About Us
Just Be Yoga & Meditation is looking to expand its team of dedicated yoga teachers. If you are a qualified yoga teacher or know someone who is, please click on the position description below for more information on current positions available!
Teachers:
Lesley Gough
Lesley founded Just Be Yoga and Meditation in 2008 and is the Principal at the studio.
She has a background in Social Work where she worked with children with disabilities and their families. Lesley was drawn to the practices of yoga and meditation through her personal struggle with back problems eventually leaving her 9-5 job and pursuing her passion for teaching this ancient practice.
Lesley teaches to all abilities with ease and through her deep understanding of the practice assists students to achieve their yoga potential. Her own struggles with back problems make her an extremely empathetic and gifted teacher for those
students with injuries or special needs.
Lesley is certified as a Yoga teacher and has also completed teacher training for Meditation and Kids Yoga. She continues to develop her own understanding of yoga through weekly classes, daily home practice, regular meditation retreats and workshops. She strongly believes that to teach yoga and meditation meaningfully and with sincerity to others she must continue to develop herself through practice.
Margaux Lovett
Margaux Lovett is an inspired yoga practitioner, yoga teacher, lecturer and qualified Occupational Therapist (OT) who has worked in the health industry for more than eight years.
Margaux’s hatha yoga journey started years ago in London where she made the decision to give yoga a go to balance out the fast paced city life and stressful job. Starting with a traditional Sivananda teaching she completed courses in asana, meditation, yogic psychology and an advanced diploma of yoga.
She is a lecturer at Moksha Yoga Academy where teaches her anatomy lecture with insight into how to apply knowledge of the structure of the human body to yoga’s physical practices of asana, pranayama, sivasana and meditation as well as the impact of injury and medical conditions on yoga practices.
Margaux teaches Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and Vinyasa Flow as well as chair/gentle hatha yoga. Her teaching style is a balance of eastern yogic philosophy and psychology with a western focus of anatomical body alignment knowledge to help students learn about and experience their own bodies as well as to raise their awareness of the mind-body-spirit connection. With her OT background, Margaux is able to tailor classes to suit common occupational and lifestyle injuries and medical conditions.
She believes that everyone should be able to have access to the wisdom, knowledge and inner peace that is yoga.
Nicole Alexander
Nicole believes that yoga is for everyone and anybody can benefit from this beautiful art form. Yoga evokes a sense of calmness, clarity, harmony, vitality plus inner strength to those who practice.
Her love of yoga started 10 years ago after the birth of her daughter. As with the majority of people who explore yoga, she began with the intention of it being a 'keep fit program' plus giving her some needed time away from home! Little did Nicole know where this journey would take her! Years on, the passion for yoga has grown stronger, as has her body, mental capacity and ability to relate to others in a more warm and loving spirit.
Nicole has practiced many forms of yoga – Astanga, Iyengar, Hatha, Synergy and Shadow, with some of the most highly respected and regarded teachers in Australia. She continues to participate as a student to further expand on her own knowledge as a yogi. Nicole would describe her style of teaching as warm, fun and approachable. It is varied and she is open to exploring and questioning the physical, anatomical,and spiritual parts of our bodies. Nicole has a keen interest in Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicines, and is currently studying a diploma in Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies.
Tracie Martens
Tracie Martens has been practising Iyengar Yoga for the last 21 years. Her interest in yoga started at the age of 12 when she attended a weekly class with a school friend.
She started her teacher training in the Iyengar System in 1998 and became certified in 2000.
She has held intensive workshops in Melbourne and Sydney and currently teaches weekly classes in Monbulk.
Tracie’s personal practice and teaching skills are always being refined under the guidance of her teacher Peter Scott, the Iyengar family in Pune India and through ongoing Professional Development co-ordinated within the Australian Iyengar community.
Being passionate about Iyengar Yoga, her intention in class is to teach precision, balance and awareness so students can reap the benefits of this intricate system.