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sheena naidu
owner / creative director-
What does your practice look like?
Free flow, Roots, intermediate flow, flow + restore, restore + sound
Vedic meditation, breathwork, Skateboarding, Cycling, runs on the waterfront
Where else can we find you?
Lab is my life haha but you can find me swimming and reading on the beach at Dallas road, hosting friends for dinner or indulging at Stage & Tourist ;)
On-shift beverage of choice?
Lately, it’s a Vanilla Cappuccino
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cody white
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ambassador coordinatorcharlie gates
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What does your practice look like?
Restorative and sound classes got my whole heart!
Where else can we find you?
Offering meditative concerts and Deep Listening
workshops around town
On-shift beverage of choice?
Cheeky decaf oat mocha via Routine babyyyy
studio supervisorhe/himcody turner
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What does your practice look like?
Where else can we find you?
On-shift beverage of choice?
STUDIO The hearts behind the scenes answering your phone calls, emails and always ready to welcome you as soon as you walk in. Let’s put a face to the name.
Jules
studio + marketing supportshe/her-
What does your practice look like?
restore + meditation was my first love but i also adore any flow class! outside of the studio, i love a heavy lift or a looong seated meditation; a non-negotiable of my practice is the reflection of how my meditations, still or moving, can influence what and how i project out into the world.
Where else can we find you?
you might find me studying social work at uvic, in-costume working as a character performer, volunteering for various orgs, or on stage gigging around town:)
On-shift beverage of choice?
espresso drink of aaany kind
Nula
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What does your practice look like?
I love the lvl 2 classes where I end up in headstands and arm balances :)
Where else can we find you?
you can find me at the beach, running around Vic and at nuzestudios.com
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marketing managershe/heress
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What does your practice look like?
Restore & Sound, Strength Training, Mobility Movements, Aquafit at the river
Where else can we find you?
Brass Iris Tattoo Studio, Fruity Ceramics Studio, most local markets, Make Space North Park Craft Club, usually at a body of water
On-shift beverage of choice?
Black drip Routine coffee or an iced oat matcha latte
studio support
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ela
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What does your practice look like?
I love all Lab classes, especially Mobility, Flow & Pilates! I also practice meditation, breathwork, dance, acroyoga, hoop & lyra! (aerial hoop)
Where else can we find you?
I offer red light therapy & relaxation massage at A New Dawn clinic in Langford! I also worked as a full time photographer/videographer & editor for 15 years with my family business Artez Media in Nanaimo!
I absolutely love visual art, poetry, singing, theatre & basically any form of movement or creative expression!
When I’m not working, you can find me out dancing, socializing, organizing or promoting community events, solar charging in nature, bathing, sweating in a sauna, watching movies, snacking or napping!
On-shift beverage of choice?
My favourite beverage is taro bubble tea! 💜
studio supportshe/hervictoria
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What does your practice look like?
Jivamukti with Jonni-Lyn Friel or a really good restorative class, its the two absolute opposites of me, yin and yang
Where else can we find you?
Serving at the nicest restaurant in the city, or watching sunset with my chubby dog Walle
On-shift beverage of choice?
oat milk latte with pistachio syrup
studio supportshe/her FACULTYThe instructors guiding you through practice and encouraging curiosity as you explore the connection of mind, body, and breath.
amber
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Teachers I’m influenced by include Michael Stone, Carly Forest, Sarah Powers, and many others. I’m very intrigued and influenced by trauma-aware practices, mindful embodiment, functional movement, slow steady personalized alignment in asana, and deep inner listening and curiosity.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
I did my teacher trainer at Moksana, advanced Yin and mindfulness training with Carly Forest, meditation training with Michael Stone, and I continue to learn from many teachers and my own personal meditation and metta (loving kindness) practice. I am also a clinical herbalist - holistic healing philosophy, including Ayurveda, deeply influences my teaching approach.
What can people expect from your classes?
Expect grounded energy, a trauma-aware approach, and encouragement toward curiousity and deep inner listening. Contemplative and slower moving practices have a depth, challenge, and reward all their own, and you can trust to be held in a caring, intentional energy.
Restore + Meditation and Meditation are taught without music, but Flow and Flow + Restore have a groovy vibe, a little on the music nerd side, and always matching the energy of the class - you could say even the music is trauma-informed!
