Do we live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution? What can the new science of positive psychology teach us about happiness? This film by the director of the Academy Award nominated “Genghis Blues” sets out to answer those questions, and explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

Come celebrate Valentines Day in this special candlelight partner yoga class. Bring your partner, friend, or a family member you wish to offer your heart to. Deepen your connection with guided partner poses and stretches. Learn more here

The dynamic new field of Positive Psychology uses rigorous research to understand happiness and well-being and is expanding rapidly worldwide. In this course, participants can enter this psychological revolution - a scientific movement helping people flourish, become happier, and be more alive. The program provides tools to measure our baseline happiness, well-being, resilience and optimism, and introduces practices for working with negative emotions, creating more positivity, eliminating debilitating mind chatter, and forming more enriching connections with others. Most importantly, participants learn how to authentically increase their happiness and life satisfaction. Louis and Emiliya are two of the first 100 people to hold a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (where the field began). Join them in this empowering lab for mind-body-spirit that enables us to think, feel and act expansively, flexibly and resiliently, and have fun doing it.

Part 2- 3/25, 2:30-5:30pm

Part 3- 4/14, 2;30-5:30pm

Explore the research around self-regulation as a secret to happiness.  Discover the health benefits and obstacles of self-regulation, along with scientifically proven ways to increase your discipline.  Self regulation is the process of choosing how you show up in the world, doing what you say and sticking to the promises that you make to yourself.  Learn how to move from knee jerk reactions and lack of self control, to increased will-power, personal strength and calm.                                                   

Research shows that the way in which children are praised can dramatically affect their likelihood for success in the future and determine whether they approach challenges with grit and self-efficacy, or shy away from trying and therefore plateau in their ability. In this course learn how to praise your children for success, curiosity and perseverance.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity and is one of the factors that contributes to success academically, professionally and personally.  In this interactive learning lab, discover what scientists have proven to be the essential skills for resilience and how you can help your child know their strengths, use their strengths and persevere despite the obstacles they may face.

All too often, advice to parents ignores the emotional life of children. Based on the ground-breaking research of Dr. John Gottman and others, this workshop will explore the four common styles of dealing with emotions and teach parents about the Five Steps of Emotion Coaching.  Using interactive exercises, we will examine our own emotional parenting patterns and create new strategies for changing those patterns when they aren’t effective. Learn about your own and your children’s emotional lives and how to navigate this delicate landscape.

Learn the biological and physiological compents to pregnacy and birthing, and understand how yoga teachers can support their prental students in improving the well-being of themselves and their babies

Quality relationships are one of the strongest indicators of well-being and longevity.  In this interactive workshop, discover the science of authentic connections in the relationships that affect you the most: your family.  Learn the how and why of building family rituals and traditions.  Discover how to overcome to resistance and family opposition and replace it with connection, playfulness and celebration.  Cultivate meaningful conversations, trust, intimacy and curiosity with the people you love the most.

Ever walk into a store and get overwhelmed by all the options?  Do you struggle making decisions and get stuck in cycles of over-analyzing and comparing?  Join us for this interactive workshop on the role of choice in your life satisfaction.  Learn how to instantaneously reduce your stress, make clearer and more effective decisions and harness the power of your intuition.   ruminating, guilt and regret after you make a decision.

The dynamic new field of Positive Psychology uses rigorous research to understand happiness and well-being and is expanding rapidly worldwide. In this webinar, discover a scientific model that explains human flourishing and how to increase your experience of positive emotions, meaning, and sense of engagement and achievement.  From the comfort of your home, join Louis and Emiliya, two of the first 100 people to hold a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (where the field began), along with people from all over the world tuning in to understand the inner workings of human flourishing and how they could use the science of Positive Psychology in their day to day life

4/29 @ 1pm- Positivity

5/13 @ 1pm- Flow

5/20 @1pm - Achievement

6/10 @1pm - Purpose

Most parents confront autonomy head-on as your children leave for college. In fact, they have actually been striving to develop their own identity since the day they were born. Learn to manage this delicate balance of autonomy and support to help your children move effectively into adulthood. How much is too much independence? How much is too much intrusion? In this workshop, we will explore the concept of autonomy as it develops in children, adolescents and young adults. You'll learn what children and young adults need to develop into autonomous human beings with roots and wings. (Focused on parents with children and young adults ages 16 to 21, but open to all parents of any age child.)

For decades scientists have explored how thoughts, imagery and intention affect behavior and achievement.  In this interactive workshop you will discover practices for maximizing the power of your mind.  Learn where science does and does not support metaphysical theories such as the Law of Attraction.  Understanding the psychological and biological underpinnings of visualization, will enable you to use these techniques again and again to meet your goals, make positive changes and increase your happiness.

