Our Spring 2015 Contributors
Violet Pasztor Wilson
Founder and CEO, Canadian Yoga Alliance See The Origin and Roots of the Canadian Yoga Alliance. 
Float Suspension Yoga
At Float Suspension Yoga we provide an environment which encourages spinal stabilization. Through assisted movement, and by using various supportive tools including the suspension sling and body braid, our yoga benefits overall spinal health and longevity. Most importantly, we invite you to join us at Float Suspension Yoga to let go, laugh and enjoy yourself. Float Suspension Yoga, taking yoga and fitness to new heights. floatsuspensionyoga.com 416.886.6954 
Ann Green, E-RYT MExSc B.Ed BKIN, has 25+ years expertise cross-pollinating athletics, yoga, manual therapy and pain management. Founder of BLiSS Ann Green Yoga, educator and kinesiologist, she creates a unique yoga therapy experience. Her experience as an athletic therapist is foundational in her fun and intelligent ‘ann’atomical style of teaching vinyasa, hatha and ashtanga yoga. She can always be found, in her nature, on water, with SUP yoga.
http://www.anngreenyoga.com 
Deborah Ramsay
Owner/Instructor Lake2Land Lifestyle 
Samantha Merkur is the owner of Yogabodii in midtown Toronto. She has been Iyengar trained and practices yoga therapeutics in private, semi private and small authentic group situations. As a mother of two kids, two dogs, and owner of a private practice, Sam often will use her own practice to maintain her physical health, mental stability, and emotional pathway to create space for her many other passions and responsibilities. To learn more about Sam and her services visit her at www.yogabodii.com.
Kelly McCardle is a professional yoga therapist who specializes in working with people who suffer from chronic pain, chronic health conditions, mental health issues (depression, anxiety, chronic stress and PTSD), and limited mobility, using traditional yogic techniques revised for our contemporary culture and firmly supported by evidence-based research. She received her training, in Ontario, at Integrated Health Yoga Therapy (IHYT).
Shortly after graduation, Kelly created Nelumbo Yoga Therapy. After years of counselling individuals in different states of crises due to mental health or physical health or a combination of both, Kelly envisioned a form of healing that helped individuals to increase their quality of life and lessen their suffering through an integrative approach. Kelly works with individuals on multiple levels: through mind, body and emotion, using a blend of tools from both Eastern and Western traditions supported by recent evidence-based neuroscience research. Kelly has had tremendous success assisting individuals one-on-one through Nelumbo’s Yoga Therapy Program. She is also actively promoting the integration of medical therapeutic yoga into our current healthcare system. Her Yoga for Pain Relief, Small Group Program has been accepted and taught in Ontario Family Health Teams. Her one-on-one Yoga Therapy Program has been taught in psychiatric clinics. She has also successfully teamed with chiropractors and physiotherapists. Needless to say, Kelly is very excited to be working on the cutting edge assisting people by enriching their lives through this mind-body-emotion approach to wellness. www.nelumboyoga.com kelly@nelumboyoga.com |
Sandra Sammartino has been teaching yoga for over four decades. She has trained hundreds of yoga teachers; co-founded Unity in Yoga, the first Yoga Conferences in North America; founded Yoga Outreach, a non-profit society, offering yoga to those under served; and is the author of Yoga Fiction: Yoga Truth.
www.sammartinoyoga.com 
Amber Theiner is a stay-at-home mom and freelance writer.
She has a five-year old son and a three-year old daughter who keep her very busy. Her son lives with an allergy to gluten, eggs and dairy, so Amber spends a lot of time in the kitchen, cooking from scratch but, since she loves to cook, she’s up for the challenges. She has learned a lot about allergies and food and knows that knowledge has made her family so much healthier. Amber is a yoga instructor and personal trainer with a background in physiotherapy assistance. She is also a sports enthusiast. She plays hockey, snowboards, kayaks and, recently, has taken up skate skiing and cycling. She enjoys being active with her family through snowshoeing, skiing, camping, canoeing, or whatever fun they can find as a family. She is always up for an adventure and always willing to try something new. Amber has strong opinions on the things she believes in but is also very open to the opinions and suggestions of others. She loves to express herself in writing. It’s how her thoughts and word flow the best, and she loves to share her experiences and adventures with others. ambertheiner@gmail.com 
Bernice Parent is a certified yoga instructor and is working towards certification in the globally recognized Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has a B.A with a major in psychology, and certificates in Adult and Continuing Education and Project Management.
Bernice has worked for over 25 years in the corporate world. Her background is in leadership development, employee engagement and performance management. Bernice understands the challenges facing leaders, organizations and the people working within them, and has been recognized for her ability to connect with others and make a difference. She consults on a broad range of topics including conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, team building, meeting effectiveness, facilitation skills and customer service. She is a reputable leader in developing organizational changes and brings passion to her work, projects and the delivery of her programs. Bernice believes that we can all continue to grow and develop. Being present in our lives allows us to be more aware, compassionate and joyful every day. She is a bilingual educator offering sessions in mindfulness and yoga. www.laviemindful.com bparent@mts.net 
Shoshana Barak marries decades of experience teaching, training, tutoring, counselling, and coaching to her lifelong interest in yoga. Thirty years after first starting hatha yoga teacher training at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, she completed her teaching certification in hatha yoga inspired by the teaching of Vanda Scaravelli, at Four Directions Yoga Studio under Paola di Paolo.
A committed advocate for human rights and social justice, she enjoys working with people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. She has been known to happily and freely share the gift of music through playing the violin in meditation classes. shoshanayoga@gmail.com 
Maryse Arsenault’s passion for yoga has led her to teach to both adults and children. Maryse is now a certified children's yoga instructor from the "Rainbow Kids Yoga” Program as well as “Childplay Yoga” with Gurudass Kaur. She is currently completing a 550 hour training with Ruth Richman of Yoga Ink. Maryse is a student of life. She loves to learn, teach, have fun and be creative. Her years of experience in the corporate world and advertising were a gift to her and she loves incorporating her past experiences with her new life adventures.
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