UpLIFT Nola
revive your spirit | restore balance
elevate your mind | inspire your tribe
November 2021 Schedule
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7 -8 p.m.
Monday, November 1
Moving Meditation with Alan
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 2
Painting with Peggy
7 - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November, 2
Christian Meditation Online with Alan
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 3
Gentle Yoga with Michelle
11 - 12 noon
Saturday, November 6
Free community yoga class for all levels at the University of Holy Cross
7 - 8 p.m.
Monday, November 8
Moving Meditation with Alan
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 9
Painting with Peggy
7 - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 9
Christian Meditation
5 - 8 p.m
Friday, November 13
Private Function: Women United/United Way
7 - 9 p.m.
Saturday, November 13
Private Function: Man Talk Conversation Circle
10 - 11 a.m.
Sunday, November 14
Sunday morning yoga flow with Sophia
7 - 8 p.m.
Monday, November 15
Moving Meditation with Alan
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 16
Painting with Peggy
7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 16
Christian Meditation online with Alan
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 17
Gentle Yoga with Michelle
6 p.m.
Thursday, November 18
SPECIAL POP-UP CLASS: Dynamic Dance with Sophia
11 - 12 noon
Saturday, November 20
Free community yoga class for all levels at the University of Holy Cross
2 p.m. - Until
Saturday, November 20
Private Function:Neighborhood Friendsgiving
10 - 11 a.m.
Sunday, November 21
Sunday morning yoga flow with Sophia
Nov. 25 - 28 HOLIDAY
STUDIO CLOSED
7 - 8 p.m.
Monday, November 29
Meditation with Alan
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 30
Painting with Peggy
7 - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 30
Christian Meditation online with Alan
COVID REQUIREMENTS
Keeping in line with the current COVID-19 protocols required in the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, you must present a copy of your COVID vaccination card or a negative PCR test (within the last 72 hours) in order to participate in any in-studio classes.
Training at UpLIFT
Check out our weekly schedule and BOOK ONLINE to register for any yoga, art or meditation class. NOTE: Please register for classes at least an hour before the class start time to help our instructors properly prepare in advance.
Also, check out special courses and workshops featured below.
Overview of Dynamic Mindfulness: Online
Join us for this complimentary, 1-hour Overview of Dynamic Mindfulness, developed by The Niroga Institute of Oakland, Ca.
Led by Alan every other week on Thursday at 10 a.m., this evidence-based practice is validated by neuroscience, trauma research and somatic psychology.
About Us
840 Opelousas Ave., New Orleans, La. 70114
UpLIFT Nola is located in the beautiful, historic Algiers Point neighborhood on the Westbank of New Orleans. The studio is more than 100 years old and has served the community in numerous capacities, but today it offers a quaint and quiet place to rejuvenate. Our teachers use dynamic mindfulness, meditation, yoga, art and other wellness practices to help students shake off the stress of life and restore balance.
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Owners Alan and Michelle Delery are both New Orleans natives. Alan is a Dynamic Mindfulness certified trainer with the Niroga Institute of Oakland, Ca. He has taught restorative approaches and conflict resolution in and around the region for more than 20 years. Michelle is a communications and professional public relations consultant and passionate student of inclusive and restorative yoga. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with the Shanti Yoga Training School and she is a certified Yoga for All instructor.
Yoga
The world can be so loud and hectic, but through regular yoga practice you can align and calm your mind, body and spirit. UpLIFT NOLA teaches a variety of yoga forms in a non-dogmatic manner that honors and welcomes everyone. From vinyasa and restorative, to power and gentle. We also have special courses for yoga beginners and kids, and we hope you find a practice that meets your needs.
Meditation
Utilizing active yoga postures, breathing techniques and centering methods, our meditation class helps build greater self-awareness and impulse control while allowing students to better manage stress and anxiety. UpLIFT Nola offers a regular weekly group practice as well as specialized training workshops for educators and those working in school settings.
Art
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Picasso
Remember all the hours you spent as a child coloring and letting your imagination go wild? It's never too late to bring back that feeling with our weekly art classes. Using a non-toxic oil painting method, Peggy (who reclaimed her own passion for art after retiring) leads students through a weekly 2-hour class.
