Yoga Teachers
in Kamloops

I started a Bikram yoga practice in 2005 and was ‘hooked’ after my first class. After having a consistent practice for two and half years I took a leave from my job as a social worker and went to Honolulu, Hawaii in 2007 where I completed the Bikram’s (500) hour teacher training. In November 2009 I completed the YogaKids (32) hour Foundations training.  In October 1-30th, 2010 I attended and completed the wonderful, intense Moksha Yoga teacher training in Montreal, QC. 

I love yoga and believe yoga is for everybody – the young and the old and in between.

I went to my first Hot Yoga class in 2003 at the advice of one of the personal trainers of Gold's Gym where I had been a member of for the past (15) years. I had several chronic sports injuries that would not heal. I had separated my shoulder from diving incorrectly from the high-dive platform at the Canada Games Pool. I had also hurt my other shoulder from lifting heavy weights at the gym. I reluctantly went to my first Bikram Hot Yoga class and suffered through several classes as my shoulders slowly begin to heal. After (30) classes or so the pain was gone and after (6) months of regular practice my full range of motion was restored.

It was about one year later that I started taking the Hot Yoga classes seriously and started to come more often which resulted in many sick-free and injury-free years.

Marcia comes to the yoga world with a passionate belief in living a life that connects and inspires. An occupational therapist and former triathlete, she has explored Ashtanga, Bikram and Yoga-Feldenkrais and is now an avid student of Anusara® Yoga. Anusara- which weaves elegant Universal Principles of Alignment™ with inspiring and relevant philosophy- has brought Marcia freedom on and off the mat in the form of an inspired practice and the decision to teach yoga full time. Marcia is an RYT200 and completed her teacher training in Arizona and South Carolina with Martin and Jordan Kirk and John Friend.

Joy began studying yoga in Milwaukee, Wisconsin over 20 years ago. Since that time, she has studied with various teachers and spent many hours on her yoga mat while living in the Ottawa Valley, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Japan. For the last 10 years she has been teaching yoga and running a co-operative yoga studio in Perth, Ontario. In 1999 she studied with Swami Vivekananda in Rishikesh, India and received her yoga certification from The High Tech Yoga Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Joy's Hatha inspired class balances the mind, breath and body bringing with it insight into her in-depth yogic knowledge.

Natalie is a Kinesiologist and ACSM Clinical Exercise Specialist working in the community with individuals with chronic disease and injury. With a background in Ashtanga Yoga, Natalie has been teaching since 2006, reaching numerous people of all levels and physical abilities. Her ultimate goal is to provide education and support, helping individuals to improve their condition and live a healthier, happier lifestyle.

I started yoga about 8 years ago (2003) on a whim, looking for an alternative way to stay fit. As it turned out there is so much more to yoga than bending, folding and twisting the body. Yoga also stretches the mind by asking you to challenge your beliefs about your SELF, your body, your consciousness and your identity. In doing so, yoga created a real and lasting change in my life. Yoga is as strong as you make it and takes you as deep as you are willing to go. It is not muscles, the thin waist nor the youthful look that is yoga’s real power, instead the intoxicating nectar of yoga is our ability to use this ancient technique to connect to the deepest and most powerful SELF and find lasting peace!

It has worked for me and I have seen it work for many people, which is why I want to share my love of yoga with all others. I chose to do this in the form of Power Flow Yoga. I fell in love with it for its challenge of strength and flexibility.

I was first introduced to yoga as a drama student in 2005 where I learned to have a sense of respectful wonder towards my body and the world around me. I immediately fell in love with the way that practicing yoga made me feel; how it calmed and centered me as well as how it inspired and energized me. In 2009 I took the 200 hour teacher training at the Yoga Passage in Calgary and since then have been teaching part time. In October 2011 I did the Yhot teacher training in Vancouver. I am the kind of person who needs to try a little of everything and that is reflected in my teaching. Sometimes I love to teach the Yhot sequence with its structured postures, set timings and focus on finding stillness and presence.

Other classes I love to teach more free style, flowing from posture to posture with a focus on internal movement and awareness.

I first started practicing hot yoga about a year ago. I have always been an active person, and tend to sample all sorts of fitness based activities but nothing ever really stuck for long. Looking for something new to inspire my fitness routine, my Mom, boyfriend and I all agreed to try hot yoga at this studio. Of course, it wasn't long before we were coming back regularly, and the gym was frequently being replaced by a hot, glorious, yoga class.

In terms of my career, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University with a Bachelor of Tourism in 2010 but was completely at a loss with what I wanted to do with my life. A crossroads presented itself where I was managing at a beautiful resort, but the long, stressful hours were completely exhausting and I knew the lifestyle was incredibly unhealthy for me. As ironic as this sounds, I realised I had to change the path my life was heading in while I was lying in Savasana before class. It took some time for my plan to be set into action, but by the end of September, 2011, I was on a plane heading for teacher training in Thailand.