Hello Elana - Yoga
Hello Elana - Yoga
Helping you advance your yoga practice.

HELLO.

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Experience Yoga as a Path of Love

As a devoted guide on the path of love, I offer an integrated approach to Tantra Yoga that supports both physical vitality and spiritual awakening. My work weaves movement, breath, and energetic practices to strengthen the body, regulate the nervous system, and open the heart.

Through this embodied path, individuals, couples, and groups cultivate deeper presence, physical vitality, emotional balance, and sacred connection—with themselves, with each other, and with the spirit in all things.

I guide you into a lived experience of wholeness—where wellness meets awakening, and every breath becomes a return to love.

Wherever you are on your journey, I’ll meet you there.

A lifelong journey of yoga

I studied meditation as a teenager, pursued Eastern Philosophy academically, trained with celebrity fitness icons in NYC, and received my Vinyasa Teacher Certification as well as Restorative Yoga Certification from Wake Up Yoga of Cindy Lee’s lineage. After completing Yoga Chitta Teacher Certification—a Black-owned yoga school serving the BIPOC community—I now also instruct and mentor teacher trainees. Complementing physical asana, I’m trained in Tibetan Buddhist, Transcendental, Vipassana, and Mindfulness meditation modalities, embracing both form and formless approaches, alongside a variety of breathwork pranayama techniques.

Called to deepen my path in energy healing and tantric embodiment, I became a certified facilitator of Tao Tantra Arts (Mantak Chia and Osho lineages). I went on to found the Tantra Collective, offering monthly events devoted to embodied connection and spiritual awakening, and ONE LOVE HUB—Philadelphia’s co-created community for conscious gatherings.

With a passion grounded in decades of fitness, nutrition, and yoga practice and study, my creative teaching style roots in the body, focuses on breath and presence, channels deep energy sources, and integrates athletic training for a strength-building, grounding, and releasing practice.

 

About me

I’m Elana.

I believe yoga is a path to wellbeing for every body. An ancient science developed to connect with our higher self, yoga is union with our true, infinite nature.

My approach to teaching is holistic—integrating athleticism, mindfulness, energy, and breath for an equally grounded and expansive practice. I offer a distinct caliber of teaching with a unique blend of physical and energetic modalities to clear blockages and develop strength, flexibility, and balance that realize a deeper sense of connection and a higher state of being.

This is yoga as a path of love—inviting you into a fuller experience of vitality, presence, and wholeness.

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Tantra Workshops

Center City BreathE, South Philadelphia

Summit Presbyterian Church, Mt. Airy Philadelphia

Yoga Classes

In-person and online classes are limited to the schedule below.
For private, semi-private, and virtual sessions, please contact me.

Equinox, Rittenhouse

  • Tuesdays 8:15am, Power Vinyasa Heated

  • Wednesdays 9:30am, Vinyasa Yoga

  • Members only; contact me for guest pass

Amrita Yoga

  • Register here for Amrita Yoga studio classes

City Fitness, Graduate Hospital

Retreats

Cape May, NJ

  • August 21, 2022: Beach Vibration Mini-Retreat; details here; contact me with inquiries

Woodridge, NY

  • Fall 2023: Divine Medicine & Yoga Journey; details here; contact me with inquiries

Nicoya, Costa Rica

  • Winter 2023: Blue Zone Yoga Retreat; all-inclusive, all levels; contact me with inquiries

  • Winter 2024: Plant Medicine & Yoga Ceremony; contact me with inquiries

Tulum, mexico

What clients say

“Elana brings yoga students to the dance. The music of movement. The brightness of spirit. Elana's way of organizing yoga for her students is a physical sequence that leads to a spiritual consequence. The exercise is radical and so much more than the postures and the limits of anatomical stretch and fold. The practice has that intensity and strength. The classes are transformative. I experience change, unexpectedly, every time.

— JOHN L.

“Elana was the first teacher who got me into the yoga lifestyle, and I haven't looked back since. Her practice is great for beginners but also challenging enough for someone who is a regular. I highly recommend anyone that is looking for a quality yoga session that's also very descriptive and mindful to take Elana Stern's class! Thank you!”

— Courtney S.

“I have been practicing with Elana one to two times weekly for quite some time now. She is creative and knowledgeable, blending a wonderful mind/body experience. Her personalized instructions and modifications help to push her students to new levels.”

— Sharon K.

“I’ve done yoga off and on for years, while my boyfriend was relatively new. Elana not only tailors the class to each of us, but genuinely understands our areas of strength and improvement. Every single class is different and curated to your stress level, soreness, and what you want to get out of it. You’ll be mind blown by your progress with just one class a week with Elana. She’s easily our favorite instructor either of us have had, and we have no plans of stopping our private sessions—her class is worth every penny.”

— Alexandra G.

“I started practicing with Elana several times a week when I was recovering from hip surgery. She was able to tailor classes to my evolving needs and develop a program that most certainly sped up my recovery. Elana is exceptional in so many ways. She has an incredible ability to tune into her clients’ needs and deliver classes that are specific and targeted. She has a varied breadth and depth of knowledge which she brings to her classes in valuable and accessible ways. Even better, Elana is a delight and joy to be around. She uplifts but in the most grounded of ways. I cannot recommend Elana highly enough!”

— Julie L.

“Seeking a skilled tantric practitioner to guide a couple's session, upon speaking with Elana, I immediately knew that she would be a great match for our complex dynamic. From a professional perspective, Elana is highly skilled, and she completed a thorough assessment of our current state and objectives prior to rendering services. Working together, she created a safe, sacred space for healing. Elana was calm, reassuring and nonjudgemental as we worked through challenging experiences during our first session. I can confidently say that although we are incredibly close as a couple, this session guided by Elana unlocked a deeper, more vulnerable connection than we had previously. I would absolutely recommend Elana's services to anyone seeking a deeper connection to themselves or their partner(s).”

— N.S.

 

Contact

Interested in private Sessions OR RETREAT OFFERINGS?

Contact me to learn more.

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“What you seek is seeking you.”
— Rumi
 
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