Teachers

Yoga Teachers at Santosha Yoga

 

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Anne Pitman
Anne Pitman Anne Pitman is well known for her innovative and mindful approach to movement and yoga. Acknowledging the body as the teacher, she has created many unique programs over the past 25 years of teaching, including Shanti Yoga, Empower Dance, (...)
Bethany Quinn
bethany-forweb Tristhāna -- the placing of attention in three areas -- comprises the practical foundation of yoga practice. It ensures that the mind and prāṇa are evolving towards or merging into the suṣumnā nāḍī. The three areas of attention are (...)
Carla Nigro
carla-nigro Carla has been practicing yoga for several years, and has had a dedicated Ashtanga practice since 2004. Her belief is that a steady personal practice offers the most benefit to the practitioner. Carla’s classes are inspired by many great teachers (...)
Christine Anderson, RMT
Christine Anderson Krounchasana Registered Massage Therapist & Certified E-RYT Yoga Instructor It is Christine's belief that a healthy body is the key to a joyful life. Her mission is to guide individuals through their physical healing process, and thereby open the wellspring into (...)
David Jewitt
jewitt-forweb David is co-owner of Santosha Yoga Westboro and the New Santosha Yoga and Meditation Centre on Elgin with Margaret Konopacki and has been an avid student of Yoga in its thousands of forms for almost all of this lifetime. (...)
David Wegenast
david-wegenast-armbalance David (Omanand) Wegenast David brings 40 years of personal Yoga practice and a sense of humour to his classes. Be prepared to go deeper into the poses, safely and slowly. David started teaching in 2004 and completed his 200-hr. teacher (...)
Donna Hughes
Donna Hughes Donna first began practicing yoga in 1996 under the guidance of Barry Gillespie and Marcia Soloman, first at their home on Roseberry Ave and later at Santosha Yoga Centre. For the first five years, Donna practiced Hatha yoga through which (...)
Elizabeth MacKinnon
elizabeth-mackinnon-portrait With an extensive background in contemporary and improvisational dance and somatic studies, Elizabeth MacKinnon has studied various forms of yoga over the years, including Bikram, Power, Hatha and Yin.  Starting in 2007 she began to delve more deeply into (...)
Ichih Wang
ichihtitibasana Ichih Wang is a Baptiste-inspired hatha and yin yoga teacher, and is registered with Yoga Alliance as a 500-ERYT. She leads 200 hour Teacher Training programs, workshops and retreats world wide. Yoga has become the connective ground for her (...)
Justine Hoang
Justine Hoang Justine took her first steps down her yogic path in 2005, with an Ashtanga class at Santosha Yoga studio. She was completely hooked after that first experience, and since then, her life has changed significantly. Justine works hard to keep (...)
Markus Sanchez
Markus Sanchez Markus first discovered yoga in 2005, while looking for a fitness complement to intense outdoor activities such as running, rock climbing, and mountaineering. He was simply amazed by the multitude of health benefits and the better mind/body awareness that a (...)
Nancy Maddams
Nancy Maddams Nancy began her practice of yoga in 1973. A slow but steady learner!, she started teaching yoga after 30 years of study. Her studies include Hatha and Bhakti yoga, Ayurveda, Zen Buddhism and Vipassana meditation. As (...)
Sarah Murphy
sarah-m More often a tortoise than a hare, Sarah’s study of yoga began during her undergrad at McGill University almost a decade ago. In love over and over again with the experience of connection, and feeling of serenity the (...)
Sheila Craig
sheila-1024x761 When Sheila was in her early 30's, she finally learned to slow down (a bit!) through meditation and yoga. In 1996, she found her spiritual home in Shambhala Buddhism and a year later discovered in yoga a physical practice (...)