Michael Rudd
Principal & Yoga Instructor
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Passionate about yoga for several years
now, Michael has found it to be a path of the most profound personal exploration, he is devoted to sharing the spirit and joy of yoga and mindfulness meditation in his classes.
Michael teaches yoga in a fun, friendly, non-intimidating style making it accessible to all age groups and levels of ability.
Michael currently deepens his own yoga practice with teacher of teachers, Gioia Irwin
and his most influential teachers are Deb Swan, Mark Finch, Thomas Myers, Shiva Rea and Reggie Ray.
Michael currently serves as a
Vice President for The Delta Hospice Society.
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Kristina
Yoga Instructor
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Kristina is a certified Yoga Instructor, for both adults and children and is a registered Fitness Leader with the BCRPA. She also has a bachelor's degree in Human Kinetics from UBC, specializing in Physical Health and Education. Her love of movement and activity brought her to yoga, but experiencing the transformational quality that yoga has, not only for the body, but for the whole self has fueled her passion to continue to practice and teach. She strongly believes in the power yoga has to create harmony between the physical, mental spiritual, and emotional components of our lives. Her classes and personal practice are inspired by the essential connection between movement and breath, and by a quality of self- care and awareness that develop with yoga practice. She is grateful for the influence and training of Maureen Frewer and also the teaching of Gioia Irwin, Deb Swan, and Mark Finch regarding tensegrity and the myofascial lines has also been extremely inspiring and influential. Kristina really encourages all people, regardless of their perceived ability, to open themselves up to the enjoyable, adaptable, freeing nature of a yoga practice. |
Maureen
(Yoga Mo)
Yoga instructor |
From a long background of teaching and
years of interest in movement both artistically and physiologically,
Maureen believes that yoga found her. Initially, she followed
a home practice of her own, soon realizing that she needed to
learn and experience more. Her initial training was at Saltspring Yoga Centre and she continues to study
with Goia Irwin and is greatly influenced by the body breath
work of Donna Farhi, Deb Swan and Mark Finch. Her focus is on facilitating the freeing
of habitual patterns of movement that encumber us physically
and emotionally, to encourage the releasd energy, integrated
with the breath, to bring us to a place of quiet and contentment
both in our lives and in our yoga.
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Lindsay
Yoga instructor
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Lindsay is currently both a dance and yoga
instructor. She discovered yoga upon her return from Asia in
2001 and received her teacher training certificate in 2003.
She began teaching yoga classes in Ladner shortly thereafter.
Lindsay feels yoga to be a natural extension
of her dance. By incorporating the art of breathing, a sense
of rhythm is created, connecting mind and body and thus deepening
our individual understanding of physical movement, completing
a dance of the self. Lindsay's teaching combines her love of
physical fitness and her interest in the anatomy and physiology
of the body. She brings to the studio a sense humor, a love
of dance, and the pure joy she finds in yoga. |
Wendy
Yoga Instructor & Certified Ayurvedic Educator.
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Wendy's teaching is very much influenced by her studies of experiential anatomy and yoga therapy with Leila Stuart and she continues to explore the healing benefits of yoga and energy work. Wendy is a certified Ayurvedic educator. Ayurveda is the ‘Science of self Healing’ from India, and this natural extension of yoga has been a great resource to allow her students to learn about their own body’s rhythms and how to find balance in daily life. Wendy hopes that those who come to her classes find themselves a little closer to their wholeness in body, mind and spirit. The blessing of Wendy's family & friends inspire Wendy every day and the lessons she receives from her students are a continual education in respect and humility. |
Janine
STOTT Pilates Instructor
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Janine has worked within the fitness industry since 1994, initially owning a successful diet and fitness franchise in the UK. After suffering from repetitive injury she discovered Pilates and successfully completed an advanced professional fitness instructor certification in the discipline of Modern Pilates and set up her own classes in the UK. Since moving to Canada in 2004 she became a STOTT Pilates certified instructor. Janine has a true passion for Pilates and is committed to the highest level of client success, personal health and wellness.
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Jes
Yoga Instructor
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"Yoga is my anti-depressant. Yoga is my stabilizer. Yoga is my retreat. If I can find a way to bring someone to the place of healing that I have experienced through yoga, my journey will have been worth all the tears, all the grief, and all the pain. Yoga heals from the inside out, and I'm living proof.
I appreciate the intricacies of alignment as a way to create a more balanced and harmonious body, mind, and spirit. I like to bring my personality to every class through knowledge, sincerity, and humor. Expect to roll up your mat feeling more present, and absolutely glistening with the light of your heart radiating from within!
Let's shine together and connect our hearts through the love of yoga!"
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Sue
Yoga Instructor
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Sue is classically trained in Hatha and Ashtanga styles, with 200 hours teacher
training, six months of formal Yoga Training, and follow up studies under the tuition of Carolyn McManus, Amrit Desai, and Shiva Rea.
Yoga keeps body, mind and soul together,' is a mantra intrinsic to Sue's teaching. Integrity, loyalty and honesty constitute her work ethic. Her ambition is to further embrace the experience that is Yoga, and to share that knowledge with my students.
In 2009 Sue started a yoga program geared to the Women on the Downtown Eastside
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Kim
Yoga Instructor
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Yoga has been entwined throughout my life in one form or another since I was a child; I have vivid memories of doing yoga with my mom as a little girl. Yoga has been a true blessing in my life and I am honoured to have the opportunity to share the joy and power of yoga with others.
My training and teaching style is strongly alignment-based with an emphasis on a creative, vinyasa-syle flow. I have a particular interest in Yoga anatomy and healing therapies as well as sharing Yoga with people that might not normally have access. In addition to my Yoga training, I have taken courses in fitness theory, weight training and sports nutrition.
When I'm not on the mat, you will most likely find me chasing my two kids, but I also love running and any fitness activity that can be done outdoors.
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