Franciska Farkas is co-founder of The Library and a certified yoga teacher and Thai yoga bodyworker. She's been teaching yoga for six years, with years of dance and gymnastics training prior to teaching. She completed her first training with Charm City Yoga (Baltimore, 2002). To go deeper into the rich mystical and philosophical tradition, Franciska continued training at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram (New York, 2004) and was initiated into the Shankaracharya lineage. She has also studied with Doug Swenson, Beryl Bender Birch, Nischala Joy Devi, and Sri Dharma Mittra.

Continuing her pursuit of eastern healing and meditation practices, Franciska completed training in Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Bodywork with the Lotus Palm School (Montreal, 2006), the most prominent school for this discipline in North America. Thai massage was traditionally known as a 'temple art' and incorporates awareness of movement, yogic philosophy, Buddhism, and meditation to promote deeply healing session for the recipient and practitioner alike.

Yoga at The Library is an opportunity to practice in an evironment of openness with qualified teachers. Classes are designed to keep students safe by encouraging breath awareness, reflection and ahimsa (doing no harm). Ultimately, this practice is a way to harness the infinite love and knowledge available to us at all times. We can do this well into old age by practicing mindfully. Yoga for life!