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Liz Owen has been
studying yoga for 25 years and teaching since 1990. A practitioner of hatha yoga, Liz is dedicated to the beautiful and inspiring
art of the Iyengar method. Combining the principles of
physical alignment, meditation in action and cultivation of joy and insight
from Iyengar yoga, Liz's classes create a rich
practice for all students. 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 has studied yoga and meditation with world-renowned teachers, including
BKS Iyengar
and Geeta Iyengar, whom
she directly studied with in India
and the United States;
Karin Stephan, Patricia Walden, senior Iyengar
teacher and Liz’s primary teacher since 1988, and Zen Buddhist
master/meditation teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
She is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher and holds an E-RYT500 level
certification with the Yoga Alliance. 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 currently sits on the Board of
the Iyengar
Yoga Association of New England. 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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