Laura Tyree 500 E-RYT, 700 CYT
Owner Director
Laura Tyree first trained with Jan Campbell and the rigorous Iyengar Yoga Method in 1986, while recovering from a sports related injury from college. She began teaching in 1990 after meeting teachers Erich Schiffmann and Rodney Yee. Internal awareness, breath, and compassionate purpose lead her to deepen her practice and her studies.
Co-founder of Yoga Source in Nashville TN (1996), she began to teach in earnest and found an even deeper love in the continued sharing of the yoga knowledge. After many years of practice and study with Rodney, Erich and other dedicated and renowned teachers, she continues to hone her teaching skills and explore her personal growth.
Laura opened the Florida doors of Dragonfly Yoga Studies January of 2001, consolidating her training programs into one, 13 month long teacher’s course. With her love of adventure and nature, she now travels to facilitate yoga asana workshops and teacher trainings throughout the Southeast, raises her son, Will, and enjoys teaching public classes and her year-long teacher training programs in Florida and Tennessee. Her studies in yoga as therapy were inspired by her current teachers Doug Keller and JJ Gormley-Etchells.
Her personal approach to the eight-limb path, japa and meditation practice, and the study of ayurveda, anatomy, physiology, and psychology all blend beautifully with her life experience and teaching skills. Introspection and sincerity along with her warm humor encourage students to utilize the practice to deepen their awareness, and to open to their unique beauty and strengths.
Laura's love of music and chanting lead to the release of "Amma Bhakti" CD in 2007. Visit www.myspace.com/lauratyree to hear some of the beautiful songs from this creation.
"This CD is the culmination of 22 years of yoga practice and a lifetime of singing my heart full. I have chanted sacred yoga and spiritual mantra during and after classes for years as a means to promote healing, relaxation, and balance to those in need. These are ancient phrases blended with inspired melodies. These melodies arrived in their own time and unique ways throughout my yoga journey. Everything is vibration. Light, sound, thought, and action all culminate into each arriving moment. Those chills we get are the proof of something greater than our current knowing. I hope this brings you the opportunity to be, know, and experience yourself more deeply." ~ Laura
Laura is certified through the Sun Moon Yoga Programs (700 CYT) and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT 500 level. She is currently in study to complete her 1200 hr Therapeutic Yoga certification with JJ Gormley-Etchells, (a 5 year student of TKV and Kausthub Desikachar), and will finalize her enrollment in John DeMartini’s Quantum Breakthrough Training in 2009.
