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Sydney : Ivy - George Street

Claudine Lafond

How do you love to sweat?
I love to work up a great sweat with DANCING- it feels so good to just move, bounce and jump around with playful, reckless abandon!

What is one thing that most people don't know about you?
I grew up speaking three different languages and have a black belt in jujitsu. I traveled all the way to Sydney from New York for LOVE- it was the SCARIEST and the BEST thing I've ever done in my life!

If you could have dinner with anyone, famous or otherwise, who would
it be?
If I could have dinner with one person it would be Morgan Freeman. I find him so inspiring and charming. He has lived such a full life and although he has been so successful he has remained so humble. Even though I haven't met him, I feel like I know him. I would love to pick his brain and learn more about what inspires him because he inspires me so much. I imagine dinner with Morgan Freeman would be like dinner with an old friend.

What is your favourite book?
The Alchemist by Paul Cohelo...and the Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein :-)

What is your BHAG? (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal!)
My Big Hairy Goal for this year is to go to CORFU, GREECE for AcroYoga teacher training. Once I complete my training, I will come back to Sydney and rock out the entire city and beyond with an incredibly FUN, INSPIRING and COMMUNITY based practice!

Words to live by:
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions... To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Where can people find you?
Mondays at Virgin Active at 12:15p and 1:15pm
Wednesdays at 36 Jersey Rd, Woollhara- please call to book
Thursdays at VClub at 3:30pm and 5:15pm
Private sessions and small groups available as well