Calgary Hot Yoga

I began practicing yoga at Calgary Hot Yoga in Oct 2007. I had tried yoga a couple of times before that but it wasn't until CHY that I really felt a connection both to my practice and to a studio. Yoga helped me get through a very difficult time emotionally, physically and spiritually and I know I would be a very different person today without it. I began to teach in 2009 and can honestly say it's become a passion. When I'm at the studio, teaching or practicing, that is when I feel the most grounded and alive.

I took over CHY in October 2011 and started another chapter in my yoga adventure. Running a studio comes with it's own set of joys and challenges and I'm loving them all!

I was a runner before I was at yogi, and began yoga in 2010 to enhance my running performance. It soon became so much more as it revealed a sense of presence, awareness, and awakening at a level that I had never before known.

Over the past six years, I have focussed most of my “yogic energy” on a power flow style of yoga - specifically Baptiste Yoga - as I find this style most empowering, inspiring, and invigorating.

Most recently, I have expanded my practice and my teaching to include Yang Yin and Yin Yoga, having taught an eight week Yang-Yin workshop and immersed myself in the restorative benefits of Yin.

Through my practice, I have been able to connect, on at deeper level, to myself, my body, my friends and family...my life! Through my teaching, I have been able to connect with my students and, in turn, am abundantly rewarded by observing their connections and breakthroughs on their mats and in their lives.

I am excited to share my love of yoga with the CHY family and look forward to meeting you one day soon, perhaps beside you on the mat or leading you through a class!

Meeting my mat has been the most amazing thing that happened to me. From the first time I practiced I knew that there was more to this thing called yoga then the postures, I instantly connected with the mental and emotional aspects. The physical benefits and transformation have been a bonus. My journey with yoga has been beautiful, challenging, exhilarating, trying and tearful but most of all rewarding. Sharing yoga is my passion. Guiding people through a practice and being there for them while they find peace or let go of fear and find their strength is an honor.

I have been practicing at Calgary Hot Yoga since 2006, completing both Level 1 (2009) & Level 2 (2010) Teacher Trainings with Kim McMullen. Recently, Yin has been introduced to the studio and it is the absolute best addition to my (and everyone’s) practice. In November 2013, I attended a Pure Yin training and look forward to sharing even more yoga love!

If you’re looking for me outside of the studio, you can find me in any one of Calgary’s beautiful dog parks. During my first training intensive I discovered I wanted to live and work differently. I now live happily as a Dog Walking Yoga Teacher!

Looking forward to meeting you on the mat, come in and show your mind what your body can do!

I was introduced to hot yoga by my sister 8 years ago. I was hooked after the first class. I had always incorporated yoga into my fitness routine practicing in many church basements and in the hospital where I worked. The experience of the heat and the intensity it created really helped me to calm the chatter in my mind and just be in the moment during my practice. It was amazing to be in one spot on your mat working your physical limits, while at the same time entering into a meditative state through breath and healing injuries sustained from many years of physical activity. After a few years of practice I decided to take my Level 1 certification and then subsequently my Level 2 with Kim McMullen. That experience, combined with my years working as an occupational therapist flowed right into my teaching at my second home, Calgary Hot Yoga. I enjoy every second that I spend there teaching or taking a class. There is always something new to learn and explore..even in sequenced yoga! I look forward to seeing you in my class.

I started practicing yoga about 15 years ago in my apartment with a CD labeled “Bikrams Beginning Series”. My first thought was “this isn't yoga, where's the calm voice and the chanting and second why is this man telling me to 'lock my knee' every 10 seconds.”
To say the least I was hooked.
The traditional 26 postures and two breathing exercises became the path to the rest of my life. I found balance where there was none, strength, purpose, healing and most of all love.
Balancing the yin and yang of my practice is my focus these days along with teaching both the traditional hot sequence and the Yin.
I'm so thrilled to have the opportunity to teach at a studio that is so dear to my heart. Looking forward to seeing all you lovely yogis soon.