MELANIE FAWER HAS DEVELOPED LIFE YOGA which incorporates her 20 years of yoga experience, strongly influenced by her study in India and respect for traditional yoga practices.
All LIFE YOGA classes include: individual attention, hands on alignment, yogic breathing, movement to breath coordination, eye focal points and core awareness.
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9:30-11:00am | jivamukti | LIBBY | open | |
| 12:00-1:00pm | LUNCH FLOW (Yogaworks method) |
NATHALIE | |||
| 4:3o-5:45PM | *5 week session |
cat | open | jan 11, mar 1 $85 pre-reg : min. 6 DROP-INs WELCOME! |
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| 6:00-7:25pm | led ashtanga | melissa c. | ii-iii | ||
| 7:30-8:45PM | *6 week session INTRO TO ASHTANGA |
NATHALIE | open | jan 4, feb 15, mar 29, may 10 $75 pre-reg : min 3 DROP-INs WELCOME! |
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11:15-12:30PM | KUNDALINI | melissa D. | open | NEW!! |
| 4:30-5:30pm | PRENATAL | melissa D. | |||
| 6:00-7:25pm | vinyasa flow | NATHALIE | II-III | ||
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9:15-10:45am | ANUSARA | CAT | open | |
| 12:00-1:00pm | LUNCH FLOW (Yogaworks method) |
nathalie | open | ||
| 4:30-5:45pm | *6 week session YOGA BASICS |
nathalie | open | YogaWorks Method: jan 6, feb 17, mar31, may 12 $75 pre-reg min 3 DROP-INs WELCOME |
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| 6:00-7:30pm | Anusara | CAT | open | ||
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12:00-1:00pm | LUNCH FLOW BASICS (Yogaworks method) |
nathalie | open | |
| 6:00-7:25pm | vinyasa flow | nathalie | ii-iii | ||
| 7:30-8:45pm | GENTLE YOGA | nathalie | OPEN | ||
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9:15-10:45AM | anusara | cat | open | |
| 6:00-7:30pm | vinyasa flow | elizabeth | open | NEW!! | |
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11:00-12:15Pm | vinyasa flow | NATHALIE | OPEN | |
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10:30-12:00pm | yoga flow | sharon | open | |
| 4:00-5:15pm | $5 life yoga community class |
lindsay | open |
* Please arrive early for sign-in and to ensure your place;
* It is suggested that you bring your own mat but you may borrow one or buy one at LIFE boutique.
LIFE YOGA ADVISOR - Designed to address your goals and needs and help direct you to the right LIFE class for you. Director Nathalie Croix, provides a free 15 minute consultation to any student.
LIFE YOGA BASICS and LIFE YOGA FLOW, include individual attention, hands on alignment, yogic breathing, movement to breath coordination, eye focal points and core awareness.
YOGA BASICS - Designed for the beginner or intermediate student to learn the fundamental yoga postures of Hatha yoga. Focuses on correct alignment, form and breathing. A great foundation for Level II and III classes.
VINYASA FLOW – Designed for intermediate or advanced students who want a fluid, more challenging class. Invigorating, rejuvenating and relaxing.
INTRO TO ASHTANGA YOGA SERIES – This Intro to Ashtanga 6- week series introduces Ashtanga yoga and the beginning postures of the Primary series in a step by step manner.
MYSORE ASHTANGA – Students learn the Primary series of Ashtanga yoga and core principles of the practice at their own pace and level but in a group setting. Perfect for the yoga student looking to develop a home practice, or have a deeper more authentic yoga experience.
LED ASHTANGA – In this traditional form, the instructor leads the class through a set sequence of Primary series postures: sun salutations, standing, sitting, backbends and inversions.
JIVAMUKTI – Vigorously physical, stimulating and spiritually inspired. Integrates music, mantra, pranayama, and meditation.
FLOW (YOGAWORKS METHOD) – The signature class of YogaWorks studios, this class balances precise instruction and alignment with breath, movement and flow. YogaWorks Teacher Training Program is based on this clear and effective style of practice.
