Holistic Institute of Health & Fertility

Jessica is a registered nurse with 9 years of combined experience supporting individuals and families across the lifespan. Jessica has worked in several different areas and settings in many different roles. Private home care, acute care, the postpartum unit, nannying, nursing education and more.

Jessica completed the Infant-feeding Specialist Certification from Lactation Training and is also a certified trainer for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Jessica’s goal has always been to provide high-quality care and incorporate health promotion and prevention into every aspect of her practice no matter the environment she is in.

Candace started her yoga practice 20 years ago, finding sge was drawn back to her mat during time of stress, then realizing yoga was an essential part of creating balance in her life. She started her first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training after having a second misscarriage. It was a catalyst to change her life path. She then completed an 85 hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training in 2016. The in-depth examination of Prenatal and Postnatal special considerations helped her realize a passion for womens health.

Candace teaches with a focus on organic, functional movement, building a yoga practise to enhance everyday life. Her prenatal/postnatal classes include a focus on Pelvic floor health and making the connection with breathwork.

Each person in a yoga class is at a different place in their journey. Candace is so honored to be a part of it.

Eliza took her first yoga class in 2000. She was instantly intrigued and inspired and still is so many years later.

Early on, she realized that one day she would become a yoga teacher; she wanted to share her passion for yoga with others.

Yoga became an instrumental part of her life, it got her through two pregnancies and helped her recover physically and emotionally, following these enormous changes in her life. In 2015, she took her 200hour and therapeutic yoga training and now truly enjoys sharing yoga with others, of all age - groups. For Eliza, watching bodies move and creating a space where one may allow oneself to instill compassion, acceptance, ease and tranquility for themselves is amazing.

I am a new mother. I was astonished that the journey through pregnancy, birth, and new motherhood had such a profound and positive effect on my life. However, I was also amazed that this process was so physically and mentally taxing and that such little care and attention is offered to birth parents as they transition into their new bodies and roles. I was moved to seek training to help support others through pregnancy and parenthood. A few months after giving birth, I completed my 85-hour pre/postnatal yoga teacher training. Since that time, I have been offering pre and postnatal classes. From my own experience, I know just how important support, both physical and emotional, is for parents-to-be and new-parents, and I enjoy being a member of a community of support.

I have a dynamic background. Having worked for nearly 20 years as a Certified Yoga and Meditation Instructor with a focus on working with people with chronic health issues and disabilities. I'm now building on that therapeutic skillset by completing my Recreation Therapy degree, part-time through the University of Lethbridge's online cohort.

I offer extensive experience working with people to understand their needs and helping them towards their goals. My work transitioned from engineering to a focus on teaching yoga after an accident required rehabilitation and focusing on teaching yoga facilitated my recovery. I have focused on part-time and casual work over the past 12 years as I raised my family.

A knee injury later in life would have me change direction from my career in dance, and gift me with two amazing sons. As a form of therapy for my knee after surgery, I took up yoga. Once again , the movement of the Asanas, were speaking directly to my soul. I pursued my practice for ten years, then finally took my 200 hour RYT training at Alberta Yoga College.

Yoga has blended into my beliefs in Spiritualism seamlessly. I have studied Meditation for most of my life with amazing guides and teachers. I have also certified in Reiki healing, As I believe that if the soul is suffering so to will the body. Throughout this life, I have taken to my middle name well. I am always grateful for my new beginnings.

And with that attitude of gratitude again I say thank you for coming to visit,

and I hope I will see you again soon

Cryss