Be Free, Live Fully is a healthy, mindful, and compassionate community of teachers, coaches, healers, and students. It welcomes all and is supported by its community members.
> To provide you a forum to further your practice
> To welcome all who wish to be part of a healthy, inclusive and supporting community
> To remove the barriers that are preventing you from showing up for yourself and others
who we are
WHO WE ARE
why we're here
WHY WE'RE HERE
> Living openly and being yourself
> Breaking molds that don’t serve you
> Living in alignment with your highest self
> Releasing shackled thinking
> Speaking your truth
Being Free is
> Ending your search for meaning outside yourself
> Accepting the impermanent nature of all things
> Avoiding putting life off until later
> Soaking up the beauty of this earth
> Embracing those you love
Living Fully is
Jessica truly believes we can heal our
bodies with nourishing food and movement.
Residing in D.C., Jess believes that each body is individual - that we all have a unique way of eating and living that’s best for us. Her passion for community and her desire to lift those in need up ultimately led her to become a health coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
She encourages people to nourish themselves on the inside and out, and helps people to find balance and peace in their lives on and off the mat.
Founder of Be Free, Live Fully
Yoga Instructor + Certified Health Coach
+ Usui Reiki Master
Jessica Sandhu
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Be Free, Live Fully teachers!
Sojun Godfrey lived for nine years as a Zen Monk at Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan and has been practicing meditation for more than 25 years, teaching for 10.
Since returning to the United States, he has taught meditation and yoga, spent years dedicated to social justice activism, and taught as a classroom teacher in elementary, middle, and high school levels. Currently, he counsels and teaches high school students with trauma backgrounds in Winooski, Vermont.
As a meditation teacher, his goal is to bring the heart of practice to people living with all the contradictions of the modern age, in a way that is useful and relatable.
Sojun Godfrey
Meditation Teacher
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Kate began her yoga practice over 15 years ago. After graduating with a degree in Psychology, Kate completed her 200 & 500 hour teacher trainings. Kate later became the first full-time yoga teacher for Womack Army Medical Center's Intrepid Spirit Center on Ft. Bragg, NC for two years, teaching yoga & mindfulness practices to active duty soldiers as a part of the Pain Management and Traumatic Brain Injury Clinics.
Kate's classes are influenced by several different styles and lineages with a focus on dynamic sequencing from Ashtanga yoga blended with an emphasis on safe alignment and healthy movement. As a teacher, her classes are designed to inspire self-awareness, personal empowerment and to connect deeper with ourselves and the world we live in.
Kate Rivard
E-RYT 500 and Licensed Massage Therapist
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Victoria came to yoga as a supplement to her love for outdoor activities. Doubtful yoga would provide the same physical results, she found it delivered them along with a new found connection to body awareness and mindfulness. Eventually, yoga lured her by teaching stillness in movement, challenging her to live with intention and asking the wandering mind to be present through each breath.
She hopes to motivate others who are skeptical of the practice and break misconceptions of what yoga is or is not. She believes you don't have to be strong, flexible or athletic, but simply arrive with openness to explore something new. You'll find her classes to be challenging and fun with a strong emphasis on synchronizing movement with the breath. Expect to build full-body strength, learn alignment and leave with mental clarity from her classes.
Victoria Chase
Yoga Teacher
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Clara first started practicing yoga in 2014, after moving to Washington, DC for her first full-time job. Adjusting to the pace of professional life in a big city was a challenge, and yoga became a peaceful refuge for her.
Clara completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2017. Her goal is for every person to feel included and supported in her class.
In her classes, students are led through a moderately paced series of postures with opportunity to adjust the shapes she suggests in ways that will best serve them. She is influenced by her years of practice in vinyasa, ashtanga, and yin styles. She shares gratitude with her students both on and off the mat.
Clara Wallace
Yoga Teacher
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Shauna made her way back to yoga after a car accident injured her neck and back in 2008. This rediscovery of yoga helped heal her physically and change her mental approach and attitude to life. Shauna completed her 250-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher’s Training in 2012 at Ashtanga Yoga Montreal and has studied various forms of yoga from teachers around the world. Recently, she has focused more intently on the study and practice of Iyengar yoga.
In her teaching, she draws inspiration from Iyengar Yoga and focuses heavily on alignment & breath awareness. She encourages students to cultivate connection in the body and mind, and how our individual practices help us connect better to the world around us.
It is her mission to share the healing power of self-exploration and self-actualization by journeying inward with her loved ones and community.
Shauna Mahajan
Yoga Teacher
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Brendan came to yoga as a form of stress release during a heavy bout of exams in high school. The practice opened him to a deeper connection with breath and body movements and allowed him to feel empowered during stressful portions of his life.
He continues to practice as a way of building strength and resolve during difficult times. Brendan has a playful and energetic approach to the practice offering options at each phase of the class and allowing students to challenge their existing beliefs around capability.
Brendan Smullen
Yoga Teacher
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Gaby is a certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and an integrative health coach.
She lives in Charleston, SC and graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Exercise Science. She has always had a passion for movement and nutrition, and yoga has been a huge part of her personal wellness journey as well as her journey to help others.
