The Northwood Club

Maegen’s journey to yoga came as another way to move her body, however, it has been the mental aspects that have kept her coming back. Practicing for over 8 years, yoga has brought balance and inspiration; both physically, mentally, and emotionally to Maegen’s life.

Now, getting more involved in endurance sports, she finds yoga has been more important than ever for physical recovery and improvements in her mental and physical health.

I joined The Northwood Club as a client six years ago when I moved to Collingwood.  I have always been interested in fitness specifically cardio classes and running.  At The Northwood Club I started using a Personal Trainer to help me improve my strength and mobility.  Over the last few years, with much guidance, I have become the strongest and most fit I have ever been.  I decided to take my Group Fitness certification to share with people that it doesn’t matter what age or fitness level that you start at – you can be the best version of yourself with effort and dedication. A combination of cardio and strength with some great dance music will allow participants to have fun while achieving their fitness goals.

Corinne Clapham is a Certified Yoga & Meditation Instructor of over 5 years and Member of Yoga Alliance. Her personal yoga path started many years ago on her healing journey from a back injury.  

She is trained in Yoga For All (body types and mobilities) and Socially engaged yoga for those who went through trauma. 

Specializing in Restorative & Yin Yoga. Bringing awareness to your mind body connection. Deepening a more harmonious loving relationship from within. An advocate for Mental Health. 

Come join on your mat to relax, stretch and calm your mind. While exploring movement and gently expanding your flexibility. All Levels Welcome! 

Melody’s fitness journey began after the birth of her son. It was the “last 10lbs” of baby weight that motivated her to hire a personal trainer. Through their time together, she realized that helping others to reach their true potential was exactly what she was meant to do.

Certified in Personal Training , Group Cycle, Strength, AquaFit as well as MetaFit and MetaPWR(based in Australia). Standard CPR/First Aid and AED certified. 

Melody’s classes are dynamic, energetic, and inclusive toward all ages and abilities. Her eclectic musical tastes range from Lady Gaga to Aerosmith, from Eminiem to Motley Crue, and from Madonna to The Tragically Hip. So there’s always a little something in each class for everyone.

In her spare time she loves hiking, biking and running on the many trails in the area and paddle-boarding on the bay. 

We all have the potential to be best the version of ourselves. Sometimes a little external motivation is what we need to achieve our goals.

I started my fascination with the biomechanics and chemistry of the human body at a young age with more than a decade of competitive ballet and modern dance, which later led me to a BSc. degree in Applied Anatomy and a minor in Chemistry. After moving to Toronto in the 1990’s my passion for fitness, health and nutrition further spurred me on to certify initially as a Personal Trainer and then later as a Nutrition and Wellness Specialist. Over the years I have furthered my training in Nutrition through licensing as a Registered Nutrition and Health Coach (R.N.H.C.) enhancing my ability to help clients achieve optimal health using Orthomolecular Nutrition to prevent and treat acute and chronic disease. I have provided both Personal Training and Nutrition Coaching services to clients in Toronto, Owen Sound, Durham and Collingwood with a focus on: 1. Personal Training: functional motion using body weight training, rehabilitation training for injury/ surgery, HIIT training for peak fitness, cardiovascular conditioning for healthy aging. 2. Nutrition Coaching: Blood Glucose testing for Insulin Resistance screening, Nutritional Planning  for increasing Metabolic Function, Nutritional Planning to Achieve Set Weight Point, Nutrition for Optimizing Energy: Recalibrating Adrenal Output, Nutrition Overhaul to Rebalance Gut Microflora, Orthomolecular Nutrition for Chronic Systemic Inflammation and Acute Disease treatment (cancer, heart disease, digestive disorder, kidney, liver, thyroid function, etc.) Ultimately, I find it tremendously uplifting to be able to help clients make concrete and lasting improvements to their health, through increased fitness and sustained nutritional change!

I have always been an ‘outdoorsy’ kind of guy. Growing up I played soccer, cross country mountain biked, played recreational tennis and swam during the summers. During winters I would ski, snowshoe and play hockey occasionally. When I left Collingwood for University in Ottawa I quickly began to miss the luxury of throwing a frisbee around and swimming by sunset point or biking up on top of the Niagara Escarpment. That in conjunction with shifting my attention from physical activity towards a Bachelor of Business in Commerce did not agree with me, and before the end of the first semester at the University of Carleton I dropped out and returned to Collingwood. Once I returned it came quite apparent to my parents that I needed to set some goals. Within a couple weeks they bought me a ticket for Grand Prairie, Alberta, where I was to work for a company called Red Rock Camps as a dish washer and later on as a second cook. Although I’m not a fan of the term “journey of self-discovery”, that is exactly what the next three years of my life were to me. After a year catering in oil camps in Timbuctoo I returned to the Collingwood area and began working landscaping. Towards the end of my last year there I would always return to the thought of becoming some form of physical health care specialist; either a chiropractor or a physio. During this time I also began to research how to build muscle while maintaining proper posture and flexibility. That fall I enrolled in the Fitness and Health Promotion course at Humber College, earned a diploma and went straight into third year university at the University of GuelphHumber. All the while I continued to immerse myself in strength and mobility training. After this year (my final year) of school I hope to attend physiotherapy or chiropractic school. Keeping this in mind, one could imagine I value the ability to move well and pain-free as a result of the hard work dedicated in the gym while also being proactive in the maintenance the human body needs. Feel free to say hi to me anytime you see me, chances are I’ll be on the ground rolling out some sore, hard worked muscle!

