La Vida Yoga Teachers

Maryane Clemente

Maryane discovered yoga 14 years ago and hasn’t looked back – it was love at first asana. After 10 years of regular practice, Maryane decided it was time to ease her way out of the corporate world and into the world of yoga. In 2008 she obtained her Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching followed by her Masters of Yoga Teaching in 2009, both at the Australian Yoga Academy. During this time Maryane came across the style of yoga known as Power Flow, and in 2010 completed her Level 1 Teacher Training course with world renowned teacher Baron Baptiste, creator the Power Flow program. “The best way I can describe what yoga has done for me is the feeling I have in Savasana at the end of my practice, when my body has opened up and all the physical and mental resistance has fallen away.” This is what Maryane loves about yoga and this is why she teaches yoga – to help others experience these feelings of pure love and joy that come from within themselves.

Margaret Day

Marg has been practicing yoga for 11 years. After completing courses in meditation, Mediumship and Healing, she decided that she wanted to learn more about the human body and the benefits of yoga. In 2008 she completed the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching at the Australian Yoga Academy. Half way through the course Marg realised that she wanted to teach people how they could benefit, mentally and physically, from yoga. In 2010 she completed the Yoga Power Flow Level 1 course with world renowned teacher Baron Baptiste. Marg can no longer imagine her life without yoga and the balance it brings to her mind and body. As a teacher Marg is inspired by seeing the post-savasana calm and joy in her students.

Sally Meredith

Sally has been practicing yoga from a young age and in July 2009, she completed her Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching at the Australian Yoga Academy. Sally has travelled to Vietnam, Thailand and India where she has had the privilege of training with a number of inspiring teachers. In late 2010 Sally deepened her personal practice of Ashtanga Yoga and Pranayama in Mysore, India where she learned the teachings of Sri V Sheshadri and B. N. S Iyengar. Sally is also passionate about exploring the acrobatic partner styles of yoga. She believes this creative and playful style of yoga is a great tool in which to bring people together with others and within themselves. Overall, Sally has found more power, peace and fulfillment in life through yoga and hopes to share this with others through her classes.

Naomi Hubbard

Naomi has been practicing yoga for 8 years. On a whim she decided to complete the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching at the Australian Yoga Academy – in the beginning Naomi had no inkling that her journey would be so powerful as to lead her away from her 10 year career in beauty therapy and lecturing to focus on yoga teaching. Aside from the obvious physical benefits of yoga, Naomi enjoys the emotional wellbeing that comes from regular practice. Naomi also finds peace from pranayama and meditation and hopes to share this with her students.

Sharon Hands

Initially attracted to yoga to help her cope with the stresses of being an accountant, Sharon soon found that yoga was helping her in every part of her life. For the first time she was experiencing a genuine sense of balance, clarity and compassion towards herself and others. Before long she found herself completing the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training at the Australian Yoga Academy and leaving the accounting world behind. Inspired by the teachings of Sharon Gannon and David Life from Jivamukti Yoga, Sharon attended Jivamukti workshops in New York, London and Sydney. She is extremely passionate and committed to her continual development as a practitioner and teacher of yoga. Along with her deep sense of spiritual connection to her practice, Sharon hopes that sharing her own experiences along the way will provide similar benefits to her students on and off the mat.

Andrea Broadbear

Andrea is a passionate advocate for the powerful effects regular yoga practice can have on the mind and body. She began her journey into teaching at the Australian Yoga Academy, then continued her studies with Zenergy Yoga to specialise in teaching and yoga therapy for children. With over 10 years experience teaching in secondary schools, Andrea is passionate about the potential yoga can unleash in children of all ages and how it can help them develop their whole bodies. Andrea believes that through yoga, we all have the ability to unlock the spirit and rediscover the child within.

Tina Loizou

Tina has over 20 years experience in the fitness industry. From the moment she started teaching yoga on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, she knew this was her future. In 2010 Tina obtained her Advanced Diploma in Yoga Teaching from the Australian Yoga Academy. Yoga has given and continues to give Tina a true balance of mind and body and cannot imagine her life without it.

Elisa Payne

Elisa was initially attracted to the physical side of yoga, until an inspiring mentor helped her understand the power of yogic philosophies. It was this new-found, deep understanding of yogic philosophy that really helped her overcome serious injury and in 2009 she was able to complete the Kokoda Trail. Elisa went on to study the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching at the Australian Yoga Academy and is currently studying for her Masters of Yoga. She has trained in the modality of Reiki (becoming one of the 12th lineage to Dr Mikao Usui) and has studied with yoga masters in both Hong Kong and Thailand. As a teacher Elisa wants to help her students find the profound connection that yoga can provide between an individual and the world around them.

Margaux Lovett

Margaux is an inspired yoga practitioner, yoga teacher / lecturer and occupational therapist. She has been working in areas of health for more than eight years.

Margaux’s yoga journey started in London, when she started to find the fast paced city life too hectic. At that time she decided to try yoga in an attempt to balance the stress in her life. Initially, Margaux observed her body’s positive reaction to yoga, as chronic ailments started to improve. Inspired by this, she studied a traditional Sivananda teaching and completed courses in asana, meditation and yogic psychology.

After detouring to India to immerse herself in traditional yogic teachings, Margaux returned to Australia to complete the advanced diploma of yoga at the Australian Yoga Academy in 2009.

Margaux teaches a balanced, flowing vinyasa, from traditional ashtanga and hatha asana sequences. She also focuses on the importance of pranayama, meditation and savasana. Due to Margaux’s experience working in occupational health, she also tailors classes to suit common lifestyle injuries and medical conditions. Margaux believes that everyone should have access to the wisdom, knowledge and inner peace that is yoga.

Margaux teaches from a western anatomical and physiological perspective with a weave of eastern esoteric philosophy.