Her morning meditation is an opportunity to start your day relaxed and energized
Gaby Lacorata
Meditation Teacher
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Mana left creative director position in the fashion industry based in Tokyo in 2015 to travel through Southeast Asia. where she began her yoga journey. Since then, she has extensively studied, practiced, + taught yoga as she traveled throughout the world including Thailand, Laos, Japan + the United States.
Yoga and meditation simply brings her joy and peace, and she endeavors to share that joy and peace with her students. Based in the firmness of the Ashtanga tradition, her classes are challenging and inspire discipline that guide students towards personal transformation.
Mana Takai
Yoga Teacher | She / Her
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JoAnn began practicing yoga to compliment her active lifestyle, and fell in love with the empowerment, serenity, and grounding it brought to her life. Energetic and motivated, JoAnn is passionate about guiding others in creating balance on and off the mat.
Originally from Pennsylvania, JoAnn has lived in the DC area for over 19 years with her wonderful husband and pizza-loving dog, Jackson. She was a DC Public Schools teacher of 17 years before co-founding Capitol Teachers, a full-service tutoring organization.
Outside of her yoga practice, JoAnn is an author, enjoys traveling, cooking plant-based recipes, reading, writing, and spending time outside cycling, hiking, skiing, + paddle boarding.
JoAnn Hill
Yoga & Barr Teacher
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Lindsey has been practicing yoga for nearly 15 years, which has helped her grow stronger both on and off the mat. She originally found the practice in highschool as a way to balance the physical demands of the sports she participated in. At the time, it was more of a physical practice for her.
As years passed she began to deepen her practice, soon realizing that asana is only one of the 8 limbs of a yogic path. Realizing the healing potentials of yoga, Lindsey began to expand her practice after an anxiety diagnosis. After seeing the positive effects yoga can have first hand, she completed her 200 hour power vinyasa certification in hopes to share the practice with others. In addition to vinyasa Lindsey teaches SUP yoga and Yin yoga.
Lindsey
Yoga Teacher
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Catherine has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years after injuries from her competitive running days forced her to hang up her spikes and instead roll out her mat. She began teaching roughly 13 years ago, becoming a teacher trainer 10 years later. A dedicated student to the Iyengar approach, Catherine has more than 1,000 hours of training and teaches and trains teachers in the YogaWorks method, an approach to yoga that combines Iyengar and Ashtanga principles into an accessible style focused on smart sequencing and alignment (asana), breath work (pranayama) and meditation (dharana and dhyana).
Catherine incorporates her daily moving, breathing and sitting into her “day” job at RedPeg Marketing, where she is Vice President of Partner Services and serves as a member of the senior-leadership team.
Catherine
Yoga Teacher
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Be Free, Live Fully is a healthy, mindful, and compassionate community of teachers, coaches, healers, and students. It welcomes all and is supported by its community members.
why we're here
WHY WE'RE HERE
> To provide you a forum to further your practice
> To welcome all who wish to be part of a healthy, inclusive and supporting community
> To remove the barriers that are preventing you from showing up for yourself and others
Being Free is
> Living openly and being yourself
> Breaking molds that don’t serve you
> Living in alignment with your highest self
> Releasing shackled thinking
> Speaking your truth
Living Fully is
> Ending your search for meaning outside yourself
> Accepting the impermanent nature of all things
> Avoiding putting life off until later
> Soaking up the beauty of this earth
> Embracing those you love
Meet our team of truly extraordinary
Be Free, Live Fully teachers!
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Jessica truly believes we can heal our
bodies with nourishing food and movement.
Residing in D.C., Jess believes that each body is individual - that we all have a unique way of eating and living that’s best for us. Her passion for community and her desire to lift those in need up ultimately led her to become a health coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
She encourages people to nourish themselves on the inside and out, and helps people to find balance and peace in their lives on and off the mat.
Founder of Be Free, Live Fully
Yoga Instructor +
Certified Health Coach
Jessica Sandhu
Sojun Godfrey lived for nine years as a Zen Monk at Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan and has been practicing meditation for more than 25 years, teaching for 10.
Since returning to the United States, he has taught meditation and yoga, spent years dedicated to social justice activism, and taught as a classroom teacher in elementary, middle, and high school levels. Currently, he counsels and teaches high school students with trauma backgrounds in Winooski, Vermont.
As a meditation teacher, his goal is to bring the heart of practice to people living with all the contradictions of the modern age, in a way that is useful and relatable.
MEDITATION TEACHER
Sojun Godfrey
Kate began a regular yoga practice over 15 years ago. After graduating with a degree in Psychology, Kate completed her 200 & 500 hour teacher trainings. Kate later became the first full-time yoga teacher for Womack Army Medical Center's Intrepid Spirit Center on Ft. Bragg, NC for two years, teaching yoga and mindfulness practices to active duty soldiers as a part of the Pain Management and Traumatic Brain Injury Clinics.
Kate's classes focus on dynamic sequencing from Ashtanga yoga blended with an emphasis on safe alignment and healthy movement. As a teacher, her classes are designed to inspire self-awareness, personal empowerment and to connect deeper with ourselves and the world we live in.
