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YOGA EDUCATION AND TRAINING


1984-present

  • Manitoba Fitness Council (1984- present)- Certified Group Fitness Instructor, seniors, resistance training, YogaFit (2016). Manitoba Fitness Council (1992- present)- Evaluator of Fitness Leaders
  • Accessible Yoga Training School-  Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher (2020)
  • Source Yoga Teacher Training  RYT 200 Hour Yoga Teacher (2012)


Completed


  • Manitoba Fitness Council Annual Conference 2023 - topics included, Dual Task Training, Lifting for Longevity, Master Movement Mechanics and Restorative Yoga & Mindfulness Meditation.


  • Accessible Yoga Association - Yoga Conference 2022  
  • St. John Ambulance - Recertified CPR/First Aid/AED- Nov 2022


  • Accessible Yoga Association - Yoga for your Pelvic Floor class and workshop by Avery Janeczek Kalapa and  Swaati Mehra-Ramcharan  


  • Accessible Yoga Training School - Accessible Yoga Conference- Oct 2021 featuring a variety of speakers and topics pertaining to Accessible Yoga (23 hours).

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  • Yoga International- Anatomy and Yoga Therapy Conference, 20 hours (in process) featuring teachers Bernie Clark, Tiffany Cruikshank, Kathryn Templeton, Aadil Palkhivala, Christina Sell, Maggie Reagh, Molly Birkholm, Seffany Moonaz


  • Manitoba Fitness Council - Trauma Aware Workshop, Lisa Greenbaum- September 2021.


  • Accessible Yoga Training School- Aging and Yoga, Safe Yoga for Boomers and Beyond, workshop - Carol Krucoff, Co-director, Yoga For Seniors, July 2021.


  • Yoga International - Trauma Awareness Course:  A Yogic Framework, Dr. Sean Felt Oakes. 


  • Yoga International- Essentials of Yoga Therapy Course, 11 Hours - Volumes I and II ) Jan to May 2021. 


  • Yoga International- The Science of Yoga and Yoga Therapy - Understanding the Research, Workshop by Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD.. Apr 2021


  • Yoga International - Yoga therapy and Managing the Stress Response course. Apr 2021

2020-2019

  • Accessible Yoga Training School-  Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher 2020
  • Manitoba Manitoba Fitness Council 35 Year Award Oct 2019
  • Manitoba Fitness Council - Conference Oct 2019
  • Yoga International - The Art & Science of Breathing Dec 2019


2018-2012

  • Manitoba Fitness Council Conference - October 2018
  • Yoga Centre of Winnipeg (2018) - Advanced Teacher Training
  • Manitoba Fitness Council March 2017 - Made in Manitoba Conference.
  • Yoga Centre of Winnipeg (2013 to 2017) - Advanced Yoga teacher training program.
  • Yoga Centre of Winnipeg Professional Development (2017) - Yin Yoga Teacher Training.
  • Navina School of Yoga Therapy (2016) - Completed Thai Yoga Practitioner side-lying series.
  • Navina School of Yoga Therapy (2015) - Certified Thai Yoga Practitioner training completed.
  • Source Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hour (2012)
  • Styles trained in - Hatha, Yin, Vinyasa, Power yoga, Restorative.
  • Enabling Access (2013) - Completed Adapted Yoga training certification.



My Story

In 1984, I started on my fitness journey with Manitoba Fitness Council and taught many classes for 25 years, as well as attended numerous conferences and workshops in fitness and healthy living. 

To this day, I continue that training and knowledge and maintain my certifications with Manitoba Fitness Council, Certifications include: Group Fitness, Resistance Training, Older Adult, YogaFit, and MFC Evalutor of fitness leaders. I enjoy this side of my background as it helps me to see things from a safety perspective, exercise science as well as understanding anatomy and movement.


During all these years, I started taking yoga classes with an interest in what this was all about. In 2004, yoga was being explored but not in the boom it is now in 2018. I took many different types of classes, exploring what I liked and spent years at 2 yoga studios, keeping my practice consistent. After sometime, I continued that path and started with Susie Dias training from Toronto, and then later Maureen Rae to further enhance my education. To me, this was a stepping stone and the baby steps to my yoga journey.


In 2012, I took the leap and completed my 200Hour Yoga Teacher training with Source Yoga, Dillon Cherret, teacher. This 3-week extensive training gave me the foundational structure to teach Hatha, Vinyasa, PowerYoga, Restorative and Yin Yoga. Since then, I have been with the Yoga Centre in their Advanced Training Professional Development program for the last 5 years. The training with the Yoga Centre covers many areas of yoga and continues to expand my education and training.


In 2017, I also took Yin Yoga training from the Yoga Centre, through Candace Popp.  In 2014, I also added Thai Yoga to my Certifications and completed the training with Drew Hume, Navina School of Yoga Therapy. I continue to take continuing education with Navina and am thankful to Drew for his continued support, encouragement on this new path in my career.  Yoga is my place of peace from our busy world, and I teach to share that love of being peaceful inside and out, and enjoy helping others in their life journey.


I can be found teaching classes in St.James and St.Boniface, at Sturgeon Heights Community Centre as well as BeYoga.  I also have a business background in Business Administration, Management Development, and Marketing.  When I am not teaching yoga, I can be found working in business administration to serve and share my knowledge in this additional side of my life. 

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