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Valerie
Bowker
Valerie received her yoga certification
from the Yoga Studio College of Canada in Calgary.
She has devoted her life to fitness and wellness for more
than 30 years. Her love of body-mind awareness led to the
study and practice of Yoga. In her classes core strength
and breath awareness combine to help students of all levels
develop greater strength, flexibility and inner awareness. Her
love of yoga is shared and felt by her students.
She has had the opportunity to study with
local and internationally known teachers including Margot
Kitchen, David McCammond, Felicity Green, Eddie Modestini,
Nicki Doane,Tim Miller and Rameen Peyrow. Her classes focus on breath
awareness, stretching and releasing stress through meditation
and hatha yoga.
Yoga Association of Alberta certified.
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Barb Bush-Dauphinais
Barb represented Canada in springboard diving at the l988 Olympics in Seoul, 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1991 World Championships. She presently coaches and works with the Diving Association. Barb believes that yoga provides both strength and flexibility. She likes to provide an environment for her students that promotes individual growth and development.
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Tarah Edgar
I walked out of my first yoga class with a calm and balanced feeling in my body and a huge smile on my face. I was hooked. Since then yoga has helped me to find that peace each time I come to the mat, it has lead me to travel abroad and within myself to find a deeper experience of the truth. As a teacher, I feel blessed to share this practice with others and to guide them in their own self-empowerment and knowledge. I hope to help others cultivate and trust their inner teacher.
I have had the great fortune of studying with many inspiring teachers including, Sharath Rangaswamy and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Eddie Modestini and Nicki Doane, Tim Miller, and especially Rameen Peyrow
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Andrea Gilborn
Yoga had me at hello. From my very first class I knew that this was for me. Just like love at first sight, unexplainable to so right. Not only has yoga helped my life externally but it has influenced my every day, reminding me of the value within. It helps to guide me back when I am lost and allows me to be where I am at exactly this moment.
Practicing yoga as a singer allows me to appreciate how the breath and body operate seamlessly on and off the mat. The importance of music, movement, relaxation, breath and presence play a huge role in my life as an artist and music teacher. I am very grateful for everyone who brings yoga into my life and everything that is yoga.
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Shelley Gramlich
I fell in love with yoga at the first class I ever took - wishing that I would have started long before. I took as many classes as I could squeeze in, around my school teaching day, and as many workshops as I could find. I began my exploration into teaching yoga a few years later by taking an apprenticeship program with Gerda Krebs. I followed this by taking the Two Year Hatha Teacher Program at Yoga for Today in Sherwood Park, and also became certified to teach Prenatal Yoga through Janice Clarefield. The following year I completed my Ashtanga teacher training
with Mark Darby of Montreal. I have had the good fortune to learn from many
esteemed teachers, including K Lea Gifford, Doug and David Swenson, Kate
Potter, Tim Miller, Eddie Modestini, Nicki Doane, and Rameen Peyrow.
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Neil Haggard
Neil has been a student of Hatha yoga for 10 years and teaching for 7 of those years.. His background is in traditional hatha yoga with BKS Iyengar influencing his personal teaching style. He has studied with international teachers David MacAmmond, Sandra Sammartino and Judith Lasiter as well as with Akhil Bhattacharya in Nepal. He particularly enjoys a focus on supporting beginner and intermediate students helping them to learn and understand the fundamentals of a healthy yoga practice. Students will have some fun learning how to develop flexibility, endurance, deal with stress and practice postures that enhance physical condition for other activities and create well being. Neil was an active runner for 15 years and now continues a personal fitness focus on cycling, ice and rock climbing, telemark skiing and yoga.
Yoga Association of Alberta certified.
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Angie Hamilton
I never felt as though I began the journey of yoga, but instead, yoga found me again. I am now continuing on the path I once travelled. I found my calling in Ashtanga yoga because the rhythm of the ujjayi breath matched the rhythm of my lifestyle. My inner discovery of yoga has fostered my ability to stay present in the moment, accept all for what it is, and to let go of what has already happened. Yoga has directed me through my professional practice as a Marital and Family therapist by helping integrate the concepts of unity, balance and interconnectedness of all things. I am truly blessed to be living what I love and teaching others the way I learned to find my true self. Namaste
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Julie Jeong
Julie
was born in Korea, had a B.A. degree in Seoul and came to
Canada in 1968. She began Korean dancing and singing at
very early age and was church choir director/song leader
from 1976 to 1987 and had voice training at the Alberta
College. She
started studying Yoga in late1985 and has permanent certification
with Yoga Association of Alberta and also, Reiki II practitioner.
In her class she shares her experience of the music as "sound"
and energy awareness as "inner vibration".
Yoga Association of Alberta certified.
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Catherine
Kovacs
My personal journey into the practice of yoga began in 2001. I immediately observed profound changes in myself, and a long process of healing and opening began after many years of competitive sports and a number of injuries. I remained dedicated to a daily yoga practice while completing a college diploma and later a BA, and felt deeply inspired to share the gift of yoga with others. I am truly blessed to be given the opportunity to live my life through yoga every single day, and to inspire and share with others the practice of yoga as a means to experience their true essence, their true Self. I’m devoted to practicing and teaching yoga from the heart, and passionate about inspiring others to explore, expand, grow and experience the bliss within through their own yoga practice. I believe that it is through this experience that we are enabled to live life with the greatest compassion and love for ourselves and others. I am deeply grateful to all of my teachers and students who continue to inspire my journey.
