Like many people, I discovered yoga as a way to release and stretch my tight and overworked muscles. Initially yoga improved and supplemented my methods as a personal trainer, but I soon realized that yoga functioned as a means of physical, mental, and spiritual transformation. I proceeded to deepen my yoga practice and completed a 200 hour intensive Hatha teacher training program under the guidance of Yogi Vishva. As an avid outdoors person, I find the peace gained from yoga mirrors that gained from getting out in the wilderness. I now teach a variety of yoga classes and draw from my background in personal training to increase strength, improve flexibility, and calm the mind. These classes include: Hatha Yoga (all levels), Yin Yoga, Runners Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga, and Yoga... Read the profile >>
With more than 16 years experience as a yoga, qigong, taiji and martial arts practitioner, Devin has been building up a repertoire of techniques and teachings relating to the simple principles of breath, movement, awareness and life-force. Using qigong techniques, yoga flow, meditation and kettlebells (Russian functional weight training), Devin works with the best tools available to help clients free up their bodies and maximize their energy. In addition to teaching regular studio classes at Adi Shesha Yoga Zone (qigong, yin, beginner hatha and kettlebell yoga), Devin has a thriving Thai Massage practice at Metta Massage and Yoga, where he uses principles of applied yoga and compassionate touch in order to help people open their bodies and hearts. www.adishesha.com and... Read the profile >>
I'm fitness and public relations professional, and I have has been coaching various sports for over a decade. It all started with football when in university I got a serious back injury (herniated disk and pinched nerve) and I couldn't play anymore. So I started helping out with the local high school team, and I got hooked! I picked up triathlon in the early 2000's to learn something new and to push myself on a different level. I have since competed in over 50 races from sprint triathlons to marathons and Ironman, all over North America. I'm somewhat competitive and since I was the last one in the family to do Ironman, I had to go and set the family record! After being approached by the City to teach an "intro to triathlon" class, I decided to become a Certified Spinning... Read the profile >>
Fitness, health and wellness are Jenna's passion, profession and hobby. She has been an active participant in endurance and events throughout the past 14 years and a provincial competitor in many team sports. Jenna has travelled the world competing in athletic events and has trained alongside internationally acclaimed coaches, fitness professionals and Olympic athletes, having the opportunity to pursue distance running as a professional career. She has learned a substantial amount through her experience accomplishing her own fitness goals, facing adversity through injury and plateaus, and in watching others transform into healthy and strong individuals as a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor. In addition, Jenna is proud to be a lululemon ambassador, Team in Training Coach, Regional... Read the profile >>
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Joe Rios is an avid runner, certified fitness instructor and a health & wellness promoter. Joe's foray into the fitness world was sparked when he was introduced to running through Team Diabetes, a national activity fundraising program for the Canadian Diabetes Association. With several of his family members struggling with diabetes, Joe wanted to find a way to give back to a cause close to his heart. As with everything he does in his life, Joe embraced the motto of "go big or go home" when he signed up for his first race - a marathon in Iceland. After successfully completing the marathon, Joe was hooked on running. Since then he has completed several more races in various locations around the world - his next one being in Brazil in July 2012. These races are all part of his... Read the profile >>
I am a yoga instructor and actor who practices and performs in the country’s beautiful capital! I am thrilled, and very grateful, to be pursuing my greatest passions professionally and to be giving back to the community. I began practicing yoga in 2002 when I signed up for classes at the University of Ottawa as a means to relieve stress and anxiety during my degree. I quickly fell in love with the profound changes I experienced in my mind and throughout my body. I strongly believe that when yoga is taught from a place of compassion, with the goal of longevity, yoga can be accessible and beneficial to students of all ages and levels. I teach yoga classes at the Upward Dog Yoga Centre (Beginner’s Hatha, Hatha All Levels, Hatha Intermediate, Gentle Hatha and Breathe and Stretch) and... Read the profile >>
Megan Campbell has been practicing and teaching Yoga for over seven years. She has completed two separate 200hr. teacher trainings,one in Ottawa and the other in India. She has also completed an 800hr Yoga Philosophy course through correspondence with Georg Feuerstein, and has begun her 500hr. studies under the guidance of Shiva Rea. She is the founder of Journey of the Yogini, Yoga workshops, retreats, and events exclusively for women. Through JOY, Megan intends to build a community of strong, like-minded women, as well as raise awareness and funds for local and national womens charities. In 2011, Megan completed an Off the Mat, Into the World Leadership training with the intention of learning how to further ignite conscious activism to help support national/international womens... Read the profile >>
Megan St-Aubin, was born and raised in Southern Alberta, but has spent the latter part of her life as a nomad, bouncing around from place to place. She has a major passion for travel and has visited 16 countries in the past few years. She has currently made Ottawa her home while attending the University of Ottawa, completing her Masters in Human Kinetics, with a Concentration in Consultation and Intervention. An avid athlete her entire life, Megan pursued Varsity level basketball, swimming and cross-country running. Upon sustaining an injury that would end her sporting career, Meg was introduced to hot yoga as part of her rehabilitation, and was instantly hooked! She has completed the Moksha Yoga Level 1 and 2, Moksha Flow, Baron Baptiste Level 1 and 2 Teacher Training and has studied... Read the profile >>
Mia St-Aubin has been involved in the fitness world since she was a little girl. Influenced by her mother’s national triathlon achievements, she began running competitively when she was 10 years-old. In university Mia competed on the varsity cross country team where she achieved many provincial standards and stood as the manager of the team during her graduating year. She also was a member of the varsity track and field team where she competed in meets such as the Harvard University Invitational, the Ontario Track and Field Association Eastern Canadian High Performance Series as well as the Ottawa High Performance Twilight Series. She graduated from the University of Ottawa with an Honours double major in Criminology and Psychology. Upon her graduation Mia travelled to Thailand where... Read the profile >>