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Name: Alicia Northcott Age: 29 Occupation: Health Adminstration Why do you come to Essence of Living: Essence is the first place where I have connected with yoga or pilates practice. The studio is spacious and clean and classes are plentiful and convenient. The teachers are beautiful and highly capable and their teachings are well balanced, leaving [...]
Hometown: Lismore, Northern NSW
Top 3:
Books
‘The Power of Now’ ‘The Alchemist’ ‘Marching Powder’
Movies:
‘Anchorman’ ‘The Thing Called Love ‘March of the Penguins’…ohhh and ‘FIGHT CLUB’ is genius!
Foods:
fresh homemade Guacamole chutneys chilli jams!
Favorite destination: There’s so many..ummmm… San Blas Islands along the Caribbean coast of Panama [...]
Head to the Beach this weekend at Dusk to experience this natural delight
May 2, 2012: The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealing through drapes. If a moonbeam wakes you [...]
Age: 29
Occupation: Chef
Why do you come to Essence of Living: When I moved out of Coolangatta I wanted to live around Mermaid Beach so I could go to Essence of Living. I always wanted to practise yoga regularly and with the variety of class times at Essence of Living makes this [...]
I am now up to my very last weekend of yoga and am very excited to be finished and beginning my Pilates Level 1 Teacher Training Course.
Yoga has changed my life in a huge way. For this I am incredibly grateful to Michelle and all the girls in the office for how they have [...]
Name: Grant Spedding
Age: 55
Why I come to Essence of Living: I initially came because I was recuperating from shoulder surgery & the Dr. suggested that Yoga would help. However I quickly became addicted to the classes & the ambience. The studio is an oasis of calm & serenity in what is sometimes otherwise [...]
Name: Allie LeDuc
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Favourite book/s: The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo. On the Road, Jack Kerouac. Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me, Patti Boyd.
Favourite movie/s: Way too many… i can’t decide..Madagascar. Lords of Dogtown. Almost Famous.
Food I love: Anything mom used to make especially her xmas cookies (mexican wedding [...]
Name: Ashleigh Tomlinson
Age: 28
Why I come to Essence of Living: I come to Essence of Living mainly because of the classes and the community. Essence is a welcoming, inclusive environment and I always feel like I’m coming home when I walk through the doors.
How long have you been practising: [...]
Name: Sharona Short
Age: 31
Why I come to Essence of Living: I love the overall feeling of Essence of Living. All of the girls that work there are angels, they make sure you have a great experience with every class. Michelle and Clare are also the masters of a hard-core pilates workout, so they [...]
About Michelle
This is my life in a nutshell. I am the owner and operator of Essence of Living on the beautiful Gold Coast, Australia. I live and breathe my vocation as it resonates with every cell of my body. I truly love what I do and do what I love. I want to share my passion with the world around me and hope to create a happier, healthier world with those willing to change and grow with me.
