Laura Tyree 500 E-RYT, 700 CYT
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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.

Shannon Jones Dunn RYT, CYT

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began practicing yoga with Laura Tyree when she was pregnant with her daughter Morgan. She came to the practice in search of mental and emotional balance and ease. She discovered a community of generous spirits at Dragonfly Yoga that supported her in exploring yoga as a daily practice and a way of living. She completed the DYS teacher training program in 2007. Yoga has had a tremendous impact on her life, and she enjoys the never-ending possibilities for exploration and growth that yoga provides. She will always be a student of yoga. In addition to teaching, she continues to write, run a home-based business, and raise her beautiful daughter.

Felicia McQuaid RYT, CYT

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The true spirit of yoga shines through in Felicia’s classes. She is a reiki master and nationally certified yoga instructor. Her classes weave together philosophy and asana, energy and body to create a safe and nuturing environment. Her love of the practice makes her an avid student and deep seeker of the depths of yoga.

Kayla Rodenhiser RYT, CYT

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has always had a love for music, photography, literature, and the human body. When introduced to yoga, she instantly was inspired to deepen her practice and knowledge about this art form. She is currently involved in the Dragonfly Yoga Teacher Training Program while going to school for her Associate of Arts Degree and working in the medical field as a Rehab Tech. As an instructor she is now able to use her sense of creativity and understandig of the human body to share her love of yoga with other people and hopefully give them her same passion.

Beverly Buchanan

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Beverly Buchanan’s yoga practice began in her early twenties where, after experiencing the cultures of India and Nepal, her life changed. It was then that she was introduced to the healing powers of yoga and the benefits it held for improving the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual body. She received a Master’s degree in Geology from Northern Arizona University and is currently in study to certify in yoga with Dragonfly Yoga Studies.
She feels fortunate to have experienced many workshops that included yoga instruction by well-known yoga instructors such as Diann Fuller, Laura Tyree, Doug Keller, JJ Gormley-Etchells, Rodney Yee, Patricia Walden, and Mary Pafford, among others. These teachers have passed along to her invaluable knowledge that serves as a base for her yoga style.
Beverly began dancing at the age of two years and since has studied various forms of dance, ranging from ballet to capoeira. In 2000, Beverly was introduced to the ancient art of belly dancing. Since, she has performed at numerous events, including the Performing Arts and Cultural Center of Northern Arizona, the Tennessee Renaissance Festival, Wheeler Park and Heritage Square of Flagstaff, AZ, and the Nutcracker, among others.

Sarah Lambert

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Sarah became a RYT-200 certified instructor in the YogaWorks method in 2009. She began practicing yoga in the Bikram tradition in 2006 as an opera singer who wanted to tone her body. Along her journey, she has come to understand yoga as so much more than just physical; she practices yoga as a form of devotion, healing and self-study. Her teaching style is influenced largely by the meditative flow and heat of Vinyasa yoga and the alignment, intelligence and awareness of the Iyengar tradition. Her primary teachers are Tzahi Moskowitz, Sigrid Pichler, and Fay Simpson. Sarah specializes in teaching singers and performers how to incorporate yoga techniques into their art form to help open and strengthen their bodies in ways that improve their craft. She is particularly interested in how our chakras (or energy centers) can be activated to connect us more deeply with our true selves and our audiences. Sarah holds a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music.