Sadie Nardini Will Now Take Our Questions

Sadie Nardini was diagnosed with severe Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome as a teenager and grew up to become a fierce red-headed author with a successful Manhattan Yoga Studio. She will be just one of the teachers at September’s Yoga Month, a grassroots national campaign to inspire a healthy lifestyle and educate about the benefits of yoga. Scheduled to teach in 9 cities nationwide, Nardini sat down with Halle Tecco, Yoga Bear’s founder, to discuss Yoga Month’s initiative and how Nardini will be use her experience to empower others.

Why did you choose to participate in Yoga Month and what will you be doing for this initiative?
I will be teaching workshops in my own style of yoga, Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, which teaches students how to access their own inner strength, and learn to express it into the world in a mindful, effective way. I will also be speaking about my new book, The Road Trip Guide to the Soul, which is a step-by-step process to access that same inner connection and use it to re-align areas of life, like health and healing, relationships to self and others, finances and more.
As a yoga teacher and an author, my interest is to help as many people as possible find out about this brilliant way to center and heal. Yoga is one of the most empowering, do-it-yourself ways to have a balanced life, since anyone can do it, anywhere, anytime. And, besides having a quiet place and a little space, it's not reliant on anything but a desire to move towards health and greater well-being.
Yoga Month is helping to spread this same message that is so dear to my own heart across the country. It's making yoga in all its many forms accessible to people who might not yet have had the opportunity to see how it can positively impact their lives. I want to be a part of this widening scope of yoga teachings, and offer the practice that helped my own life vastly improve to others seeking a way to do the same for themselves.

Yoga Month will be hosting events in numerous cities around the US. Who is your target demographic?
We are targeting anyone and everyone who would like to learn about the physical, mental and emotional benefits yoga can provide. We have workshops geared towards all fitness levels and interests, and we did that on purpose. We don't want to turn anyone away who is seeking more information about how to bring this healing modality into their own lives to help them towards their goals. There are vigorous physical workshops, like mine, where if someone felt more comfortable listening and taking notes, they would learn just as much about coming back to their center. There are meditation-centric workshops, like Max Simon's wonderful Get Self Centered classes, where any experience level is welcome to come and calm the mind. Whether it's a lecture on the medical benefits of yoga and meditation, a nutrition seminar or an on-the-mat lesson for any level, Yoga Month has it.

Yoga Month will be visiting 10 cities throughout the end of August through September. Cities to include: Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Boston, New York City, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Vancouver. All proceeds will benefit the charity Youth Health Alliance. To pre-register for the event click here.