joyce engalnder
As a freshman in college, Joyce stepped onto a yoga mat for the first time and discovered what she had been searching for... a silent place inside herself. Over the last six years, yoga has helped Joyce to appreciate her body, find grace in her movements, and healing from injuries. However, it is the experience of freedom and space in her thoughts, and responses to life that have kept her engaged and intrigued.
Joyce practiced yoga for nearly three years before joining a teacher training to deepen her understanding of the practice. Concurrently, she was studying poetry, and learning how to find creativity in her language within the boundaries of a poetic structure. This became the catalyst for the way that Joyce teaches her classes. She tries to maintain a structure that students can count on to help them feel safe in their bodies, and secure enough to explore where they have room to grow. However, her sequencing is always fresh, intelligent, and playful. Joyce's vinyasa influences come from Ashtanga and Jivamukti yoga, as well as from other vinyasa flow teachers. The alignment and optimistic approach that she teaches come from her trainings in Anusara. Most importantly, Joyce encourages her students to create a deeper relationship with their breath, and discover what can be revealed through something as simple as an inhale, or an exhale.
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