[layerslider id="duncanp-slider"] Name: Duncan Parviainen Role: Senior Facilitator Duncan began practicing Ashtanga yoga when he was 16 years old and has been teaching Vinyasa yoga in Canada since 2007. He attended University of Guelph for Biomedical Sciences and later transferred to Ryerson University in Toronto to pursue his love of...
[layerslider id="maud-slider"] Name: Maud Léger Role: Junior Facilitator, Marketing & Community Development VIC Maud did her first Downward Facing Dog on the roof of her company´s building 5 years ago, overlooking the iconic roofs of Paris. She was instantly intrigued by the intricate combination of physical challenge and inner journey. She...
[layerslider id="elenni-slider"] Name: Elenni Balis Role: Assistant Studio Manager & Trainee Facilitator Elenni wishes she could say she was hooked on yoga from her very first class, but it took many years of varying levels of commitment and different teaching styles before rolling out her mat felt like coming home. In...
[layerslider id="drew-slider"] Name: Drew Wilson Role: Junior Facilitator After running one too many marathons (one was all it took) and overwhelmed by the stresses of a busy corporate career, yoga initially provided Drew with an outlet to calm his mind and understand what a hamstring was. It rapidly consumed him, as...
[layerslider id="kristiarnewilson-slider"] Name: Kristiarne Wilson Role: Junior Facilitator With a background in contemporary dance and fine arts, Kristiarne’s deep love and passion for yoga truly began 8 years ago when she practiced her first Vinyasa class. Yoga’s freedom to allow her to move with fluency and breath was like dancing and...
[layerslider id="tinatainui-slider"] Name: Tina Tainui Mckenzie Role: Junior Facilitator I began my journey into yoga at home with the Richard Hittlemans YOGA book. Little did I realise this was to be the beginning of my life long yoga journey. I fully woke up to my yoga journey in 2004 when I...
[layerslider id="whitney-slider"] Name: Whitney Sloan Role: Senior Facilitator Whitney joined the Power Living team in August 2013. With a professional background in psychology and management consulting, Whitney was originally drawn to yoga as a way to improve physical fitness and manage the stress associated with a corporate job. However, she soon...
[layerslider id="leighhoughton-slider"] Name: Leigh Roy Houghton Role: Performance Coach and Senior Facilitator Leighʼs yoga journey began as a way of bringing balance to his physical body after a knee injury in his youth. It was the first form of exercise that kept him interested beyond the “honeymoon” period and...
[layerslider id="blanchealexander-slider"] Name: Blanche Alexander Role: Victoria Programs Administrator & Junior Facilitator Blanche Alexander moved from Perth 3 years ago, and joined the team in August 2014. After completing a Masters of Architecture whilst dancing competitively, she moved to Melbourne and was originally drawn to yoga to release some stress and anxiety....
[layerslider id="manojdias-slider"] Name: Manoj Dias Role: Senior Facilitator Manoj Dias grew up amongst the temples and ashrams of Sri Lanka, but his yoga journey really commenced in 2007 after a sporting injury led him to seek yoga as a form of rehabilitation. Seduced by the physicality of the asana...