Yoga & Meditation Circle for Writers with Angela Derecas Taylor (in person at HVWC)

website maker This is a two-hour class at HVWC. The first hour and a half is meditation and Yoga with poses specific to helping to get the creative juices flowing, interspersed with open writing from prompts. The last 30 minutes is for open discussion and sharing (for those who wish to share, though sharing is optional).

Participants need to bring their own Yoga mat and any props they may use for their practice as well as pads, journal, paper and writing implement (no laptops). Teacher will bring extra paper, pens and clipboards, as this all takes place on the Yoga mat.

Writer. Foodie. Yogini.
Angela Derecas Taylor is a native New Yorker hailing from 1960’s Greenwich Village, where she was raised in a family of restaurateurs. She had a 20-year career as chef, caterer and event planner, first on luxury charter yachts and then in luxury resorts and historic hotels, including the Waldorf-Astoria. Currently, Angela works in the mayor’s office of a Westchester County municipality, a mid-life career change prompted by marriage and the birth of her two sons. She is also a certified Yoga instructor, teaching classes and workshops in the lower Hudson Valley.

Angela shares stories about all of the above. Her stories have been published in The Westchester Review, Breadcrumbs Magazine and Read650 anthologies. She has been a featured live storyteller with Generation Women, StoryBOOM!, Every Family’s Got One, and Writes & Bites. Angela has performed on The Moth MAIN-STAGE and been featured on The Moth Radio hour on NPR. She’s a member of the For the Love of Words storytellers, and the Under the Bridge writer’s group, and is the recipient of a Gurfein Fellowship Honorable Mention from the Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute.