Ainsley Sutton is a full time yoga teacher, and the manager of Open Door Yoga. She has trained in Classical Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga at the Saltspring Centre of Yoga, and has since taken other trainings in Yin Yoga, Power Vinyasa and an apprenticeship in Ashtanga Yoga.
Ainsley trained in Thai Massage with the late Asokananda in Northern Thailand, Ayurvedic Yoga Massage with Sidhamo in Southern Thailand and Ayurvedic Thai Massage with Lotus Palm in Canada.
She currently studies, practices, and teaches Hatha, Yin, Vijnana, Ashtanga and Restorative Yoga, pranayama and meditation. Ainsley is a fun and dynamic teacher who is loved by her students for her ability to be creative and precise in her teaching.
Ainsley also teaches at the Saltspring Centre of Yoga for the monthly Yoga Getaway Weekends, the Yoga Teacher Training and at the Annual Family Yoga Retreat.
Ainsley is a trained gardener and plant nut, an Irish whistle player, an avid cyclist and rollerblader. She loves spending time hiking, snowshoeing, crazy-carpeting, canoeing and kayaking with her partner Laurence.