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

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.

Charlotte Fanelli

Studio Manager + Social Media 

Yoga Teacher + Teacher Trainer

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.

Brooke Coletta

Yoga Teacher + Teacher Trainer

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Robby Fanelli

Yoga Teacher

Although I first practiced yoga about 8 years ago, it wasn’t until I came to Love Bird that something clicked, and I realized the full abundance yoga can provide. After a transformative year, I was called to take yoga teacher training for personal growth and development. I never planned to teach, but in my first community class, it felt so natural to hold sweet space for those around me and to give everyone the opportunity to slow down, breathe, and be with themselves. I have always been drawn to yin and restorative yoga to help my mind and body slow down. My hope is to cultivate a safe, freeing, and welcoming space for all to rest, relax, and be.

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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.​

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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! ​

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Janet Rankin

Yoga Teacher

I can’t even remember a time when I didn’t practice yoga, and I can’t imagine who I would be without it. The pose of savasana is what keeps me returning to my mat. I’ve practiced for decades in all sorts of venues and with teachers of all lineages. As Liz mentioned, I’m an OG. My greatest influences and yoga heart reside with TKV Desikachar, Judith Lasater (Restorative Yoga), and Paul Grilley (Yin Yoga). When asked to describe what “kind” of yoga I teach, my answer is “feel-good yoga” because that’s how I want you to feel both during and after class. I tend to live in my head, but practicing and teaching yoga connects me to my body and my heart. I feel blessed to have been so warmly greeted and accepted by the Love Bird Yoga community and to find a new yoga home.​​

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Carolyn Candela

Yoga Teacher

Yoga is a practice that has shaped my entire life. From the time I first stepped foot on a mat when I was in college, I knew that yoga was a practice I'd want to continue throughout my life. The year I turned 30, I asked myself, "what is the legacy that I want to leave behind?" That's when I enrolled in my first YTT and became a yoga teacher. What I love the most about being a yoga teacher is helping people get out of their minds and into their bodies. My classes are fun and rejuvenating with a restorative flair. I infuse my teaching with wisdom from the Earth and its seasons. Off the mat, I run a life coaching business where I help people regulate their nervous systems and navigate big life transitions with grace. ​

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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.​

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