Massage
UpLIFT Nola has partnered with Nola Mobile Spa, a complete luxury mobile spa service for your every need. Nola Mobile Spa (by Greenstone Therapy) offers treatments for individuals, couples, spa parties, groups, corporate events production companies and much more!
Owner Jade Pappion is a New Orleans native, and through Nola Mobile Spa and Greenstone Therapy she caters to clientele in New Orleans and Los Angeles.
Yoga for All is a Yoga Alliance certified training that specializes in yoga for bigger bodies and diverse communities.
The UpLIFT NOLA Team
UpLIFT NOLA is a collaborative of professional art, health and wellness practitioners. We work together to uplift each other, the community and every student who walks through our doors.
Marion Mulcahy
Yoga (power and vinyasa flow)
Marion was born and raised in Southern California and began her yoga practice at 17 years of age as part of her training in massage therapy. Vinyasa, Prana and Power were her first and most influential loves on the mat. Her current practice is very anatomical, alignment and goal oriented. She recently completed additional yoga certification with Shanti Yoga Shala in New Orleans to expand her proficiency in Gentle Flow, Pregnancy and Restorative Yoga.
Alan Delery
Meditation
Alan has worked in education, juvenile justice and social services for more than 25 years. In 1993, he founded Positive Impact, a 501c3 youth service organization. He currently serves a specialist with the Center for Restorative Approaches, where he provides direct service as well as trains students, faculty and staff in restorative approaches to conflict.
Alan is a Dynamic Mindfulness certified trainer with the Niroga Institute of Oakland, Ca., and he leads regular group meditation sessions.
Rachel Charbonnet
Yoga (kids)
Rachel is a native of New Orleans who recently returned to the city after receiving her bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience from the University of San Diego. During her four years living in California and studying abroad in Ireland, she developed a passion for yoga, hiking and meditation.
Upon returning to New Orleans to work with children with autism as she prepares for medical school, she received her certification in kids’ yoga from Kidding Around Yoga. “Yoga is such as fun way to calm your mind, flex your muscles and gain strength and focus, and it’s great that I can share those skills with kids.”
Peggy Delery-Pospisil
Art
After retiring from a long career as a licensed clinical social worker, Peggy picked up her paint brush and rekindled her love of art. Her body of work includes scenes of her hometown New Orleans, the historic French Quarter and Louisiana swamps and plantations. “Peggy’s Pearls” are her collection of original paintings on Louisiana oyster shells. While she prefers oil painting, she has also worked with acrylics, watercolors, watercolor batiks, pencil drawings, pastels, pen and ink. She has won numerous awards for her art and she is an active member of the Westbank Art Guild and New Orleans Art Association.
Tabitha Glover
Yoga (restorative)
Tabitha is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher. She completed her training at the Shanti Yoga Training School. Join us for her very popular restorative yoga class.
Sophia Dilola
Yoga (vinyasa flow and dance)
Sophia is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher and the owner of Surya Studio in Gretna, La. She studied at Yoga Krewe as well as the Actor's Space in Berlin, Germany. She teaches vinyasa flow with a focus on breathwork. Sophia is also about to launch a series of dance classes at the studio.
Michelle Delery
Yoga (gentle and restorative)
Michelle is a professional communications and public relations executive; however, she has transformed her love of inclusive and accessible yoga into UpLIFT NOLA, which she owns with her husband of more than 25 years Alan.
She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with the Shanti Yoga Training School, and she is a certified Yoga for All instructor, focusing on making yoga accessible for all bodies and abilities.
Michelle teaches gentle yoga, as well as restorative and chair yoga.
Cat LeBlanc
Catherine is a 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Master Bellydance Instructor & Performer, Licensed Zumba® Fitness & STRONG Nation™ Instructor, Barre Intensity Instructor, and NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
To say "Motivating Women Through Movement” is Catherine LeBlanc’s mission, would be an understatement...It is her calling. Cat’s passion for motivating women began with her own journey of self-evolution. With a strong passion for motivating women, and through the transformational power of dance & fitness...she decided to master the skills to manifest a career in both.
Cat has dedicated her life to growth-in all directions, and she’s sharing her passion with the world. Cat’s message is clear: Her belief in you is driven by her belief that we are all born with a divine purpose, and she is dedicated to helping you actualize yours!
Let's connect
840 Opelousas Ave., New Orleans, La. 70114
504.581.8735 (studio) / 504.491.4525 (cell)
