Yoga in Mount Kisco

Sage Yoga's Hatha-style classes feature alignment-based yoga poses and Vinyasa flow classes as well as meditative practices that de-stress the body and mind. Sage Yoga offers a challenging, fun environment, while catering to students who just want to relax or those looking to learn the technical side of yoga.

Glow Yoga’s welcoming instructors lead Vinyasa-yoga classes that help students strengthen their bodies and clear their minds. Trained in several yogic styles—including Bikram and Iyengar—the faculty members lead several alignment-focused classes in a heated room that fosters flexibility. Students of all skill levels proceed through sequences that tether deep breaths to vigorous, energizing stretches and body-toning poses. The studio also offers children’s classes more entertaining than dancing on a carpet of bubble wrap.

Be Shri Yoga co-owners Karen Rider, Nancy Straus, and Rita Shepard Ende understand that yoga is both a physical and spiritual exercise. Karen was drawn to it more than 20 years ago because of constant back pain from sports injuries, whereas Rita took to it because of the peace and joy she felt when practicing. Likewise, Nancy has been practicing since 1973, and has been teaching for almost a decade. The trio has curated a large staff of instructors and a diverse mix of classes, giving students the opportunity to test out a lot of different styles. Beginners can try Basics or gentle yoga, whereas more advanced students can challenge themselves with Vigorous Flow?or by attempting to do yoga while hanging from the ceiling.

If you want to be motivated by the trainers at APOGEE Fitness & Wellness, you have two choices. You can either sign up for a one-on-one personal training session or attend a group class such as Pilates, yoga, Zumba, or TRX suspension training. In addition to those fitness services, the center schedules spa treatments such as massages and reflexology, which feel extra nice after a tough workout where you sweat to cardio movements or hit the Pilates mat.

O2living, a holistic health and wellness center, treats bodies with nontraditional methods designed to heal and improve overall quality of life. One such method is a live-food diet, which cleanses systems with meals made of raw, live foods, such as locally harvested greens and macrobiotic salads and soups. Also popular are O2living’s juice-cleanse regimens, which chefs press daily from organic fruits and vegetables. One visit to the café, where they juices are created, had reporter Alice Gabriel of The New York Times vowing to improve her own lifestyle, calling the fare “motivational.” In addition to diet plans, O2living offers yoga classes, organic skincare treatments, and relaxing massage. A one-year membership to O2living completely overhauls bodies with such perks as a monthly mini facial, unlimited yoga classes, four seasonal juice cleanses, and access to a living-food chef and educator.

"Our brain is designed to realize what we wish, without any minor errors," says Tao Yoga & Tai-Chi founder Ilchi Lee. "If you want success, it will create success. If you want happiness or health, it will create them. Anything is possible, as long as negative thoughts and emotions don't interfere." To make this challenging, yet hopeful, philosophy accessible to all, Lee combined the Eastern concept of chi energy with his own brain-management system, developing a distinctive program that unlocks inner peace and sweeps up brain clutter caused by the daily stress of always having to find Waldo. Warm-up yoga maneuvers awaken muscles before 30–40 minutes of breathing, stretching, core practice, and meditation—including a signature brain-wave vibration technique that aims to calibrate mental and physical energies. Cool-down exercises ease the body back into quotidian functionality before a 10-minute teatime invites socialization among participants while bolstering pinkie endurance.