ANUSARA YOGA – Anusara in Sanskit means, “flowing with the currents of grace.” This style of hatha yoga playfully weaves together alignment and the biomechanics of the body.
INTRO TO ANUSARA YOGA SERIES – This Intro to Anusara Yoga 6-week series offers a solid foundation upon which to skillfully build an open-hearted yoga practice.
FORREST YOGA – The pillars of Forrest yoga are breath, strength, integrity and spirit. Vigorous sequencing sweats out toxins while long holds in pose progressions oxygenate and rejuvenate cells.
KID’S YOGA – AGES 8-12 - A lighthearted kids class using animated poses, breathing and visualization to stimulate imagination and release energy in a fun, safe environment. Promotes strength, flexibility, coordination, focus, balance and body awareness.
LIFE YOGA ADVISOR – Designed to address your goals, needs and to help direct you to the right LIFE class. Director Nathalie Croix, provides a free 15 minute consultation to any student.
1- Saturday, January, 16th Sharon Floyd 2-5pm $45 Yoga for Quitting Smoking with Sharon Floyd
2- Sat., Jan. 23rdth, Intro to Yoga with Elizabeth Jarrell 4:00-6:00pm, $30
3- Sat. Jan. 30th, Inversions with Nathalie Croix 2:00-4:00pm $30
4. Sat., Feb. 6th, Master Yoga Works Class with Jean Marie for those interested in the Yoga Works Teacher Training only. Free. 10:00am-12:00pm
4- Sat. Feb 20th Essential of Kundalini with Melissa DeOrazio 2:00-5:00PM
5- Amanda Anderson Feb. 27th 2:00-5:30PM
6 & 7 Jivamukti Basics March 13th & March 20th
6 - First session: Saturday, March 13th, 2:00pm-4:30pm
7- Second session ( Jivamukti): Saturday, March 20th, 2:00pm-4:30pm
9 - Saturday, March 27th , 3:00-4:00PM Kid's Camp with Elizabethh Jarrell and Nathalie Croix
8- Saturday, May 8th, 2:00-4:00pm Daria Korokhtenkova
10 - Saturday, May 22nd Lela Cloud Finding the Center
1- Sunday, January, 10th 6-8pm $30
Burlesque Dance Workshop with the Fleur de Tease Burlesque Review Dancers
1- Saturday, January, 16th Sharon Floyd 2-5pm $45
Yoga for Quitting Smoking with Sharon Floyd Is quitting smoking cigarettes one of your goals for 2010? Come celebrate your decision and enjoy the support of like-minded. Together, we will focus on rediscovering the breath through pranayama (yogic breathing) and explore the senses of smell and taste using aromatherapy and yummy treats! We will also review ways to increase body awareness through meditation and yoga poses. Introduction to some of the psychological methods of behavior modification will be presented along with ideas for identifying thought patterns that contribute to the smoking habit and an exploration of the subtle anatomy or energy centers). Equip yourself with the confidence to quit and find delight in discovery. No prior yoga experience is necessary; just the willingness to learn how to quit smoking.
2- Sat., Jan. 23rdth, Intro to Yoga with Elizabeth Jarrell 4:00-6:00pm, $30
Beginning a new yoga practice can be intimidating. There is so much to learn. The poses have funny names, it probably feels impossible to imagine doing some of those crazy balances and stretches you've seen on TV or in magazines, and what is yoga anyway?!? This workshop is designed for beginners who are interested in an in-depth but light hearted learning experience that will provide a strong foundation for starting a yoga practice. No prior experience is necessary. The workshop will include instruction, discussion, and plenty of opportunities for you to ask questions in a supportive and non-competitive environment. We will focus on basic rules of alignment as well as specific positioning for several fundamental poses, or asana that will help you to build strength and flexibility. We will spend time discussing the history and philosophy of yoga, practicing different breathing techniques and learning to link breath with movement. You will learn to flow through the Sun Salutations that are an integral component of most yoga classes. The workshop will be a lot of fun and when we're done you will feel prepared to start your own yoga practice at home or to be a confident student in basic yoga and flow yoga classes.
