Michelle has been practicing yoga since 2008 and has been teaching since she finished her certification in 2015. Her practice has evolved from a means of cross-training to finding inner peace and maintaining joint longevity. Michelle has taught yoga to the military and civilian populations both in Canada and New Zealand. She likes to weave in different genres of yoga and conditioning into her flows to create fun, accessible classes for everyone.

Throughout her life, Maureen has sought balance between work and other life stresses through fitness. Over the years, she has played a variety of sports, and followed various popular modalities for fitness, e.g., running, swimming, aerobics, before finding yoga in 2009. Maureen explored yoga, from videos and classes before deciding to focus on Ashtanga, yin, and myofascial release techniques. Maureen completed her 200-hour teacher training in 2014, and followed that in 2015 with a certification in Yoga Tune Up®. Maureen is a continuous learner and brings new material to classes as she picks them up from classes with other teachers, workshops, and new certifications. Maureen’s classes focus on improving mobility on the mat and enhancing everyday activities.

Throughout her life, Maureen has sought balance between work and other life stresses through fitness. Over the years, she has played a variety of sports, and followed various popular modalities for fitness, e.g., running, swimming, aerobics, before finding yoga in 2009. Maureen explored yoga, from videos and classes before deciding to focus on Ashtanga, yin, and myofascial release techniques. Maureen completed her 200-hour teacher training in 2014, and followed that in 2015 with a certification in Yoga Tune Up®. Maureen is a continuous learner and brings new material to classes as she picks them up from classes with other teachers, workshops, and new certifications. Maureen’s classes focus on improving mobility on the mat and enhancing everyday activities.

Ellen is an experienced yoga teacher whose mission is simple: offer classes, workshops and retreats that leave students feeling better and more in tune with themselves. Ellen has been teaching yoga since 2007 and holds an E-RYT 200 and YACEP designations with Yoga Alliance. Ellen completed her 200-hour Hatha & Power Yoga teacher training at Mountaingoat Yoga, and has continued her learning with specialized yoga and fitness training in anatomy, class design, functional strength training, older adult fitness, meditation, trauma-informed yoga, philosophy and ethics, yin yoga and restorative yoga, to name a few. She is nearing completion of her 500-hour level yoga teacher training with PranaShanti Yoga. Ellen offers hatha, flow, power, yin, meditation, yoga nidra, and restorative yoga classes. Her teaching style is inspired by over 20 years of practice and training, an appreciation of the mind-body connection and the reward of serving her students. Ellen’s classes are well structured and creative. She offers clear instruction and many options so that your practice is truly your own.