Our Team

Alyson weaves artistry, anatomy, and somatic movement with ancient yogic wisdom. These combined disciplines create a tapestry that reminds us of the human body's self-organizing bio-intelligence.

A somatic guide, Alyson works deeply to Deconstruct and Reconstruct unconscious muscle tension. Known as “the teacher who does things differently,” her carefully crafted sequences leave students with greater physical and emotional knowledge.

Deemed a sequencing wizard, her embodied flows shift long-held movement habits, muscle tone, fascia patterns, and reflexive responses. Techniques such as self-myofascial release and somatic mobility hacks dissolve root causes of pain and fast-track strength and flexibility.

We cannot deny reality, but we can influence the present. Life sneakily leads us to our purpose, often on a path we resist. Yoga and Somatics guided Alyson toward her dharma: inspiring others to inhabit their soma. The soma, our self-sensing entity, shapes the fabric of personal and collective movement in all forms.

Creator and founder of Yoga Somatics Online since 2019, she weaves 25 years of experience into online, self-paced, continuing education trainings and mentorships providing teachers with specialized practices to expand their Teacher Toolkit.

Voted Top-5 Best Yoga Teacher by CultMtl (2019) and ambassador for Lole (2017-2019) she hosted community classes in their boutique atelier. Teaching yoga since 2007, over the last decade Alyson has facilitated trainings and workshops in Montréal, the U.K., Brooklyn, and California. With a BA Major in Contemporary Dance from Concordia University (1998), Alyson begins a Master’s in Dance in Somatic Movement at the Université du Québec à Montréal in Fall 2026.

ERYT500+, YACEP, Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga® Master Teacher Trainer (Sadie Nardini, 2014), Prana Vinyasa Flow® 300-HR (Shiva Rea, 2011), Yoga Tune Up® Instructor (Jill Miller, 2020), Somatic Exercise Instructor® in the lineage of Thomas Hanna (Sarah Warren, 2024).

Anastasiya is a member of the PranaShanti Education Faculty and holds E-RYT 500 and YACEP credentials through Yoga Alliance, qualifying her as an experienced teacher and Continuing Education Provider. She has taught in six 200-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings at PranaShanti, where she leads education in alignment, class structure, sequencing, and asana practice. Prior to joining the faculty, she taught and assisted in three intensive 200-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings and a 300-hour teacher training intensive at Vida Asana School of Yoga in Costa Rica.

Her teaching is informed by the Ashtanga and Iyengar traditions, both rooted in the Krishnamacharya lineage. Her continuing education includes a 40-hour Ashtanga intensive with David Robson and Jelena Vesić of Ashtanga Yoga Toronto, advanced teaching and alignment studies with Alejandra Torres in Costa Rica, and intensive Ashtanga study in Mexico. Meditation is also an integral part of her practice, informed by Vipassana training.

With over 1,500 teaching hours, Anastasiya has led workshops in advanced alignment, foundational asana, teaching methodology, and Ashtanga Yoga, and has independently developed and facilitated three successful online yoga programs. She also spent two years as part of the content and marketing team at Yoga International, creating educational content for a global yoga community. She brings a detail-oriented approach to education, helping students and teachers understand not only how to practise and teach asana, but the mechanics, intention, and thoughtful sequencing behind it.

The desire to live a meaningful life brought Anna to Hatha yoga and Vajrayana Buddhism. In her studentship over the past 15 years, she’s learned that in order to follow this path it’s important to study, practice, and continually apply the teachings to our everyday life.

Anna’s practice and teachings are rooted in classical tantra. She teaches yoga that reflects this vision of reality. Tantra gives us tools to evoke as much energy and insight from our experiences as we can. Using an integrated somatic approach of body, breath, and mind, Anna offers classes that establish a strong and stable foundation in the physical body while expanding the wisdom energy of the heart.

Anne Wanda Tessier is an E-RYT 500 certified yoga teacher and trainer. Anne took a leave from her busy routine and set out to complete her RYT 200 hatha yoga teacher training in Bali, Indonesia in 2013. At the time, she was finding it tough to balance a healthy lifestyle, work, while also maintaining her yoga practice. She wanted to fully understand the benefits of regular yoga on the body, mind and spirit, and came back restored and ready to share her knowledge with others. She completed several trainings focusing primarily on restorative, yin, pranayama, and meridian yoga. She received her RYT- 500 Certification from PranaShanti Yoga center in 2018.

