Experience happiness and health as a result of moving your body mindfully! I have always been an active person and the first classes I ever taught were whitewater kayaking and river canoeing while at University, after getting my National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Level 1 technical certification. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) and for the past 15 years have been a doula and childbirth educator. See: www.facebook.com/birthspace. I also integrate my expressive arts training in to my yoga classes. Experiencing first-hand the holistic, proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness and equanimity that my yoga practice brought to my experiences in pregnancy, pregnancy loss, labour and birth, I wanted to learn more and share! Although it might at first seem to be incongruous, I began by volunteering to teach yoga one night a week at Beverly Bronx Boxing gym while I was working towards my certifications. Yoga gives athletes the same advantages as it does a person giving birth, or a person just living life! (Thanks to the coaches and boxers for your enthusiasm in making yoga a part of the training at Beverly Bronx Boxing). I am certified as follows:
1. Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association (AFLCA) Group Exercise Fitness Leader (Portable Equipment and Mind-Body Designations) with Pre and Postnatal Certification, AFLCA Urban Poling Instructor, AFLCA Arthritis & Exercise, AFLCA Functional Independence Training for the Older Adult Listed on: www.Fitdirectory.ca
2. Canadian Yoga Alliance (CYA) Registered Yoga Teacher / Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Functional Synergy Therapeutic Yoga I
3. Child Development Worker, NCCP Fundamental Movement Skills, AFLCA Ever Active Kids, Yoga Kids Level I
I enjoy continually learning about moving our bodies mindfully, and look forward to meeting you on this path!
- Annemarie
Red Cross First Aid/CPR-C/AED certified & AFLCA insured. Member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and Yoga Association of Alberta (YAA)
(A special thank you to Pilates instructor, Susan S., who introduced me to Pilates, and Yoga teachers: Henri F., for getting me hooked on yoga and Ryan V., for introducing me to Ashtanga yoga. A huge thank-you to all my teacher trainers on the path: Stuart S., Anita P., Clare N., Melissa W., Sara M.-H., Susie H. ... you are all EXPERTS & PASSIONATE about what you teach and I totally lucked out to be trained by you! for her inspiration, weekly flow classes and friendship - I miss you!)