between all the different aspects of ourselves - that would complete the connection for her. This same search for balance is what led her to Kripalu Yoga and The Rivertown Center. In addition to teaching classes, Chris leads once a month workshops in practical techniques to find new structural alignment and insights to assist the body to let go of patterns and reveal the wisdom of the postures and body. Chris loves to share her journey and the gift of yoga with others.

Deborah Gorman More than twenty years ago Deborah's heart and soul were deeply moved during her first Kripalu Yoga class with Brahmani. She has been a yoga devotee ever since. She received her Kripalu Yoga Teacher certification in 1997, her 500 hour Professional Level Teaching certificate from Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica in 2008 and her 500 hour Professional Level certificate from Kripalu in 2009. She also a certified Pranassage practitioner. She been teaching throughout Westchester and Putnam Counties in numerous venues for the past fourteen years. Through yoga, she has found it easier to appreciate every moment of her life, allowing her to be more loving, forgiving and compassionate to herself and others. Through her teaching, Deborah tries to impart these same life affirming skills to her students, mixing it up with laughter and fun.

Hasita Agi Nadai is a RYT, certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher and has been teaching at The Rivertown Center for over 11 years. Hasita is a Reiki Master and an Energy Medicine Healer. She is a deep ecologist, biologist and geologist. Hasita has been roaming the natural world as a mountaineer, canoer and skier. She has been journeying the inner world through yoga and meditation. She is creating yogagaia where through practice of yoga our deep connection to the planet is revealed. Hasita teaches adults and children. www.yogagaia.com