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach and practice Yin (Restore + Meditation), Flow + Restore, Meditation, Flow, and Roots
becca
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Hatha: Teacher-Pilar Munoz
Yin & Restore: Teacher- Scott Davis
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
The Module 1&2 training @ The Lab has been the foundation for my practice and teaching.
Yin & Restore Training with Scott Davis has brought new depth to my teaching.
What can people expect from your classes?
A well-paced class, that starts slowly and mindfully, then builds with challenge and intensity, culminating with breath and rest.
The music is always thoughtfully paired with the asana practice.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Roots, Flow and Roots/Flow & Restore. I practice Roots, Vinyasa Flow, Yin & Restore and Kundalini.
aubrey
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Hatha and Vinyasa. Lately I find myself diving deeper into Pranayama, Meditation, and Svadhyaya.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
My 200 Hour Training done right here at The Lab!
What can people expect from your classes?
A strong, playful practice set to music you can melt into.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Roots | Roots + Restore | Flow | Flow + Restore.
I practice it all! I especially love an Intermediate Flow or a Jivamukti class at the studio or pranayama and meditation at home.
carly
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
styles: dance, yin, functional mobility | teachers: bernie clark, kate gillespie, katie thacker
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
natalie rousseau's vinyasa & sequencing intensive, functional mobility from thirdspace, nicole marcia trauma informed, yoga lab's roots, yin with bernie clarke
What can people expect from your classes?
something groovy that celebrates art and poetry, many dad jokes included
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
substitute teacher that can teach it all! well, technically not pilates but that will be my next training!
Carrie Ann
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Yoga and pilates. Kate Gillespie Matt Phippen
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Movement Method and Kula Yoga
What can people expect from your classes?
quiet and still (meditation) to begin and then a challenging flow focused on strength and resilience to challenge the body and breath
close class with breath and slower postures
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
currently teach strength based flow and I practice with different teachers for both yoga and meditation
chris
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I am inspired by the natural progression from infant development to elite level athleticism. The study of biomechanics and kinesiology. The study of yoga, Pilates and fundamental strength and conditioning have all been instrumental in my development as an instructor.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Real world experience has been the most impactful. Working in a number of different settings, with countless bodies, ranging from all levels of physical ability has had the most influence on my offerings.
What can people expect from your classes?
People can expect a well balanced resistance based workout that emphasizes learning body awareness with the goal of returning to optimal physical mobility. They can expect a dry sense of humour that for the most part would be considered politically correct.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Pilates.
I currently practice Pilates, yoga, fundamental strength and conditioning, mountain biking, golf, snowboarding, swimming, kayaking and dancing like a toddler.
cody
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Vinyasa power flow with dynamic, creative peak pose sequencing. Inspired and influenced by individuals such as Janet Stone and Shiva Rea.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Janet Stone 5 Elements vinyasa training, Sivananda yoga, class Roberts-Oss Lila training.
What can people expect from your classes?
To be challenged, work hard, laugh, and have fun!
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Vinyasa power flow
crista
she/her-
What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
My teaching style has been primarily influenced by Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga and classical Hatha Yoga which reflects teachers like Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, Judith Hanson Lasater, and teachings from the Bhagavad Gita and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
The training that has been most impactful have been trainings focused on internal system regulation, internal awareness, breath guidance as well as energy and meditative awareness.
What can people expect from your classes?
In my classes people can expect slow, intentional and deeply grounded classes with a bit of humour that emphasize stillness, breath and internal awareness. My classes are less about intensity and more about helping people slow down, listen inward and leave feeling grounded, restored and reset.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Restore, Roots and Flow and Restore while practicing the same classes with Free Flow classes added in for a bit of fun.
Dawn
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga; Yin Yoga, and, Breathwork and Meditation.
Some teachers who have influenced me: Sri K Pattabhi Jois, BKS Inyengar and Bernie Clarke
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Dawn is a Yoga Alliance Certified 500RYT and has been teaching yoga full time for over 15 years. She has over 600 hours of training and continues to study and grow as a teacher and lifelong practitioner.
