Yoga Illumined

Yoga Illumined Yoga Illumined’s mission is to light up your life with Yoga. Yoga Illumined was created by Sumukhi in 2009. What is Yoga Illumined? Mishra M.D.

Yoga Immersions, lifestyle training programs, workshops, retreats and 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training courses led by Sumukhi Kristina Lanuza and partner teachers. Today there are many yoga teacher trainees who have graduated from the Yoga Illumined programs who teach and share yoga throughout the world guided by the principles of Patanjali's yoga sutras and the wisdom of our root Guru, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, Ramamurti S. Sumukhi mostly teaches yoga throughout the Austin, Texas area. To learn more please email yogafly@gmail.com

03/21/2026

and
Quite grateful 💚

03/21/2026

Every single moment of the day I make up a . Some songs just fly by. I once played this amazing aria once by myself at my parents’ home at my Dad’s piano. Couldn’t remember it after. But this was before these devices. These wonderful devices that I have spent much of my career in different forms trying to make better to capture the .

The beauty of writing and collaborating with like is that he understands the art of capturing the melodies and sentiment that reside all around us.

I’m really loving how this song is shaping up. The original words came from a Time Out NYC magazine write up I read a long time ago about a gospel choir in NYC. I never got to see this gospel choir. So I wrote a song to imagine what they sang.

the Musical

03/11/2026

Bloom Farm, Oley, PA

03/07/2026

I clean up nicely. Spending time writing today and channeling Marvin Hamlisch.

03/06/2026

Presence and Play Immersion
Bloom Farm, Oley, PA

May 15-17 with .nyc and

Join us for a transformative weekend experience featuring , a circle, purposeful play, and portrait sessions—all designed to bring you back to yourself.

Through movement, honest conversation, and creative exploration, you’ll reconnect with what matters, feel more grounded, and rediscover the courage and joy that come from showing up fully.

Reservations will open soon. Stay tuned. DM us if you want to be added to the waitlist.

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02/20/2026

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You’re up before the sun again. Another shift, another bill to pay, another “just make it through this week.” You keep showing up even when your tank is empty, because you have no other choice. And honestly, that’s just how life is sometimes. Unfortunately, some seasons are purely about survival.

However, if you’re always waiting for life to calm down before you let yourself live, you might miss the living altogether.⁣⁣

We all have goals, and some of us, depending on where we started, have to hustle harder to reach them. But the little things you overlook today, like your child’s giggle, a moment with your best friend, or a mesmerizing golden sky on your drive home, will one day be the memories you hold most dear.

Don’t wait for the perfect job, the perfect body, or the perfect moment to start living. As a soul having a human experience, rest is revolutionary, laughter is medicine, music is therapy, and walks are worship. These aren’t merely indulgences; they’re nourishment for the soul.

Your purpose is not productivity. You weren’t born just to perform, produce, or prove your worth. You’re here to feel, to grow, to connect, and to be. And to truly be is to reconnect with your essential nature. It’s about remembering the divinity within you, expressed not through constant doing or proving, but through presence. You return to yourself in moments of creativity, stillness, connection, and wonder. In the way you love, rest, write, dance, build, and breathe.

Yes, work hard, and honor your responsibilities. But don’t mistake survival for a substitute for aliveness. Don’t let “getting there” rob you of “being here.”⁣⁣

Make time for the small joys, the sacred pauses, and the little moments that remind you you’re human; not just a functioning one, but one who actually feels things deeply. Because one day, when the dust settles and you’ve finally hit that goal, you’ll look back and realize that what mattered most wasn’t just where you ended up, but who you were along the way. And whether you let yourself actually be present for it.

02/19/2026

OM Namah Shivaya
and a little retail therapy from my mom and sis

02/14/2026

अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना |
परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन् || ८-८ ||
Transliteration (IAST): abhyāsayoga-yuktena cetasā nānyagāminā | paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan || 8.8 ||


Special thanks to our University of Texas Professor of Yoga for pursuing our humble yoga school’s 500 hour teacher training status with the Yoga Alliance.

Forever grateful to our teachers at Ananda Ashram in Monroe, NY. Bharati Devi gave me the homework to write out the Baghavad Gita in Devanagari — I am still working on this 💚

11/01/2025

When and are naturally part of the work landscape, people generally feel better. Sax in the cafeteria of the Dell office - fantastic.

10/31/2025

is everywhere found
Sarva Mangala Mangalye
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके ।
शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

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Yoga Illumined’s mission is to illuminate your daily life with the transformative practices of Yoga. Our programs include immersions, lifestyle training programs, workshops, retreats and 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training courses.* Yoga Illumined's principal teachers are Sumukhi Kristina Lanuza and Zoe Mantarakis Wenger. Yoga Illumined includes Retreats, Yoga Teacher Trainings and Intensives with Meditation, Hatha Yoga, Discussion and Yoga Teaching Practice. Students are given extensive Home Study Guide Books to guide them in their practice privately and with others. Hlde #YogaIllumined #YYT #RYT200 #200Hour #Yoga #YogaTeacher #YogaClasses #YogaTraining #YogaTeacherTraining #YogaInstructor #YogaLifestyle #YogaLifestyleProgram #Ayurveda #YogaAyurveda #YogaIlluminedAyurveda #YogaWorkshops #YogaLife #YogaAlliance #YogaTrail #Austin #Texas #SanFrancisco