Liz Skarvelis

Founder/Owner + Community Creator

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

Founder/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.

Wendy Miller

Studio Manager

I came to Love Bird as a student looking for a gentle workout; I got that and so much more. I had no idea that yoga would change my life. Love Bird provided me with a safe space to land, heal, and grow. I am honored to contribute 30 years of customer relations experience and education in business and communications in support of this community. I’m a natural-born cheerleader and caretaker; I just can’t help but support and encourage people on their path to inner freedom. I look forward to supporting and encouraging you, the Love Bird community, along your path to inner freedom and all of the other places it will take you.

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Brooke Coletta

Yoga Teacher + Team Lead

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.

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Charlotte Fanelli

Yoga Teacher + Team Lead + Social Media

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.

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.

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Sam Osborne

Yoga Teacher

Little did I know the first time I stepped on to a yoga mat would be the beginning of my journey back home. Home to the body I had disconnected from and abandoned long ago. Having struggled with an eating disorder for over a decade, I felt so uncomfortable in my own skin. It was through the practice of yoga I started to repair this disconnect. My focus started to shift from, trying to control and the function of this amazing vessel. I became passionate about the mind-body connection and the way yoga can heal and transform us. This passion grew into a deep desire to share this healing practice with others. I teach to provide a space for self discovery, to allow space for each student to have their own unique experience, and to reconnect with the intelligence of their body, their HOME.

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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.

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Alaina Gordon

Yoga Teacher

Yoga has always been a natural and intuitive practice for me. With a deep background in dance and functional movement, yoga fell into place effortlessly. It offers me the space to turn inward, to listen to my body and move from a place of authenticity. I am continuously inspired by the simplicity of movement, breath and intention, and the power it offers to energetically heal the body, mind and heart. As a yoga teacher, I encourage students to slow down and listen to what the body is asking for, and then, move from a place of supported integrity. The use of props, modifications, variations and rest is always promoted to help you meet your body’s individual needs each time you step on the mat.

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Krissy Hilmes

Yoga Teacher

Sleepless nights and high anxiety were draining my ability to show up authentically for those around me. Desperately seeking support, I turned to yoga and immediately found a foundational and sustainable breath practice. As I grew more fluent in Yoga, I began to notice subtle shifts in my outer landscape, but it was the shifts to my inner landscape that were so profound. Yoga and breath awareness became my support in reconnecting to my center. My desire is to offer a practice that brings balance and harmony through gentle shapes and expressions with space for integration and reflection. As a wife, mother, lover of animals and nature, and persistent seeker of joy, I am honored to share the immense gifts of slowing down, breathing, and returning to our true selves through the path and practices of Yoga.

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Kaela Medrano

Yoga Teacher

Beginning my movement and teaching journey in the dance studio, creative and intuitive movement became my liberation. Creating a stronger connection with my physical body through intentional movement allowed self awareness and clarity to strengthen my mind body connection. Yoga was the gift that changed everything; it has provided a path home that I didn’t realize was within. Dance opened the gate, while yoga has allowed for sustainable expansion and ease. Integrating yogic philosophy and wisdom with physical practice has created a safe place to arrive and remember. My intention is to share an accessible and joyous practice for all to explore curiosity and playfulness while deepening their mind body connection. I am grateful for the opportunity to hold space, guiding others into their breath, an opportunity to expand, accept and release.

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Ilana Brandstetter

Yoga Teacher

I was drawn to yoga as a way to stay flexible, strong, and protect my body from injury after feeling burnt out on dance training. Although dance filled my soul, I did not always feel like I was honoring myself physically. My background in dance informs my teaching, and my hope is to offer postures and sequences based in energetic alignment, listening to the wisdom of the body, and variations to accommodate injuries and promote healing. Yoga has allowed me to grow in gratitude, humility, dedication, and slowing down. I aim to teach classes grounded in harmony between strength and ease with plenty of opportunities to turn inward.

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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.  

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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.

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Natalie Arwood

Yoga Teacher

After randomly attending one yoga class, I was hooked. I felt myself transform on a physical and spiritual level. I experienced a powerful form of healing that I had never found in anything else. After that first class, I knew my dharma was to be a guide for others to heal through yoga. During my 200-hour YTT, I realized that the healing work I would offer wasn’t only through asana but also through my vocals. I have been singing since I was a little girl, and music has always been one of my greatest passions. Evolving through self-teaching, I have begun a journey to offer healing with reiki channeled in my vocals through singing (vocal expression) and kirtan influences during events and to end my classes.

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Dawn Warnaca

Yoga Teacher

I began yoga as a means to embrace aging. One dear elder in my life was calling 911 to get off the floor after simply sliding out of her chair. I realized that if I wanted to be able to have the life skill to get up and down from the floor, I had better start now! Twelve years of Iyengar practice have supported me in feeling confident and stable in the body I have right now. Moving to Redmond, Oregon, in 2021 and joining the community at Love Bird Yoga expanded my worldview of Yoga. I am delighted to be a part of the flock.

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