Breathe Through Burnout

Zaina Budayr is a New York City-based yoga and meditation teacher with a passion for helping people in major cityscapes learn nurturing practices that can become tools to manage the stressors of everyday life. She is driven to help connect her students to tangible practices that can be used throughout their often busy days, be that through movement, breath, or wisps of inspiration that she finds in the world around her. She was initially drawn to yoga through her career in fashion. Often stressed and burnt out by intense work schedules, yoga was a practice she could tap into to ground and find internal space. With this in mind, she builds classes that help support and shift energy in a way that is applicable both in and out of the yoga studio. Zaina completed her 200-hour teacher training and mentorship with Sky Ting Yoga, a studio that follows Katonah-based methodologies. This type of yoga prioritizes measurement by extensively using props and adjustments to find space in the mind and body. It draws upon Hatha principles, Taoist philosophy, and breathwork. She has also worked extensively under the tutelage of Francesca Bove, Kate Posch, Anton Brandt, and Tony Lupinacci.