Meghan Franklin
Meghan
Meghan graduated from Montclair State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance and a minor in Psychology. As a dance major at Montclair State University she studied Modern Dance, Ballet, Jazz, and West African Dance. Through the Dance curriculum at Montclair State University Meghan was introduced to Yoga. Meghan has choreographed for the Absegami High School’s Dance Program blending Hip-Hop, Modern Dance, Yoga and Karate to leave the audience in a standing ovation her first year, and a silent crowd with tears in their eyes most recently with a dance piece about racism. She has performed at the Kumquat Theater and the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia.
Meghan has studied the martial art form of Chikara De Heiwa for nine-teen years. Chikara De Heiwa is a martial art form which blends the Japanese fighting style of Wado Ru as well as Ju Jitsu and Judo.
Meghan received her Kripalu Yoga Teaching Certification in May of 2004 and has been teaching ever since. She has also been certified in the nationally recognized K-8 Yoga Ed. program and Sonia Sumar’s Yoga for the Special Child.
Meghan has taught yoga at Atlanticare, Seashore Healing Arts Center, Absegami Highschool, Atlantic City Boardwalk Marathon Runners and Ventnor City Educational Community Complex in New Jersey. She has also taught at The Breathing Project in New York City and Maui Lotus Yoga in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. She ran a yoga beach business known as ‘Yoga by the Beach’ for over a year in south Maui at Kamaole Beach Park I in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii.
Her classes embrace all of her movement knowledge. She is very focused on correct alignment and using the breath to deepen the asanas (postures). There is an essence of choreography in her classes as the asanas are linked together creating a flow (vinyasa). Meghan also enjoys accompanying her classes with playlists of all different music genres to enhance the practice making it more of an experience rather than simply a class. There is a strong presence of honoring your body through the sadhana (practice) and being completely present with where you need to be in your body at that exact moment. Be true to yourself and discover your full, beautiful, potential through your sadhana.
