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For 19 years I have been teaching yoga, studying, and travelling around the world.  My practice began in Vancouver, Canada with Eoin Finn of Blissology in 2001, followed by training with Kathryn Beet of Yogaspace in Toronto.  Under her excellent tutelage I completed my first comprehensive 1-year 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program focused on classical Hatha and contemporary Vinyasa.  Assistant teacher to the course was International Iyengar Certified Teacher, Michael Siddall, whose teachings emphasised philosophy, individual alignment for all, and healthful living.

Upon graduating I moved to Byron Bay, Australia where I based myself for a decade of international yoga teaching, study, and personal adventures. These experiences led me to enrolling in an internship at a yoga academy in Nepal, a Blissology Teacher Training in Bali, and the development of my teacher training program and manual, now in its 4th copyrighted edition.

In 2017 I completed a 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Training at an ashram in Karnataka, India, earning an E-RYT 500 master certification.  I have taught two group Yoga Teacher Trainings in Canada and individually designed private training courses for clients in both Canada and New Zealand.  Most recently I was the Resident Yoga Teacher for the charitable organization Whispering Seed in Kalaw, Burma (Myanmar) in early 2020.  Currently I have relocated to Dubai, UAE and conduct private and public group yoga sessions and offer one-on-one and group Yoga Teacher Trainings. 
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Portrait Photo Credit:  Tammy Blaze Photography
Think of the big moves you have already made, from a single cell to a human being.
Stay light-footed, and keep moving.

Rumi

Asia

Amongst the mountains, rivers and cities of Asia is where I feel most at home, and they always charm me to return.  With yoga as a passion and career, it's the perfect region to learn and stay ignited as a student, teacher and traveller.  I've explored much of India including the remote states of the northeast, the foothills of the Himalaya in Nepal, and life along the Mekong River in most of the southeast Asian countries it passes through. Local boat rides on the Brahmaputra, Tonlé Sap, and Irrawaddy rivers allowed me to witness how millions of people make their living, move themselves and goods, and many live out their entire lives.  
Nepal & Indonesia - 1st YTT in Canada
During a 3 month stay in Nepal, I settled in Kathmandu for a while to continue studies through an internship at the Himalayan International Yoga Academy.  An equally rich experience I had in that country was spending many days at the pilgrimage site of Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha.  A few years later I returned to southeast Asia for 6 months of travel, finally landing in Bali where I had enrolled in another 200-hour training, this time with Eoin Finn, my first teacher.  These continued trainings prepared me to begin the 6 month process of writing my own teaching manual and developing a course that I taught first in 2015 in Canada. 
India & Dharamsala
At the end of  2017 I returned to India to study at ​​the AyurYoga Eco Ashram in Mysore district, earning my RYT500 qualification.  All of my teachers at the ashram, including Krishna Chaitanya, Swami Prabodh Chaitanya, Vinod Kumar Rajan, and Ganga Sanjay, were extraordinary guides and educators who bestowed in me a deeper grasp of yoga and sanskrit.  To complete the year with a Buddhist quality, I headed north to experience Tibetan life in Dharamsala and visit the temples of the Dalai Lama, a remarkably serene part of the country.​

For more on these experiences, please see my Blog.
2018-2021 Yoga Trainings - Canada/New Zealand
 
In 2018 I lead my second Yoga Teacher program which I co-taught alongside my dear friend and extraordinary teacher, Tammy Blaze, in Windsor, Canada.  This course included a Buddhist temple visit and dharma talk, as well as a nature retreat with yoga and meditation to prepare our participants to experience shinrin yoku and ikigai, the Japanese ways of forest bathing and our reason for being. We were caringly assisted by my previous YTT graduate and beautiful friend, Katera Zappacosta, owner of Balance Yoga.  The following year, while living in New Zealand, I taught a one-on-one course to a meditation teacher, a rich experience of reciprocity that grew into a lifelong friendship.  During 2020 & 2021 in Canada I taught two more individuals private yoga teacher trainings custom designed for their intentions, all extraordinary experiences of teaching in the classical way of sharing yoga.
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