Osha Ruah : Shining Spirit

06/01/2022

Haven’t tried yoga and meditation at Osha Ruah in Nyack? Come take your first yoga class for FREE!

Check out the yoga class schedule at OshaRuah.com/yoga-meditation. Pick any in-person drop in yoga class. Use code FREE at check out. And enjoy a one-hour yoga and meditation class on our private river bank for free!

Offer is valid through June 30 and applies to all in-person, drop in yoga classes. Tell a friend!

05/23/2022

Ready to do a Sun Salutation to the actual sun? Join us for yoga & meditation classes on our private river bank in Nyack, NY!
Start off your day bathing in nature while getting your mind and body centered and flowing.
Check out classes at OshaRuah.com/yoga-meditation

05/15/2022

Enjoying the sunshine, the snacks, and my little princess at at the

05/04/2022

Looking for a creative Mother’s Day gift from a local Nyack business?
Give mom a yoga and meditation class, a monthly yoga pass, a Reiki energy balancing session, or customized private yoga-meditation-pranayama-healing sessions. All right on a serene private river bank on the Hudson in Nyack at Osha Ruah : Shining Spirit.
Book sessions directly at OshaRuah.com, or email Jenni@OshaRuah to create a unique package, get a virtual gift certificate, or request a beautifully wrapped gift card with a free meditation candle!

01/24/2022

Will you remember who you are in 2022? Will you live by that realization?
Join us Saturday, January 29, 4 - 6:30 PM, for Resolutions and the Koshas: Reaching Goals with All 5 Levels of Being.
Sign up at OshaRuah.com/Events

01/17/2022

01/11/2022

How do we reimagine resilience for 2022? I wrote a blog for be.still about how understanding our Koshas - the 5 layers of being - can help us make meaningful resolutions and meet them with our whole selves. Check it out at https://www.bestill.me/post/reimagine-resilience-2022

By Jennifer Crumpton As we begin a new year, it is tempting to hope things will change. It's a traditional desire for any new year to want life to only get better, more prosperous, more exciting, more fulfilling. Yet after two years of a pandemic and its myriad consequences - isolation, fear, stress...

01/02/2022

By the end of January, many resolutions have been frustrated, forgotten or abandoned. Let’s try something new!

Instead of pushing and pulling on the physical level only, what if we approach our resolutions with our whole selves?

The 5 Koshas are our five layers of being, and they offer clarity, motivation and power that you may not even know you can tap into.

Join us to learn how to approach your goals for 2022 with the physical layer, the energy + breath layer, the mental + emotional layer, the intellect + wisdom layer, and the spiritual + bliss layer of yourself.

And we’ll practice some breathing, meditation and yoga to support lasting change. Sign up at OshaRuah.com/Events

12/31/2021

We can make the new year whatever we want it to be. Challenges become growth. Isolation becomes self knowledge. Set backs become opportunities for creativity. Joy becomes a muscle we choose to exercise in meditation and movement, not a fleeting feeling dependent upon outward circumstances. Here’s to the unknown, the beauty of the unseeable, and the practices that allow us to feel into intention, intuition, and the strength of our hearts to find our way forward as a community.

12/29/2021

Join us Mon - Wed - Fri at 7:30 AM for an invigorating, balancing yoga and meditation class. You’ll feel accomplished, strong and ahead of the game before the day even starts! Sign up at OshaRuah.com/Yoga-Meditation

12/10/2021

Sunday, December 12 is Nyack’s holiday promenade! Meet me at from 11:30am - 1:30pm and buy gift cards for unique self-care treats for friends and family! Give your loved ones the relaxation of a Reiki session, the joy and health benefits of yoga classes, the mental boost of meditation and breath work, the new perspective of a special workshop, or the emotional care of private trauma healing sessions. If you can’t come by Sunday, just email me at Jenni@OshaRuah.com and we can customize the perfect gift!

