meet the instructors

Denise Davis-Gains, Founder, Director of Education and yoga teacher.

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Shannon Lee Butt

500hr Modo Yoga (hatha) YTT; 200hr Vinyasa; 200hr Restorative; 200hr Fit; various workshops in mental health, suicide safe talks, & multiple anatomy courses

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Kaylee Robinson

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Sneha Sumanth

Doctoral Student in Geography, Carleton University & Aspiring Architect BAS, M.Arch and yoga teacher in training. Sneha has complete all components of her training and will be graduating shortly. Passed the Architecture exams …. :-)

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Alicia Medley

Dancer, certified 200hr yoga teacher and specializing in fertility, pregnancy and postnatal yoga care. Alicia is in the 500hr Yoga Teacher Training Program and excels at seeing people and sharing the gift of yoga.

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Kaci Kiley

Early Childhood education, 200hr Yoga Teacher and areas of specialization prenatal and postnatal yoga. Kaci is in the 500hr Yoga Teacher Training Program, completing another post-secondary degree and working as an EA.

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Michele Hopkins

Classical ballet teacher, yoga teacher in training and all around somaciticist. Michele is interested in the intersection between movement and the heart mind. every experience with Michele is a journey into the self. At present Michele subs yoga classes when she is able and will share yoga trance dance with us again in the near future.

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Elizabeth Perez

Elizabeth has her 200 & 500hr Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training and the Atlas 200hr Yoga Teacher Training. She continues her studies in the areas of nutrition, the goddess’ and is enrolled in the 1000hr Yoga Teacher Training Program. A master yoga teacher who is very down to earth and rooted in the mystery of the feminine.

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Mark Zupan

Jack-of-all-trades, and master of… architecture! Mark completed the majority of my secondary education, which includes Bachelor and Masters degrees in Architecture, at the University of Waterloo. As a student, they took work terms in Alberta, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories, accruing two years’ work experience during the five-year undergraduate program. Between degrees, they worked in Victoria, BC as an assistant to an Architect. For my graduate studies, they studied the architecture of the Burning Man festival, with a focus on rituals and creative collaboration. After graduating, they spent two years working with a small Toronto-based firm that specialized in sustainability and energy efficiency.

In October 2016, Mark and his partner decided to ditch the big city, and make their home on Vancouver Island. Now they are closer to family, more connected with nature, and continually impressed by the beauty of this place.

Along life’s journey, Mark is a musician, dancer, puppeteer, songwriter, yoga teacher, Thai yoga masseur, and Intern Architect. They cherish all these passions, and am constantly finding new ones to dabble in. The desire for creative self-expression keeps them inspired and motivated, while self-care and bodywork keep them grounded and nourished.

Currently we have recorded classes from Mark and hope to have him back on the schedule live in the near future.

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