Joan Lauckner

Joan began practicing yoga over 10 years ago in North Dakota when she was introduced to Iyengar Yoga.  After her first class she knew she would be teaching one day. Her practice continued to grow as her life took her all over the United States and Canada.  Along the journey she studied many different types of yoga, including Anusara, Bikram, and Vinyasa flow.  In 2004 at the Downward Dog Yoga Studio in Toronto she found Ashtanga Yoga, which has become her primary practice.  Shortly after, she moved to L.A. where she began to practice at the Center for Yoga and in 2006 she completed the Yoga Works Teacher Training with Natasha Rizopoulos and Jeanne Heileman. Joan leads a fun and challenging class in a relaxed atmosphere where she infuses the alignment details of Iyengar with the flow of Ashtanga. When a yoga pose is aligned correctly it feels almost effortless, and Joan believes the same principle applies to life.