Ellen Forman

Ellen Forman’s BIO:

Ellen’s work is based on over thirty years of inquiry, experience, practice and study. Her journey towards health and holistic living started at age 15, after she lost her mom to cancer. She leads workshops, which include conscious nourishment and awakening the creative spirit, through yoga, art and mindfulness. She has an eclectic teaching style with a strong focus on the healing effects of the breath on mind, body and spirit. She combines playfulness and positive energy to inspire students to find balance and harmony in daily life. She specializes in gentle yoga and working with chronic stress, anxiety and depression and leads workshops and classes that address chronic stress in daily life. She works with individuals suffering from anxiety, depression, trauma and grief using the tools of yoga as a therapeutic approach towards balance and wellness. Ellen’s therapeutic approach comes from a deep commitment to the ancient healing art of yoga as a vehicle to cultivate awareness and restore balance for the individual and the planet.

E-RYT500 Yoga Teacher
C-IAYT Yoga Therapist
Holistic Lifestyle Educator

Owner – director of PranaMoon Yoga, Peekskill NY
Co-owner and Co-Director of Karma Road Yoga and Wellness, Briarcliff Manor NY.  

Certificates:
Level I Gentle Somatic Yoga Teacher January 2020
Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy, Sundara Yoga Therapy, February, 2017
Overcome Anxiety Facilitator, The Overcome Anxiety Project, February, 2017
Inner Peace Yoga Therapy 100 hours of Yoga Therapy, July 2015
Inner Peace Yoga Therapy 300 hours of Yoga Therapy, March 2015
Art & Yoga Soul Yoga, Healing & the Arts, Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, August 2013
Plant Based Nutrition eCornell and T. Colin Campbell Foundation, March 2011
500 Hour Certification: Himalayan Institute, Allahabad, India: 2010
200 Hour Certification: Satsang Yoga, Garrison, NY: March 2003
Thai Yoga Body Work: Jonas Westring, March 2004
Reiki Level I & II, 2003