The Ivy Yoga School is dedicated to the study and practice of yoga posture, philosophy and mindful movement. We are a classical yoga school and are in the Krishnamacharya lineage. We teach hatha, vinyasa, Ashtanga, yin and restorative yoga.
We will be holding 2021 fall 200HR and 300HR teacher trainings at Ashtanga Yoga Charlottesville in the Belmont neighborhood.
Carroll Ann Friedmann E-RYT-500
Carroll Ann has practiced yoga since 2001 and has over 1200 hours of teacher training in the Integral Yoga and Ashtanga traditions. She is a lead trainer at the Ivy Yoga School where she and Jennifer Elliott offer Pre-Natal, 200-HR and 300-HR Yoga Alliance courses. She came to AYC in 2010 and was home. Carroll Ann has made bi-annual trips to Mysore since 2013 to study with R. Saraswathi Jois and has assisted her at the KPJAYI. Carroll Ann directed the 2018 Saraswathi Jois U.S. Tour in 4 cities with over 600 students. She has worked with hundreds of students from all over the world comprising all levels of ability, experience and commitment. She has also studied extensively with Richard Freeman and Ty Landrum. She is deeply committed to the Mysore method of yoga teaching and practice. She studies Sanskrit chanting and yoga philosophy with Dr. M.A. Jayashree in Mysore, India. Carroll Ann is also a Prenatal Yoga Teacher and a birth and postpartum doula.
Carroll Ann Friedmann
Liam Buckley
Liam Buckley E-RYT-500
Liam has practiced practiced Ashtanga Yoga at AYC since 2013 with Jennifer Elliott and Carroll Ann Friedmann. He has also made several trips to Mysore, India to study with R. Saraswathi Jois, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’s daughter, at the KPJAYI. In addition to yoga asana, his practice includes work in sutra chanting and yoga philosophy with Dr. M.A. Jayashree and Prof. M.A. Narasimham at the Anantha Institute in Mysore. In 2016 Liam completed the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training for Teachers and Educators at the UVA Mindfulness Center. In 2017 and 2019 he completed the RYT-200 and RYT-300 Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Programs at the Ivy Yoga School. Generosity, positivity, non-judgment, and compassion guides Liam's teaching. Beginner’s mind is always encouraged!
Jennifer Elliott
Jennifer Elliott E-RYT-500
Jennifer has been a student of yoga for over 35 years and a teacher for over 25 years. She is a dedicated Ashtanga practitioner and loves to explore the physical and energetic alignment of the postures along with the breath and how this can heal and transform our lives on a very basic level to a more profound one. She began her study of yoga with her first teacher, Richard Freeman, in 1980, learning first in the Sivananda style, then Iyengar and finally Ashtanga. She made 7 trips to Mysore, India where she studied with Pattabhi Jois, BNS Iyengar, Venkatesha and Sharath. She also has studied with her beloved friend and teacher, Tim Miller, in Charlottesville and Encinitas.