MOLLY DRAKE

My love of nature and yoga are pretty basic to who I am. When asked why I practice yoga, I can only respond by saying, I can’t imagine not practicing.

I enjoy helping others discover different aspects of themselves through their personal practice. It’s endless, the fresh new ways we can meet ourselves and I hope to help you enjoy learning and expanding how you breathe, move and live in your body. The guidance I offer comes from my on-going practice and everyday life experiences. I am forever learning!

Seed

My fascination with yoga began in the mid-sixties when I was nine years old. My great uncle had given me a book called ‘Yoga for Americans’ by Indra Devi. Soon I was practicing the poses anywhere I could, including climbing out of my bedroom window onto a level part of the roof. My love for yoga grew quickly, but I kept quiet about it because it wasn’t common knowledge in those days. It wasn’t until college that I took my first yoga class.

The Seasons

My first yoga class was on a hill in Hawaii in 1973. My early studies included years of focused training in the Iyengar tradition. I focused on precision, disciplined alignment, and intense striving and it served me well and still influences my practice and teaching. But I experienced a turning point in 1996 when I took my first class with world-renowned teachers Angela Farmer and Victor vanKooten.

Learning to Trust My Body

Working with Angela and Victor introduced me to a more free-form and organic experience of yoga. It was through this experience that I learned to relax, trust, and allow the poses I had done for years to unfold in a more gentle and powerful way.

I now share this approach with my students through a variety of classes, retreats, and workshops. In a wide-open, non-dogmatic approach I focus on encouraging each practitioner to pay attention to where they are, what they are feeling, and how they are evolving.