3- Sat. Jan. 30th, Inversions with Nathalie Croix 2:00-4:00pm $30
( Description Coming Soon)
4. Sat., Feb. 6th, Master Yoga Works Class with Jean Marie
for those interested in the Yoga Works Teacher Training only. Free. 10:00am-12:00pm
4- Sat. Feb 20th Essential of Kundalini with Melissa DeOrazio 2:00-5:00PM
Essentials of Kundalini Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan) combines breath, mantra, and meditation into sets, called kriyas, addressing the mind, body, and spirit holistically. Yogi Bhajan taught that, through the practice of Kundalini Yoga and meditation, your glandular and nervous systems are stimulated, and your capacity for creative potential is heightened. You gain inner vitality to compensate for the adverse effects of stress so you can excel in life. In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of pranayama (breath work), mantras, and chakras, as well as the practice of kriyas (yoga sets) and meditations, to bring awareness and consciousness, not only to our yoga practice, but to our lives. We'll also discuss elements of yogic philosophy, lifestyle, and diet, and how to integrate the practice into our daily routine. This class is suitable for all levels of experience. A light meal is recommended before class. Yogi Tea and dessert will be served after class.
5- Amanda Anderson Feb. 27th 2:00-5:30PM
The body is a storehouse of your past emotional experiences. Through practicing certain yoga poses, you can clean these experiences from the body, lightening the heart and clarifying the mind. Your energy can then move more freely, carrying you forward into the life you want. Join us as we release unwanted emotions through practicing yoga. We will be doing affirmations, visualization techniques, breath work, and journaling in a safe, supportive environment. This workshop is open to all levels of yoga experience. Bring a journal and a yoga mat if you have one.
6 & 7 Jivamukti Basics March 13th & March 20th
Emphasis Standing postures and Forward bending
First session: Saturday, March 13th, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Standing postures Standing poses reflect back to us something about out willingness or unwillingness to connect to the earth, to all beings and nature. They speak to the clarity of our relationships with others. We can build a steady joyful connection through the physical connection with the ground on which we stand. In this segment we will refine various basic standing postures. Forward bending Nurturing, reflective forward bending is one of the most ingrained forms we take. These postures have the power to strengthen the digestive system and massage the internal organs as well as activate the adrenal glands balancing the whole system and promoting harmony.
Second session ( Jivamukti): Saturday, March 20th, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Emphasis Backbending Turning it upside down and putting it all together Backbending To open up in a backbend is to affirm your sovereignty and ability to move forward courageously with an open heart. We will explore various alignment techniques which help to open into backbends with a sense of ease and liberation. Turning it upside down and putting it all together Here we begin to integrate the breath, mind and body as interrelated parts of the real whole self. The power of the sound of our own voice to bring us into awareness and unite the subtle body with the gross body will be part of our practice, asana will be linked to the breath and inversions and bandhas will be introduced. This class will end with a brief meditation practice.
Saturday, March 27th , 3:00-4:00PM Kid's Camp with Elizabethh Jarrell and Nathalie Croix
This is Yoga camp for the little ones. Just as the adults, children today also have a lot of stress; homework, over-scheduling; it all adds up. Yoga is an amazing way to relieve stress, develop better body awareness, self-control, flexibility and coordination. Children can carry these skills beyond class and into their daily routines. Yoga has also been shown to help the hyperactive and attention-deficit child. Yoga helps channel these impulses in a positive way. Yoga camp will be about exploring yoga postures, getting beyond just "doing" the posture, by becoming like the postures -- strong and confident like a warrior. Foremost we will play and have FUN :)
Saturday, May 8th, 2:00-4:00pm Daria Korokhtenkova
What is Aromatherapy? Find out at the special workshop: Aromatherapy: Basics and its everyday usage. Aromatherapy is the practice of using volatile plant oils including essential oils for psychological and physical well-being. Essential oils, the pure essence of a plant, have been found to provide both psychological and physical benefits when used correctly and safe. In addition to essential oils Aromatherapy uses other complementary natural ingredients including cold pressed vegetable oils, jojoba oil or a liquid wax, hydrosols, herbs, milk powders, sea salts, sugars as an exfoliant, clays and muds. The Aromatherapy workshop will introduce you to the basics of Aromatherapy. You will learn how to use essential oils and how to incorporate other methods of Aromatherapy in your everyday life.
