Our Teachers

Michelle completed her Yoga Teacher Training at 7 Centres Yoga Arts in Sedona, Arizona. Her background includes work in Classical Hatha, Ashtanga and Iyengar in addition to her dance, movement and Pilates training.

She started studying Pilates in 2003, mentoring under osteopath and Pilates Instructor Colleen Jorgensen at CORE BASICS, and has been learning ever since. Michelle specializes in working with clients who have recent injuries, chronic pain or other physical limitations. She believes deeply in the intelligence of the human body and works with care and respect for each of her students. She is most passionate about exploring the principals of balance, harmony and moving from the centre, as well as yoga and Pilates’ ability to help people connect with their bodies and lead happier and in many cases, pain-free lives. Known as a quiet and generous teacher, her classes combine her passion for physical alignment and a sense of play.

Michelle is currently studying Osteopathy at the Collège Études Ostéopathiques in Montreal.

Jodie has been practicing yoga since she was 7 years old and brings a wealth of experience to her classes. Jodie uses a holistic approach of balancing the mind, body and spirit in order to fulfill her goal of restoring and maintaining her clients’ ideal health and energy.  She offers Tui Na, Thai Yoga massage, Aqua-Veechi, Dynamic Osteo, Ear Candling and various styles of Yoga classes so clients may optimize their health.

While looking for a holistic approach to practice the health care, she undertook her studies at the Natural Health Institute, Aaxion College, Lotus Palm School, Ecole d’O and Cera. Equally, she received his diploma of teacher of yoga to the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association in California, Little Lotus in Montreal and Exclusive Yoga in Boston.

With a breadth of knowledge of the human body and movement she explores yoga with a sense of lightness and fun.

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Becky is a certified Hatha yoga teacher with a special interest in teaching beginner, restorative and prenatal classes. She truly believes that yoga is for every body and loves to explore modifications and variations of poses to allow each student to discover the version that suits them. She encourages her students to approach their practice with curiosity and a sense of exploration while cultivating an awareness for the body’s sensations and comfort. Over the years, she has discovered that her asana practice has made her not only physically stronger and more flexible, but that yoga has helped her develop flexibility and strength mentally and spiritually as well. She believes that yoga is more than a series of poses done on a mat and hopes that her joy of bringing yoga into the everyday is communicated to her students.

Annie has been practicing yoga since 2001. Coming from a dance and fitness background, she instantly fell in love with yoga, which brought her a deep sense of peace, a refuge from a chaotic and over stimulating world. To her, yoga quickly became a great tool, a map for self-exploration of body, mind and emotions. From then on, she grew a strong desire to share her discoveries of the many benefits of yoga with others. Both her growing passion for yoga and strong affinity for teaching led her to complete her teacher training in 2010 at United Yoga Montreal with teachers Hart , Len BlumDonna Read. Her teaching emphasizes proper muscular work and alignment for a safer practice, deeper body awareness and a better comprehension of the postures, and strongly believes that everyone deserves a yoga practice catered to their own individual body and needs. She is known as a generous and compassionate teacher with the ability to instantly impart her enthusiastic passion of yoga and its many benefits to others.

When she was a child, growing up in India, her grandfather gave her her first yoga lessons. Now, as an adult she has practiced Yoga for over 17 years and has never felt more satisfied. Having had worked within challenging work environments over the years, she is dedicate to supporting others on their yoga path and well-being.
She truly feels a passion for yoga because she has seen its invigorating, encouraging, healing powers. She is a certified Yoga Teacher in Diyva Hatha and Somayog, with years of experience in guiding people with an effective teaching style.

Kathya is a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher and for kids. She holds a BA in philosophy from York University, which fostered her ability to perceive the links between all beings and yoga to listen to the body, heart and consciousness. After a vision to teach kids yoga, Kathya left her professional life to dedicate herself fully to yoga and is grateful for her training in Ashtanga, Yoga 4 kids, Jivamukti, Thai yoga, and Ayurveda. She believes yoga is for everyone as all can benefit from a moment of peace and happiness. Her classes create a beautiful blend from all of her teachers, the communion with everyone and nature, with joy, laughter, with gentleness, and strength.

Tara took her first yoga class in high school, but it wasn’t until after university while living in Hong Kong that yoga became her life’s inspiration and mission. Tara completed her first formal teaching training in Ashtanga in 2009 studying with the Darby family, has a background in Ayurveda & Thai yoga massage and more recently completed a training in Restorative yoga, and Yoga for Round Bodies. She is a compassionate teacher and draws on the lessons and wisdom from all of her teachers to inspire her classes. Tara believes that health, happiness and yoga comes in all shapes and sizes.

Hannah grew up in a small coastal town in southern California where you can’t drive three blocks without hitting a yoga studio. Though she began meditating in Sunday School at the age of three, she did not begin a regular asana practice until after her first year of isolation- and winter-induced depression in Montréal. The mind-body meld of meditation in motion kept her coming back, and she completed her teacher training in Ashtanga in 2011. Her teaching is focused on bringing students into the present moment, increasing body awareness and connectivity, and cultivating acceptance and contentment within each moment and each body, whatever its morphology, capability, or experience. She believes strongly in making yoga accessible and creating space for those who find themselves on the margins of most yoga communities, and to that end teaches pay-what-you-can classes for queer and trans students and allies. www.queeryoga.com