about us
Shambhala Yoga Center is located in Beacon New York, nested in the beautiful Hudson Valley region between Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Cold Spring and Newburgh. Our serene, sunny studio features a tea and reading lounge, dressing room and on premises parking.

We offer classes in a variety of traditions and styles ranging from beginner to advanced. Our philosophy as a yoga center stems from the idea that yoga is beneficial to all, and therefore should be accessible to all. We strive to make all of our students feel welcome and special, and are honored to be able to share in their yoga practice.

Most of our classes are taught in a flow or vinyasa format which focuses on the breath to help the practioner move organically from one posture to the next. Be prepared to breathe, sweat, and enjoy the many benefits of yoga:

  • Increased suppleness
  • Increased cardiovascular capacity
  • Weight loss
  • Long, lean, strong muscles
  • Balance endocrine function
  • Detoxification
  • Efficient immune function
  • Serenity
  • Mental clarity
  • Clearer connection with your true self

instructors

Carla Randolph
Carla Randolph is one of the co-founders of Shambhala Yoga Center. After working many years in Medical Research for NYU School of Medicine, she longed to explore an alternate path to human health. Her teaching is influenced by the works of Donna Farhi, Vanda Scaravelli, Erich Schiffmann, Pattabhi Jois, and John Friend and also, by listening deeply and quietly to her own practice. She encourages her students to do the same.
Shannon Brandt
Shannon Brandt is the other co-founder of Shambhala Yoga Center. She has been a student of yoga for over ten years, studying in Brooklyn, Hawaii and North Carolina. She believes that everyone has the capacity for growth of spirit through the practice of movement with breath facilitated by the study of yoga. She loves to teach in any capacity, encouraging her students to have faith in themselves and their breath to move through their practice and their daily life. When not teaching yoga, Shannon is a therapist who works with children on the autism spectrum. Shannon would like to thank her teachers- the various yogis and yoginis she has had the honor of practicing with, her husband, son, and the beautiful, wise children she works with.
Erin Bulger
A native New Yorker, Erin moved to Vermont during her high school years and cultivated a love for the outdoors and hiking. It was during this time she first started to practice yoga. Soon after returning to New York, Erin decided to further her practice by becoming certified to teach at Yoga Effects in New York City. Erin believes in Vinyasa yoga as a form of moving meditation, and is excited to have the opportunity to encourage others to deepen their practice with their breath and open up their body and minds with the Vinyasa style of yoga.
Julian Paik
Julian Paik is a RYT since 1999. His trainings include YogaWorks of Santa Monica, CA (Annie Carpenter), Satsang Yoga of Garrison, NY (Charles and Lisa Matkin), and Piedmont Yoga of Oakland, CA (Rodney Yee). Julian is flattered to have had the opportunity to teach for several years, but he will always consider himself a student of the practice. He teaches a playful, uplifting, motivational, and heatbuilding class with much attention to alignment and isolating moments of dharana (concentration).
Carrie Ward Kelly
I continue to fall in love with yoga again and again. I have been practicing yoga for eight years and teaching for three. It never ceases to amaze me the new things I can learn about my body, the peace I can find in my heart, and the amazing awareness that comes from breathing and moving and simply paying attention to how you feel. I truly believe anyone can do yoga and benefit – regardless of age, body type, disability, or fitness level. My goal is to make everyone feel welcome and encouraged to do what they can while honoring the limits of their bodies. When not teaching yoga I love travelling, cooking, reading, singing and being with my family and friends. I am hoping to learn to grow food in the next year and maybe learn to belly dance!
Lauren Hale
As a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher, I am committed to a safe, challenging, and loving practice, and my teaching emphasizes the importance of breath, alignment, introspection, and self-acceptance. I received both my 200 and 500 hour certifications from Be Yoga in a style called ISHTA, which stands for the "Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda." In more generalized terms, ISHTA refers to a vinyasa style class that uses Tantric meditation and philosophical principles and incorporates elements of Ayurveda.