Julie Lefebvre is a health & fitness instructor and published illustrator. Julie has been practicing and teaching Yoga for over five years, sharing her unique and simple style with everyone.
Great music for your meditation
Devi Puja by Krishna Das.
A beautiful song to relax and enjoy!
Simple Yoga
Julie Lefebvre Delivers Simple Yoga in Ottawa Canada
About Julie
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Help stretch out your body.
Right before attending to your garden or doing any hard work outside, do a few sun salutations
to warm up your body. Before and after would help your body focus on all the muscles.
Alignment
Remember if you use the computer or text on your cell phone, be aware of your body alignment.
Your shoulders round out and your spine begins to curve. Try to pay special attention to your spine and line up your vertebrae one on top of the other.
This will give you perfect posture, reduce painful shoulders and [...]
Happy New Year!
To bring in the New Year, remember to consider yourself first.
Before shoveling, organizing the house, or taking down the tree and ornaments, do a few sun salutations. This way you will not have such stiff joints the next day.
And with the bills creeping up, from the gift of giving, do some breathing exercises to reduce [...]
First time doing a class?
Don’t feel intimidated to start practicing. It has been proven to reduce many health issues.
Even if you are not flexible, it is all about the breathing. You will be shown how to breathe properly and as you keep practicing, you will gain flexibility.
Come join my Hatha evening program classes. If you want a challenge, join [...]
Competing!
Ever been to a class where there are people that are doing really tricky postures and have over hundred dollar clothing on?
Remember to keep it simple. It isn’t about being able to do a handstand into a back bend, while wearing someone’s logo!
It is all about being comfortable with what you wear and how you [...]
New class!
Hi Everyone,
I have added a class to the summer session at Ray Friel.
Wednesday 6:30 pm July 9th through to August 13th.
If you are going on holiday, I don’t mind if you drop in to Tuesday night or Thursday night’s class.
Register soon, so we don’t cancel it.
Have a good summer.
Namaste!
Spring Classes!
There is still room for you to join me for a relaxing and gentle yoga class.
Be prepared to fall asleep when you get home. Wear your jammies if you like.
Classes start the week of the 19th at Ray Friel in the Serenity Room upstairs.
Tuesday is 7-8pm.
Wednesday is 6:30-7:30pm.
Thursday is 6:30-7:30pm and 7:30-8:30pm.
Hope to see you [...]
March 2008!
Hi everyone!
Wanted to let you all know that I will be having drop in classes the week of the 3rd of March!
They will be held in the same Serenity Room at the Ray Friel Centre.
I will be offering on the 4th at 7-8pm a Gentle yoga.
On the 5th, I will be teaching another Gentle class [...]
Nutrition and Yoga
As some of you know, I went overboard in 2007 with my eating habits. Lots of sweets and high fat foods. Not only did I gain some weight, but my energy went down and I always felt tired.
From the beginning of the month, I decided to start eating cleaner. I turned to a few [...]