Life’s daily routines can be overwhelming, and Anne finds that yoga can help find balance, restore the body and find calm in our day to day life. Anne has studied with Judith Hanson Lasater and has also assisted Judith in her in several trainings. Anne is a certified Relax and Renew ® Restorative Yoga Trainer and offers individual and group classes.

In her classes, Anne’s calm and confident voice guides you through a practice that is suitable for beginners and advanced, offering various options throughout the class. Focusing on accessibility, breathing techniques and offering options for all students, Anne’s aim is to make it a safe and welcoming environment where students are comfortable, supported and safe throughout the class. She enjoys teaching classes based on themes that relate to daily life and enjoys sharing her knowledge of how yoga can help promote health and overall wellbeing.

When she is not teaching yoga, Anne enjoys traveling and hosting yoga retreats in Canada and abroad. She also enjoys making art.

E-RYT 500, YACEP

Barrie Risman is an internationally-recognized yoga teacher, public speaker, and author. Her best-selling book, Evolving Your Yoga: Ten Principles for Enlightened Practice, is a guide for teachers and continuing students to deepen, expand, and integrate the benefits of yoga in their lives. Widely regarded as a teacher's teacher, she's the creator of online classes, courses, and trainings that fuel the inner journey of yogis around the globe.

Barrie is well known for her ability to convey the essence of the wisdom teachings of yoga with exceptional clarity, insight, and relevance to students of all levels and from all walks of life. As unpretentious and down-to-earth as she is wise and inspiring, Barrie teaches with a remarkable combination of rigor and challenge balanced with sensitivity, humor, and compassion.

Her events weave together the technical precision of refined alignment-based practice with an ever-present awareness of the great wisdom of yoga philosophy distilled from decades of intensive study and practice.

Teaching since 1999, Barrie shares the depth of her experience and knowledge to reveal a uniquely accessible, authentic and integrated approach to yoga. She empowers students with tools to deepen their understanding and inspires them to embrace asana as a path for expansive self-discovery and inner growth.

A seasoned trainer and mentor of new teachers, Barrie serves on teacher-training faculties including The Shala, Yogacampus, HappyTree Yoga in Montreal, PranaShanti Yoga Centre of Ottawa, and Shakti Yoga in Geneseo, New York. She is the creator of professional development courses, retreats and mentoring programs for yoga teachers. 

Barrie was the co-founder and co-director of Shri Yoga, Montreal’s seminal place for the practice of Alignment-based, Heart-centered Hatha Yoga from 2011-2016. A certified Anusara Yoga teacher, she was a Senior Anusara Yoga teacher and teacher trainer from 2003-2012. Barrie led Anusara Yoga events throughout Canada, the US and internationally and served on the Anusara Yoga Teacher Certification Committee from 2006-2012, mentoring new teachers toward certification. 

She has been a dedicated student of Iyengar Yoga for more than 25 years. She continues to study regularly with her primary mentor, Kevin Gardiner, a senior Iyengar Yoga teacher and co-founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York. 

Barrie is a regular contributor to Yoga International. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Elephant Journal, La Presse, and on CBC television.

She is the Co-creator and former Co-director of the World Spine Care Yoga Project, whose mission is to bring the benefits of posture, breathing and mindfulness as a tool for pain management and active self-care to low mobility populations around the world.

A native New Yorker, Barrie lives in the Eastern Townships of Southern Quebec with her husband and daughter. She holds a B.A in Anthropology from The George Washington University.

Bren’s mission is to help you advance your yoga practice, live in tune with the seasons, and experience the benefits of meditation (even if you don’t like to sit still!).

In her classes you will find clear, directive language, and respect for your individual anatomy and experience. She specializes in the connection between Yin Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine and creative sequencing in both strengthening and gentle Flow styles. Bren is passionate about helping practitioners realize they are the observer of their experience and to share in a practice of intentional choices that help bring one to present moment awareness.

Bren is a long-time yoga practitioner, and has used traditional yoga practices as well as modern mindfulness and psychology to greatly improve her sleep, become less reactive, and to find some peace in both stillness and movement.

She holds RYT500 designation and has taken additional trainings in Yin, Mindfulness, Yoga for Chronic Pain, and is a Trauma Informed Facilitator.

When not teaching or practicing yoga, find her reading nonfiction or playing one of many musical instruments. Whatever she's doing, she is probably singing.

