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A change
in body, a change in mind
By
Meg Olson
Point Roberts
yoga teacher Desiree Kleeman is already packing her small yoga
studio on Madrona Place three nights a week and is thinking of
expanding her classes. “I might add a Saturday class or one
in the morning if people are interested,” she said.
After 20 years as a dancer and dance instructor, Kleeman switched
gears four years ago. “I took a yoga class and thought how
wonderful this is. It changed my life,” she said. “I
still remember my first couple of classes, leaving and feeling
like I’d had a massage from the inside out.”
Kleeman has been teaching yoga for a year and recently remodeled
her garage to become a small studio. She also teaches several
times a week at a Ladner studio. The form of yoga she teaches
is Ashtanga, a more active version of traditional Iyengar yoga.
“There are connecting movements between the postures to keep
the blood flowing,” she explained. However, Kleeman said
the precision of Iyengar creeps into her classes. “It’s
so much about alignment that we do a lot of those postures as
well.”
Kleeman has an advanced class on Wednesday evenings and intermediate
classes on Tuesday and Thursday. “We had a beginning class
but everyone moved up,” Kleeman said. ‘As we have more
people we’ll add level one again.”
Her studio on the Point only holds seven students, but Kleeman
said the intimacy is an advantage. “There’s so much
personal attention. I’m constantly adjusting people,”
she said. She’s seen changes in her students as their flexibility,
posture and overall health improved. “It’s exciting
to see the changes in people,” she said. “ I used to
see a chiropractor every six weeks for my neck, my back. I have
not been back in three years. Yoga helps you realign yourself.
It starts to even change your eating habits without you knowing
it.”
Because of the size of her studio, Kleeman has students pre-pay
for blocks of classes at $7 a class so she knows whom to expect.
However, she’s rarely had to turn someone away if they call
at the last minute.
To attend one of the classes or inquire about new classes call
Kleeman at 945-3199..
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