Sthiti Yoga

The Yoga of Balance

Tracy Draksic, M.A.
Certified Yoga – Meditation Teacher
Himalayan Tradition

I began my formal study of yoga at the Himalayan Institute of Buffalo in 1998. After many years of hatha yoga practice, I began expanding my interests into yoga philosophy & psychology, meditation, and Sanskrit. I completed the Institute’s teacher training program and became a certified instructor in 2010. Many opportunities followed for further teacher education in Toronto, Hamilton, and Honesdale, PA. I am currently teaching yoga at HIB and Daemen College. I manage the company web site at HIB and serve as a member of the teacher training faculty. I received a B.A. in French Literature from Wells College and an M.A. in Linguistics from SUNY Buffalo.

My passion lies in sharing the power of yoga and meditation to re-balance and transform lives. Yoga is an ongoing healing journey back to the Self within.

  • B.A. in French Literature and Computer Science – Wells College 1994
  • M.A. in Linguistics – SUNY Buffalo 1997

We teach out of compassion. We teach because the world suffers and our teaching will reduce that suffering. We teach because we have received that compassion and want to share it with others who suffer. The cause of suffering, in the Yoga-sutras, is ignorance. Our teaching reduces the level of that ignorance. The student arrives because s/he is seeking help – our desire to teach arises directly out of our compassion for the student.

~ Swami Veda