Meghan Hogan Yoga
With 15 years of teaching experience, Meghan is a seasoned yoga educator, meditation teacher, and guide for personal transformation. She is a lifelong student drawing inspiration from the teachings of the Himalayan Tradition, the Yoga Vidya School and “life as practice”.
Known for her grounded and compassionate approach, Meghan leads tantric hatha yoga classes, workshops and yoga teacher training programs that honor the whole person – physically, mentally, energetically, socially, spiritually.
As the owner/operator of Maitri Yoga Studio in downtown Troy, NY Meghan is a curator of experiences and a weaver of networks. She delights in discovering what lights people up and inviting them to share their gifts with the community.
Her virtual yoga class membership focuses on reducing the influence of age-related stressors and developing a relationship to the enduring.
Through 200hr yoga teacher training and the Move with Maitri Group Mentorship Program, Meghan supports yoga teachers in establishing effective teaching powered by personal practice.
Meghan’s mission is to guide people home to their own hearts, trusting that cultivating this inner relationship fosters uplifted connections in homes and communities.
Presentation
“When we are moved by the desire to trace beauty to its source—that is the call of meditation.”
– Rolf Sovik, Moving Inward: The Journey to Meditation
Yoga Sutra 1.7 names 3 sources of right knowledge:
Direct perception/experience, inference and scriptural revelation.
Today, my goal is to touch on each of these sources by:
- Pointing you to the Yoga Sutras for guidance on the purpose and practice of meditation
- Inviting you to balance the scriptural revelations with the inferences you have made regarding practicing and teaching meditation
- Offering you a direct experience of the roles of asana, pranayama, pratyahara, and dharana in creating the conditions for dhyana (meditation).
I’ll guide you through a mantra meditation technique called soham (“so-hum”-the innate mantra of the breath) that will lead you toward a meditative state when practiced with joyful sincerity and devoted attention over time.
Our sharing as yoga teachers is made potent by our personal practice. Therefore, I hope this will inspire you to establish a regular meditation practice—observe the process and reflect on the outcomes—and then share the technique as part of your yoga classes. This is the time to provide your students with the tools to experience cohesive inner quietude, mental clarity and transformed awareness that is so needed. Lastly, I hope this example of a very practical application of the teachings drawn directly from this time-tested manual for working with the mind will remind you of your wholeness, reconnect you to the resources you have, and ignite your desire to confidently share these essential techniques with your students.