Her certifications include:
Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training (2010) - 200hrs
Sattva Yoga Teacher Training (2011) - 200hrs
Art of Adjusting Training (2013) - 60hrs
Meditation Teacher Training (2016) - 50hrs
Advanced Teacher Training (2021)- 300hrs
Better Way To Flow - Injury Prevention Training (2025) - 25hrs
What can people expect from your classes?
Dawn's classes offer a mindful, grounding, and calming experience. Focused on the breath, her classes seamlessly blend breathwork with movement and moments of stillness, complemented by carefully curated emotive music for a serene ambiance. With a steady pace and purposeful sequencing, Dawn's clear and concise cueing ensures accessibility for practitioners of all levels. Participants leave her classes feeling both physically strong and mentally at ease, with a sense of balance and tranquility in both body and mind.
Feel free to check out her website for more about her.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Dawn currently teaches Flow, Flow & Restore, Roots & Restore, Prana & Meditation and Yoga Nidra.
Dawn’s personal practice is a blend of Flow, Yin, Yoga Nidra, Breathwork and Meditation. She has a home practice and also attends in studio and online classes and workshops with teacher’s who inspire her.
elysia
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
What can people expect from your classes?
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
ela
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Dance (I see yoga as dance in slow motion) Circus flow arts, functional strength & mobility! All Lab/Modo teachers & countless on YouTube!
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Moksha 500Hr. Very wholistic perspective which incorporated lifestyle changes & applied yoga philosophies!
What can people expect from your classes?
To be challenged both physically & mentally with a sense of playful curiosity! Inspiration to take your yoga practice off the mat by bringing mindfulness into the mundane aspects of everyday life. To leave with a peaceful feeling of satisfaction.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Teach Roots, Roots & Restore, Flow & Mobility Stretch. Practice everything!
emily
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India
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Dance, vinyasa, rhythm, intuitive movement, functional mobility, and the Earth.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
My 20 years of dance training.
What can people expect from your classes?
Playlists that get inside your bones, new and creative movement pathways, sneaky strength work, multi-dimensional access, and a scaffolding of rhythm.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I teach Blend! And I practice The WYLD Method, my own signature movement method.
jaime
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Many different types/lineages of vinyasa and the powerful flow teachers of the Lab & Victoria in general
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Lab Studios 200hr
What can people expect from your classes?
Strong flows, space to play and experiment, and an extra long savasana whenever possible
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Currently teaching Flow 1 and Free Flow; practicing free flow, intermediate, and Jivamukti
jen
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I have been inspired by so many different teachers over the years. But my yoga journey began by learning from Vancouver yoga legends Megan Currie, Christine Price Clark and Clara Roberts Oss who helped me fall in love w a beautiful and flowy Anusara inspired vinyasa practice. I also found that the power of the practice of Kundalini ( w Gloria Latham) lit a fire in me that I still carry. I have always been inspired by Shiva Rae, Janet and Stone Chris Chavez .
I love the rhythym and release of dance, the steadiness of Hatha and the dynamic- ness of vinyasa. They each offer me something different and meaningful in both my body and heart .What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
My first training was at a magical location in the mountains of Costa Rica, with a teacher named Ashley Ludman. It came at a pivotal time in my life and was life changing. She not only helped me dive deeper into my yoga practice, but I was also introduced to transcendental breathwork and ecstatic dance practices during the training.
I recently completed a Barre training through Quantum Yoga and it gave me the confidence and skill needed to step into a new modality of teachingWhat can people expect from your classes?
Creative sequences, a slow burn, rhythm driven movements, great playlists, and a calm and steady energy
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I teach Blend: a hybrid of yoga, pilates, barre and strength, and soon Roots classes as well. I practice it all! Roots is my go to, but I love Pilates, flow, and yin as well!
jonni-lyn
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I personally love and have been gratefully influenced by a variety of different movement styles! It’s a gift to be able to choose a different style to match the energy of the day or season. I love a slow, grounded Hatha practice one day, a hot Pilates the next and of course a spicy Vinyasa. I’m constantly learning and growing as a student and influenced by all the talented instructors this city has to offer.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Yin training really made me step out of my comfort zone and encouraged me to pause and go inwards. Stillness is humbling, challenging and powerful, not always easy for a person like me who always seem to be on the move!