Saturday, May 22nd Lela Cloud
Finding the Center Yoga postures and breathwork to identify and develop the power of the core.
SPRING SPECIAL - $99 - one month unlimited classes
DROP-IN - $12
5 CLASSES - $55 (expires after 8 weeks)
10 CLASSES - $100 (expires after 12 weeks)
20 CLASSES - $ 190 (expires after 18 weeks)
MONTHLY UNLIMTED - $160 (expires one month from day of purchase)
STUDENT DISCOUNT - 20% OFF Monthly Unlimited and 20 Class Series
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION:
1 HOUR - $70
30 MINUTES - $40
IN-CLASS PRIVATE - $85
MELANIE FAWER
Co-owner of LIFE YOGA, Melanie formerly operated The Yoga Room in New Orleans from 2002-2008. Traditionally trained in classical Ashtanga yoga in Mysore, India, by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, she has made ten trips there since ’94 and was certified in ’01. She is one of only 12 women certified by Jois worldwide. Melanie introduced Ashtanga to New Orleans and produced a DVD, “Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga – Primary Series.”
Melanie taught Ashtanga at Jivamukti Yoga Studio in New York City from ’99-‘00. While finishing college in New York in ‘91, Melanie studied directly with David Life and Sharon Gannon, the founders of Jivamukti, which is inspired by Ashtanga and Sivananda yoga. It was David whom recommended Melanie to study with Jois in India and later invited her to teach at their studio.
Melanie worked at the original Yoga Works in Santa Monica, CA in ’96 with its founder Maty Ezraty, whom introduced her to Iyengar yoga, and Chuck Miller. Melanie met both in Mysore in’94 and invited her to work at their studio. Also in ‘96, Melanie took Maty’s teacher training course.
Melanie has practiced for 20 years and watched yoga grow from a personal passion to a national and international phenomenon. She has watched New Orleans grow from a city with one or two pioneering yoga teachers to a city with at least ten yoga studios. Melanie is proud to call New Orleans home and to be part of its evolving yoga community. A graduate of New York University, Melanie majored in psychology.
NATHALIE CROIX
Director of LIFE YOGA, Nathalie returns to New Orleans from Santa Monica, CA. where she has been a yoga teacher and yoga advisor at Yoga Works since ‘06 and a Professor of Kinesiology and Yoga at Santa Monica College since ‘05. While in Santa Monica, Nathalie completed her third teacher training program at Yoga Works with Annie Carpenter, formerly of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Lisa Walford, a certified Iyengar instructor.
Nathalie moved to the United States in ‘99 on a scholarship from Southeastern University of Louisiana and traveled with their dance company, DanceWorks for five years. In that time, her focus shifted from the performing arts to the healing arts as she fell in love with yoga. Her first teacher certification was with Ganga White of the White Lotus Foundation in ‘02 and in ’03, she was certified with Becky Gelatt of The Yoga School in Covington, LA.
Nathalie and Melanie met at The Yoga School in ’98 and a lasting teacher/student relationship and later friendship has grown into LIFE YOGA! Nathalie apprenticed and taught at The Yoga Room from ’02-‘04 and has made three trips to India since ‘03 to study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
Nathalie looks for the natural potential of her students. She believes that each student should practice at their own pace and respects the individuality of each student.
A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, Nathalie majored in kinesiology and journalism with a specialization in modern dance. She is fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English.
STUART LeBLANC
In late 2000, Stuart was performing concerts with kirtan singer Séan Johnson, who introduced him to the Ashtanga practice. In 2006 he began studying under Melanie Fawer, who has guided his practice in the Ashtanga method in accordance with her certification by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India.
Melanie is currently teaching him the Ashtanga Advanced A series, and she is mentoring his growth as a teacher at Life Yoga by sharing her abundant knowledge of yoga.
