Yoga and Nia For Life

YNFL is a thriving community of teachers and students that are dedicated to working with and through the body, mind and spirit to experience an embodied, creative, expressive movement practice. With an extremely limited schedule right now, I walk into YNFL and all my stress melts away. I know instinctively that I have left it behind and will be experiencing nothing but joy for the next hour. I see welcoming faces and feel at home in my body. I hear Robyn Maltz’s music playing, and her singing, energy, spark and expertise always enrich and enliven my day. Her style quickly brings me a sense of empowerment and helps me to remind me who I am. Juliane Corey is highly skilled in all things Nia, among other things. Where ever she teaches she is able to cultivate relationships with her students. For this reason, in addition to taking a «great» Nia class, there is always a sense of fun in her classes and the feeling like you just came from a party. Maria Skinner is an instructor who is a master crafter of Nia. Her years of steeping herself in the practice, contemplation, and sense of play come through in her classes. Maria embibes her classes with creativity in a beautifully rich and organic fashion, and leads you through her class with an expert ease. I am grateful that YNFL exists, for the wonderful people who choose to be a part of that community, and every chance I get to go there, for it surely is a gift to myself that I never take for granted.

If you are looking for a studio with excellent classes and teachers in W. Concord you’ve found it at YNFL! Maria Skinner (nia._moga), John Calabria (yoga), Robyn Maltz (nia) just to name a few are THE BEST! Easy to find this location and park.

There are secret treasures hiding in this yoga studio, and one of them is their NIA classes. It’s like getting a happy juice workout by going to a dance class, but you don’t have to learn a complicated routine (like in a zumba classes) or listen to obnoxious dirty music (like zumba class).
The yoga classes are terrific, there is even live music on the Sunday morning class occaisionally, but, really, I’m sure not that many Unilocalers out there have heard of NIA, but this studio has got to be one of the best NIA studios with the best NIA classes in the country, and many teachers around the Boston area TAKE CLASSES here, where have you ever heard of that? If you have any excuse to hang out on Route 2, like on your way to apple picking or Concord touristy sites, start your weekend morning w/​a NIA class here, and you will be happy happy the rest of the day!
Secret #2– sometimes there are really beautiful veggies and natural foods like honey being sold in their waiting lounge area from the Skinner Ranch, a farm in Groton– I have bought greens and tomatoes in season after class.

This is a great little yoga studio tucked behind the main drag in W. Concord center. The studio has nice ambient lighting and wooden-​look floor that set a relaxing mood. They have all equipment available to use, including mats, blankets, straps, blocks, etc. or you can bring your own. I frequent the Monday class with John. He is a wonderful, knowledgeable, and experienced yoga instructor, and I would recommend his classes to anyone looking for a meaningful yoga experience. Classes run about $ 17/​walk-​in, and you can buy packaged deals which brings the cost down a bit. My one complaint would be the parking and the signage– it is difficult to find the studio your 1^st time!
Overall, great studio with good instructors. I’m happy it’s in my area!