Catherine is a Full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. She received her PhD at the University of La Sorbonne in Paris (France). She specializes in Ancient Greek philosophy and Buddhist philosophy, and teaches meditation. She is co-founder of the Contemplative Studies Programme at the University of Ottawa, and a member of the University’s Academy of Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies.

She has published numerous books and articles on Homer, the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus. Her current research focuses on Buddhist philosophy, especially on metaphysics and consciousness, as the foundation for an original conception of philosophy, which she calls ‘contemplative philosophy’, based on contemplative practices including meditation and yoga.

She has practiced meditation and yoga for more than a decade and has participated in various short- and long-term meditation retreats.

Dev Suroop Kaur delights in sharing the pure practicality of nurturing a successful and deeply authentic life. An accomplished musician, recording artist, Naad Yogini and sound healer, Dev Suroop Kaur strives to break it down, keep it real, and guide students to their own empowered authenticity. From the deeply contemplative compositions in her recordings Sahej and Narayan, to the hip, edgy beats of her chant-rap album Kundalini Beat, Dev Suroop Kaur offers an extraordinary range of styles to invoke the experience of the Divine Spirit.

Blessed to study and practice yoga and meditation for most of her life, she gratefully shares what she has learned – and continues to learn – about how to love, work, and live better in the world. She deeply enjoys training others in the science of Naad Yoga, conscious communication, and how to access the beauty and power of their personal voice. She currently lives with her husband in Espanola, New Mexico and, in addition to her teaching and music activities, works to maintain a peaceful mind as a business executive. Dev Suroop Kaur is a Registered Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer (E-RYT 500) through Yoga Alliance, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Claremont Graduate University.

Learn more about Dev Suroop at: www.devsuroopkaur.com

Janice has been an integral part of the Ottawa yoga community for over 20 years, bringing decades of experience, study, teaching and mentorship to her work. Throughout her career, she has travelled internationally teaching movement, fitness and yoga, and has returned to Ottawa over the years to lead Teacher Trainings, workshops and classes.

A dedicated lifelong student and teacher, Janice has completed five Teacher Trainings with renowned teacher Richard Freeman, experiences that have had a profound influence on and inspired her teaching. She also had the opportunity to study with Pattabhi Jois during his visit to Canada. Her practice extends beyond asana, with a special connection to meditation developed through her studies at the Shambhala Center in Boulder, Colorado.

Janice is honoured to be part of the PranaShanti Yoga Centre faculty for both the Summer and Fall 200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training programs. She also contributes to the 300-Hour Teacher Training program through workshops that provide students with opportunities to deepen their knowledge and earn continuing education credits.

An integral part of the PranaShanti community, Janice is also a key teacher in the monthly Foundations class, helping students build confidence, establish a strong foundation in their practice and, importantly, find their way back onto the mat—or discover yoga for the first time. She also teaches weekly classes at PranaShanti.

Janice teaches from the heart, creating an environment where students feel comfortable, supported and inspired to follow their own path. After more than two decades of teaching, she continues to study, grow, meditate and share her experience with the next generation of yoga teachers.

Janice looks forward to seeing you on the mat soon!

Katherine completed her initial teacher training, here in Ottawa, in 2012. She has been teaching yoga and meditation in the Ottawa-Gatineau region ever since - in studios as well as within the local health and social service sector - alongside her work as a psychotherapist and clinical manager.

Since 2016, Katherine is trained and certified as a yoga therapist within the Krishnamacharya tradition of yoga, also known as Viniyoga. She continues to study, practice, and receive mentorship in this tradition, while continuing to explore the vast wisdom of yoga across all lineages and schools of thought. She has weaved yoga therapy into the fabric of her life and career because she knows its effectiveness in restoring wellness first hand, and sees the results in the people she works with.

She is a mother, a dog-owner, a nature-lover, and writer, who is always looking for ways to deepen her own practice. You can count on Katherine's classes to be breath-centered, regardless of the class style and level of challenge. As much as possible, she will make space to practice the more subtle tools of pranayama, meditation, and savasana, following any asana and movement sequence. Her goals as a therapist and teacher are to help people breathe more freely, heal, thrive, and lead wholehearted lives filled with meaning and connection.

Before finding her way to yoga, Kim began as a meditative child, eventually turning to physical postures in early adulthood to help overcome anxiety and become stronger in her body while experiencing the effects of endometriosis. Her personal practice has given her the space to observe her body without judgement and honed the capacity and confidence to become a better advocate for her physical healing.

