Chantal believes every day is better once you've taken time to unroll your mat and she brings her enthusiasm and love of yoga to every class she teaches. "Yoga should be fun," she often says. "And everyone can and should do yoga --- not just bendy people." So it's no surprise that she thinks Smile-asana is a very key pose --- something to practice on and off the mat. With Shanti Yoga, a new studio she opened in Tsawwassen this April, she's excited to be bringing more downward dogs to the South Delta area. She admits she's broken into a jig on a few occasions when she spotted locals walking down the street carrying yoga mats, en route to class. Because no one ever regrets doing a few sun salutations right? In addition to yoga and all things yoga-related, Chantal is... Read the profile >>
Jey Wyder is Vancouver and Canada’s first certified master instructor of The Dailey Method®, a fitness concept that originated in San Francisco and has become increasingly popular throughout the United States. Jey teaches this mix of ballet barre work, core conditioning, stretching, and orthopedic exercises on Vancouver’s West Side. Fitness is an integral part of Jey’s life. She has always worked out, and for the past 15 years, her focus has been on yoga and Pilates. A certified Pilates mat instructor, she taught Pilates classes throughout Vancouver. Several years ago, at the urging of her sister Karen, she went to San Francisco to try The Dailey Method®. After taking several classes, she knew she had found her passion and calling. She was amazed at how she felt and could... Read the profile >>
After years of practice, Yoga has demonstrated to me that its system affects us on deeper levels, conscious or not it connects us to it all. I feel so blessed to have been teaching fitness for over a decade and delighted that I can share the Art of Yoga and its profound teachings to my students. I encourage my students to fine-tune their intimate connection to their body, with freedom of movement and breath, fluidity, alignment. Tuning into their true nature by dedicating themselves every moment. All moving towards the light that shines so bright in all of us, one breath at a time. OM. Read the profile >>
Kate is our newest yoga ambassador and we are excited to welcome her to the lululemon Oakridge team! She began the practice of yoga to heal from physical injury. Since that time yoga has become a big part of Kate's life. She completed her 250 hour Anusara teacher training with the amazing Chris Chavez. Her teaching style is a reflection of a love of alignment, strength of movement and freedom of breath. Kate is a lawyer and an adventure sport junkie. She is passionate about sharing her love for yoga and seeing the benefits of yoga through her students. Read the profile >>
Sparky Wickstead placed 4th overall, 1st Canadian in the 2002 Vancouver Marathon. He loves his beautiful, blue, De Rosa bicycle more than you can possibly imagine and he makes the best bocconcini salad in Vancouver. Read the profile >>
Tanya was born into a family where sports and fitness weren't a big thing. They were the only thing. Growing up, Tanya was a competitive swimmer and soccer player and health and fitness was a way of life. She went to Simon Fraser University and found that studying kinesiology was exactly what she was meant to do. Tanya always knew that family was important, but didn't realize it's magnitude until her first child was born. She combined her two greatest passions; family and fitness and created her business, Buggy Babies Fitness. Being a new mom and certified trainer she quickly recognized the need for mothers to have a place to workout with their baby. She began offering a stroller class once per week and created a welcoming environment for women to workout, chat and have... Read the profile >>
