Performing elephants, gaily garbed singers, flame-lit dancing near a rock grotto, lectures, piano recitals, and movies brought the 4th of July weekend in 1932 to life at the Clarkstown Country Club on S. Highland in South Nyack. The club, famously known for its yoga, wellness, and Eastern spirituality center led by Pierre Bernard, hosted a […]
Pierre Bernard, America’s first yogi, lived on an ashram he called the Clarkstown Country Club in Nyack from 1920 until his death in 1955. The complex of buildings is now the campus of Yeshiva Viznitz. Equal parts Harry Houdini and Howard Hughes, Bernard achieved degrees of success as a yogi, animal trainer, baseball manager, and aviation […]