My body Is my temple and asanas are my prayers. -B.K.S. Iyengar

Payal S. Parekh is a Wellness Curator. She is a New York-based art advisor and a 500-hour nationally certified yoga teacher. She teaches at Exhale in NYC.

Payal tailors each yoga class to the individual needs of her clientele, with an emphasis on reviving and restoring mind and body. She trusts deeply in the nectar of self-care. As a wellness curator, Payal integrates therapeutic modalities—including meditation, aromatherapy, body scans, reiki, restorative posturing, and breathwork—into her classes. She believes in the power of movement and meditation in everyday life, a practice that began in her teenage years as a student of Modern Dance and Ballet at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Payal continues to take ballet classes as an ongoing source of inspiration for her teaching.

With her guidance, students experience healing and transformation as they build inner resilience, flexibility, and strength in a safe and supportive atmosphere. Payal also teaches meditation, offers reiki healing sessions, and reads akashic records.