10/26/2021

Four Wednesdays: 10/27, 11/3, 11/10 & 11/17 from 6:30 - 8 PM. Pay only for the sessions you can make. IN PERSON OR ONLINE. Sign up now! OshaRuah.com/Events

Take a journey into the light at the end of the tunnel.

In a safe space with supportive, understanding co-travelers - and plenty of grace and autonomy over your process - we will learn what trauma really is, and the science and physiology of how it stays in the body and causes mental, emotional and physical issues, including chronic pain and illness.

We will gently explore meditation, breathing, and visualization techniques that help us identify and tap into the areas of our bodies holding trauma. Restorative yoga poses allow us to begin moving energy and relaxing our nervous systems.

JOIN US! And start to unravel the energy that has had you bound to chronic conditions, exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and self-doubt.

There will be opportunities to share, but you will not be required to talk about your own experiences, or do anything that doesn’t feel right. We don’t even have to know what caused our trauma in order to heal it. This workshop is confidential, trauma-informed, and trauma-sensitive, and your participation is guided by you.

Come to the river for healing. Rediscover your original Shining Spirit. When we live from our shining spirit, we live in our optimal health and well being.

10/22/2021

Trauma lives in the BODY as a FIGHT OR FLIGHT response stuck in overdrive, reliving the event we couldn’t escape.
This leads to anxiety, dysregulated emotions, and an exhaustingly fragile nervous system that feels constantly tweaked, and holds us back from reaching our full potential.

We can't heal the impact of trauma intellectually with our minds when it lives in the body. We must understand and address it in our muscles, our organs and our cells. We can locate it and choose to release it.

Join us in a safe space to learn the science and physiology of trauma, and learn how to use simple yoga poses and movement, guided meditation, and trauma-informed breath work to begin your journey to healing. Sign up at OshaRuah.com/Events

10/19/2021

Yoga for homeschooled kids starts next Tuesday, October 26, 11 - 11:45am at Osha Ruah : Shining Spirit in South Nyack!
Music, movement, stories...a fun way to learn how to cultivate physical and mental health in a beautiful natural setting right on the Hudson River.
Go to OshaRuah.com/yoga-meditation to sign up. Scroll down the the big class calendar, and click on Tues Oct 26 (or any future date). It will give you the option to book 1 class ($20) or an unlimited monthly package ($111). Classes are twice a week, every Tues and Thurs at 11am.
Class starts at 3 years of age, but there is plenty of space for moms to play with younger ones on our playset on the water, or at Memorial Park just down the street.
Reach out with questions or comments to me at Jenni@OshaRuah.com! Hope to see you!

10/13/2021

Discover the regulating rhythm of the breath, simple and easeful yoga flow, and guided meditation to address trauma held in the body.

Join us for the Healing Yoga & Book Series at Osha Ruah for four Wednesdays,10/27 - 11/17, from 6:30 - 8pm each evening.

Reading Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey’s book “What Happened to You?” as a foundation and common reference point, each session will teach:

-the science of how trauma is trapped and stored in the body and it’s impact on our mind, emotions, relationships and dreams
-how to recognize the impact of trauma living in our muscles and cells
-trauma-informed breathing techniques to sooth the nervous system
-guided meditations to connect with safety, regulation and balance
-and simple, gentle yoga postures and movements to begin to release trauma

Explore methods of healing in a safe space. Learn more and sign up at OshaRuah.com/Events

10/13/2021

Check out the Fall self-care specials and workshops at Osha Ruah. As it gets colder and darker, bring out your shining spirit! OshaRuah.com

FALL REIKI SPECIAL Bare branches. Gray skies. Short, cold days and long, dark nights. Reiki can help with Seasonal Affective Disorder and much more. Take care of yourself! Balance mind and body, lift your energy, restore harmony, and promote relaxation, all while enhancing your body’s own natural ...

10/10/2021

Why do we walk?

10/09/2021

I’ll be leading the pre-walk stretch for the Greater Hudson Valley tomorrow (Sunday 10/10) at 10:15 AM at the Palisades Center in Lot F (near Cheesecake Factory). Please join us!