Mindful Turtle Yoga — Local services in Town of Brookhaven

I love the Mindful Turtle. Danielle has created a yoga studio where all eight limbs of yoga are practiced, and everyone can practice yoga. You don't need to be lithe and fit, you don't need to be able to take on a one hour aerobics class, all you absolutely need to be able to do is breathe. I've spent most of my life living in my head and at the Mindful Turtle I'm learning how to inhabit my body, gently and compassionately. I especially love the early morning Mysore class where everyone does asanas together, but at our own paces, in our own time, and with individual adjustments for what our bodies can and can't do. The breathing and mindfulness class is wonderful too, it's a revelation how much effect breath control can have. And I love my individual classes, where Danielle and I work together to build a practice that works for me. I unreservedly recommend the Mindful Turtle to everyone - people with an established yoga practice will find this a warm and welcoming community in which to deepen and broaden it and newcomers will find a similarly warm and welcoming...

This is a yoga studio that cares!🤍 As a soon to be physical therapist in grad school, the techniques are flawless and shown to improve pain, and increase mobility through current research! There’s great deals and the atmosphere/people are so inviting to all ages! I leave feeling genuinely peaceful and as if a weight is lifted off my shoulders! Yogis of any experience level is welcome. The teachers take the time to get to know each person and give modifications to poses if you have an injury or it’s just too hard. I’ve gotten stronger and slimmer; the poses that were too hard at first has gotten easier and they find more ways to challenge me! I have LESS BACK PAIN, and BETTER CONTROL OF MY PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES after a car accident. Jackie is the owner, (I believe), and she is so kind and always has an answer to everything! All of the instructors are so knowledgeable, kind, and they inspire you to live a better, more...

So fortunate and grateful that THIS is my "hometown" studio. In a little over a year, with Danielle's expert guidance and Mindful's roster of generous yogis, i've gone from a skeptical, depressed 50-something blob to an actual human being with a practice grounded in one of yoga's strongest, most authentic lineages… even if you only want to try yoga to feel a little better, be a little more fit -- Mindful Turtle provides a warm, non-judgmental, all-welcoming community of instructors, students and class styles. If you have or want to develop a serious practice, this is absolutely the place for you. Danielle's kind and inspiring leadership in the traditional ashtanga path is all that you need, and then there is the bonus --workshops with some of the most amazing people you will ever meet: Beryl Bender Birch, Christine Hoar, Rolf...