Genesis Tree of Life Yoga & Wellness Center (GTOL) is a Raja Yoga school in the Himalayan Tradition and an integrative holistic center in the heart of Queens, New York. Our yoga classes are designed to teach and make available, to our community and beyond, the knowledge of yoga meditation within the Tradition of Himalayan Masters, as interpreted by Swami Rama of the Himalayas.

Under the auspices of our spiritual leader, Yogi René, a direct disciple of Swami Rama, GTOL has steadily grown over the years to include services and modalities that help people around the world reclaim their health and well being. It has become an affiliation of instructors and holistic practitioners offering complementary and alternative wellness services in the form of classes, teacher training, workshops, retreats and one-on-one holistic therapies.

GTOL is part of Genesis Society, a 501 C3 not-for-profit organization founded by René David Alkalay in 1996 with the mission of developing a platform for interfaith dialogue, education, and cooperation. Once the organization expanded into areas of health, environment and the principle of ahimsa (non-violence) it was a natural progression to develop the Tree of Life Yoga Program, dedicated to the promulgation of knowledge of classical Indian yoga in the Himalayan Tradition.

Classes and Programs Include:    • Ashtanga Yoga – 5 levels    • Pre & Post Natal Yoga    • Yoga for Back Health    • Kundalini/Tantra Yoga    • Iyengar-Style Yoga    • Pranayama (Breathwork)    • Meditation    • Martial Arts Classes    • Fitness Classes    • Dance Classes    • TOL Yoga Teacher’s Training Program    • Well-Being Workshops    • Children’s Yoga    • Children’s Dance    • Early Childhood Music and Movement

Holistic Therapies Include:    • Acupuncture    • BioSyntonic Therapy    • Chakra Balancing    • Chiropractic    • Energy Healing    • Functional Medicine    • Massage Therapy    • Moxybustion    • Nutritional Counseling    • Naturopathy    • Personal Training    • Physical Therapy    • Reflexology    • Sujok Reflexology Therapy    • Therapeutic Counseling

MISSION

Genesis Tree of Life Yoga & Wellness Center is dedicated to teaching yoga meditation within the Tradition of Himalayan masters, as interpreted by Swami Rama of the Himalayas. It is our ongoing aim to perform acts of charity for the benefit of humanity, to bring awareness and knowledge of health and well-being through the integration of mind, body and spirit found in the practice of yoga, meditation, martial arts, dance, and other forms of physical culture and the science of the mind and to undertake all legal acts conducive to the fulfillment of these aims and purposes.