Mira Murphy is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Chef and Teacher. Born to yoga teacher Rama Jyoti Vernon, she grew up with Yoga all her life and trained formally for yoga in 2005 and graduated from the Ayurvedic Institute in 2015. As an Ayurvedic chef, teacher and practitioner, she has a lifelong passion for studying and sharing the deep Vedic sciences.
Ayurveda for Mental Health 
Ayurveda is a body/mind/spirit medicine, a sister science to yoga. As our bodies and minds are integrally connected, Ayurveda has so much to teach us about and assist us with in the realm of the mind as well as the body. This class will teach you about the lens through which Ayurveda views the mind. This class will help you to understand your own mind/body complex and nurture it through practical Ayurvedic practices.
All levels
Intensity 1
90% lecture 10% meditation
Sunday 9:30-10:45am
Agni Dance
Fusion of Yoga and Bellydance! Bellydance contains very ancient and natural movements that tone the inner muscles and organs, which helps improve the health of the digestive system (called agni in Ayurveda) and hormones and pelvic health, while moving Prana through the subtle body. We know the benefits of Yoga are healing of profound magnitude, now learn how to bring Yoga into the realm of Dance!
All levels
Intensity 5
5% talking and 95% dance movement
Sunday 2:30-4:00pm
Rama Vernon’s Back Breathing Workshop
The legacy of Rama Jyoti Vernon (my mother) lives on in her work and students and this class is to honor her and her work. She studied with many masters of the East whom she brought to the West and hosted in her home, and developed this technique as an outgrowth of her own process. The back breath is a deep and therapeutic method of incorporating breath into each asana, moving and elongating the spine to release the spinal nerve roots that innervate all the organs and moving on the exhalation “when the ego unravels itself.” It is a paradigm shift in the realm of asana incorporating the deeper yogic principles into the movement practice itself, creating the deep inner strength of the Yogi and penetrating the subconscious mind through the back body.
All levels
Intensity 3
10% talking and 90% movement