What exactly is Positive Psychology?  Learn about this dynamic new field of psychology at the New York Open Center's Winter Open House in a free presentation.  Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, one of the first 100 people to hold a Master's of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (where the field started), will introduce you to the science of optimal human functioning, or Positive Psychology.

Lululemon offers the gift of free yoga! Come roll out your mat in their showroom, and enjoy a complimentary class

Ready for a full day of total-being wellness? We’ll start with yoga therapy to cultivate alignment in your body.  Then reawaken your inner-child with laughter yoga and adult play exercises (G- rated!), followed by an experiential workshop on working with negative emotions and build more positive ones.  And we'll conclude the fun-filled Flourishing day with an hour of IntenSati exercises, so you can sweat, affirm your intentions, leaving you worked out and inspired.

Negative emotions such as stres, fear, sadness, guilt, frustration, insecurity,
and doubt or not “bad” to feel. They are human to feel. The problem many
people face is they get stuck in those emotions. Join us to learn how to work
with your negative emotions and build the positive ones.

Ever wonder why your brain obsesses with worrying thoughts?  Tired of feeling guilty about not calling your mother?  Discover the Art and Science of Worry and Guilt with New York's premier positive psychology based life coach and speaker.  Learn the 4 keys to increasing happiness by letting go of worry and Jewish guilt.

taught by Louis Alloro, MAPP, Ed, and Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, RYT

The dynamic new field of Positive Psychology uses rigorous research to understand happiness and well-being and is expanding rapidly worldwide. In this lab, participants can enter this psychological revolution - a scientific movement helping people flourish, become happier, and be more alive. The program provides tools to measure our baseline happiness, well-being, resilience and optimism, and introduces practices for working with negative emotions, creating more positivity, eliminating debilitating mind chatter, and forming more enriching connections with others.   Most importantly, participants learn how to authentically increase their happiness and life satisfaction.  Louis and Emiliya are two of the first 100 people to hold a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (where the field began).  Join them in this empowering lab for mind-body-spirit that enables us to think, feel and act expansively, flexibly and resiliently, and have fun doing it. 

Click here to learn more about Louis Alloro, M.Ed, MAPP.

This is a 3 part series meeting on 10/23, 11/13 and 12/4.

In this hands on workshop, you’ll learn to understand the art and science of mastering your mind chatter. Learn to transform negative, pessimistic and debilitating thoughts, into realistic, tangible and more helpful optimistic thoughts. Positive thinking is NOT enough. You have to learn to transform your belief systems. Learn to do so in this hands on Edu-Taining PlayShop!

Discover what 20 years of research proves to be the most powerful way to recreate your life and your mind. Learn to stop ruminating, challenge your beliefs, understand the relationship between your thoughts and your feelings, talk back to your voice of judgment and more.

Come with a pad and pen, leave with the tools for a happier and more empowered you!

Cost: $15 minimum, $25 recommended

(This event is not associated with the NY Open Center)

Research shows that there is a clear distinction between temporary states of happiness and authentic happiness which is synonymous with life satisfaction.

I invite you to join us in a discussion on happiness vs. authentic happiness on Monday, October 3rd at 8pm in an interactive webinar.

We’ll discuss what brings you happiness, what makes it short lived and why, how to dance from unhappiness to happiness in a way that promotes personal mastery, along with tools for increasing your experience of genuine happiness.

In this edu-taining (educating + entertaining) webinar you’ll be able to see me live and interact with other callers.  You’ll have to opportunity to learn why happiness tends to be so short-lived, and the scientifically proven tools to help achieve lasting, genuine happiness.

To join in on this interactive webinar, simply click here or follow this link http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/6SGK7XI3VL0NH8TD  and in the next week you’ll get instructions on how to tune in to watch the live video and join in on the phone from your home.

Want to get more out of life?  Discover the art and science of savoring with Emiliya, New York’s leading positive psychology based coach, speaker, teacher and healer.  Research shows that savoring is one of the most powerful and instantaneous ways to increase your happiness and well-being.  In this fun workshop you’ll rediscover your senses, reconnect with memories of the past, and re-awaken passion for the future.

Join us in this interactive, fun tele-workshop experience.  You'll learn tools for increasing your happiness and put these tools into practice with people from all over the world without leaving the comfort of your own home!

Gratitude is an often overlooked yet powerful approach to increasing positive emotions. Over the past 2 decades scientists have discovered many nuances for using gratitude as a tool for affecting your physical and emotional health. Learn to shift from a negative or neutral emotional state into a positive one. And learn to FEEL grateful rather than just think about gratitude. After this call, you'll feel empowered and inspired with tools for boosting your mood and feeling authentically happier.

