Biography: laura Dunn

 Laura Malia Dunn has been practicing the Ashtanga method for the past ten years and teaching yoga for the past seven years.  Her first teachers are Rupali Embry and Tania Ingrahm of Yoga Hawaii in Kaimuki, Hawaii.  She received her 200-hour teaching certification through Rupali and certified Ashtanga teacher Anthony “Prem” Carlisi.   In 2005 Laura took her first trip to Mysore, India as well as studying with Sri K Pattabhi Jois in San Francisco and his grandson, Sharath, in Honolulu, Hawaii during their tours.  In February of 2009 Laura completed a fruitful one-year apprenticeship with Cathy Louise Broda, authorized by Sri K Pattabhi Jois in 2002. Laura’s teaching is informed by her studies of religion and philosophy completed at the University of Hawaii.  Laura also studied Sanskrit for three years with grammarian and Hindu priest, Rama Nath Sharma, professor of Sanskrit studies at the University of Hawaii.     Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Laura was exposed to many different cultures, religions, and methods of thinking.  Raised in Catholic-Hawaiian family, Laura saw how to connect seemingly opposing viewpoints harmoniously.  A large part of Laura’s yoga practice involves the “bringing together” of the fragmented self.  Laura draws from a background in Buddhist meditation, the study of Buddhist philosophy, Yogic texts, and Sanskrit. She also holds her second degree in reiki.    Laura has developed a method of teaching that emphasizes both steadiness and ease in an effort to strike a balance between the tension of opposites in life as well as in yoga practice.  She teaches students to cultivate the longevity of their practice through adopting an attitude of discipline, patience, and non-attachment   Currently, Laura teaches classes at Yoga Hawaii, in Kaimuki, Open Space Yoga in Diamond Head, and assists Cathy Louise Broda and Glen Butcher some mornings and evenings atPurple Yoga in Moilili.   Click here for current class schedules and location information.   Laura also offers private yoga lessons in clients’ homes and offices.  Click here for more information.  
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