ABOUT OUR YOGA TEACHER:
Lyra is a compassionate yogi teaching from the heart, living and breathing all aspects of Yoga. First falling in love with yoga in 2005, practicing asana regularly with Sydney Iyengar teacher Carolyn Serich (who studied yearly with B.K.S. Iyengar at his Pune Institute in India), Lyra has since trained with many different teachers in both Sydney and Melbourne, practicing a variety of Hatha yoga styles including Vinyasa and Classical as well as Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep), Nada Yoga (Sound Healing) and Meditation. After a major car accident in 2010 and since managing multiple musculoskeletal injuries and chronic neuromuscular conditions (including Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia) through her own yoga and meditation practice, she decided to dedicate to yoga further in order to share this amazing philosophy and practice with others, in 2016 becoming a qualified classical Hatha, Restorative, and Aerial Yoga teacher. Lyra’s focus is on combining modern anatomical mindbody knowledge and pain science, with the healing and restorative ancient practices of yoga. She loves bringing other aspects of yoga to asana practice such as pranayama (working with the breath), incorporating not only anatomy and functionality, but also philosophy and meditation in all her classes.
QUALIFICATIONS and TRAINING:
Aerial Yoga Mentorship (postgrad) | Swift Fitness
Mentor – Natja Wunsch | Aerial YTT, BodyFlow Windsor | Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching, Australian Yoga Academy
Yoga and Meditation Mentorship (postgrad) | Melbourne Yoga and Meditation Centre
Mentor – Malcolm H Clark | Trained with Khen Ratcliffe & Eugene Halliday
RYT200 Yoga Alliance | Hatha Yoga | The Yoga Social – Melbourne
Lead Trainer – Ambika Chadwick | E-RYT500 Yoga Alliance | Level 3 Yoga Aus (Trained with Swami Sadasivananda & Noah Maze) &
Senior Trainer – Jennifer Crescenzo | E-RYT200 RYT500 Yoga Alliance (Trained with Paul Grilley, Gil Hedley & Tom Myers) &
Anatomy Studies – Luke Bryan | B.Health Science (Clinical Science) | Master of Osteopathy [current]
Level 2 Restorative Yoga | Bliss Baby Yoga | Byron Yoga Centre – Byron Bay
Lead Trainer – Ana Davis | E-RYT500 RPYT Yoga Alliance | Level 3 Yoga Aus | Doula | Dip. Remedial Massage
Level 1 Restorative Yoga | Bliss Baby Yoga – Melbourne
Senior Trainer – Mari Notaras (Trained with Judith Lasater)
FUNdamentals 1 & 2 | AntiGravity Aerial Yoga & Fitness Australia | Beyond Fitness Australia- Sydney
Lead Trainer – Fiona Leard | E-RYT500 Yoga Alliance | Master of Sports Science | Bachelor of Exercise Science
Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Healing | Medicine Buddha Healing Centre – Melbourne
Venerable Lama Lobsang Tendar | Tibetan Buddhist Monk | Australian Chant Master for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Basic Kundalini Kriya Yoga Initiation | Kriya Yoga Australia – Melbourne
Senior Kriyacharya – Jyoti Subramanian (Disciple of Yogiraj Siddhanath)
Introduction to Conscious Energy Breathwork | Summer Healing Yoga – Melbourne
Lead Trainer – Zeroum Law (Trained with founder Leonard Orr)
First Aid | St John Ambulance Australia – Melbourne
HLTAID001 | Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
HLTAID002 | Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
HLTAID003 | Provide First Aid
EXPERIENCE:
Yoga Practitioner – since 2005 | Yoga Teacher – since 2016
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