5 Reasons NYC Women Are Choosing Yoga for Total Well-Being

1. Relieves Stress & Mental Overload

Between subway delays, meetings, deadlines, and endless notifications, your nervous system is constantly under pressure. Yoga invites your body to breathe, soften, and release tension, helping you reset and refocus.

2. Strengthens From the Inside Out

Yoga builds strength, stability, and flexibility — not through force, but through intentional movement and control. The result? A lean, toned body that moves with ease and grace, without the burnout of high-impact workouts.

3. Increases Focus & Emotional Resilience

A regular yoga practice trains your mind to be present. This increases focus, reduces reactivity, and enhances your ability to move through daily challenges with more calm and clarity — a true superpower in a city like New York.

4. Supports Every Season of Life

Whether you’re new to movement, healing from injury, navigating motherhood, or simply craving stillness, yoga can meet you there. At Aura, our teachers offer beginner-friendly yoga in NYC, as well as more advanced options for experienced practitioners.

5. Creates Consistency in a Chaotic World

Yoga becomes a ritual. A time to check in with your body, your breath, and yourself — no matter how full your calendar is. And when practiced in a space that feels safe, clean, and beautifully designed, it becomes something you truly look forward to.

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Meet Shannon

Founder, Teacher & Energy Worker
RYT 500 | Reiki Master | Pilates Practitioner

Shannon is the founder and heart behind Aura Studio NYC — a sacred space on the Upper West Side devoted to intentional movement, deep healing, and community connection. She is also the founder of UrbanNomadYoga, where for years she has guided transformative yoga practices in Central Park, inviting individuals to reconnect with nature, their inner stillness, and a collective sense of belonging.

Her journey spans over a decade and five continents, rooted in a lifelong curiosity for the healing arts. With certifications in yoga, Pilates, Reiki, sacred massage, and emotional release, Shannon brings a deeply intuitive and integrative approach to everything she offers — from grounded breathwork to soulful movement and subtle energetic work.

Born and raised just blocks from the studio, Shannon’s connection to this neighborhood is intimate and reverent. Aura is her love letter to the Upper West Side — a space built with devotion to the land and the people who’ve shaped her path. After years of traveling the world hosting retreats and guiding others into their healing, she’s come home — and invites you to do the same.

Shannon’s classes are more than movement — they are invitations to return to your body, your breath, and your truth. Whether guiding a powerful yoga flow, a centering Pilates sequence, or a subtle energy healing session, her work is always in service of helping others remember who they are beneath the noise.