Creative Foundress of VYANA
(HastaPada Yoga Belt and Vedi*Vaahans-Charming portable altars)
Helena has taught yoga since 2000 in the Syracuse, NY area, the U.S. and abroad.
Helena's company Vyana evolved from a love of yoga and her overwhelming desire to assist others within the physical practice and so the HastaPada was developed. Her first and foremost teacher; Shiva Rea, is a benevolent gift and delightful guide on the path in yoga and Vyana. Helena continues to assist and study with Shiva as well as numerous teachers in a and sacred approach blending eastern and western modalities to assist in this health-giving art of Yoga. Infusing the art of movement with a touch and the heart wisdom of life, she teaches mind-full loving classes in a mystical, magical and grateful way through the art of lyrical breath within asana as an evolutionary method of embodied transformation and radiant health.
500 Yoga Alliance RYT PranaFlow ® Shiva Rea( Mentor/ Assistant )
Registered Nurse (ICU,OR)
Second Degree Black Belt in TKD
200 RPT Polarity Practitioner
Certified Pelvic Floor Teacher (LH)
Anatomy and Principles w Leslie Kaminoff
Anatomy Trains w Tom Myer
Ayurveda Consultant® 500 APTA
Helena has taught yoga since 2000 in the Central New York and Syracuse area. After graduating nursing school in 1981 and working as an intensive care and operating room nurse for 10 years she left the professional life to become a full-time mother at home and to raise her boys whom are now 3 young men. Obviously it was meant to be and Helena discovered her dharmic path and sanity in yoga.
A notorious dream-weaver, inspirational addict, and proliferous intention seeker- she has been studying Pranaflow® with her main teacher Shiva Rea since 2003. Her heart of the lotus company Vyana is a metaphor for "illumination & love" which evolved from a pure love of yoga leading to the invention and implementation of the inspirational HastaPada® Yoga Belt. She is a student of life and yoga and continues to learn and evolve with numerous teachers in a sacred and salutary approach blending eastern and western modalities in classes, privates and workshops. Yoga is a sacred way to live every day infusing the art of movement within the breath to rediscover the heart wisdom of life.
Helena has written articles for Yoganonymous and Elephant Journal as well as her addiction to Instagram and blogging.
She teaches HastaPada, Ayurveda and Embodying the Female Pelvis, Ayuryoga® workshops.
Vyana is the purveyor of illumination and loveemanating from the origin, to arise and ignite our sacred path touching the divine in the midst of daily life.