What some of Emily's students have shared...

"Emily rocks! Her classes really helped me to fine-tune my awareness in various poses. I've had classes with many different teachers, but Emily still remains one of my favorites. "

Lawrence Grodeska, Oakland, CA

"I am very grateful for your class to cultivate this growing space within my body and mind. "

Aaron Kerins, Burlington, VT

"Just wanted to thank you for being such a positive influence on my life and a true inspiration for me to continue to get centered and focused in my life. You are truly a beautiful and wonderful person and your impact on me has been life changing. "

Allen Greszler, Westford, VT

"I feel so lucky to have been instructed by you. I really appreciated your patience and knowledge of yoga. Although I only attended 10 of your classes spread out over about 3 months, you made such a difference in my life, physically and spiritually. Your yoga class helped my constant low back pain and brought me awareness of my body and mind. Yoga is amazing! I take your teachings with me each day. "

Jen Liuzzo, Burlington, VT

"Thank you for years of leading me deeper and deeper into yoga and its benefits. I am very grateful that you have been in my path, and want you to know that your teaching has been very important to me. You are someone I deeply admire and respect, and you have to know what a difference your teaching makes in my life and in the world. "

Annie Davidson Murphy, Santa Cruz, CA

"Thank you for the difference you make in my life. You are an amazing teacher and healer. "

Gretchen Hemberger, Burlington, VT

"I've been thinking all week about how much I enjoyed your restorative yoga class on Sunday night. The atmosphere in the studio was so peaceful with the low lights and great music and the yoga was wonderful and definitely restorative. You're a very gifted teacher and your classes are really great. Thank you so much. "

Ann Wadsworth, Burlington, VT

"Emily is an extraordinary teacher. She is patient and encouraging, always reminding me to work within my abilities and also suggesting ways that I can explore and expand my body, my breath, and my mind. Most importantly, she provides a safe, non-competitive atmosphere in both her general classes and her work with me in individual sessions."

Cynthia Grossman

"You have helped awaken my mind and body through the practice of yoga. Your teaching skills are awesome. The practice of yoga has brought a quality and value to all aspects of my life. Thank you."

Christine Bacon , Essex, VT

"A huge, thank you….I just returned from sutrayana seminary (1 month at Karme Choling) and your “home practice yoga routine for Kim Nolan” was a huge part of my experience and a huge help to my body thru it all! Each morning I did my practice – and sometimes during the afternoon. It made the hours (and hours) of sitting more than tolerable. It gave my mind more space to explore than its usual focus on aches and pains. From the bottom of this expanding heart of mine, Thank you!"

Kim Nolan, Williston, VT

"When I graduated from college, I moved to Burlington to figure out what to do with myself. I was a bit lost. Emily’s yoga class every week was the one time I felt sure of anything. Through her guiding, I found in my deepest self the sense that everything was already okay, and didn’t need to do anything to prove it to myself or anyone else. I now work at Kripalu Center, and yoga continues to be a source of stability and inspiration in my life. I recently became certified as a Kripalu Yoga teacher, and I still consider Emily to be one of the best teachers I’ve ever had."

Sarah Silberman, Lenox, Massachussetts

"Strangely I think your classes have taken me to places inside myself that aren’t always pretty, made me reflect, consider and reconcile. All good but not always easy.. again who knew yoga would do this for me. "

Meghan Giroux, Burlington, VT

"You guided me in challenging my body, but in a loving, gentle way. "

Courtney Scott, South Burlington, VT

"You were in fact the person who brought yoga to me, and though I realize I did a lot of work to get to a mental place where I was open to new experiences, I'm honestly sure that no other teacher would have gotten through to me the way you did, simply by letting your own light kind of...wash over your students. Such ease. You continue to bring yoga to me in a very special way, both in your classes, as well as when I'm practicing alone. "

Alice Neiley, Burlington, VT

"I want you to know the effect your classes have had on me. They have made my life easier and more pleasant in many areas. I have more patience. I have better focus and listen better. I have retained so much of what you taught and overall have a greater sense of calm. Maybe this sounds hokie, but my life has been better due to your positive influence."

Jason Weinstein, Burlington, VT

"emily, i am amazed at how different life looks with doing yoga. even music sounds more crisp. "

Dianne Ludwig, St. George, VT

"I have spent a week thinking of the profound impact last weekend had on me. I came away with the deepest sense of calm I have known, possibly ever, but certainly in the last three years. I find that inexplicable. I wasn't consciously aware of any great revelations or internal shifts during the course of the weekend, but I found the meditations, the yoga, the mountains soothing. I even took an amazing amount of comfort in the words--the simple sanskrit vocabulary--that you used during each of our sessions. I've spent most of my life moving around in the "spiritual" realm...I've prayed and pondered and searched certainly as much as anyone. I've had many deeply moving spiritual experiences. But nothing so calming to me as last weekend. So first, I just wanted to thank you. "

Lyn Hale, Burlington, VT