Almost thirty years ago, when there were a total of three yoga studios in New York City and the first teacher trainings began planting human seeds, Amy Ippoliti quietly took me under her wing as her friend. One year older than I, she shared information freely—trainings, teachers. And before we knew it, we were sitting together at the opening of my SoHo studio in 2002, with our notebooks, in shirts from the Tibetan shop. We go way back.
Today Amy Ippoliti shares her experience of Hold Nothing; her commitment to studentship, to our planet; the caliber of her teaching keeps me close. We touch upon growing our own greens, grandmother’s heart, allowing things to pass through us, deepening practice, the gift of close friends, the nurturance.
From page 140 in the book, two invitations for you, dear reader:
Can you allow experiences, loves, losses, and painful moments equally to pass through?
What are some practices that serve you?
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Here we are at the 2025 Telluride Yoga Festival; come for sunshine, mountains, practice, music, love. We are both teaching there June 25th-28th, 2026. You’ll find us teaching classes each day, or riding the gondola while singing to 80s tunes.
To soothe our hearts, from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.
All This
after the killing of Renee Nicole Good
Into the woods I carried
my broken open heart,
knowing it rhymed with millions
of other broken open hearts,
and there, in the silence
of spruce trees and new snow
and cloudless blue sky, the heart
gaped with its relentless ache.
I so deeply loved the world and
I was so terribly upset by the world.
All this. All this. The snow was
impossibly peaceful. It softened
every broken rock, broken stick.
I felt, at the same time,
the raw wound of injustice
and the infinitude of primeval
peace, both of them saying,
remember, remember, remember.
—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Austin, TX
See you end of this month.
Wednesday January 28th 6pm | First Light Books
Saturday January 31st 10.30am -12pm | Sukha Yoga Austin, Oltorf location
2026 retreats are now on the Calendar.
May 10-17 | Broughton Sanctuary Yorkshire UK
June 19-24 | Stowel Lake Farm Salt Spring Island, Canada
June 25-28 | Telluride Yoga Festival Colorado
November 5-8 | Modern Elder Academy Santa Fe
Yoga teacher, author, and advocate for human and planetary health, Amy’s work bridges yoga, nutrition, and regenerative organic agriculture, highlighting the role of soil health in well-being. A graduate student at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition and an ambassador for The Rodale Institute, she champions solutions at the intersection of wellness, food systems, and climate. She’s trained yoga teachers worldwide, is a regular speaker and presenter at wellness events, co-authored The Art & Business of Teaching Yoga, and has been featured on the cover of Yoga Journal and Fit Yoga as well as in Prevention, Organic Life, and MindBodyGreen.
Thank you for being here.
