Liz Skarvelis

Founder / Owner + Yoga Teacher + Teacher Trainer

Yoga always invites me home - home to my body, my breath, and the moment. My intention is to bring a felt experience of coming home to others - on the mat and in life. My offerings are relevant and practical, while including wisdom teachings, subtle body awareness, energetics, and pranayama practices. I believe in our collective consciousness and universal heart and tap into both to teach and guide. I am also drawn to levity and absurdity, as laughter is real good medicine. More about Liz can be found here.

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Greg Skarvelis

Owner

I found the joy of yoga and realized I wanted to share the benefits and experience of yoga with others. As an avid motorcyclist and outdoorsman, I have found practical application of yoga to my life.

Brooke Coletta

Yoga Teacher + Teacher Trainer + Studio Partner

I love Yoga because it makes me feel whole. I love that the practice is more than physical, yet it is physically challenging every time you step onto the mat. I strive to teach every student how to experience each posture in a safe, sustainable, and intentional way. As a serious student of philosophy and teacher of all of the limbs of Yoga, it is my responsibility to share the ancient but very alive teachings in an authentic and compassionate way. More about Brooke can be found here.​

Lindsey Rask

Yoga Teacher

My mat has always been a sanctuary for me, it is where I go to tend to my temple. The practice of yoga helps me feel connected to self, it helps me feel at home in my body, and reminds me to breath. Teaching yoga is stepping into my dharma. Yoga is an ancient practice passed on from teacher to teacher. I feel honored to have received this path and practice from my teachers, and it is an honor to guide as your teacher.​

Annie Casey

Yoga Teacher

I was introduced to yoga more than 20 years ago and have witnessed yoga's transformative power in all seasons of life. I consider yoga integral to living a grounded and embodied life in an increasingly fast-paced and cerebral world. You can expect a blend of flow and the rejuvenating, restorative, and profoundly healing aspects of Yoga Nidra in my classes. I aspire to leave students feeling more aligned in mind, body & spirit by inviting connection to each individual’s innate wisdom. In life off the mat, I work to facilitate rural and agricultural resiliency, share mindful time with two recently-wild mustangs, and spend spare moments in the garden.​

Amanda Bird-Zimmerman

Yoga Teacher

My yoga journey started out of curiosity. I wanted to get comfortable in my own skin, to acquire tools and knowledge for long-term health and to build a foundation for life-long authentic connection to the world around me. I believe passionately in the healing qualities of this ancient practice to expand our hearts as well as strengthen our bodies. When on our mats together we’ll explore the felt sensation of spaciousness. Through playful movement and breath we’ll reveal the wisdom hidden within our bones, muscles and tissues, and generate space to make room for grace.  ​

Charlotte Fanelli

Yoga Teacher

I have always been in touch with my intuition and sensitive to the world around me. Beginning the journey to deepen my practice allowed me to be present in my body and experience the ebb and flow of life more freely. Living in alignment with the yogic path invites an abundance of presence, trust, healing, learning, acceptance, love, and connection. I aspire to hold space for others to remember this abundance as their natural state and to return home to themselves again and again.

Leah Guliasi

Yoga Teacher

I began practicing yoga as a teen to support my swimming and manage my scoliosis. After a few years of teaching fitness classes and experiencing more anxiety in my life, I was drawn back to yoga. I hadn’t planned to complete a YTT, but everything fell into place, and I wouldn’t change anything about the experience. Yoga has brought me closer to myself and a community that I didn’t know I needed. It is a reminder to stay intentional, both on and off the mat. I hope to share my experience with others by providing a safe space for people to feel at home and in their body through yoga.​

Steven Sanders

Yoga Teacher

Yoga is a practice that enhances our relationship to the mind and body as well as our connection to the Universe. In doing so we increase our ability to live in harmony with all aspects of life. As a lifelong student of yoga, it is my privilege and pleasure to offer its teachings and benefits to others.​​

Kyle Bonfert

Yoga Teacher

I have a deep passion for movement and mindfulness and continue to refine my practice to offer concise, meaningful direction that encourages students to explore their bodies and take the teachings of yoga beyond the mat. I specialize in hand and arm balances and have dedicated extensive time to understanding and teaching the mechanics, preparation, and mindset required to find balance in these postures. My hope is to create an uplifting space where students can experience balance as a moving meditation—one that cultivates strength and focus within each vinyasa class.​​

Andrea Fastenow

Yoga Teacher

Initially, I turned to yoga as a supplemental practice because I often neglected proper stretching after long runs and bike rides. Over time, yoga became much more than a complement to my training, and evolved into a therapeutic practice—an opportunity to quiet my mind and connect with my breath, body, and inner self. 

Through these experiences and my training, my teaching is centered on slowing down, cultivating awareness, and encouraging students to honor what feels right in their own bodies.

Grace Schuessler

Yoga Teacher

​Grace has been a yoga practitioner for eighteen years, originally falling in love with the Bikram Hot Yoga series before diving into the realm of vinyasa and meditation. After teaching and managing at Core Power Yoga in Portland, Grace moved to Bend and has been teaching intermittently at studios around Central Oregon since 2019. With a focus on breath work, strength, and finding calm in the chaos, you will always leave her class feeling refreshed physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Lorin Croft Matekel

Yoga Teacher

My personal practice found its peak during an intense life experience, which led to introspection, and a journey of self-discovery. The rawness of the experience brought a deeper understanding of focus on my mat that resulted in compassion, peace, healing, strength and the passion to help others find their power and peace through yoga.

I have a down-to-earth approach to yoga and enthusiasm for life, and am focused on guiding students on their path to a

healthier mind, body and soul.

Joan Vetter

Yoga Teacher

After a few challenging years, I felt depleted, exhausted, and "lost" from my inner self. I came to Love Bird Yoga in July of 2022, then took a leap of faith in January 2024 to hasten self-transformation via Yoga Teacher Training. For several months, my heart, mind, and body became saturated with yoga, learning alongside a close community of other students and exceptional teachers. YTT helped ignite passion and joy for life, asana, pranyama, and meditation. As a yoga teacher, I bring gratitude and enthusiasm for the 8-Limbed Path of Yoga, a "Slow is Strong" approach to the mat, a willingness to share my experience, a background in various athletic pursuits, and teaching as a career (middle-schoolers!). I teach to connect with people, share joy, enjoy humor, and fully embrace the collective, life-affirming GIFT that is Bhakti yoga! ​​

Jade Macrae

Yoga Teacher

I completed my teacher training with Liz Skarvelis, founder of Love Bird Yoga. My teaching style draws partly from my 20+ years of predominantly Ashtanga practice, but leans heavily into a slower paced, breath focused and more restorative overall experience. Expect a deeply soothing relaxation, as I use voice and intuition (being a professional touring vocalist) to guide you to the close of your practice.

Lindsey Peck

Yoga Teacher

I stumbled into my first yoga class as an athlete with a desire to build strength and resilience in my body.  What I walked out of that class with was a genuine feeling of being home.  Little to say I was hooked and yoga slowly became a way of life.  I teach an  intuitive flow class that builds strength and resilience in the body and the mind.  With heavy focus on alignment, you’ll find balance between effort and ease.