She became certified to teach Yoga through Pranashanti Yoga Centre in 2019, and was eager to begin her teaching journey. She has since taught over 1200 hours of classes, workshops, and trainings. Her classes seamlessly weave mobility techniques, simple biomechanics, mindfulness, and yoga philosophy while cultivating a space for play and curiosity with humour, and humility.

As a member of the Pranashanti Yoga Education Centre’s faculty since 2023, Kim has taught in five 200HR Hatha yoga teacher trainings where she has led lectures and discussions in anatomy, yoga philosophy, methodology, posture clinics, and teaching authentically.

Always approaching her practice and teaching with a beginner’s mind, Kim continues to attend further training opportunities including advanced anatomy, neurodiversity and mental health, trauma informed teaching, yin, restorative, advanced anatomy, Sanskrit, laughter yoga, and more.

Kim’s classes are joyful, and demonstrate her sincerity in the practice, with an emphasis on empowering students to confidently, and safely embrace the imperfections in their own lives while on the playground of their mat.

Laurie was one of those who was unwillingly dragged to a class back in 1988, and Anne Pitman was her first teacher. She loved yoga from the start, though the journey to embracing the practice fully was bumpy, to say the least. Over time, yoga has become one of the most potent tools to help her navigate through life. Some of the things she loves most about yoga is that there is no end point and that the "perfect" asana is the one you can do with how your body feels at the time. It doesn't have to look good to feel right.

Under the guidance of many skilled teachers and following her own unending curiosity, Laurie's practice continues to unfold and evolve. She started to teach almost as soon as she returned from completing her first 200-hour teacher training at the Kripalu Yoga Center in 2005, and has since gone on to complete over 1500 hours of training across a wide range of styles and specializations, including yin, power, forest yoga, trauma-informed yoga, yoga for depression and anxiety, Anusara yoga, and LoveYourBrain Yoga. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the E-500 level with Yoga Alliance.

Laurie is a member of the PranaShanti Education Faculty, where she teaches classes as well as the Yin Teacher Training and the Assisting and Adjusting workshop. Over the years, she has led more than 20 two-hundred-hour yoga teacher trainings — including several at PranaShanti — and has co-facilitated numerous yin teacher trainings. Teaching teachers has become as much a part of her path as her own practice, and she brings the same curiosity and care to the training room that she brings to her mat.

Yoga opens doors and pathways for awareness, expression and acceptance. Laurie's mission is to help others see who they are and what they feel is valid and beautiful in all its complexity — whether they're stepping onto a mat for the first time or stepping into the role of teacher themselves. Being perfectly imperfect is perfect enough.

I believe that everyone is whole and complete even as the desire for change is present. My purpose is to remove the barriers to your belief in your infinite potential.  My yoga, meditation, yoga therapy and life coaching programs are designed to increase the resilience of all persons, especially those working in high-stress environments, and to alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. My approach is based on two key cornerstones of invitation and inquiry. By offering choice and encouraging curiosity, I guide you to fully inhabit your body in the present moment, thus empowering you on and off the mat.

WHO AM I? 

I’m a Registered Professional Yoga Teacher (E-RYT-500) with over 1000 hours of training. I’m a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), and I’m certified to teach Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Chair Yoga.  I have over 2000 hours of teaching experience.

I'm a Certified iRest^® Yoga Nidra Teacher. I’ve been leading iRest classes since 2014. I’m a meditation practitioner and have studied and taught other styles of meditation and mindfulness.

I'm a Certified Warriors at Ease Yoga and Meditation Teacher. The Warriors at Ease program is designed for military personnel, veterans and first responders. My interest in serving people who work in high-stress environments or who have suffered trauma led me to more advanced trauma-sensitive yoga teacher training. For over six years, I partnered with the Ottawa Anxiety and Trauma Clinic, offering weekly Empowering Yoga classes.

I’m an Integral Master Coach™ and a Professional Certified Coach. I’ve been coaching  since 2003.  My integral approach to coaching unlocks your infinite potential by focusing on the effective engagement of your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energies. I work with you to offer new perspectives and actions that result in outcomes that deeply matter.

I first came to yoga as a teenager. Over the years life took me in many different directions. Eventually I returned to my yoga roots and took a deep dive. I’m honoured to have studied with Dr. Richard Miller, the co-founder of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and the founding president of the Integrative Restoration Institute (iRest). I’ve also had the privilege of studying with many other outstanding teachers.

