Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Legacy Faculty
Megha Nancy Buttenheim, MA, E-RYT 1000, is CJO (Chief JOY Officer) and founding director of Let Your Yoga Dance® LLC, and author of Expanding Joy: Let Your Yoga Dance, Embodying Positive Psychology. A lifelong singer, dancer, and actor, Megha is a long-time teacher-trainer at Kripalu where she has trained thousands of people in yoga, holistic health, and Let Your Yoga Dance. She also leads trainings for those wishing to teach special populations, kids, and teens. Megha’s credo: Everyone is a dancer.
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Uncertain Times Call for Joyous Dancing!
Let Your Yoga Dance founder Megha Nancy Buttenheim shares a five-part routine that can be done in as little as 10 minutes, sitting or standing, in small spaces or large.
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Being a Wild and Wise Woman in Today’s World
One of the wisest, wildest, and kindest things that we can do for our health and well-being is to come together in community to let our yoga dance, says Kripalu presenter Megha Nancy Buttenheim.
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The Sadhana of Compassionate Caregiving: Letting Kripalu Yoga Dance On and Off the Mat
Caring for ailing and aging parents is a dance of loving-kindness, compassion, grief, and acceptance.
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Love Dogs, Let Your Yoga Dance, and Saving the Planet
When we dance, pray, focus—and howl—together on a certain topic, we can change the world, says Let Your Yoga Dance founder Megha Nancy Buttenheim.
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Movement Plus Joy: Let Your Yoga Dance for Parkinson’s
In every class, Kripalu's Megha Nancy Buttenheim reminds her students of a Let Your Yoga Dance teaching tenet: “Fear and breath cannot live in the same place.”
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Gentle Moon Salutation with Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Megha takes us through a gentle Moon Salutation, using the character strengths related to transcendence as a lens for the practice.
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7 Ways to Make Doing Your Taxes Less Painful and More Mindful
We asked our faculty for advice, and came up with seven tactics for deducting some stress from the days leading up to April 15.
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Yoga and the Arts: Movement, Creativity, and Inspiration
We spoke to three yoga teachers about how painting, dance, and writing, respectively, enhance their yoga teaching and practice.
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Any Body Is a Yoga Body
Before I began practicing yoga regularly, I thought I didn’t belong in a class—because of how I perceived people who do yoga. And ubiquitous yoga ads replete with slim and youthful bodies are not the only reason the practice can be intimidating.
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Moving Into Happiness
It’s embarrassing to admit this, but I’m a yoga teacher who dislikes exercise. To be more precise, it’s the thought of exercise that turns me off, because I...
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The Powerful Energy of the Super Blood Wolf Moon
Every full moon has a special magic, but this month's Wolf Moon, which reaches its peak Sunday night into Monday, offers a rare spectacle.
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Moonstruck
We link the moon to everything from insomnia to werewolves, but we also see it as a beneficent source, both a balm and a guide.
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Chandra Namaskar: Honoring the Moon Salute
This restorative sequence can be done at any time of day, and is especially comforting in the evening as a way to wind down and get ready for a restful night’s sleep.
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Kripalu Perspectives: Dance, Yoga, Dance with Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Portland Helmich talks with Megha Nancy Buttenheim, founding director of Let Your Yoga Dance® LLC..
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The Dance of Yoga, the Yoga of Dance
The Kripalu School of Yoga has added dance trainings from three longtime Kripalu faculty members to its 1000-hour offerings.
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The Science of Dance: Seven Ways that Movement Makes Us Happier and Healthier
Research indicates that dancing can boost our mood, self-esteem, and fitness levels; reduce stress; and even help us recover from trauma.
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Variations on the Moon Salute: Gentle and Seated Versions
Megha Nancy Buttenheim, a Kripalu faculty member for more than 30 years, co-created the classical version of Kripalu’s Moon Salute, and later modified the sequence to create gentle and seated versions.
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The Joy of Letting Your Yoga Dance
In Let Your Yoga Dance, the body, mind, emotions—even the soul—all get a workout.
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Eight Windows into Meditation
Sitting on a cushion isn't the only way to reap the benefits of this powerful practice.
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My Kripalu Journey: Discovering the Yoga of Life
Kripalu School of Yoga faculty Jurian Hughes describes her very first days at Kripalu, and what her time here has meant to her.
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