life.love.yoga. has 22 drop-in public classes 7 days per week in a variety of styles for all levels and abilities. We are an environmentally friendly yoga studio and eco boutique, and are proud members of the Green Yoga Association
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kari sims anthon
director of life.love.yoga.
member international association of yoga therapists
yoga alliance eryt 500
Growing up in Ojai, California - a spiritual nest - yoga was always part of my vocabulary (even the mayor was a yoga teacher) but I didn’t truly fall in love with the practice until 1998 while I was playing lacrosse for UCLA. After graduating from UCLA in 2000 with my BA, I knew that I wanted to explore yoga more deeply, and in 2001 I completed my first 200 hr. Yoga Teacher Training course with Integrative Yoga Therapy and Joseph LePage. Since that first training, I have been devoted to my yogic studies with various other teacher trainings, workshops, & retreats with influential yogis like Erich Schiffmann, Saul David Raye, Paul Grilley, Patricia Sullivan, and my *love* Kira Ryder; eventually gaining my ERYT 500 certification with the Yoga Alliance. In 2001 I opened a small yoga studio in England, and also taught in New Zealand before returning to teach classes in my home town of Ojai, with my friends at Lulu Bandhas, the home of the Ojai Yoga Crib. After moving to Central Oregon in 2007, I began teaching yoga in Bend, and in the summer of 2009 Life.Love.Yoga. was born in downtown Sisters. I always bring my enthusiasm for yoga to my students, and hope that their personal practice helps them to remember that life is all about love; and loving life! Off of the mat I am a mom to my dog Trout, a fly-fishing caddy to my husband, an Auntie, a devoted friend and an insatiable traveler
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jane burkholder
yoga alliance ryt 200
Jane is a Sisters local, and spent 26 years as a pastry chef before becoming the inspiring Yin yoga instructor she is today! Jane has trained in Svaroopa and at the Mt. Madonna center, as well as with Bernie Clark, Tias Little, and Paul and Suzee Grilley. Jane teaches encouraging and soothing Yin Yoga classes at Life.Love.Yoga. which allows the student to work deep into the connective tissue with the muscles relaxed rather than engaged.
See Jane's teaching schedule HERE
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jeff van cott
yoga alliance ryt 200
Jeff is also a Sisters local, and has studied yoga at the Mt. Madonna center, as well as Restorative Yoga with Judith Lasater, Svaroopa Yoga with Rama Berch, and Ashtanga yoga with David Swenson. Jeff has a personal Ashtanga based practice, but teaches classes to a wide vareity of students from Chair Senior Yoga to Power Yoga. Jeff is currently teaching Daybreak Yoga, an eclectic early morning practice, and Ashtanga Yoga, introducing the Primary Series, at life.love.yoga.
See Jeff's teaching schedule here
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justine lucia
yoga alliance ryt 200
licensed massage therapist
Justine lives in Bend, and has been practicing yoga for over 10 years while traveling the world and living in small communities throughout the West. She has been privileged to take workshops from yogis like Shiva Rea, Seane Corn, Ana Forest, and Sarah Powers. In March of 2010 she completed her 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training with the Heart of the Cascades Yoga Teacher Training at COCC, and is looking forward to spreading her joy of yoga with the students at life.love.yoga.
See Justine's teaching schedule here
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tara seymour
yoga alliance ryt 200
licensed massage therapist
Tara is a Sisters local of 5 years. Yoga is a HUGE part of my life. My passion, dedication and love play a huge factor in my classes. I feel that through Yoga, we are able to access the true self, the "real us". For me it is all about mindfulness and focus. I love the breath work and the meditation that come with the physical practice. I have lived in Central OR since 1994. I moved here to ski, and still have a huge passion and desire for that. I love all that I do. I am inspired by my two young children, and my amazing husband. My yoga journey started in Bend with Ashtanga 15 years ago & I was a very dedicated Ashtangi for 14 years, practicing the primary & secondary series. Have you ever felt it's time to move on? Well so did I, and I enrolled in Red Stone yoga teacher training in Bend OR, with my 64 year old father. WOW, what an amazing experience. Teacher training was life changing, and from that moment on I knew that I was destined to share my love & dedication with those in my community. I love Sisters and all it's people. I am so ecstatic about my journey and hope to draw you into a wonderful experience of chanting, breath and movement. I teach vinyasa, ashtanga and yin classes. Each class is dedicated to the needs and desire of the students that day.
See Tara's teaching schedule here
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nancy magaret
yoga alliance ryt 200
registered nurse
Nancy Magaret lives in the outskirts of Sisters. Nancy's yoga practice began in the late 1990s and she attended her first teacher training program in 2001. She completed her 200 hour certification with Tias Little of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2005. She founded "The Yoga Path", a yoga studio in Canyon, Texas in 2004, now owned and run by two of her former students. Nancy has a Bachelor's Degree in nursing. She has been studying and/or providing health care for more than 20 years. "My teaching leans toward Iyengar and Vinyasa flow. I also use a lot of Viniyoga (Gary Kraftsow) methods for the deeply therapeutic aspects of that style." Nancy and her husband David moved to Central Oregon in 2006. They embrace the many outside opportunities available in their "back yard". Livin' the dream!
See Nancy's teaching schedule here
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elizabeth erickson
yoga alliance ryt 200
See Liz's teaching schedule here
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yoga alliance ryt 200
Born and raised in Ecuador, Akiko discovered yoga and meditation as a young teenager. After working many years in Washington, DC for international organizations, she began her move back to the West, settling in beautiful Sisters in 2008 with her husband and young children. She feels it has been an amazing blessing to have found yoga during her formative years and to have learned to welcome mindfulness and a method for inner-journey. Over the years, she has practiced a variety of styles, from Sivananda and Iyengar to Ashtanga and Vinyasa yoga. Her personal practice and teaching style reflect the influence of these lineages as well as her more recent interest in restorative yoga. She has had the privilege of attending workshops and conferences with teachers like Shiva Rea, Angela Farmer, Rama Berch, and Dharma Mittra. In April 2011, she completed her 200 hr. teacher training at COCC's Heart of the Cascades program. She believes in the importance of a mindful, reverent practice that addresses the needs of her students in the present moment. Akiko is also committed to making yoga accessible to the growing Hispanic population in Central Oregon; thus, she offers bilingual classes. She is available, by appointment, for private yoga instruction.
See Akiko's teaching schedule here
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