As a musician, Stuart performs in various ensembles and solo, and teaches at the Loyola University College of Music and Fine Arts. He is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Florida State University.
Stuart also maintains a career in data network design and engineering, and is currently employed by Xerox Corporation.
LIBBY BRYAN
Libby has been practicing yoga in different forms since her teenage years and in 2003, she discovered Jivamukti yoga. In 2004, she relocated to Kufstein, Austria and continued practicing in Germany at the Jivamukti Center in Munich. Under the direction of her mentor, Petros Haffenrichter and the founders of Jivamukti yoga, Sharon Gannon and David Life, she completed Jivamukti Teacher’s Training in New York in May of 2007. Immediately following, she began her teaching career at the Anaratma Yoga Shala in Innsbruck, Austria until her return to New Orleans in November 07. For the last two years, she has been teaching yoga classes in the United States and Europe.
Libby earned her B.A. in Business Management in 1995 from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri where she also studied ballet and modern dance.
CATHERINE (CAT) MCCARTHY, R.Y.T.
Catherine McCarthy is a Certified Anusara Yoga® Instructor who balances her time between her hometown of New Orleans and New York City. Her love of yoga and her playful approach makes learning accessible and fun for all. Through the transformative and therapeutic technology of Anusara Yoga, Catherine encourages students to radically affirm their vast potential with strong bodies, open hearts and curious minds. Inspired daily by her students and over the years by her teachers John Friend, Amy Ippoliti, Elena Brower, and philosopher Dr. Douglas Brooks, Catherine is thrilled to share all that she has learned both on and off the mat.
SHARON
* Bio Coming Soon *
LINDSEY CROWE
Lindsey is a student at Loyola College of Law who currently moonlights as an improv comedian. She is a native New Orleanian who spent four years working in Orleans Parish Public Schools and continues to teach yoga to children in local schools. Lindsey has passionately practiced yoga for five years and received her teaching certificate through Swan River teacher training.
MELISSA DEORAZIO
Born in Texas and currently based out of New Orleans, Melissa has been practicing yoga since 2000. She completed her Level 1 Teacher Training for Kundalini in May 2006 in Austin, Texas at Yoga Yoga (www.yogayoga.com), and has completed one of five modules for Level 2 Teacher Training. She has also taken the OmMamaYoga course for PreNatal Yoga in Austin, TX.
She is a musician and songwriter, performing with her husband as 'Sweet Jones' (www.sweetjonesmusic.com).
Under the name of Mrs. D's DeLights, she is a gluten-free/vegan baker and chef, offering catering and personal chef services. (www.mrsdsdelights.blogspot.com)
She is committed to community, and feels that yoga, food, and music are positive ways to bring that essential element into the world: creating common unity through community.
Contact: melissadeorazio@gmail.com
MELISSA CLARK
Melissa Ann Clark began her yogic studies six years ago trying out different styles until finding Ashtanga yoga at The Yoga Room when she moved to New Orleans in ‘06. A graduate of the University of Georgia with a BA in Theater, Melissa has also studied the Alexander Technique and Contact Improvisation, two other body awareness and movement techniques. Melissa has taught kids yoga, puppetry and theater around the New Orleans Metro area. She brings warmth and humor to her practice and her students, welcoming each day as a gift of trial and error. She is excited to join Life Yoga and bring the yoga practice to kids and inspire them to open their hearts!
ELIZABETH JARRELL
Elizabeth recently relocated to New Orleans from Salt Lake City, Utah.
She discovered yoga 2 1/2 years ago through a search for new ways to deal with some major stressors in her life. In March of 2009, she completed a teacher training with Yoga Union and Lotus Leaf Yoga studios in Heber, Utah.
Elizabeth has years of experience working with kids in various capacities as an educator. She has worked as a summer camp counselor, a naturalist, a wilderness guide, a science teacher, and a field trip coordinator.
In addition to teaching and practicing yoga, Elizabeth enjoys spending time outdoors, especially paddling her kayak, and is an enthusiastic student of the natural world. Elizabeth received her BS in Zoology from the University of Texas in 2003 and her MS in Biology from the University of Utah in 2009.