E-RYT 500 and Licensed Massage Therapis
Kate Rivard
Victoria came to yoga as a supplement to her love for outdoor activities. The yoga practice offered the same intensity while grounded her focus internally and directing her mind to each breath and movement. Yoga lured her by teaching stillness in movement, challenging her to live with intention and asking the wandering mind to be present through each breath.
She hopes to motivate others who are skeptical of the practice and break misconceptions of what yoga is or is not. You'll find her classes to be challenging and fun with a strong emphasis on synchronizing movement with the breath. Expect to build full-body strength, learn alignment and leave with mental clarity.
Yoga Teacher
Victoria Chase
Clara first started practicing yoga in 2014, after moving to Washington, DC for her first full-time job. Adjusting to the pace of professional life in a big city was a challenge, and yoga became a peaceful refuge for her.
Clara completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2017. Her goal is for every person to feel included and supported in her class.
In her classes, students are led through a moderately paced series of postures with opportunity to adjust the shapes she suggests in ways that will best serve them. She is influenced by her years of practice in vinyasa, ashtanga, and yin styles. She shares gratitude with her students both on and off the mat.
Yoga Teacher
Clara Wallace
Shauna made her way back to yoga after a car accident injured her neck and back in 2008. This rediscovery of yoga helped heal her physically and change her mental approach and attitude to life. Shauna completed her 250-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher’s Training in 2012 at Ashtanga Yoga Montreal and has studied various forms of yoga from teachers around the world. Recently, she has focused more intently on the study and practice of Iyengar yoga.
In her teaching, she draws inspiration from Iyengar Yoga and focuses heavily on alignment & breath awareness. She encourages students to cultivate connection in the body and mind, and how our individual practices help us connect better to the world around us.
Yoga Teacher
Shauna Mahajan
Brendan came to yoga as a form of stress release during a heavy bout of exams in high school. The practice opened him to a deeper connection with breath and body movements and allowed him to feel empowered during stressful portions of his life.
He continues to practice as a way of building strength and resolve during difficult times. Brendan has a playful and energetic approach to the practice offering options at each phase of the class and allowing students to challenge their existing beliefs around capability.
Yoga Teacher
Brendan Smullen
Gaby is a certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and an integrative health coach.
She lives in Charleston, SC and graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Exercise Science. She has always had a passion for movement and nutrition, and yoga has been a huge part of her personal wellness journey as well as her journey to help others.
Her morning meditation is an opportunity to start your day relaxed and energized.
MEDITATION Teacher
Gaby Lacorata
Mana left creative director position in the fashion industry based in Tokyo in 2015 to travel through Southeast Asia. where she began her yoga journey.
Since then, she has extensively studied, practiced, + taught yoga as she traveled throughout the world including Thailand, Laos, Japan + the United States.
Yoga and meditation simply brings her joy and peace, and she endeavors to share that joy and peace with her students. Based in the firmness of the Ashtanga tradition, her classes are challenging and inspire discipline that guide students towards personal transformation.
YOGA TEACHER | SHe / HER
Mana Takai
JoAnn began practicing yoga to compliment her active lifestyle, and fell in love with the empowerment, serenity, and grounding it brought to her life. Energetic and motivated, JoAnn is passionate about guiding others in creating balance on and off the mat.
Originally from Pennsylvania, JoAnn has lived in the DC area for over 19 years with her wonderful husband and pizza-loving dog, Jackson. She was a DC Public Schools teacher of 17 years before co-founding Capitol Teachers, a full-service tutoring organization.
Outside of her yoga practice, JoAnn is an author, enjoys traveling, cooking plant-based recipes, reading, writing, and spending time outside cycling, hiking, skiing, + paddle boarding.
YOGA & BARRE TEACHER
JoAnn Hill
JLindsey has been practicing yoga for nearly 15 years, which has helped her grow stronger both on and off the mat. She originally found the practice in highschool as a way to balance the physical demands of the sports she participated in. At the time, it was more of a physical practice for her.
As years passed she began to deepen her practice, soon realizing that asana is only one of the 8 limbs of a yogic path. Realizing the healing potentials of yoga, Lindsey began to expand her practice after an anxiety diagnosis. After seeing the positive effects yoga can have first hand, she completed her 200 hour power vinyasa certification in hopes to share the practice with others. In addition to vinyasa Lindsey teaches SUP yoga and Yin yoga.
YOGA TEACHER
Lindsey
Catherine has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years after injuries from her competitive running days forced her to hang up her spikes and instead roll out her mat. She began teaching roughly 13 years ago, becoming a teacher trainer 10 years later.
A dedicated student to the Iyengar approach, Catherine has more than 1,000 hours of training and teaches and trains teachers in the YogaWorks method, an approach to yoga that combines Iyengar and Ashtanga principles into an accessible style focused on smart sequencing and alignment (asana), breath work (pranayama) and meditation (dharana and dhyana). Catherine incorporates her daily moving, breathing and sitting into her “day” job at RedPeg Marketing, where she is Vice President of Partner Services and serves as a member of the senior-leadership team.
YOGA TEACHER
Catherine
