Melanie Buffett

Contact Information   
Yoga Birds
209A South Section St.
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
United States
Email: melanie@yogabirds.com
Phone: 251-990-3447
Website: www.yogabirds.com


Schedule  
Yoga Birds 

Fairhope, Alabama 

Day Time Additional Notes
Tuesday 9:15am - 10:30am Focus on Form. Using Anusara UPA
Wednesday 6:15pm - 7:45pm Focus & Flow. Vinyasa and Poses with UPA
Thursday 12:00am - 1:00am Flow & Glow One Hour Practice. Vinyasa with UPA. 'Tropical' denotes a hot class.
Thursday 9:15am - 10:30am Flow & Glow. Anusara UPA woven through Vinyasa. 'Tropical' denotes a hot class (Studio Temp is 85-90 Degrees)
Friday 6:00pm - 8:00pm Friday Night Asana Clinics (Once or Twice a Month) Focus on particular poses or class of poses in practice/workshop context. Apply and Practice Universal Principles of Alignment and refinements in the featured asana. Check www.yogabirds.com for dates.
Saturday 8:30am - 9:15am Flow & Glow. Vinyasa with UPA.


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Professional Background  
A Gulf Coast native, I live in Fairhope, Alabama with my musician husband, Burke Ingraffia and our two shelter rescue doggies Bear and Reggie. We spend a lot of time in Burke's hometown, New Orleans. I love photography, sewing, French culture and language, technology, riding bikes, and COFFEE. I love learning and classroom environments. I thoroughly enjoy my life as it is now. If I weren't teaching yoga and running a yoga studio full time, I would be in Law School, or practicing law. There's plenty of time...



Yoga Background  
I began a dedicated practice in 1998 in Los Angeles at Yoga Works and The Iyengar Institute of Los Angeles. I continued Iyengar studies, various flow styles, and Ashtanga Vinyasa studies in New Orleans. In 2005 I attended an Anusara workshop with John Friend. In 2007 I completed a 200 Hour RYT course at Yoga Yoga in Austin. That same year, after completing Immersions 1&2 I chose to solely dedicate myself and my practice to Anusara studies. I am pursuing certification in the Anusara method. In July 2010 I joyfully signed the licensing agreement and am so very proud to be an Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher.


Questions and Answers   

Q: What other hobbies do you have aside from yoga practice?
A: Photography, Sewing, French Language and Culture interests, Bicycles, Late-night dancing in New Orleans, Coffee, Logic games, exploring Intellectual Property Law

Q: What is the title of a book that you have read recently that you could strongly recommend?
A: The Street Lawyer by John Grisham. Awesome beach read.

Q: What is one of your all-time favorite movies?
A: Amelie

Q: What is one place that you would like to visit in the world? Why?
A: Morocco. Intrigued by flavors and colors and passionate people from there.

Q: What's your favorite color?
A: Roy G Biv

Q: What award in high school should you have won?
A: 1st Place: Rock Music Lover & Concert Attendance

Q: What is one of the funniest incidents that occurred in one of your yoga classes?
A: I was teaching in a gym in New Orleans. A very charismatic, bulked-up, super-tan, sunglasses/headband wearing, body builder type of guy came to one of my classes. He took the space front and center. We went through a few surya namaskars for warm ups, he was very vocal, and began loud grunting. Then he abruptly yelled out "Is this all ya got??!!". Despite being startled and thrown off, I re-focused and resumed the class as he continued to heckle me throughout the entire session-- seemingly for his own amusement or possibly as a self-motivational tool. The more challenging a pose was for him, the more he yelled at me to "Give me all ya got" or "I ain't no sissy. Come on! Lay it on me". It was so absurd, that I was holding back an avalanche of laughter as were most of the other participants. Although funny-ish to a certain degree, I had to report the man to management. It turns out he was a training to be a pro-wrestler (think Hulk Hogan) and was working on his character. Apparently the yoga was very hard for him which made him all the more 'excited'. Tres bizarre!