Luna Yoga Staff

Jennifer Maagendans
Owner, Manager, Yoga Teacher
Jennifer Maagendans is a yoga teacher, entrepreneur, and environmentalist. She is the director and founder of Centre Luna Yoga - a hip and cozy yoga studio in Old Montreal. Practicing yoga since 1996, Jennifer has a background in gymnastics, is a certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, and holds a degree in Environmental Studies from Concordia University. Her teaching emphasizes inner peace and happiness, as well as a strong connection to the earth. She has studied with many well known teachers from around the world, including: David Life, Sharon Gannon, Darby, and Bhagavan Das. In 2008, Jennifer released her first instructional DVD, YogaFlo for Peace and followed it up in 2010 with YogaFlo for the Earth. In addition to leading yoga retreats in Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica, she teaches at her studio Centre Luna Yoga in Old Montreal. You can follow her blog at http://www.centrelunayoga.blogspot.com/.

Please note Jennifer is currently on maternity leave, however she is available for private classes, mentor sessions, workshops and retreats. Contact her at jennifer@centrelunayoga.com.

Jason Kent
Owner, Assistant Manager
Jason is assistant manager to life partner Jennifer. He runs the reception and organization of the studio. Jason is also known for his music. You can listen to his music at the following link: www.myspace.com/sunfields

Bram Levinson
Co-Manager & Yoga Teacher
Bram has been an enthusiastic yogi since 1999, and after a massive life/career change in 2008, began his Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with Darby, Shankara & Joanne. With additional training from Luna Yoga's Jennifer Maagendans, Bram incorporated all his experience on and off the mat into his yoga classes which offer insight into alignment, breath awareness, and the ability to use laughter to get through the more challenging postures and sequences. He is an alumni ambassador for the Lululemon Ste Catherine St location, and has co-led retreats in Canada & Mexico, and led his own in Santorini, Greece. Adding to his yoga classes and retreats, he started his Mentorship Program in November 2011. Bram is forever grateful to the Darbys, Jennifer Maagendans, and Joan Ruvinsky who initially offered illumination on his yogic path. His website can be found at www.bramlevinsonyoga.com, and his insights and obervations can be followed on his blog connect to the sky at http://bramlevinson.wordpress.com/ .

Frances Vicente
Yoga teacher
Frances has a background in dance and competitive Sport Aerobics (a sport which combines aerobic dance moves with gymnastic elements) - she discovered her passion for yoga in 2006 when she began working at Lululemon Athletica. To her, dance is very much an outward expression, whereas yoga offers an opportunity for self-reflection. Frances recently completed her yoga teacher training and draws from her experiences in all areas of her life to bring creativity, compassion and laughter to her classes. She is thrilled to be a new part of the Centre Luna yoga family! Frances is a certified Jivamukti teacher.

Dawn Mauricio
Yoga Teacher
Practicing Yoga since 2000 and having completed a first Meditation retreat on a Thai monastery in 2006, Dawn decided to give up her short-lived Marketing career to become a Yoga teacher. Teaching full-time since, Dawn's style has evolved into a playful and dynamic approach that draws from her experiences in Kripalu and Ashtanga Yoga, as well as Mindfulness Meditation.

Meanwhile, Dawn has sat regular silent Meditation retreats and completed numerous Yoga workshops with exceptional teachers from both Canada and the U.S. She has also fervently pursued raising awareness about global issues. Dawn organizes yearly Yoga Malas, or fundraisers, in which close to twenty thousand dollars has been raised for organizations such as Greenpeace, Équiterre, Amnesty International and Le Garde Manger Pour Tous.

Dawn Bailey
Yoga Teacher
Dawn took her first yoga class at the age of fifteen in a summer music program. She continued to study yoga in the hopes of improving her singing performance by finding a deeper connection to her body and breath. When she moved from Edmonton to Toronto in 2005, she discovered Jivamukti Yoga and the practice quickly transformed from a physical practice into an entire way of life. In 2008 she completed the Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training with Sharon Gannon and David Life, and since that time has been teaching public and private classes regularly, as well as continuing to deepen her own yoga practice and to explore the connections between yoga and the voice. Dawn is an encouraging and patient teacher and her classes are infused with music and inspiration. She is eternally grateful to all of her dear teachers who have passed on these precious teachings so perfectly to her, and she teaches with the goal of transmitting these sacred teachings to others as joyfully as they have been given to her.

Tara Lazanis
Yoga Teacher
Tara took her first yoga class in high school, but it wasn’t until after university while living in Hong Kong that yoga became her life’s inspiration and mission. Tara completed her first formal teaching training in Ashtanga in 2009 studying with the Darby family, and draws on the lessons and wisdom from all of her teachers to inspire her classes. She also has a background in Thai yoga massage and is equally as passionate about crafting and making jewelry as she is about yoga. Tara is currently finishing training in restorative yoga, and plans on completing a further training focusing on yoga for round bodies later this year as she believes that health, happiness and yoga comes in all shapes and sizes. She has been a part of the Luna family since 2007 as a receptionist and is proud to be teaching at such an incredible studio.