I’m the founding president of Empowering the Whole Person®.

Max Strom, renowned speaker, author, and breathwork teacher, has spent over 30 years teaching emotional healing and transformation through his Breathe to Heal method. This approach alleviates anxiety and sleep issues, fostering profound personal and relational changes.

His four TEDx Talks, including the viral Breathe to Heal talk, have captivated global audiences, while his books, including "There is No App for Happiness" and "A Life Worth Breathing" continue to inspire worldwide.

With a third book coming soon, Max’s work extends beyond the page through in-person courses, livestream workshops, and online content.

Explore Max’s teachings at www.maxstrom.com to embark on a transformative journey towards a life of meaning and purpose.

“I spent a lot of time exploring various meditative and movement practices. However, it wasn’t until I found Max’s Inner Axis approach that I was able to finally recover from decades of battling depression and anxiety. I can’t express how grateful I am for what Max has created – it is simple and yet also deeply impactful.”

– Carrie Snyder, Circular Economy Consultant and Instructor at Harvard Extension School

Om Sri Hanumate Namaha

Anjaneya, Michael Hutkins teaches traditional Hatha Yoga and meditation classes to students of all ages and abilities. With his foundation of classical Hatha Yoga, classes incorporate Pranayama (Breathing exercises), Sun Salutations or other warm ups, Asanas (Steady postures) and a deep guided relaxation. He adds gentleness, challenges and humour, to help students along their path. Classes can be made accessible to all students.

Training at several Sivananda ashrams in Canada, USA and India has allowed Michael to live with his teachers and be fully immersed in the yoga experience. His training covers a wide scope of yoga, from philosophy and Bhagavad Gita courses to chanting and devotion ceremonies to the physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation. As well as enjoying family life, Michael is also a Certified Yoga Therapist.

Monique is a Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, Mind-Body Coach, and Mediator (ADRLi). In addition to her 800 hour embodied yoga therapy certification with the School of Embodied Yoga Therapy (SEYT), which was grounded with somatic work and a focus on our nervous system, Monique is trained in somatic stress release (SSR), integrative somatic trauma therapy (ISTT), and somatic attachment therapy with The Embody Lab.

Monique has been holding training workshops for yoga practitioners since 2017. As a yoga therapist and conflict resolution practitioner, Monique focuses on trauma-informed approaches, embodied conflict resolution, and supporting practitioners and service providers with workshops and trainings.

Monique is particularly interested in supporting yoga therapists and other practitioners in deepending their practice, self-awareness, and self-care to support their attunement and presence as service providers.

She also regularly provides conflict resolution trainings to teams within the nonprofit sector including leaders, labour relations officers, and frontline staff responsible for service delivery. She co-leads the design and delivery of 21-hour community mediation training. Monique also provides mentorship to community mediators through regular communities of practice.

In 2025, Monique initiated and led a 2-day learning symposium called Expanding our Responsiveness to Conflict in Community with presenters discussing marginalization in housing, engaging First Nations with trauma-informed services, bias in conflict resolution, and diversity in nonprofit sector workplaces, among other topics.

As a member of the Faculty within the PranaShanti Education Centre, 800-hour Yoga Therapy Program, Monique leads the following trainings.

• Lifecycles, Relationships and the Path to Well-Being
• Body & Mind Integration
• Trauma-Informed Practice
• Principles and Skills for Educating Clients / Groups
• Principles of the Therapeutic Relationship, Ethical and Therapist Considerations (co-lead).

Monique is an Senior Level Executive Contributor to Brainz magazine where she publishes articles on well-being and health.

Professor Saba Alvi is an award-winning professor and anti-racism educator. Her courses explore issues around anti-racism and anti-oppression pedagogy, marginalized youth and BIPOC youth subcultures. She also serves as an Anti-Racism Consultant for schools with large BIPOC student populations.

She completed her PhD in Education at the University of Ottawa. Her doctoral research explored how Muslim youth subcultures perform identity through clothing, such as the hijab.

5+ years of experience in teaching and research at the post-secondary level. Areas of interest include: Anti-racism, Cultural Studies, Youth Subcultures, Society and Schooling, Women/Gender studies, Public Pedagogy and Identity/Subjectivity

Shannon is our 200-Hour Program and 800-Hour Program Training Co-ordinator. With a profound commitment to the practice of yoga, Shannon brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that enriches the training journey for every student who embarks on this transformative path.

