Edmonton : Kingsway Garden

Clare Dewar

Lion's Breath Yoga and Pilates

In 1999, I was involved in a motor vehicle accident that left me with a debilitating back injury. After many other holistic attempts at relief, yoga was recommended by my physiotherapist. I lost all flexibility and strength due to the accident and was terrified at the idea of starting yoga. Once I stepped onto my mat, I was astonished at the natural way my body embraced the postures, even backbends. Several years of being a practitioner and focusing on regaining the strength in my back, I enrolled in a teacher training program to teach others that you can live without back pain. I’m a strong advocate of yoga as a therapy for physical ailments and focus strongly on proper alignment in all of my classes.

Yoga has brought me the most powerful of gifts; body awareness, calmness, rhythmic energy, stillness and inner peace. Enjoy all that yoga has to offer and accept all of what yoga is…stillness.
Clare has been a practitioner of yoga for over 5 years with experience in Hatha, Bikram and Ashtanga yoga. She has been studying Iyengar yoga intensively for over 2 years, attending the teacher training program at the Yoga Studio College of Alberta in 2005 (Certified) and is also certified through the Yoga Association of Alberta . She continues to further her training in Iyengar Yoga and is currently working towards her Iyengar certification. She received her Pre-Natal Yoga certification in October 2005 from Janice Clarefield at Urban Yoga in Vancouver and is completing her training as a certified Birth Doula.