It's official... I'm a yoga teacher... Amanda Elizabeth Barfield, RYT!!! I am currently teaching an alignment-based flow class every Sunday afternoon at Yoga Birds, in Fairhope, at 3:00 ~ and I am loving every minute of it! Check out www.yogabirds.com for more information about the studio (owned by Melanie Buffett) and the amazing yoga opportunities available within our community! "By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one." [Sara Thomsen]
Many of you have asked wonderful questions regarding my passion for yoga, so I thought I would share the following with you... It is the Bio you will find on the Yoga Birds website. My "passion" for yoga is an understatement... God has used yoga to save my life, and I am eternally grateful. Many thanks to ALL of my teachers, but especially Augusta Kantra, LPC,RYT and Melanie Buffett, E-RYT, Anusara-Inspired. You mean the world to me. Namaste.
Amanda began her yoga journey in 2008, while on crutches and in a wheelchair. During a two year period of physical disability, Amanda found hope, healing, and empowerment through a yoga practice that focused on her ABILITY to breathe with mindfulness and adapt through creativity and patience. As a Recreational Therapist, Amanda knows the importance of incorporating healthy leisure outlets into our daily living. She believes yoga has created much-needed balance in her life, and finds joy in helping others experience this sense of wellbeing and peace. Amanda recently graduated as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) and is thrilled to be teaching at Yoga Birds. Her Sunday afternoon "Align & Flow" class provides an opportunity to spend time in community with one another, making the transition from the weekend to the work week one of fluidity and ease.
"Yoga is life. It is an internal and external connection...to God, to ourselves, to our world. Yoga is a journey, a continual learning experience...through a quiet mind and an open heart. Yoga is a process of transformation on a path toward wholeness and health. Yoga has taught me the art of self compassion, a skill that has not always come naturally. Yoga has given me the gift of breath...permission to inhale and exhale...to simply be. Yoga is an opportunity to embrace each moment. Yoga is an invitation to live." [aeb 2010]
Love and Peace,
aeb