Shannon's journey as a lifelong learner of yoga has been nothing short of inspiring. Having not only completed two 200-Hour Yoga Trainings, but also having immersed herself in a multitude of specialized courses and advanced trainings, Shannon has cultivated a deep understanding of the holistic principles that underpin the yogic tradition.

Her intention is to help each student grow their yogic understanding of their body, mind and spirit, enabling them to learn to be their own teacher.

Shannon can be contacted at shannon@pranashanti.com for any program questions.

Namasté.

Born in India, Sonia considers herself to be a lifelong student of Yoga and Ayurveda. She finalized her 200-hour yoga training from The Kundalini Research Institute (KRI). Introduced to yogis and swamis at a young age, she developed a deep interest in Yoga, Ayurvedic sciences and eastern philosophy to help her face different challenges in her life. Sonia continues to expand her knowledge in well-being and recently obtained her 100-hour Ayurveda Chef training and is currently studying as a 300 Hour Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultant.

Sonia has a diverse background in the Federal public Service. She brings with her twenty-eight plus years experience in the accounting and finance field, while being recognized as a workplace wellness champion. She has been a leader in introducing office yoga, mindfulness, meditation, holistic health and diets, and all types of wellness topics in and outside the workplace.

As a graduate from a leadership program in the federal government, she has a natural ability to help others understand the holistic links of well-being and organizational performance in the workplace. While continuing with her full-time career in the government, Sonia has been offering yoga classes and Ayurveda workshops, since 2016 at PranaShanti. Sat Naam.

Stéphane is all about balance. When leading yoga practices, he strives for a “just right” combination of Yin and Yang—a balance that shifts depending on the energy present in the room. He brings a strong, unhurried presence, a solid foundational teaching style and his sense of humour to every class, making for a well-framed and accepting environment for students.

Stéphane places the emphasis on fundamentals: a solid connection to the earth, alignment as it applies to each yogi’s physical body, and relaxed breathing throughout. He provides clear, direct instruction and offers many variations for each asana. His instructions meet the yogis where they are; it’s an invitation to leave one’s comfort zone in a manner that respects the yogi’s current physical, spiritual and mental space.

He is grateful to have been trained by masterful teachers covering many styles and traditions, including Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Ashaya Yoga, Forrest Yoga, Bowspring and Yin Yoga. The result of learning from so many different styles is an understanding that each student needs to be approached individually, and that in yoga one size does not fit all.

Stéphane’s approach to yoga has evolved since his first class in 2006. He says “Yoga is a lifelong practice: you do, you learn; you do some more, you learn some more. There is no end point. The sweet spot is where you commit fully to the practice without ego.”

Stephanie’s love affair with yoga began in the fall of 2004 when she attended a Hatha yoga class given at her local community centre. Following this newfound passion, she went on to explore Hot, Power, Ashtanga and Yin Yoga.

She is a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher, an E-RYT 500 and YACEP Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, having completed 200-hour and 300-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Trainings. Stephanie has been teaching in Ottawa since 2008. She blends yoga asanas with a pinch of philosophy, a touch of humour, and a steady breath.

As a full-time yoga teacher, Stephanie delves into a variety of styles, covering the spectrum from Yin to Power, Flow to Gentle and a few adventures in between. Stephanie has over 4,000 hours of teaching experience and to date, has taken trainings and master classes with Richard Freeman, Seane Corn, Ray Long, Bryan Kest, Ana Forrest, Sadie Nardini, Barrie Risman and Max Strom.

Stephanie is a co-lead instructor for PranaShanti’s 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Programs, and the coordinator of their 300-hour HYTT program where she also teaches the following courses: Advanced Anatomy, Physiology and Biomechanics; Energetic Anatomy, Teaching Methodology, Biomechanics and Movement and The Power of Breath: Advanced Pranayam Techniques.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Theatre Arts from Laurentian University and is fluently bilingual.

Stephanie can be contacted at stephanie@pranashanti.com for any program questions.

Waheeda Moses is an Ottawa-based Shamanic and Energy Medicine practitioner, ceremonial guide who creates sacred, transformative spaces for healing and spiritual growth.

Trained in yoga, qigong, cross-cultural shamanic traditions and multiple healing modalities, she leads immersive workshops that include spirit journeys, rituals, plant-spirit connection, ceremonies, wisdom teachings, and guided meditations.

Waheeda’s grounded and heart-centred approach helps participants release old patterns, reconnect with themselves, and deepen their relationship with Spirit in a safe container.