Our Shala

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

The Shala was founded by Bibi Lorenzetti and Austin DuBois in 2022. With Bibi's vision and talent, and Austin's operational know-how, they combined their passion for yoga, people and Newburgh into Newburgh Yoga Shala. Since then Bibi has taken full ownership and is now a woman-owned certified small business providing traditional Yoga to the local community and greater Hudson Valley.

Bibi has been teaching Yoga for over a decade. A RYT Certified Yoga Instructor since 2008, she received the blessing to teach from her Guru Sri R. Sharath Jois in the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga in 2014. Since then she has furthered her studies and is now a dedicated student and teacher of Vedic recitation.

Through the vessel of Newburgh Yoga Shala, Bibi hopes to expand Yoga past it’s physical walls into the fabric of the community, offering not only daily classes (in-person & online) but also having an important role in our community engagement through outreach practices.

WHO WE ARE

Our studio is the home to the lineage of Ashtanga Yoga and other traditional practices in the field of Yoga. Anyone who comes to our yoga home is part of what makes it great. We are excited to invite you in!

We offer Mysore-style Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga classes. Our Vinyasa offerings are shaped by the Ashtanga Yoga lineage: focused on cultivating mindfulness through breath regulation and the structured, steady challenge of both body and mind. Other offerings include Beginners Yoga Courses, meditation, workshops and trainings.

Every detail of the space and its offerings are built to support your personal journey towards a healthy body, a steady mind and thriving spirit. Our teachers are committed to their ever-evolving study of yoga, and bring years of expertise, and hearts full of the joy of service.

We are dedicated to bringing the most qualified teachers in the Hudson Valley and beyond, to Newburgh as a means to create a community rooted in tradition, and classical studies. We seek to share yoga as a lifestyle, not just limited to Yoga in its asana form, but as it extends into the community as service. You can see here our community engagement page and our efforts in making this world a better place for all. 

YOGA AT THE SHALA

Our offerings are rooted in the lineage and tradition of ashtanga yoga, or the 8 limbs of yoga, brought to us by Pantajali.

The word 'ashta' means eight, and ' anga' limbs. These eight limbs are: yama (ethical codes), niyama ( personal observances), asana (the practice of postures), pranayama (the practice of breath control), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (sustained concentration), dhyana (uninterrupted meditation), samadhi (unity of consciousness). We begin by practicing asana, as a means to establish physical health first. Once the body is healthy, we begin to cleanse the nervous system and progressively more towards rebalancing the more subtle functions of the internal body with the end goal to steady the mind. 

The practice of yoga, as we understand and teach it, is designed to repair, rejuvenate, and strengthen the body, mind and nervous system. The practice of vinyasa is made up of a series of postures threaded together in a specific order and linked into a fluid movement with controlled breath. We believe that transformation and healing happen when we repeatedly show up to the practice. Repetition brings good health and revitalization to the body as a whole at all levels of practice.

 “To learn how to achieve concentration the body must first be purified and then mental strength developed. The method for purifying and strengthening the body is called āsana” from” From ‘Yoga Mala’.