Melissa James is a Kiwi (Kia Ora!) and has spent most of her life in Aotearoa New Zealand. In NZ Melissa enjoyed a successful career as a professional dancer for many years, while also teaching a variety of different dance styles to children and adults. She also taught Barre when the concept first arrived in the country. She then spent 4 years in London, UK, with the idea of dancing and travelling. While Melissa did manage to both dance and choreograph in the UK, unfortunately an injury brought her dancing days to a close. Pilates was able to support her in fully recovering from the injury though, and became a natural follow-on to her career of movement! Pilates had always been a part of Melissa's dance life, but using it to rehab her injury so well brought about a new passion for the modality, and she decided to complete her Pilates Instructor Certifications in both Mat and Dynamic Reformer Pilates. 

Melissa quickly became a popular Instructor, building on all her years experience teaching Dance and Barre. Melissa taught Dance, Barre and Pilates for various schools and studios across the City, but teaching Dynamic Reformer Pilates alongside some of London's top Physiotherapists at TEN Health and Fitness was an absolute highlight and huge learning curve for Melissa. Melissa became the Head of TenBarre, and then also the Scheduling Coordinator for TEN - managing all Trainers and Schedules of TEN's 9 busy studios across London. When the pandemic hit, she was integral to TEN's launch of both Live Stream and On-Demand platforms.

Melissa has now moved to Collingwood, Ontario, to be with her Canadian partner's family and is very much enjoying becoming part of the CWood Community and teaching Barre & Pilates at The Northwood Club! 

Emmie has an extensive background in dance.  She began dancing at the age of three and continued on to dance until the age of 25. She went to a high school for the performing arts, was the varsity dance coach in college and even had her own dance squad for a while.

Her first yoga experience was free yoga in the park in West Hollywood, California and she fell in love.  She practiced when she could get to classes but when she moved to England, she signed up for Bikram yoga and was hooked.  She attended classes every day and felt amazing.  From then on, she would attend classes where ever she was living even if they weren’t Bikram.

However, she didn’t always have time to attend a class, and when traveling (she has traveled extensively) yoga wasn’t always readily available. So, in October of 2018 she took a one-way ticket to India where she studied yoga in an immersive YTT course to gain more knowledge and get her own practice.

Being an ex-dancer, her muscle seized up, her arthritis acted up and she physically didn’t always feel good.   Yoga has been one thing that makes her feel strong, healthy and centered.  Her yoga practice has literally changed her life and she really loves to share this gift of yoga with others.  She adjusts her classes to her student’s abilities because when she teaches, she is there for them and she wants them to have a great experience and hopefully help them mentally, spiritually or physically.

She teaches Wheel Yoga (Shakti Yoga Method), Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, but also offers gentle stretch, chair/accessible yoga which she is currently educating herself on.  She is always learning, researching and attending classes herself because she herself is still a student and she finds it important to constantly learn. 

One of her biggest goals with yoga while informing and educating her students is to push aside people’s fears and misconceptions of yoga.

“I believe that yoga is for everyone no matter shape or size, old or young, athlete or not, flexible, not flexible and so on.  There are many misconceptions about yoga which really affects people’s thoughts on attending classes and how they feel about yoga.  One of my goals is to go past these misconceptions and show people that yoga IS FOR YOU… IT’S FOR EVERYONE!”

Show your inner you!

Namaste.

Cathy Gallagher,

Cathy has been in the fitness industry for over 25 years wearing many different hats from managing fitness clubs, personal training  and now teaching a variety of classes such as Circuits, Spinning, Pilates and most recently became a 200 hour yoga certified instructor.

Her passions are helping people achieve their fitness goals and encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle.

When she’s not teaching you will find her on the trails running, biking and skiing or keeping up with her three active kids!

Laura found yoga in 2014. She originally started practicing yoga, to lose her baby weight, becoming healthier, and learning to be still in the busyness of being a new mom. The more she practiced, the more she felt this incredible, unexpected shift. Her body changed, but there was a greater transformation that occurred within. Laura felt more grounded, more resilient, more open to life, and more confident in whom she was becoming.

Laura is a graduate of her 200 hour Ashaya yoga training that she took in Collingwood and began teaching in 2016.

Laura is so grateful to share her experiences with those who come to class and blessed to learn something from each new person she encounters. She brings the perfect mix of breathing and movement to each and every class. Her belief is we can all live a little healthier, breathe a little easier, and be a little happier on this beautiful journey we call life.

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Angel Vollick,  is a certified black belt in Chinese Kempo, fire dancer and has completed THREE 200 hour yoga teacher training programs. In addition, she has completed many retreats, workshops and weekly classes as her thirst for knowledge and love of sharing with individuals is ongoing. She has been actively teaching yoga since 2011.  Angel offers classes to help with balance, flexibility and strength with the intention of taking yoga beyond the mat into everyday life!

Melissa Enfield Johnson has been teaching people how to move their bodies for 20 years.  She is certified in Pilates - Mat and Equipment  (Movement for Health), Yoga (White Lotus Foundation) and Ballet Barre (Principal Barre Classic Method - Heather Ogden).