What can people expect from your classes?
I love to create a safe practice room where community comes together to celebrate movement and breath! My classes are strength/alignment based infused with playfulness and creativity. I welcome all levels, offer options throughout and encourage students to get out of their head & back into their hearts.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach all styles including Pilates, Blend, Flow, Hatha, Yin and Pre-Natal. I’m currently teaching Pilates at the Lab and feel so honoured to be part of this community!
kailie
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I personally love and have been gratefully influenced by a variety of different movement styles! It’s a gift to be able to choose a different style to match the energy of the day or season. I love a slow, grounded Hatha practice one day, a hot Pilates the next and of course a spicy Vinyasa. I’m constantly learning and growing as a student and influenced by all the talented instructors this city has to offer.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Yin training really made me step out of my comfort zone and encouraged me to pause and go inwards. Stillness is humbling, challenging and powerful, not always easy for a person like me who always seem to be on the move!
What can people expect from your classes?
I love to create a safe practice room where community comes together to celebrate movement and breath! My classes are strength/alignment based infused with playfulness and creativity. I welcome all levels, offer options throughout and encourage students to get out of their head & back into their hearts.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach all styles including Pilates, Blend, Flow, Hatha, Yin and Pre-Natal. I’m currently teaching Pilates at the Lab and feel so honoured to be part of this community!
karen
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
My love is with a holistic Hatha style class that allows stillness, strength and gentle flow to express yourself and feel more at home in your body.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
My training is through Akhanda Yoga in 2005 and still influences me today. This training was richly spiritual introducing me to Ayurveda, rituals, pujas, chanting, and a love for moving the body for a holistic approach to teaching and daily life.
What can people expect from your classes?
A meaningful yet lighthearted approach to moving rooted in coming home to yourself and enjoy doing it. I love to blend anatomy and energy to create a sequence with heartfelt or spiritual theme to tie it all together. I love offering options and modifications for you to make your practice your own. I dance salsa, and weight lift bringing the dynamic of structure and intuition to all of my classes.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Hatha has my heart and I teach Yin, Restorative, Mobility Stretch, Flow.
kelly
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I’m deeply influenced by Vinyasa traditions, as well as somatic and breath-based practices. I’m inspired by teachers who weave philosophy, intelligent sequencing, and nervous system awareness into embodied, meaningful movement.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
My foundational Yoga Teacher Training shaped my understanding of yoga philosophy, alignment and sequencing, while continued studies in mobility, barre, sound and somatics have most impacted the depth, pacing, and intentionality of my classes.
What can people expect from your classes?
Thoughtful sequencing, strong breath guidance, and clear alignment cue. Creating a Playlist for you is one of my favourite things! My classes balance challenge and softness, inviting students to feel grounded, present, and deeply connected to themselves.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, restorative, mobility, and barre and blend. My personal practice blends strength, fluidity, breathwork, and slower nervous system-supportive work.
Kyra
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Fuelled with a love for Pilates and fundamental strength and conditioning influences my daily life. My mom has MS and learning how to use what the body is able has really inspired my passion for movement.What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Working with all sorts of bodies in different settings with a range of ability and levels has been the most impactful with my teachings.
What can people expect from your classes?
Specific and thought out moves that build on each other. Lots of layers, pulsing and intentional movements.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Pilates.
I currently practice Pilates, yoga, fundamental strength and conditioning, hiking, biking, mobility
lucie
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Pilates with a capital P, Vinyāsa Yoga, Vipassanā Meditation and MBSR
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Meditation Teacher Training with Happy Melon Studios
What can people expect from your classes?
Expect an inclusive yet challenging workout, rooted in functional movement patterning and biomechanics – sessions are inclusive, relaxed and welcoming, empowering you to move easy and have a good time.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Teach: Pilates / Practice: Pilates, Meditation
lori
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Restorative, Yin and Somatic Sound. Very grateful to my teachers from throughout the years SJ Gooding, Tianne Allan, Lucy St. John Charlie Gates, and of course the multitude of incredible teachers I get to share space with who offer their wisdom.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Learning about restorative yoga really opened my heart to the possibilities of a slow and intentional practice. Even in the most seemingly passive shapes there is so much happening in our bodies if we can take the time to listen.
