About Kashi

The work speaks through these voices

I first met you in the fall of 1995 less than a year after I was given a diagnosis by the Allopathic Medical Community as having Multiple Sclerosis. An acupuncturist that I was working with referred me to you. I remember my first Tri Yoga class where all the students shared who we were and what we hoped to learn from your classes. The first thing that grabbed me about you as a teacher was how your demeanor exuded peace and tranquility. You instantly made me feel welcome and comfortable in your class. I also was amazed at how wonderful you made an empty room smell and look wonderful with incense, a few candles, some flowers, and soothing music. The energy that I felt in that room for every class I attended was wonderful!
At that time my previous fitness program had consisted of doing cardiovascular marathons on Lifecycles and treadmills and pumping iron at a fitness center, where everyone watches everyone else to see who looks the best. You taught me to not care about how I looked, you taught me to "be", and the beauty of "being". In your classes the more we were ourselves the more we were one with everyone else. You taught me to "breathe", probably the most practical thing one can learn.
In the past few years as my disability worsened, I so enjoyed returning to your basic classes. You always made me feel, speaking without words, that I was doing well. You treated everyone equally and taught everyone that wherever we were in the practice, was the right place for us. Your soothing gentle "healing touch" on my third-eye during relaxation, made me feel like a baby whose head was being stroked by their mother. When I needed a little extra help with a stretch, you were always so gentle.
What I will remember most of all about your classes, was your soothing voice while you guided us with visualization and reading eloquent aphorisms and poetry during the "relaxation" portion of class. Your tone and eloquence deepened that experience each I time I heard your voice.
You not only introduced me to the greatest exercise for the body, mind and soul, but you introduced me to a new way of life, one that flows with love, peace and joy that feeds my soul. I think few teachers can achieve that end. For this I am truly grateful to you forever!
Jim Joyce, Bus Leasing & Chartering Manager
Morton, PA

Kashi is a most generous and inspiring teacher. She joins with you in learning, sharing not only what she has learned over her many years of practice, but what she recently picks-up at a workshop herself, or a new revelation. I have always felt so accepted whether I have time to practice each day in between classes, or haven't touched my mat since her last visit; and she teaches from exactly where you are in your yoga practice, not above your level or below your challenge. Anyone lucky enough to take a workshop or class from Kashi will come away with a rejuvenated energy for yoga, their body, and the greater world.
Melissa, psychologist and mother
Bryn Mawr, PA

Taking the TriYoga Basics class with Kashi was like being led through the first steps on a path to a physical and spiritual adventure - one that could help us all lead fuller, healthier and more beautiful lives.
Kim Kunda

I have been thinking about what I would say relative to yoga and having you for a teacher. It was a wonderful experience. God led me to yoga when I was going through a tough time. I am in the "sandwich" stage of life. My parents were selling their home and moving to a retirement community and needed a lot of help - and they live an hour and a half away. My youngest son was in drug re-hab. My husband was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, my sister was severely depressed. The list goes on, but you get the idea.
I am a Christian, and for me yoga has improved my physical well-being by helping me to be in better shape and more flexible, but it has also provided a means by which I have been able to get more in touch with God, the Holy Spirit, the Higher Being - call it what you will. Yoga gave me one night a week when I was doing something for myself, and also has enabled me to be more patient, calmer, more present in the moment, more aware of the multitude of God's graces in my own life. I am deeply grateful.
I am also grateful to have had you for a teacher. I started in a level 2 class with Linda, because that was the only night I could get there at the time. Linda was very patient with me and never made me feel out of place or unwelcome. Yet, it was really nice when my friend decided to come with me and we started in your Basics class, because that was where I belonged. You are so calm and patient. You encouraged us to progress at our own pace, and yet the sessions are still challenging enough that I always felt that I got something new out of every class - because I had. And I have told more than one friend that they haven't lived until they have experienced the time of meditation and relaxation at the end of class. Anyone who is fortunate enough to have you for a teacher will be blessed, as I was.
Marj Babiak
Ridley Park, PA

Kashi has been, for eight years, my yoga teacher and my spiritual guide. When she demonstrates, always mindfully, gracefully and lovingly, the asanas and the flows to her students, she radiates a profound awareness of the spiritual dimension of Tri Yoga. Over the years I have seen her affect so many individuals in her classes as she has guided us gradually and gently, and without judgement, in our practice of yoga. Most importantly, Kashi demonstrates how the lessons of Tri Yoga can be used in everyday life. With Kashi yoga is much, much more than a physical discipline. With Kashi, we are transformed...
Michele Taylor
Havertown, PA

You have a rare ability to express spiritual truths with freshness and
authenticity. In contrast, the same words sound like half-understood
clichés in the mouths of others (yoga teachers, alas, are notoriously
guilty of this tendency). Your teaching is so effective because you
obviously "walk the talk."
Kenneth Kraft, Professor of Buddhist Studies at Lehigh University
Haverford, PA