Joanne’s Yoga Teaching Locations & Schedules Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill Twice a month, on a Monday or Tuesday From noon to 1 p.m. (see website for class dates) http://www.ackland.org/programs/yoga/ Free to Museum members and $5 for non-members. Phone: 919-966-5736 UNC Rams Head Fitness Center Located on Ridge Road, on top of the parking deck near Stadium Drive Tuesdays from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. http://campusrec.unc.edu/fitness/group_exercise.html.  Free to UNC students, faculty and staff with Gym & Pool Privileges. Arrange privileges for $10/month at the UNC One Card Office across from the Student Rec Center on South Road. Phone: 919-962-1385 YMCA in Chapel Hill 980 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Sundays from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. at the Chapel Hill http://www.chcymca.org/. Free to YMCA members and $9 for non-members. Phone: 919-442-9622

Joanne’s History as a Yoga Student and Teacher:

Joanne Marshall has been teaching yoga since 2001 in the UNC Group Fitness Program and more recently at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA and the Ackland Art Museum. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level http://www.yogaalliance.org/.

Joanne has completed yoga teacher trainings and been a teaching assistant for Donna Farhi, an internationally known yoga teacher and author http://www.donnafarhi.co.nz/. Joanne also continues to benefit from many wonderful yoga teachers at Triangle Yoga in Chapel Hill http://www.triangleyoga.com/ including Molly Drake, Sabine Mead, Lisa Clark, David Beadle, Scott Campbell, Rebecca Drake and others.

Joanne calls her style “mindful yoga” because it takes a slower, deeper approach to the practice that builds inner awareness and presence. Her classes are accessible to people of any age or fitness level. They can be helpful to newcomers to yoga who want to take a slower approach to learning the poses but they can also help experienced practitioners to refine their practice. The practice increases flexibility, strength and ease of movement in an atmosphere that encourages self-acceptance and non-judgment. Participants are encouraged to go at their own pace and to modify poses as appropriate for their situation. Mindful yoga is particularly helpful for stress reduction and finding a sense of calm and balance in one’s life.

To find out more about how Joanne began her yoga practice visit: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/wellness/jmarshall.html

For more information contact Joanne at: marshall@ils.unc.edu or call (919) 843-9968.