Sherry Russell is a Registered BCST Practitioner and Certified Yoga Teacher.
Sherry became a certified craniosacral therapist in 2017. She began studying Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) with Stillpoint NYC in 2019, training in both hands on and remote session work. She works one-on-one through this modality with clients of all ages.
Sherry began a daily Ashtanga Yoga practice in 2001 with Eddie Stern. She has taught Ashtanga Yoga for the Shala Yoga House NYC since 2010. She teaches Mysore and led Ashtanga classes at their Fort Greene location. Sherry is honored to have had the privilege of assisting her teachers Nancy Gilgoff and Christine Hoar on their annual adjustment clinics and workshops in Vermont and Montauk since 2008.
In 2013-2014, Sherry worked with Eddie Stern’s Ashtanga Yoga Outreach providing Ashtanga Yoga to adults with autism and developmental disabilities at a Day Hab in Staten Island, NY.
She has been teaching Yoga and Meditation since 2005 to children in NYC public schools. From 2005 to 2016 her work in the school system was in collaboration with Bent on Learning, one of the original NYC-based organizations providing Yoga to underserved communities. She is now developing and facilitating her own Yoga and Meditation programs for children with special needs, ages 2 and up.
In addition to her Yoga and BCST certifications, Sherry has trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Non-Violent Communication, and the Self-Realization Process.
Sherry lives in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn with her wife Catherine and their little dog, Bambi.
