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 >>
Ingrid is a Vancouver-based yoga educator who tours internationally sharing the teachings of yoga, meditation and dance. Known for a creative and playful approach, Ingrid explores the traditions and teachings of yoga with an open mind. Whether she is teaching yin yoga, power, hatha or a merging of yoga with dance, she integrates awareness gathered from around the globe. Trained to teach in Hong Kong with Patrick Creelman, India and New York, she sees yoga as a universal language to uplift and inspire. A former professional dancer, Ingrid teaches yoga as an integrative science and a living, breathing, healing art for everyone. She loves to laugh, be outdoors, ride bikes, eat good food and dance like no one's watching. Her mantra is: Serve. Love. Give. 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 >>
Kristy grew up in Ontario spending time on the lakes and water ways of Muskoka wakeboarding. After moving to Whistler in 2002 the mountain lifestyle industry opened many doors in sales & marketing, but with office work came stress and deadlines, to help manage this lifestyle Kristy started practicing yoga. Through her yoga practice and teaching Snowboard and horseback riding teaching Yoga was a natural transition. Receiving her 200hr Foundation Yoga teaching certification with Yyoga in Vancouver, BC Canada she has since trained with Baron Baptiste and teaches Power Yoga among other styles. After paddle boarding in Hawaii she began to look at the paddle board as a moving mat to not only expand her practice but work stabilizing muscles to refine her practice on the mat. Through... Read the profile >>
