As Featured In Globe Magazine

My weight loss story is being featured in Globe Magazine! Wow! There I am with my weight loss guru Richard Simmons again. I was featured on QVC and  his website as a success story a few years ago. I also made an appearance for him in the "Meet the Pros" section of his Slimmons retreat back in 2006. It's pretty great to see all this again. I knew that my weight loss would lead to something else but I never thought that I would become a yoga teacher or be featured in a national magazine. I wonder what the universe has in store for me now. :)

Happy New Year 2012

Hi Everybody,

I want to wish all of my readers a peaceful and joyous new year.

I look forward to teaching classes at my home studio in the upcoming new year. These classes will begin on Tuesday, January 3 at 6:30pm and Sunday, January 8 at 11:00am and will continue on Tuesdays and Sundays until further notice. These classes are Hatha level one and are appropriate for beginners or first time students

Private sessions at my home studio will begin on Tuesday, January 3 and I will be keeping the same schedule unless any of my private students request a change.

Hatha level one classes at Eagle Trace will be held on Wednesdays at 10:00am and Fridays at 11:00am beginning on Wednesday, January 4. If you are not a resident but are interested in attending these classes please contact me on the phone number or email listed below.

I will also be teaching at the Yoga Source on Wiles Road in Coral Springs beginning on Thursday, January 5 at 4:30pm and Sunday, January 8 at 9:00am. Thursday's class is a Hatha level 1 and Sunday's class is Gentle Yoga.

Unite your body, mind and spirit with me in 2012. If you have any questions about my schedule or yoga in general please feel free to contact me at the email address or phone number listed below. I look forward to seeing all of you in the new year.

Namaste,
Claudia
claudiasyoga@gmail.com-email
954-815-8727-cell

My current schedule

SUNDAY

9:00 am AT THE YOGA SOURCE

GENTLE YOGA

MONDAY

9:00-5:00

PRIVATES
6:30 pm AT TPC EAGLE TRACE COUNTRY CLUB

TUESDAY

6:30 pm AT MY HOME STUDIO-Call for directions

HATHA LEVEL 1

WEDNESDAY

11:00 am AT TPC EAGLE TRACE COUNTRY CLUB

HATHA LEVEL 1

THURSDAY

4:30 pm AT THE YOGA SOURCE

HATHA LEVEL 1

FRIDAY

11:00 am at TPC EAGLE TRACE COUNTRY CLUB

HATHA 1

I offer private and semi-private sessions in my studio or your home. Contact me at claudiasyoga@gmail.com or 954-815-8727 for more information.

Peace, light and love to all

I bow to the divine light in all of us

Namaste

Saying hello!

My life has been a whirlwind of yoga lately. I am teaching almost every day and sometimes twice a day. I am a very lucky girl. :)

Teaching yoga is a blessing in my life. I learn something new each and every time I teach class. Becoming a yoga teacher was one of the best things I ever could have done. I am happy every time I teach a class whether it is a group class or a private session. Peace and light to all. :)

My current schedule

Juliana is leaving on Wednesday and my subbing starts. As of now I'll be teaching for Juliana on Monday at 10, Tuesday at my home studio at 6:30, Thursday for Juliana at 10 and at the Yoga Source at 4:30, Friday is the day I do privates, Saturday for Juliana at 10 and at the Yoga Source at 10 two Saturdays while Juliana is away and then there is Sunday at the Yoga Source at 9:00 and my home studio at 11:00. Wow! I'm thinking I am going to need a vacation from Juliana's vacation. LOL LOL I am honored to be subbing for the most wonderful teacher on earth. :)

One of my favorite things in yoga.

Loka Samasta Sukhinu Bhavantu. I often end my classes with this ancient chant. It is very meaningful to me. It means may beings everywhere be happy and free and may the actions of our own lives make that happen. I love that. May beings everywhere be happy and be free. The dogs, the cats, the people. ALL beings everywhere. I hope someday it happens. Namaste :)

My Thursday Class At The Yoga Source

I am teaching today at The Yoga Source on Wiles Rd in Coral Springs. I have to take some pictures of the studio and put them up here. It is such a wonderful peaceful place not only to teach but also to take a class. I feel as if I am able to breathe deeper just by walking in the door.

I love my 4:30 class. It is a weird time and it's not the largest class that they have at the Yoga Source but the students that come are really into it. Most of them are people who are just off work and they need to come down off the wall a little. I always make sure there is time for pranayama (breath control) even if it is just a few minutes. Pranayama helps us come in contact with our bodies and become aware of the changes in the body from moment to moment. It also allows us to slow down and really breathe deeply. I can't even think of starting a class without pranayama.

I usually start on the back but maybe I'll start in seated today. It's always good to shake things up a little. I am going to do some balance postures today. I have been neglectful with balance lately. It is not my strong suit so I tend to not do those postures but I need to be more mindful about incorporating balance postures in my classes. I'm thinking today I will do tree pose and dancers pose. I may even bring in standing stick. I'll see.

I always end my classes with by rubbing lavender essential oils in my hands and walk to each student and place my hands over their faces so that that can smell that wonderful relaxing small. I do that in my home classes as well. It always helps the students to get in the mode of letting go.