Brandy Lefsyk brings an understanding, love of yoga, and embodied movement to her classes. The teaching and learning experience of her classes are offered with joy, compassion and love.

Brandy started OM YOGA in January 2004. She graduated from The Mount Wachusett Community College with her Exercise Science and Fitness Leadership degree. She is nationally certified and insured with the yoga alliance (Registered Yoga Teacher 500 hours training). Brandy has worked with ages 4 to 83, and has been practicing yoga for 5 plus years. She is currently assisting Patty Townsend at the Yoga Center Amherst, with her 200 hour teacher training. She has also studied with Audrey Pearson at Yoga Pathways in Hudson, MA.

Brandy is a (RYT 200) Devdasi Yoga teacher in the tradition of movement and meditation. She is also a level 3 Reiki practitioner. Brandy is also a (RYT 500) Embodyoga teacher in the tradition of Patty Townsend, who is deeply influenced by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.  

“I have suffered from anxiety and depression since age 14, yoga has made it possible for me to teach in front of a class of strangers and feel comfortable with who I am. I cannot guarantee that yoga will do any of these things for you. I can only offer my experience and teach that experience of joy and love to others”.     –Brandy Lefsyk

Brandy offers classes every Thursday at the Athol YMCA from  6:30 – 8:00 pm all levels moderate. There are also ongoing classes every Saturday at the Dance Studio in Orange on South Main Street from 9:00 – 10:30 am. All levels moderate
There are classes for seniors and people with less mobility Yoga for everybody at the Athol YMCA Thursday mornings 10:10 – 11:10am. Beginners gentle. There are warm bodyoga classes (in a heated room) ongoing every Monday morning at the Athol YMCA from 9:15 – 10:15 all levels moderate

I am willing to teach private sessions. Times, prices and places vary.

I supply all mats, straps etc. needed for class. You are welcome to bring your own mats pillows etc. if you like. You will need to bring your own water and wear comfortable clothes that are easy to move in. I do burn incense in class. If it bothers you I am willing to put it out.
 Classes are ongoing and you are welcome to stop in anytime to check out a class. The first class is free! All classes after that can be paid two ways: $10.00 a class for a drop in fee any time
$45.00 for a session of 5 (five) classes in 10 (ten) weeks, after 10 (ten) weeks the session ends
$81.00 for a session of 9 (nine) classes in 15 (fifteen) weeks, after 15 (fifteen) weeks the session ends
 I have also enclosed some questions and answers about yoga written by Cyndi Lee (A famous yoga teacher) I hope you find this information useful. I look forward to talking and meeting with you. Please feel welcome to call with any further questions or concerns. Also please feel welcome to drop in to a class at any time. Namaste,
Brandy Lefsyk
 
 
A Few Words About Yoga
By Cyndi Lee

The word yoga, from the Sanskrit word yuj means to yoke or bind and is often interpreted as "union" or a method of discipline.
The Indian sage Patanjali is believed to have collated the practice of yoga into the Yoga Sutra an estimated 5,000 years ago. The Sutra is a collection of 195 statements that serves as a philosophical guidebook for most of the yoga that is practiced today. It also outlines eight limbs of yoga: the yamas (restraints), niyamas (observances), asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), dharana (concentration), dhyani (meditation), and samadhi (absorption). As we explore these eight limbs, we begin by refining our behavior in the outer world, and then we focus inwardly until we reach samadhi (liberation, enlightenment).
Today most people practicing yoga are engaged in the third limb, asana, which is a program of physical postures designed to purify the body and provide the physical strength and stamina required for long periods of meditation.

Om is a mantra, or vibration, that is traditionally chanted at the beginning and end of yoga sessions. It is said to be the sound of the universe. What does that mean? Somehow the ancient yogis knew what scientists today are telling us–that the entire universe is moving. Nothing is ever solid or still. Everything that exists pulsates, creating a rhythmic vibration that the ancient yogis acknowledged with the sound of Om. We may not always be aware of this sound in our daily lives, but we can hear it in the rustling of the autumn leaves, the waves on the shore, the inside of a seashell.
Chanting Om allows us to recognize our experience as a reflection of how the whole universe moves–the setting sun, the rising moon, the ebb and flow of the tides, the beating of our hearts. As we chant Om, it takes us for a ride on this universal movement, through our breath, our awareness, and our physical energy and we begin to sense a bigger connection that is both uplifting and soothing.

YOGA with Brandy Lefsyk (RYT 500)   
174 East Road Orange, MA. 01364  
 978-413-2000