The name Yoga Village was chosen because the idea of a village says community. It is an acknowledgement that as human beings our lives are woven together by the common threads of our Divine heritage. A village is a place where people grow together to create a beautiful fabric that forms the kula (Sanskrit for “heart community”) of our lives. The Village kula is place of transformation where people lift each other up to discover their own greatness honoring the unique beauty and talent of each person. Each villager becomes a beautiful brightly colored thread in the Village tapestry.
This village begins with the clear intention that each one of you, students, teachers, friends be able to reach your fullest potential in your practice of yoga, and therefore step fully into the flow of Grace in your life. When you do that, you make the world a better place. So our vision for Yoga Village embraces not only each of you in the yoga community, it embraces the entire world. This is a global vision of kula, a village that serves the planet.
About the Village
Yoga Village, the Anusara Yoga studio in North Scottsdale is a full-service yoga studio offering a complete range of classes each week for every level of yoga student. It is a place where friends can gather to build a community of like hearts and minds in the fine tradition of Anusara Yoga. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to yoga you will find a home at Yoga Village that will challenge your body, heart and mind. Welcome to the Village where each individual can be fully and authentically themselves.
Anusara takes its name from a verse in the great text, the Kularnava Tantra. It reads in Sanskrit, “Shakti-nipata-anusarena sishyo'anugraham-arhati”. This means, by stepping into the current of Divine Grace's descent into the heart, the true seeker becomes worthy, enveloped in the Grace that sustains and nurtures his or her every action.
Flowing with Grace, anusarena, we experience our inner worth, we align our bodies, our minds and hearts in the current of the Divine flowing through us, we celebrate life itself as we touch the Divinity who pulsates within us as our every thought, feeling, and experience. --Dr. Douglas Brooks
Our Mission
Yoga Village is a place of community, healing, and transformation. We honor the beauty and gifts of each individual.
The Owner
Barbara is a devoted yoga student, Anusara Inspired registered yoga teacher
and yoga studio owner since 2003. She has had several years of study in the Kripalu tradition,
has experienced and benefited from practicing several styles of yoga and has been committed
to the study of Anusara yoga for the past four years. She has been greatly influenced by
Martin and Jordan Kirk, John Friend and many great Anusara teachers - many of whom still
teach with Yoga Village.
Barbara is grateful to Jacqui Potokar, who co-created Connect! with Yoga in Fountain Hills, Arizona; Martin and Jordan Kirk who brought together this wonderful Yoga Village; and to all the beautiful yoga students and teachers that make everything possible.
Instructors
Yoga Village has an extraordinary staff of Anusara certified and affiliated teachers as well as those on their way to certification. All of our teachers have been highly trained by Jordan and Martin or other senior Anusara teachers.
