About us
The Yoga Collective teachers are highly-trained yoga practitioners, interested in making yoga accessible to everyone.
Meredith Brown
Yoga Instruction
Polyvagal-Informed Psychotherapist -Q
Shiatsu Massage
Meredith Brown is a Registered Psychotherapist -Q, having graduated from Yorkville University's Masters of Counselling Psychology program. She is also currently training in Dr. Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing Therapy and Deb Dana’s Foundations in Polyvagal-Informed Therapy. She is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist having graduated from the Centre for Neurosomatic Sciences, New York City branch. She is also a Certified Shiatsu Practitioner and Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher. She received a Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Toronto. Her journey home to Stratford has led her through Asia, Europe and to the West Coast of Canada and has been filled with transformation and healing. She is a mother to two beautiful children.. Visit her website at www.wishpath.com
TEL 519.272.9679
Silvana Bruni
Yoga Instruction
Silvana’s yoga journey began in 2003 with an instantaneous spark for becoming a dedicated student – one that she will be for life! Following seven years of practicing with several gifted instructors, she entered and completed her teacher training through Yoga Therapy Toronto, which is grounded in the teachings of yoga master Sri T. Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar. With additional teacher training in Restorative and Yin Yoga, Silvana offers instruction that is attentive to the deeper aspects of self-healing that yoga can provide. She takes a holistic approach to her teaching, weaving pranayama (deep breath work), meditation and yoga philosophy into the asana practice. As a professional visual artist, she often complements her classes with elements of this creative background as well. Through thoughtful, creative and thorough instruction, Silvana balances earnest self-inquiry with a joy for practicing, aiming to provide her students with tools to nurture a strong and healthy mind, body and spirit in themselves. Visit her website at: www.silvanabruni.com
TEL. 519.949.3506
Jillian Cook, RYT
Yoga Instruction
Jillian has been practising Hatha yoga for over 25 years and teaching for 17 years. She received her yoga instructor training at The Expanding Light, Ananda Ashram California. Jillian is a Registered Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She has taught a variety of yoga classes designed for the specific needs of the participants: Business executives, High School Teachers, Actors, and Cancer Patients. She continues to study and develop her personal practice and is a member of GRAVITY TO, a Sangha based in Toronto. The yoga practice she shares with her students focuses on developing flexibility and strength, promoting energy and vitality. “I believe that yoga is one of the best methods to keep the body healthy, the joints lubricated and the muscles pliant. A regular yoga practice benefits our daily activities, improves physical health, cultivating self-awareness and concentration; nourishing harmony between the body, mind and breath”.
sukhayoga@hotmail.com
TEL. 647 280 7140
Paul Krempien
Yoga Instruction
Paul Krempien teaches yoga from a passionate desire to share the exciting and transformative practice that yoga represents for him. His dynamic, challenging and powerful classes are a blend of Ashtanga and Yin Yoga and build on individual strengths to achieve greater flexibility, both physical and emotional. His own practice enables him to teach an accessible class both popular with men and beginners with a certain level of fitness.
TEL. 519.348.9686
Nicky Noble
Yoga Instruction
Nicky has been practicing yoga for 20 years and has been a registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance since 2016. She received her yoga training at Nepal Yoga Academy and Sampoorna Yoga School in Goa, India.
Nicky teaches accessible, simple, flow based classes, restorative yoga and prenatal yoga that incorporate philosophy, pranayama, asana and meditation. She encourages a focus on mindful and compassionate practice.
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226.219.6903
Margot Pronovost
Yoga Instruction
Registered Massage Therapy
Margot Pronovost has been teaching yoga for almost a quarter of a century, having received her yoga teacher training in Australia in 1983. Margot’s personal style is a blend of the Sivananda, Iyengar, Ashtanga and Yin styles of yoga that she studied over the span of her teaching career. Her personal practice of Zen meditation brings a calming influence to her dynamic classes, which combine relaxation with strength, endurance and vitality.
TEL. 519.348.9686
Lisa Stacey
Yoga Instruction
Lisa Stacey's yoga journey began three decades ago in the same space where the Yoga Collective stands today.
Post-university, she delved deeper into yoga, connecting with an Ayurvedic Vaida (Doctor) during her tenure at an Ayurvedic Wellness Retreat.
This mentor guided her through yoga teacher training, and she continued teaching at the retreat for several years before returning to her hometown of Stratford.
After maternity leave, Lisa found her calling at Wellspring Cancer Support Centre, where she has been aiding individuals at various treatment stages with yoga and meditation.
Lisa's classes offer uplifting, strengthening, and grounding experiences, promoting overall body balance. Explore more on her website suntwine.com
TEL. 226-921-5472
Lisa Wilvert
Sound Meditation
Lisa seamlessly weaves the modern and ancient wisdom teachings of the East and West together into therapeutic and transformational meditations and treatments.
Lisa was introduced to sound work and sound therapy over 20 years ago and since 2010 she has been incorporating Himalayan singing bowls with therapeutic and healing frequencies into meditations and treatments.
Lisa’s sound training includes extensive study with the Sound Planetarium Academy in Kathmandu, Nepal and the Sound Therapy Practitioners Training program at Toronto Sound Therapy.
Lisa studied the use of sound in meditation and its practical application for anxiety and other mental health concerns during her Masters program where she focused on Buddhist approaches to mental health.
Lisa’s meditation training includes retreat and teachings from Western and Tibetan Buddhist masters as well as a Specialist Certificate in Applied Mindfulness Meditation from the University of Toronto.
Visit her website at www.lisawilvert.com/mindful-sound
TEL. 519.857.7362