Nancy Polachek - Yoga Instructor

Contact: niskayoga@yahoo.com

Education/Training/Experience: Nancy has more than 600 documented hours of yoga teacher training.  Her certifications include: 300+ hours Jivamukti Yoga, 200+ hours Kripalu Yoga, and 100+ hours Ashtanga Yoga.  She has been practicing yoga for more than 25 years and teaching since 1995.  As the Capital District's first teacher of Ashtanga Yoga, in 1999 she founded and directed Albany's Washington Park Yoga, now known as HeartSpace Holistic.  In 2008 she received the great blessing of acceptance into the Jivamukti lineage by her luminous teachers, Sri David Life and Sri Sharon Gannon.

Influential Teachers: Sharon Gannon and David Life, co-founders of the Jivamukti style of yoga, Lady Ruth Lauer-Manenti, Julie Kirkpatrick, David Swenson, and of course the many students who have attended my classes who are the best teachers one could ever hope for!  I feel the blessing of all these holy beings in my life every day.

Current Studies/Explorations: Promoting the profound health, environmental, and ethical benefits of a compassionate vegan diet and lifestyle, as well as continuing to study with my teachers whose depth of wisdom, generosity, and selflessness are unending.