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MY YOGA STORY

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Meet Emily

Emily was introduced to yoga while backpacking in New Zealand, which led her to take her first yoga teacher training in Bali in 2013. She studied Integrative Yoga Therapy at Kripalu with Joseph LePage in 2013 and completed her yoga therapy certification in 2017. The same year, she became an assistant for Maria and Functional Yoga Therapy. Emily worked as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist in Hong Kong from 2015-2018, before moving back to Canada in 2019. Emily opened Inspire Yoga Studio in 2020.

Emily is a Certified Yoga Therapist who specializes in postural alignment, functional movement, breath awareness and improving quality of life for those with chronic stress, pain or illness. Her teaching styles include Flow Yoga, Vinyasa, Aerial, Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra, Mudra Meditation and Yoga Therapeutics including Joint Freeing and Somatics.

Emily offers classes and trainings at her yoga studio in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. To learn more, visit www.inspireyogastudio.ca.

Training

2024 August – 2025 February – Meditation for the Real World + Science of Meditation (virtual), 27 hours, with Ann Swanson www.annswansonwellness.com

2023 May – Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Course Level 1 (virtual), 50 hours, with CamiyogAIR www.camiyogair.com

2021 January – 2022 January – Science of Yoga (virtual), 60 hours, with Ann Swanson www.annswansonwellness.com

2021 October – Chair Yoga for Every Body (virtual), 25 hours, Yoga Heals Us with Karen O’Donnell Clarke www.yogahealsus.com

2021 January – April – LYT Yoga Teacher Training: Level 1 – The Core Curriculum (virtual), 200 hours, LYT Yoga® by Lara Heimann www.lytyoga.com

2020 December – Yoga Anatomy Training (virtual), 20 hours, Yoga Medicine by Tiffany Cruikshank www.yogamedicine.com

2020 August – Yoga Therapy for Spinal Health Care (virtual), 26 hours, Aum home Shala, Miami, Florida, USA www.aumhomeshala.org

2019 March – Retrain and Retreat, 20 hours, with Lara Heimann, Uvita, Costa Rica www.movementbylara.com

2017 October – Reiki Level 1 & 2, The Yoga Room, Hong Kong www.theyogaroomhk.com

2017 September – AntiGravity Aerial Yoga Fundamentals 1 & 2, The Yoga Room, Hong Kong www.antigravityfitness.com

2017 August – Yoga For Scoliosis, 20 hours, Iyengar Yoga Institute, San Francisco, California, USA www.yogaforscoliosis.com

2017 June – 800hr Professional Yoga Therapist Internship, Advanced Yoga Therapy training (continuation of previous Integrative Yoga Therapy program) www.iytyogatherapy.com

2014 April – MariaAlive Therapeutics, Functional Yoga Therapy™ Advanced Assessment & Treatment Planning, 50 hours, Tucson, Arizona, USA www.mariaalive.com

2013 August – Integrative Yoga Therapy with Joseph Le Page, Yoga Therapy In Practice, 125 hours, Kripalu Centre for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA www.iytyogatherapy.com

2013 August – Integrative Yoga Therapy with Joseph Le Page, Foundations of Yoga Therapy, 125 hours, Kripalu Centre for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA www.iytyogatherapy.com

2013 March – iFlow Yoga, Vinyasa Teacher Training, 200 hours, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia www.amypastore.com.

Emily is a Certified Yoga Therapist, & has E-RYT 500 designation from Yoga Alliance.

Experience

2019 to 2025

Assistant at Functional Yoga Therapy™, MariaAlive Therapeutics, Tucson, Arizona, USA

2021 to 2024

Mentor at Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Program, Inner Peace Yoga Therapy, Colorado, USA

2019 January

Teacher at Prairie Love Snowflake Winter Yoga Festival, Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Canada

2018 September

Teacher at Iris Your Escape, Health & Wellness Festival, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong

2018 March

Self-Healing Yoga Retreat with Emily, Retreat Leader, Four Day Retreat w/ The Yoga Room HK, Siem Reap, Cambodia

2017 August

Assistant Functional Yoga Therapy™ Advanced Assessment and Treatment Planning Training, Root: Centre for Yoga & Sacred Studies, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA