About Mona Flynn and Life Fit Yoga
Mona Flynn, MS, C- I AYT, ERYT500, YACEP, TRE Advanced Provider
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST, YOGA THERAPIST, AND PILATES TEACHER
Mona Flynn is the owner of LifeFit Yoga. Though her exercise physiology background gave her a start with special populations from cardiac rehabilitation to competitive athletes, she started sneaking yoga and mind-body practices into classes for high-risk groups in the mid-1990s. Once the western world embraced yoga in the early 2000s, LifeFit, Inc., was created with a concentration in both yoga and Pilates.
Mona has a Master's degree in exercise physiology and has over thirty years of teaching experience. She specializes in the blending of preventive and rehabilitative therapies. She is currently a doctoral student in Kinesiology at UNCG.
Mona is a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, IAYT. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as a continuing education provider and as a Hatha teacher with Iyengar influence. In addition, Mona holds Balanced Body Pilates certifications , is a TRE (Trauma and Tension Releasing Exercise) Advaced Provider, and has been certified with Moms in Motion (pregnancy and postpartum), Aquatic Exercise Association, and the Arthritis Foundation. As a yoga therapist, Mona has certified in specific areas of Yoga for Osteoporosis, Yoga for Back Care, Yoga for Arthritis, Yoga Nidra Levels I and II, and Yoga Therpay with Pranayama, Bandhas and Mudra.
She is the owner of LifeFit, Inc., a business dedicated to using the teaching of wellness principles for improved lifelong fitness and well-being, while building community. Applying these business ideals, Mona is the founder and Board of Directors Chair for a 501c3, The Yoga Connection, a community SEVA which supports immigrant and refugee women in Guilford county through yoga therapy group classes.
About Life Fit Yoga
Our Mission: Life Fit, Inc. is a wellness business dedicated to providing opportunity for self-discovery through the mind-body practices of yoga, yoga therapy, Pilates and TRE. Utilizing a Hatha-based, Iyengar-influenced yoga practice, Balanced Body education and resources, and state of art TRE/trauma informed training, Life Fit specializes in helping the student transform body, mind and spirit toward realized goals. In addition, we provide a certification programs through the Institute of Integrated Yoga Therapy, for those looking to realize their true potential along their journey of yoga.
Our Vision: Our vision is to grow Life Fit’s visibility and effectiveness as a valued part of our immediate and global community, and to building professional programming through our network of students, teacher graduates and across our professional networks.
Goals:
To use the wisdom that comes from self-realization as the foundation for spiritual growth along both personal and collective journeys of life, embracing others while offering our knowledge and efforts toward building community through service (seva), both within and outside of our LifeFit community.
To contribute to the professions of yoga therapy, yoga teaching, pilates therapy and pilates teaching through educational offerings, classes, products and public service to include and embrace diversity by including all populations.
With over 30 years of experience, we have created safe and unique private and group mind-body classes and programs to benefit students of all ages, from youth to seniors and from many cultures and diverse backgrounds. Collectively, our students lock arms to create and participle in community engagement and improvement.
Values:
We value the mind-body practices of yoga, yoga therapy, pilates and TRE for the spiritual, social, emotional, physical, intellectual and community health and well-being they support.
We value individuality, truth, respect, commitment and compassion in how we participate/practice together both on and off the mat.
We value community in every sense of the word.
We value the health of the our students, helping them cultivate healthy relationships and the health of the environment of our world community.
We value innovation and technology in serving our students, helping to deepen their and our collective learning, and making our mind-body practices more widely available.
LifeFit Yoga offers the following ways for students to practice yoga, Pilates and TRE:
Private classes at the studio with two Yoga Wall stations, Migun bed, Balanced Body Pilates Tower/Cadillac, Clinical Reformer, Arcs and more!
7 Weekly Group classes, held in person and virtually
Special classes and workshops
OnDemand classes
Online courses