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Lauren

Lauren is a personal trainer and a power yoga instructor at my studio (click here to see her schedule!)  She’s a former collegiate runner who discovered she could prevent injuries by practicing yoga.  She’s also an actress, an aunt and she makes a mean homemade peanut butter cookie.  One day in her class, I caught myself…

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Yoga Booty Ballet

We do the best we can at the yoga studio to introduce Yoga Booty Ballet with words: “Yoga Booty Ballet is a fun, sexy and spirited workout that will leave you feeling refreshed and inspired. Work your body, engage your mind and lighten your spirit as you practice this East-meets-West amalgam of meditation, cardiovascular dance,…

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Brooke

I’ve had some fun the last few months photographing instructors from my yoga studio.  Brooke is the first of these sessions:   Brooke teaches at Namasté and 5 other locations in New Orleans.  She is the owner of YogaLagniappe.com and serves on a local alumnae board with me, which is how we originally met.

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the Rowell family

How lucky am I?  I fell into this beautiful, lively, friendly, interesting family simply by moving in! And I love my job.  :)  

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Christopher and Colin

Adventures in holiday family portraits isn’t just for kids — it’s fun for the whole family!  Just ask the parents of any 2-year-old boy, and their stories will make you laugh.  :)

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Eliza

Baby Eliza is my very special, first official portrait session in the Big Easy.  Giving credit where credit is due, she came with confident parents who never ran out of stamina.  Eliza is flashing her best grin not for the photographer but for the studio soundtrack — her Mommy’s amazing voice, singing original songs inspired…

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So…I bought a yoga studio yesterday. !

Three weeks ago, I set out as an aspiring student in search of a yoga studio. Today, I bought it. The journey from Point A to Point B was every bit as whirlwind and/or crackpot as it must sound, plus some. The short story version begins with the move to New Orleans. First things first:…

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Move Day | The New Orleans Chapter

Long gone are the days when I could load everything I own into my little Honda, uproot and move in a few hours.  Even still, there’s something strangely cathartic about the stress of a move.  I think it has to do with the purging of stuff — the shedding of unneeded, unnecessary, unwanted items that…

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