Yoga Alliance certified.
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Lucille Lavender
In 2002, I started practising yoga on recommendation from my chiropractor because of a persistent hip and back injury caused from running.
Although I was aware of the benefits from yoga, I was reluctant to take a beginner class since I could not touch my toes! However, slowly and consistently progress was made. I have developed a passion for the practice, love the feeling of freedom when my hips release and the tension leaves my lower back. The practice of deep breathing has helped parenting 3 kids as well.
Yoga Alliance certified.
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Frank Paul
My yoga journey began in 2003 when I reluctantly attended my first your
class. I found yoga for beginners too mild and quickly moved to the
advanced classed. Before long I became interested in Ashtanga yoga and
developed a passion for it. With Ashtanga yoga I was able to loose the
excess weight that I carried, controlled my type 2 diabetes and also
reduce my high cholesterol. Three years later I enrolled into the teachers
training program at Yoga for Today doing both Hatha and Ashtanga
simultaneously.
I have had the good fortune to learn from esteemed teachers, including Mark Darby, Doug Swenson, Tim Miller, Eddie Modestine, Nicki Doane, as
well as Kate Potter and Michael Stone.
I am a Laughter Yoga Leader certified by Dr. Kataria School Of Laughter Yoga as well certified to teach Prenatal Yoga through Janice Clarefield.
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Ashley Thomson
Something changed when I began practicing yoga. The feelings of balance, openness, strength and flexibility that I felt on my mat started to spread into every aspect of my life. Of course it didn't happen overnight, but over years. I started to realize that the spirit that fills my yoga practice is the same spirit I can bring to work projects and that the respect I give my friends should be the same respect I give to strangers. Life feels more like a whole, now. Of course, there are days where life's stresses seem bigger than I can handle, and in the past, I would have jumped ship! But yoga has taught me to stop and breath.....and breath....and then the pictures starts to look a bit different.
I think that my own slow and steady journey with yoga informs the way I teach. I encourage students to slow down and accept their body, their mind, and their heart as they are on any particular day. Maybe that means that some days you have a fiery practice and other days your practice is softer and more introspective. Fantastic! Every day is a new day. I feel lucky to be with students as they create their own yoga practice out of self-awareness and loving kindness.
I am greatly blessed by the yogis and teachers who continue to inspire me and the Sattva practice. I continue to holdfast to the words of Pattabi Jois: "Practice, practice and all is coming"!
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Elissa
With a background in sports and marathon running, yoga soon became the most rewarding experience for my mind and body. It has been said that people come to yoga through the "Asanas" or physical poses. I am finding out that other amazing self-discoveries are learned through the yoga journey. Yoga has a peaceful affect on the mind as well as the body. The stillness of mind and focus on breathing really brings one into an awareness, away from the distractions of daily life.
While travelling India, I discovered a daily Ashtanga practice, studying in Mysore, India at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute with Sharath, Saraswati and Guruji, Sri Pattabhi Jois. To further my curiosity, I explored Iyengar, Ashtanga and Viniyoga Yoga. Alliance teacher training certification at Yogaworks Santa Monica, while living in Los Angeles.
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Jeanette Ward
Jeanette’s passion and enthusiasm for yoga teaching is a delight to be a part of. She began to experience the numerous positive benefits of practicing yoga in 1996 and decided to start teaching in 2002. With a background in Group Fitness (since 1988), Jeanette has discovered that bringing unity to the mind, body and spirit is just as important as keeping the physical body in shape. She now finds herself sharing the many gifts of yoga on a full-time basis and is thrilled with her new life direction. Jeanette feels most fortunate to have studied with: Yogi Vishvketu, Donna Farhi, TKV Desikachar, Mark Whitwell, Rodney Yee and Shiva Rea.
Yoga Association of Alberta certified.
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Elise Watkins
Elise shares a deep passion for yoga and its therapeutic qualities with her students that stems from her own journey and experience with scoliosis. Diagnosed at the age of 13 and faced with the prognosis of eventual surgery to fuse her spine with rods, she found yoga changed her life. She is pursuing her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Alberta, studying the therapeutic effects of yoga on back pain and scoliosis. Elise teaches yoga from a holistic perspective, incorporating eastern Yogic principles with her expertise in Rehabilitation Sciences. Elise believes that to live life fully with no physical pain is to cultivate loving presence to yourself and to others. She inspires students to release blockages in the mind and pranic body to ease constriction in the physical body, tapping into the wisdom and intelligence of the whole being.
Yoga Therapist
Ph.D. Student - Rehabilitation Sciences
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Nicole Wood
I first experienced the mystery and magic of yoga in January 2004. The peace and calm that I felt intrigued me and there was no question in my mind that my next step in my life was to explore the great depths of yoga.
Through a dedicated daily practice, workshops and travel, yoga has been and continues to be an amazing gift in my life. It has led me to explore my inner being on all levels and to seek a greater depth within all. I am honoured to have the opportunity to share this fight with others through teaching asana yoga. I hope to inspire others as much as yoga inspires me everyday. I would like to thank my teacher, Rameen for everything that he is and that he shares with everyone so genuinely. |
