Over the past 2 decades I've been teaching yoga while living and travelling around the world.  My studies began in Vancouver with Eoin Finn of Blissology,  followed by a comprehensive one year program under the excellent tutelage of Kathryn Beet at Yogaspace in Toronto, after which I  moved to  Australia where I based myself for a decade of  work and personal adventures.   Those experiences led me to an internship at the Himalayan Yoga Academy in Nepal, a Blissology course in Bali, and two unique 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Trainings in India between 2017 & 2023.   

I am currently enrolled in Georg Feuerstein's 800-Hour Yoga Philosophy, History & Literature Course with Traditional Yoga Studies, mentored by Brenda L. Feuerstein, and I host 200 & 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Modules in Windsor, Tecumseh, and Amherstburg, Ontario.​

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Photo Credit:   Palm Trees Yoga | Goa, India, 2022

​RECENT INTERNATIONAL YOGA & BUDDHIST STUDIES

Bodhgaya  |  ​ India  |  2022-2023

During a two week stay in the northeast state of Bihar at the Mahabodhi Temple, the pilgrimage site and place of the Buddha's Enlightenment under the bodhi tree, I joined a three-day teaching with His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama at the Kalachakra Teaching Ground in Bodhgaya.

His Holiness gave the teachings on Nagarjuna's Commentary on Bodhichitta, and conferred through meditation, the lotus mudra and mantras, the Blessing of 21 Tara, together endowing Bodhisattva Vows.

​This was followed by 2 days of ceremonies in the Dalai Lama's honour: 

A Long Life Prayer offering by the Tibetan Geluk Tradition &
The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the 
Dalai Lama Centre for Tibetan & Indian Ancient Wisdom.

Goa  |  India |  2022

After some explorative time in Rishikesh & Jaipur on this third trip to India, I joined a second 300 Hour Advanced residential training .  It was at Palm Trees Yoga School with owner Julia Gavin, founder of the The Yoga Academy in Liverpool, and Samriddhi Malhotra from India who has studied with spiritual masters across the country.

​Modern, progressive, and inclusive, this program focused on advanced Vinyasa Flow practice, creative sequencing, and Ashtanga adjustments, all applicable to contemporary Vinyasa practice.

Philosophy, the  Subtle Body, as well as up-to-date Yoga Anatomy including the fascial body, were studied in depth with the aim for a concise, intelligent practice and functional movement in yoga and life.
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Photo Credit:  @disaja.creatives​

Mysore & Dharamshala |  ​India | 2017

On my second journey to India I studied at ​​the AyurYoga Eco-Ashram in Mysore district, earning my E-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 Dharamshala and visit the temples of the Dalai Lama, a remarkably serene part of the country.​

​​For more on my Indian travel & yoga experiences, please see my  ​Blog      ​

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