I received my accreditation as a Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists after documenting over 700 hours of therapeutic sessions with clients and presenting 22 case studies in addition to other requirements to meet the highest standards of accreditation in the industry. I have a multidisciplinarian approach to yoga therapy heavily influenced by Feldenkrais, Somatics Yoga,  Iyengar and Viniyoga lineages. 

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Over the last twenty years I've had the good fortune to study with some amazing teachers including  Pain Specialist, Physiotherapist and Yoga Therapist Neil Pearson and Robin Rothenberg highly regarded in the industry and author of The Essential Low Back Program. I also completed a certification program for cardiac and cancer therapy with Nischala Joy-Devi in 2010.

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Nischala-Joy was the primary yoga instructor for Dr. Dean Ornish's ground breaking program demonstrating that heart disease can be reversed with lifestyle medicine. Robin Rothenberg was the primary teacher in the studies funded by the NIH that demonstrated the benefits of a Viniyoga approach to healing low back pain. 

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In 2012 I began to offer workshops for sciatica having had it myself and soon after I received many requests from around the world for a manual.  So I wrote one called Stop Sciatic Pain that is now selling worldwide on Amazon. Other past projects include hosting and producing 13 episodes for Rogers TV called Yoga for Sore Bodies​ and writing an article that was published in The Escarpement Magazine on Pain Management.  In 2012 I was one of the 4 practitioners highlighted in an article on pain management, in On The Bay Magazine. 

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My immense interest in the different ways we heal lead me to study then teach Nutritional Symptomatology at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in London, Ontario as well as other courses including Herbal Medicine, Healthy Aging and Energy Healing. I'm certified as a Chartered & Therapeutic Herbalist, Licensed Avatar Master and Reiki Level III Practitioner. 

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In the future I hope to offer classes on nutrition & yoga for sore bodies and pain care. 
This program is based on the latest research suggesting a direct correlation between nutrition, pain and inflammation. Using the yogic precepts of the Pancha Kosha, similar to the biopsychosocial Integrative medical model, you will learn how to make food and lifestyle choices that will benefit and improve your overall health and well-being.