ABOUT US
Yoga for all abilities
Happy Me Yoga emphasizes the importance of taking care of yourself. We believe that making ourselves happy is the best investment we can make in life. Happy Me Yoga provides a safe place where people change their lives through:
Lucia Cordeiro Drever
Happy Me Yoga was founded by Lucia Cordeiro Drever.
Born in Uruguay and raised in Brazil, Lucia is very grateful to
speak three languages fluently (Spanish, Portuguese and English)
since it helps her easily connect to people from different parts of
the world.
Lucia is a certified Yoga instructor who spent 6 months in India
studying Yoga: a lifelong lesson. She currently studies Yoga with
Robert Birnberg in Los Angeles.
Her classes are meditation practices involving:
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- creating a deep relationship with the breath
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- linking breath with movement
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- visualizing an AMAZING life
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- making appropriate changes to our lives
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- and developing beautiful relationships
Trained with the Yoga for the Special Child program to teach children with disabilities, and certified to teach school-aged children (and classroom teachers) by the YogaEd. program, she has vast experience teaching children. Lucia earned her B.A. in Sports Science, but due to some personal injuries she took a break from working with sports and instead began practicing Yoga.
Yoga brought many discoveries to her and it soon became a daily ritual. After having worked with people with disabilities at summer camps, outdoor trips and in physical education, she knew helping these individuals was a calling. This led her to pursue a M.A. in Adapted Physical Education specializing in Yoga. Part of her thesis project was to create an educational Yoga DVD for children with Down syndrome, which is now for sale.
Lucia teaches people of all abilities in groups and privately: the classical and (in her opinion) the most beneficial way to teach Yoga.
Address: 1908 Artesia Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Phone: (310) 379 - 8060
Email: happymeyoga@gmail.com
OUR TEACHERS
Bruna Sakanoi
Bruna Sakanoi is a certified yoga Instructor, a massage
technician and teacher trainer. Bruna teaches students of
all levels and enjoys teaching a class that integrates meditation,
breath work, deep stretch, core strength, slow flow, and a period
of relaxation. Her classes emphasize breath, awareness and
compassion.
“I do yoga because it allows me to go deeply inside myself.
It waters my seeds of gratitude, patience, love and compassion. Yoga teaches me to live life more fully and to embrace all of life. I am a better human being because of yoga. I am able to meet the challenges of life in a more compassionate way. It is not a path of self-improvement, but rather a path of re-discovery… A path of re-discovery of the beauty and grace that is already happily in place. Yoga makes me a happier being and it makes my life more meaningful.”
She is certified at the 200 & 500 level through Cloud Nine Yoga School (with Erika Faith) and has also studied with celebrated teachers like Seane Corn, Julian Walker, Hala Khouri, and Erich Schiffmann.
Lois Salcer
Lois Salcer is a certified Yoga Therapist. She completed the
Yoga Therapy II program at Loyola Marymount University in
August 2007 and was trained by doctors in the field of osteopathy,
gastroenterology, psychology, chiropractics, orthopedics,
homeopathy, internists, endocrinologists, and physical therapists.
Lois is also certified in Viniyoga with Larry Payne of Samata in
January 2005. Member of the International Association of Yoga
Therapists (IAYT).
Lois loves being able to share the subtle power of yoga. Those who are receptive will find that their exploration into this loving practice will bestow them with the same tranquility and peacefulness that she has found.
Sue Lehman
Sue Lehman is a certified Hatha Yoga Instructor residing
in Redondo Beach, CA. She has been teaching for the past
thirteen years and has been practicing yoga since her teens.
She received her first certification to teach in 1997 from Samata
International school of yoga, specializing in Vini Yoga. Since
then, Sue has continued to study with master teachers from
around the world and has been certified in Pre/Post Natal Yoga,
Infusion Yoga, Yoga With Weights, Seniors and Chair Yoga and Meditation.
According to Sue, "Yoga is for everyone; babies, children, men and women alike, regardless of age or physical condition. Yoga teaches you to be in the present moment and that you are perfect in this moment. Yoga also helps you to get in touch with your body and breath. It helps to reduce stress, increase flexibility and balance, builds strength, eases symptoms of menopause, helps facilitate a healthy pregnancy and helps slow down the aging process."
It is never too late to start!
Angie Ladabouche
Like everyone else, Angie Ladabouche is on a Journey.
Angie’s physical journey was based mainly in sports,
specifically soccer, until taking her first Yoga class with
Sue Lehman nine years ago. She soon discovered the
immense benefits that Yoga not only offered her body
but, astonishingly, her mind, too, and she was hooked! Angie desired to deepen her enthusiasm for Yoga and earned her 200-hour teacher certification through Mukti Yoga under the amazing Julie Rader. She also became certified through Yoga Ed to teach K-8 students as well as Tools for Teachers to Classroom Teachers.
Angie still plays the beautiful game of soccer as well as coaches youth and women in Redondo Beach. She also volunteers teaching yoga to children.
Her spiritual journey, well that is an ever-progressing one, and with Yoga by her side, the phrase, “It is about the journey and not the destination” couldn’t be more true; it is always unfolding in new and wonderful ways!
Angie looks forward to teaching people of all ages and abilities and hopes she will be able to support you on your journey!
Athena Engelman
How would I describe my teaching style? I have been told
by students that they feel safe above all else in the classes I
teach. Safe to express, safe to play, safe to mess up, safe to
let go. Whatever that means to them, whatever comes up for
them I am there to create that space. I enjoy teaching a class
that integrates different breathing techniques, different styles
of yoga, including thematic, ashtanga, vinyasa flow, tantra,
free flow, and breath work.
The overall feeling of the class tends be one of collective group energy with enough space to have your own experience. Using various sequences and themes, and using many genres of music I hope to create a truly unique experience. I have been trained in many styles and schools and appreciate Cloud Nine Yoga for its non dogmatic teaching approach. This process of yoga and learning is never ending in so many ways and so I continue to take trainings and educate myself on the wonderful world of yoga.
Address: 1908 Artesia Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Phone: (310) 379 - 8060
Email: happymeyoga@gmail.com