Lola found her love for yoga and meditation in New York City studios in 2003. She has taken classes and workshops around the world, bringing her practice to Ashland in 2013. She has a BFA in Illustration and a Masters in Early Childhood Education. Owning a local preschool (Pea Pod Village) for a decade, the primary focus was teaching children mindfulness, yoga, and art through emergent curriculum. She is a Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher (with a trauma-informed focus) and has also taught yoga and mindfulness to elementary school ages.
Lola completed her 200-hour YTT in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga with Jonah Kest, adopting a unique style composed of dynamic flows that increase brain activity and proprioception. In addition to studio classes, she teaches yoga and art camps for kids, privates for adults, and group classes to first responders. (Primarily at Ashland Fire & Rescue and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.) When Lola isn’t challenging her body and mind, she can be found traveling, cooking, eating, making art, and snuggling her two little girls.