Learn to create meaningful and enriching connections with people!

Research shows that having authentic relationships is one of the strongest predictors of our happiness and life satisfaction. However, we're never taught how create or sustain friendships, create intimacy in our partnerships or even how to support others in a healthy way.

Through science and experience we'll play while learning tools for transforming the way you show up in relationships and how others treat you.

Here's the outline of our 2 hour workshop:

- Social Contagion- Why and how emotions are contagious

- 3 Instantaneous Ways to Increase the Well-Being of Your Friends, Colleages

- Proven Relationship Ruiners- How to avoid these mistakes or stop them in their tracks

- Character Bashing- How to avoid doing it, what to do when others do it to you

- Creating Heartfelt Connections

- The Role of Hormones and Neuroscience in Relationships- Oxytocin, Dopamine, Serotonin and Neurons

- How to Attune Yourself to Others

We'll combine these topics with playful games, interactive exercises, videos, music and even laughter yoga. Come join us, and since it's on the topic of relationships, bring people you care about as we explore the depth of what's possible between people.

Did you know there is a right way to breathe and a wrong way to breathe?  I know what you’re thinking….

“Oh common Emiliya, I have enough pressure in my life to do things RIGHT and now you’re telling me that there are rules for breathing…. give me a break!”

Don’t panic, unlike learning how to manage your assets, managing your breath is simple, quick to put into practice and bad habits do not take a long time to break.

On Thursday at 12pm EST, I’m giving a fr-ee tele-workshop on learning to harness the power of your breath to change the state of your being.  Whether your being is tired, stressed, can’t sleep, feeling heavy, hard to focus or just “in your head”, you’ll learn how to change how you feel through 3 simple exercises.   Afterward, you’ll feel empowered by understanding how your body works and how you can instantaneously change your own state.

A shift is always just a breath away!

Here’s the outline for the tele-workshop:
- Breathing Basics: Understand the link between breathing and your ANS
- Identify and measure your own breathing patterns and habits
- Learn and practice 3 breathing patterns for 3 specific issues
- Have fun connecting with other people on the line through interactive breakout groups

1-3pm Chakras: Your Non-Physical Body 
Discover your energetic body and how it relates to psychological, emotional physical and spiritual well-being. Learn about the 3 sacred channels within you, the 7 sacred centers and how to cleanse, awaken and center through mantra, breathe, imagery, intention and postures. 
Cost: $30 Both asana (postures) and lecture. All levels welcome.

3-4:30pm Chakras and Manifestation 
Discover how your non-physical body affects your manifestation ability. 
Learn why many fail to manifest their intentions and how to align your 
mind-body-spirit and step more fully into your inner power. 
Cost: $20 Bring your paper, pen and curiosity.

4:30-5pm Laughter and Play Yoga 
Laughter and play are two things we lose as adults. Re-awaken your inner child through laughter exercise, group and partner yoga, adults games (the kind that make you feel young at heart and wildly free, G rated of course). Leave stress and being serious at home, come play and be merry! 
Cost: $5 Wear anything comfy, mat NOT needed. All levels welcome.

5-6pm Transformational Workout 
intenSati is the most unique form of exercise. It combines aerobics, dance and yoga with positive affirmations. Use your body to reinforce the change you want to see in your life. Join us for this high energy workout. Come sweat, chant and leave inspired. 
Cost: $15 Exercise gear, water & towel recommended. All levels.

Discounts: Register for the full day: $60. Bring a friend: $5 off

The Art and Science of Breath workshop

One of the many tools I empower my clients with is teaching them to use their breath to shift their energy. Whether it’s feeling stressed out from the holidays, tired and listless, saturated with pessimistic thoughts, or feeling like they have other people’s negative energy stuck to them, breathing techniques can transform their experience.

In this workshop we’ll explore the science of breathing; how it works and it’s connection to the autonomic nervous system making it such a powerful tool. We’ll explore the role of breath in meditation, cleansing, focusing, calming, energizing, intuition and sexuality. We’ll practice different breathing exercises together and you’ll get material for home practice.

The greatest thing about learning this tool is that it is always available, free and delivers instantaneous results.

1-3pm Beginner's Workshop
We'll focus on aligning the basic yoga poses and sequences you do in class. Learn how to perform each posture safely and in a way that you receive maximum benefit from each pose.  Leave feeling confident walking into a Vinyasa class knowing your foundation and basics.

3-3:30pm Laughter Yoga
Research shows laughter is a powerful way to boost your mood and energy. This class consists of laughter exercises, breathing techniques, group yoga, and the permission for adults to have fun like kids again.  We often fake laughter till we make it, but we always make it!

