Evin Friedlander

Contact Information   
17100 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
United States
Email: info@westsideyogastudio.com
Phone: 440 7731605
Website: westsideyogastudio.com


Schedule  
Westside Yoga Studio 
17100 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, Ohio 44107

Day Time Additional Notes
Sunday 10:00am - 11:30am Long Slow Deep Anusara Inspired
Sunday 11:45am - 12:45pm Beginners Yoga
Sunday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Open Level Vinyasa
Monday 6:00pm - 7:15pm Yoga For Strength,Fitness & Transformation Anusara Inspired
Monday 7:30pm - 8:30pm Open Level Vinyasa
Tuesday 9:30am - 10:30am Beginners Yoga
Tuesday 5:30pm - 6:30pm Yogalates
Tuesday 7:00pm - 8:15pm Relax & Restore
Wednesday 9:30am - 10:30am Open Level Vinyasa
Wednesday 6:00pm - 7:30pm Long Slow Deep Anusara Inspired
Wednesday 7:45pm - 9:00pm Open Level Vinyasa
Thursday 6:00pm - 7:15pm Core Yoga
Thursday 7:30pm - 8:30pm Power Yoga Basics
Friday 6:00pm - 7:15pm Ignite the Flame -Intermediate Level 1st Friday of the Month Vino Vinyasa Happy Hour
Friday 9:30pm - 10:30pm Intermediate Vinyasa- Anusara Inspired
Saturday 9:00am - 10:15am Open Level Vinyasa Community Practice $10.00
Saturday 10:30am - 12:00pm Bikram Style Yoga
Saturday 4:00pm - 5:00pm Intermediate Level Vinyasa Community Practice $10.00


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Professional Background  
Evin Friedlander, founder of Heaven and Earth Yoga was born, raised and educated in New York City. Evin graduated college with a bachelor's degree in nursing--she is certified as an RN. She also holds a graduate degree in Public Health Education. Evin worked in the health and hospital system in NYC as a critical care nurse. She later went into pharmaceutical and medical sales and ultimately she became a Director of Health Programs for several health insurance companies including Blue Cross of California.

Evin became interested in Buddhist studies in 1989 and started to practice meditation. Moving to California in 1990 she became a regular student of Tibetan Buddhist studies. Living and working in the Central Coast of California, Evin began her practice of Hatha Yoga in 1997 as a result of her interests in meditation.



Yoga Background  
In May 2005, Evin was certified as a Yoga Instructor with the OM Yoga Program founded by Cyndi Lee in NYC. OM Yoga is described as a "juicy flowing vinyasa style of yoga that combines Buddhist Meditation Practices with precise attention to breath awareness, precision alignment, Sun Salutations and Asana".

Evin is dedicated to advancing her studies in yoga practice by continuing to study with internationally recognized yoga masters such as Baron Baptiste, Sean Corn, Gregor Singleton, Max Strom and Sianna Sherman to name a few.

In the past 6 years Evin’s has chosen to focus her attention to the path of Anusara yoga. Her primary teachers are John Friend founder, and Sianna Sherman a long time apprentice to John and internationally recognized in her own right. John has been internationally recognized as one of the top 20 master teachers in the world, appearing in Esquire Magazine in 2007and in an article in the NT Times Magazine Section in 2010, in an article entitled "The Yoga Mogul". Evin completed level 1 and 2 teacher training with John in Oct 2008 in Boston,Mass.

In the past two years Evin has intensified her studies under the direction of Sianna Sherman at Shine Yoga Center in Cinn, OH. She has completed her second 3 part Immersion with Sianna in 2009 and in Oct. 2010 Evin completed a 3 part teacher training with Sianna planning on applying for Certification in 2011.

Evin’s teaching balances powerful sequenced movement with in depth knowledge of physical alignment and body mechanics. The mental focus is one of concentration, focus, mindful awareness and breath.

The Anusara approach to yoga practice blends teachings from ancient yogic philosophy with skillful empowerment of body and mind. Evin strongly believes in and has experienced the healing power of yoga and meditation in her life. It has been her dream to share this healing with others. She began Heaven and Earth Yoga in 2005 and now with much gratitude and appreciation of friends, family and students who have supported her on her journey she opened Westside Yoga Studio which resides on Detroit Ave. in Lakewood in Oct. 2008.

Evin is pursuing her Anusara Yoga Certification and plans to be the first in the Cleveland area to have an Anusara Affiliated Studio. Evin has accumulated over 700 hours of study and practice in technique, philosophy, yoga therapy, and instructor training. She is an inspired and devoted practitioner and instructor.


Questions and Answers   

Q: What other hobbies do you have aside from yoga practice?
A: hiking, skiing, reading, participating in the enjoyment of the arts.

Q: What is the title of a book that you have read recently that you could strongly recommend?
A: The Diamond Cutter By Geshe Michael Roshe

Q: What is one of your all-time favorite movies?
A: Moonstruck, I am a total romantic

Q: What is one place that you would like to visit in the world? Why?
A: I have always wanted to visit Africa. I have a love of seeing and experiencing cultures different than my own. I also love animals and fear the extinction of many species in my time on earth. I long to experience the continent of Africa as it is in all of it's beauty and diversity.

Q: What's your favorite color?
A: Red for awakened mind.

Q: What award in high school should you have won?
A: Being the most adaptable, having moved from Brooklyn NY to a rural surbaban high school in the middle of my junior year was a difficult change for a 16 year old city kid. But I definitely made the best of it and made lots of friends.

Q: What is one of the funniest incidents that occurred in one of your yoga classes?
A: I recently was contacted by a Reality TV Show on Dating in the Ohio area. They came to the studio to film the participants in a Beginners Yoga Class. It was a blast. Another incident was when I was teaching at another studio and a mouse appeared and ran across the floor in the middle of a class.