just liz, please.
I believe in truth, kindness, and miracles.
Life humbly ushered me to a yoga class, and one Friday evening my life forever changed. In a room with 200 strangers I moved, breathed, sweat, and surrendered. I had no idea what I was doing, yet walked home that evening and thought, "Whatever THAT was, thank you." For the first time in a long time I felt at home. Fast forward to today and now my heartfelt intention is for all beings to feel at home in their body, on this earth, and in this lifetime.
I believe teaching is a conversation, not a monologue. I am here to see you and be with you with an open heart, open eyes, and open palms. I teach from a relevant and practical foundation while weaving in wisdom teachings, subtle body awareness, energetics, mantra, and mudra. I believe in our collective consciousness and universal heart and tap into both to teach and guide. Caveat: I am also drawn to levity and absurdity, as laughter is real good medicine.
In January of 2020, my partner Greg and I opened Love Bird Yoga in downtown Redmond, Oregon and bring yoga, meditation, and healing arts - in many forms and styles - to our sweet and thriving town. We believe everyone has unique gifts to share, and we celebrate every person who walks through our door. Our mission at Love Bird Yoga is for all beings to be happy, healthy, and free from suffering. And for all beings to be seen, valued, respected, and know love.
My daily intention
I bow to the path and practices of yoga.
May my words, thoughts, efforts, and actions
bring forth more truth and more kindness
to our shared and collective world.
classes | mentorship
I am here to serve.
Classes
Monday
11:00am-12:00pm Foundations
Tuesday
9:00-10:15am Mellow Flow
Wednesday
9:00-10:15am Flow & Restore
Saturday
9:00-10:15am Flow & Restore
All classes through Love Bird Yoga.
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Mentorship
Are you a student or teacher of yoga (i.e LIFE) ready to move forward on your path, yet not sure what steps to take? Through a series of meet-ups or Zoom calls, we'll explore your foundation (where you are right now), and your freedom (where you want, dream, desire to be). This may mean breaking down your foundation, exploring all the parts, and rebuilding.
I'm here to support you moving in the direction of your dreams and becoming an aware and empowered teacher, human, friend, partner - full of grace and strength.
My guidance includes yoga and meditation, mantra & mudra, book/podcast/reading recommendations, pranayama exercises, journaling prompts, and buckets of love.
To schedule or ask questions, click here to message me.
workshops | trainings | retreats
Let's learn, grow, and evolve together.
From Earth to Sky: Love Bird Yoga 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Next training begins September 2025
Yoga is a healing practice and after 5,000+ years it is still purposeful, relevant, and needed now more than ever. At its core, studying yoga is the study of life and self. Our time together will be spent understanding and embodying the 5 great elements - earth, water, fire, air, and space. You will peal away layers, discover your truth, and learn how to offer your gifts and inner illumination to the world. This is a Yoga Alliance approved training.
**Click here for details.**
Baja 2025: An Invitation to Grace
Januray 3rd - 8th, 2025
Season 3 of Baja Bliss is an exploration of grace. Grace meets you where you are and invites you home to compassion, kindness, understanding, and acceptance - of yourself and others. Retreat with LBY in Southern Baja to alchemize your life experiences and align with grace.
**Click here for details and registration.**
Embody: A Yoga & Ayurveda Immersion
October 17th - 20th, 2024: Hood River, OR
Join me and Sam Osborne for a 4 day / 3 night immersive experience to embody the practices of Yoga and the wisdom of Ayurveda. Our time together includes: daily asana, meditation and pranayama, workshops, a guided hike, and ample time to rest, create, explore. This is an intimate offering, registration is limited to 8. All retreaters will receive an Ayurveda self-care kit upon arrival. Accomodations: spacious living and learning in a beautiful 5400 sq. foot property, private rooms available, hot tub on site, all overlooking the rolling hills of the Hood River Valley. **Click here for details and registration.**
Yoga for EveryBODY: Teaching Gentle, Accessible, and Inclusive Yoga
40 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
March 2025
Are you a yoga teacher or aspriring yoga teacher who wants to expand your reach to folks in aging bodies, folks with limited mobility, and/or folks who may have an auto-immune diagnosis or chronic illness? Do you feel lost, confused, or anxious when your students can't safely practice what you are offering, yet don't know alternatives? Do you want to move beyond the muscular/skeletal systems and address the endocrine, lymphatic, and nervous system? This training may be your missing link. This 40 Hour training includes modules on: Gentle alternatives to "mainstream" postures, Joint Freeing Movements, Weaving in Energy Medicine and ChiGong, Trauma Sensitive Approaches to langauging and holding space, Chair Yoga, Aging Bodies, Using the wall and props, and Slackening v. Stretching muscles. Registration opens late 2024.
credentials
E-RYT500 + YACEP
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Janet Stone Yoga, 2018
Path of Devotion, 108 Hour Trainings with Janet Stone Yoga
Esalen, 2019
Mandala Springs, 2020
Columbia Gorge, 2024
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings
Heart of the Cascades, 2010
Rolf Gates Yoga, 2014
Namaspa School of Yoga, 2016
Additional Training with Janet Stone Yoga
Myth and Mantra, 2019
Teaching a Healing Tempo, 2019
Living the 8 Limbs, 2018
*I am a mentor under Janet Stone and can guide you to offerings, trainings, workshops, and retreats within the Janet Stone Yoga School. More about Janet's offerings can be found here.*
200 Hour Foundations of Ayurveda
Kripalu School of Ayurveda, 2023
40 Hour Accessible Yoga Training with Jivana Heyman
Accessible Yoga School, 2023
120 Hour The Zen Path: Nervous System Regulation
With Deanna Kay, 2024
Healing Touch with Dawn Warnaca
Level 1, 2023
Anatomy of Emotion with Mark Haviland
2024
Etc.
School of Life: I've climbed some mountains and fallen face first into a few gutters,
1976 - present.
