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Liz Owen is an inspired and passionate yoga teacher. She combines
physical alignment, meditative action, and the cultivation of a joyful
heart to create an innovative and transformative class experience. She has
taught since 1990 and is known for her light-hearted teaching style as well
as for the depth of her knowledge. Liz has studied Iyengar,
Vinyasa and Classical Hatha
yoga extensively for over 25 years. Her
goal is to awaken each practitioner into a realization of the joyful beauty, light, and the play of divine energy that exists
inside the heart of every being.
Classes
are dynamic and challenging, yet always respectful of students' individual
abilities and needs. Liz draws inspiration from the deep well of yogic
philosophy and brings mindfulness and broadness into each class experience.
Liz was on the faculty of the BKS Iyengar Yoga
Center of Greater Boston from 1990 – 2003. Currently she teaches
weekly classes in Arlington, Massachusetts at The Arlington Center for Movement,
Meditation and Wellness and at First
Parish Church
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
and is on the faculty of Wellesley
College. She teaches
workshops throughout New England.
Liz holds an E-RYT500
level certification with the Yoga Alliance and is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Liz’s articles on yoga have been
published on Beliefnet and she is co-author of an NIH-funded
study at Boston
University Medical
Center studying yoga
as a healing modality for depression. She has been featured on ABC.com
News, Boston's WZLX 100.7 FM Common Ground show, CBS
television’s Sunday with Liz
Walker, She is a presenter
at Yoga Journal Boston Conferences and received “Best Yoga
Studio” from City Voter’s A-list of Best Businesses in Boston.
"...a teacher with deep knowledge, clear
commitment, and passion. Liz possesses an extraordinary ability to make
everyone feel that their needs are taken most seriously, even in a large
class. Her down-to-earth nature makes yoga accessible to practitioners of
all levels, and her sense of humor never fails to bring a big smile to this
practitioner, who started yoga with Liz back in 1997!"
- Rosi Amador
Lead vocalist and musician
Award-winning group Sol y Canto
Cambridge, MA
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