3:30-5pm Your Mind & Manifestation
Learn to harness the power of the mind.  Learn the science of how the mind is prone to self-fulfilling prophecies.  Discover the steps for using your mind to attract people, experiences and resources into your life.

5-6pm Transformational Workout
IntenSati is the most unique form of exercise. It combines aerobics, dance and yoga with positive affirmations.  Use your body to reinforce the change you want to see in your life.  Join us for this high energy workout. Come sweat, chant and leave inspired.

Join Emiliya for a 10 week group coaching program where you will learn scientifically proven tools for increasing your happiness.

Starting October 9th through December 18th, participate in weekly, 1 hour group coaching sessions.

Click here for details!

Here's what each session covers:

Session 1-  Mind Chatter: What is it? How to deal with it?
Session 2-  Mental Models: How they Work and How to Change Them 
Session 3-  Beliefs: How to Judge your Judgments 
Session 4-  Choice: Transform your decisions and free up your mind.
Session 5-  Self-regulation: Take back control
Session 6-  Self-efficacy: Beyond self-esteem… I make things happen
Session 7-  Strengths: What is right with you?
Session 8-  Positive Emotions: The flourishing ratio
Session 9- Acts of Kindness: Pro-social and life affirming
Session 10- Savoring: Getting more out of life

Register today and get a FREE Bonus Session!

1 Day, 4 great events.  Starting at 1pm with a 2hr yoga workshop on how to do backbends properly, joyfully and pain free.  Followed by laughter yoga and meditation at 3pm. Learn positive psychology and how to manage your mind chatter in a hands on workshop at 3:30pm and conclude the day with a powerful, mind-body aerobic workout called intenSati.

Learn to increase your will-power and self-regulation.

No, not just resisting cheese cake after your 4 course meal or a drink at the bar when you know you’ve had your limit.

Learn to deal with days when you tell yourself you’re going to go to the gym the following morning… A seemingly fabulous idea after a full dinner… yet, come morning time you hit snooze.  Or when you tell yourself, I’m going to start that blog I’ve always wanted and then you don’t.  Or procrastinate on big tasks… the things you know you “should” do but don’t. Or being able to turn off your voice-of-judgment when you want to go to bed and controlling your anxiety level when you get stressed out.

Learn what research in positive psychology says on the subject, such as the fact that self-regulation correlates with goal achievement and happiness. Learn how self-regulation works and best practices for showing up in the world the way you want to.

Yoga, laughter yoga, meditation, positive psychology and intenSati, all in this powerful, inspirational day.

with Laughter Yoga

Explore what Dr. Martin Seligman refers to as the pathways to happiness.  Engage in an Open Space Technology experience with other happiness voyagers.

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Beginner to Advanced Beginner. Once you have graduated from a workshop or simply become acquainted with the basics on your own, you are ready to begin stepping into the flow. This intelligent, interactive practice is designed to instill newer students with the comfort, strength and knowledge needed to explore their blossoming practice, or to give more experienced students a gentler, more fundamental option with a focus on alignment. The flow is paused occasionally to provide more detail and opportunity to explore and deepen awareness. After dissolving on the mat and relaxing in savasana, you’ll emerge grounded, open and full of peace.

(copy from www.SonicYoga.com)

Open level class.  Learn the fundamentals of yoga alignment to get in the flow.

All the joys of flowing through a vinyasa class, done in a room heated to about 95 degrees. The heat is a great tool for detoxing your body and mind.

Come stretch, strengthen and center in this fun flow class.  From beginners that can't touch their toes, to handstands, headstands and elbow stands (okay, maybe not elbows) all are welcome.

Beginner to Advanced Beginner. Once you have graduated from a workshop or simply become acquainted with the basics on your own, you are ready to begin stepping into the flow. This intelligent, interactive practice is designed to instill newer students with the comfort, strength and knowledge needed to explore their blossoming practice, or to give more experienced students a gentler, more fundamental option with a focus on alignment. The flow is paused occasionally to provide more detail and opportunity to explore and deepen awareness. After dissolving on the mat and relaxing in savasana, you’ll emerge grounded, open and full of peace.

(copy from www.SonicYoga.com)

Come experience your own unique abilities while honoring  your limitations through alignment-focused yoga.   Alignment is the foundation of a yoga practice and allows you to safely and successfully reach your goals in yoga.  

In these monthly group meetings, I teach a positive psychology topic/technique.  Participants come from all over the tri-state area sharing the common thread of a desire and curiousity in happiness, self-improvement and connecting with others.

These events are to open to the public. RSVP is required and space is limited!

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