Welcome to CMYI - We
Emphasize Body, Mind, and Spirit
CENTRAL MASS YOGA INSTITUTE is situated next to the beautiful
Wachusett Reservoir in the Causeway Crossing Professional Building,
at 45 Sterling Street, (Route 12) 2nd floor, #28 in West Boylston,
Massachusetts. Parking is abundant in both the front and back lots
and our Yoga Studio is accessible to the handicapped through the
back entrance ramp.
We have two beautiful, clean and peaceful spaces for the practice of
yoga. Both studios are fully equipped with mats and all other
helpful props including a backbender and a pelvic swing which
provide excellent spinal extension.
Central Mass Yoga’s teaching community has depth as well as breadth.
Our highly trained and experienced teachers offer classes at all
levels in addition to classes that are gentle, vigorous, women’s,
prenatal, postnatal, restorative, special classes for combat
veterans, sculpting, YogaKids, meditation, Yin Yoga, Backcare and so
much more! We offer a variety of workshops on a variety of themes.
CMYI also offers a 200 hour teacher training and a yearly retreat.
Central Mass Yoga Institute is a school for all ages and abilities. We are a resource center and
a flourishing yoga community. CMYI offers an array of classes,
healing retreats and workshops that draw from three traditional
lineages of yoga: Hatha, Iyengar, and Ashtanga. By combining the
strengths of each, we have created programs that offer the best yoga
available to beginners and advanced students. Our certified and
experienced teachers bring significant talent and spirituality to
their teaching. Our classes safely offer students greater, longer
lasting benefits.
Started in February of 2000, CMYI has expanded three times. We now
offer over 35 classes per week including a 200 hour teacher training
program. Our mission is to promote the study, practice, and teaching
of yoga, and to foster a flourishing yoga community.
WHY YOGA?
Yoga is a rich, complex science or system or art. It is an internal
science of self development based on experience rather than belief
and “first and foremost a discipline of conscious living” (Georg
Feuerstein, Living Yoga: A Comprehensive Guide to Daily Life).
Originating in the Himalayas more than 5,000 years ago as a method
of spiritual inquiry, it came to the West 103 years ago. The root
word “yoga,”—“yuj” in Sanskrit means to yoke together, to unite.
HEALTH BENEFITS
The health benefits are immediate and apparent. Those that come to
Yoga seeking relief from any variety of ailments usually find it.
The lists of physical and mental disorders that respond positively
to Yoga grow each year.
Yoga postures can relieve back pain, improve circulation, improve
posture, and give relief from muscular tension by aligning the body
so that overworked muscles can rest. The practice of yoga postures
not only quiets the brain but also clears the mind of thoughts that
cause tension. Yoga affects all the systems in the body:
muscular-skeletal, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and nervous
systems.
In conclusion, Hatha Yoga is the oldest and most thoroughly tested
physical and mental form of exercise known. It has much to offer in
that it is not only excellent for stress management, but, the
postures are not joint-jarring where repetitive muscle contractions
can lead to chronic stiffness or lack of flexibility. When
practicing Hatha Yoga postures, different muscles groups are
simultaneously being stretched and strengthened in a natural way.
PERSONAL WELCOME FROM LUCY
Yoga came to the forefront of my life in the early 1990's. First
reading books by Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine and other classics
mostly found at used bookstores. Next, I enrolled in classes at
Portland Yoga Studio, in Portland Maine. Elaine McGillicuddy was my
first and most influential teacher. She is certainly a master in all
the senses of the word. It was through Elaine that I have learned
and brought the Iyengar influence into my teaching. Later, I
enrolled in the Teachers Training Program at the Himalayan Institute
of Yoga Philosophy and Science. I had to travel 8-9 hours from Maine
for courses. Not the most convenient, but it had what I felt was the
best training available for Hatha Yoga.
 The World has changed so much in just a few years. Now there are
yoga centers and instructors galore. The discipline and philosophy
of each instructor will be different as yoga is a personal thing.
Even instructors who have been certified from the same institution
often have different approaches, personalities, and teaching styles.
At Central Mass Yoga, we have certified instructors who bring
significant talent and spirituality to their practice. Learn more
about them by reading their brief biographies or taking a class with
them.
May you find, as we all have, more than you came looking for. Not
only relief from your back pain, arthritis, or an antidote for
depression, but a path that leads you into your own soul... into the
deep depths of grace.
Namaste,
Lucy
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