In 2000, the Yoga Grove opened on Grand Ave, in the heart of Coconut Grove.  It was a beautiful little spot right next to the Last Carrot, where students and teachers shared many a meal.  The yoga studio was on the ground floor, and right outside the classroom door we had all the best of the Grove's characters to entertain us: singing drunken bicyclists, wandering dogs, pedestrians and curious onlookers of varying intention.  The front door would fall off every once in a while, and we had an unruly parking lot attendant whose screaming antics would often coincide with savasana.  It all sounds funny now.  A lot has changed.  The original Yoga Grove was solely dedicated to the Ashtanga Yoga System, with all classes taught in the style of the founders' revered guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.  Since then the studio has changed hands, the line-up of teachers has grown, and the schedule has expanded to include several yoga styles.  In early 2003, the Yoga Grove moved to its current location at 31st & US1, in the Academy Building.  Suzi Page came on board as Marisa Gallardo's partner that same year, and was co-director of Yoga Grove until she died of cancer in January, 2005.  We miss her dearly.

In Loving Memory of Suzi Page