What can people expect from your classes?
I always try to create classes that feel accessible for a diverse range of bodies and experiences, incorporating grounded heart-led movement always with a focus on the nervous system. All are welcome :)
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Restore, Flow + Restore, and Queer Karma. My own practice really depends on what my body and spirit are needing. I love the slow practices of yin and restorative especially when paired with sound and also love the challenge of Pilates and more dynamic yoga flows.
megan
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Meghan Currie, Janet Stone, any kind of creative flow and of course our very faculty!
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Several trainings with Janet Stone.
What can people expect from your classes?
A playful and unique experience with opportunities to dial back or try something new while always ensuring that every person in the room feels included and supported. Oh and a new fun playlist for each class too!
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Free Flow (fun fact, it was made after the creative style I teach!), Sing A Long Flow and I love to teach Roots as well. I practice every offering at the studio. We are so fortunate to be given the opportunity to celebrate diversity and different styles.
pilar
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
My teachers in Thailand when I lived in monasteries in my twenties have stayed with me in many ways, along with the other practices of meditation that I have explored in my life (Zen and Vipassana). Every style of moment that I’ve trained in or class that I’ve taken has left its imprint. I feel this on many levels in my life.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
They all have impacted me in many ways. The right moment, right training kind of feeling. Each adding its medicine to my life.
What can people expect from your classes?
I hope I offer a grounded practice. With space to feel and move. A chance to explore connection and rhythm in movement and breath. Space to listen deeply to ourselves. I offer practices in meditation with sound and with this, people can soften, restore, dream and feel.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I teach Roots, Restore and Sound. I practice these as well. Along with strength training and mobility practices.
rose
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Modo Yoga Hot Flow, Modo Hot Yoga, Yin, Restorative, Pilates, & Dance: Martha Graham!
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
These are the trainings that are most impactful to my teaching style: Theatre Movement at York University with Michael Greyeyes, Modo Yoga Hot Flow in Nicaragua with Dina Tsoulouhas, Modo Hot Yoga in Toronto with Ted Grand & Jess Robertson, Yin Yoga in Vancouver with Bernie Clark, & Yoga Flow mentorship with Suzanne Slocum-Gori at One Yoga Vancouver. Sivananda Ashram in Trivandrum, Kerala in India
What can people expect from your classes?
Serenity, Strength, & Stillness!
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach: Roots, Free Flow, Mobility Stretch, & Blend at both The Lab Victoria & Westshore.
I love practicing: Roots, Free Flow, Mobility Stretch, Yin, Restorative, Blend, & Pilates.
sam
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Originally Modo trained, a slow, hot, hatha practice (roots) always feels like home. On the flip side, I love movement that helps drop you out of your head and into your body, whether I’m taking group yoga/ fitness classes or rolling out my mat at home
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
I think my first training, Modo level one, at Modo Yoga LA, had the biggest impact on not only my teaching style but my life and the trajectory it would have from there on out.
What can people expect from your classes?
A great playlist (everyone says that hahah)… that will build with the heat of the room, journeying you through strong, breath-led, shapes and movements, and ease you into slow stretches and rest. My hope is, you’ll leave feeling with a sense of gratitude towards yourself for showing up and putting the work in, knowing it doesn’t only benefit you, but all that you come in contact with.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I teach: Roots, Blend, Flow L1 (and whatever I can help sub) I mostly practice Flow & Blend but happy to move my body in any way I can find time for
sasha
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
What can people expect from your classes?
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
sativa
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Before yoga, there was dance. I grew up as a lifelong dancer, and movement was my first language - rhythm, breath, expression, devotion. That foundation still lives in the way I teach and move today.
My practice has been shaped by Vinyasa, TCM-inspired Yin, slow flow, and deeply embodied somatic movement. I’m drawn to spaces where you can truly feel yourself, where breath becomes the rhythm and the body becomes the teacher. I love the devotional fluidity of flow just as much as I love the steady discipline of Hatha and Ashtanga.
At the root of it all is my mother, Shanti, who first showed me that movement can be prayer.
Teachers who have profoundly shaped me include Meghan Currie, Persia Juliet, Ashton Szabo, Tracey Noseworthy, Jonni-Lyn, Pilar Munroz, and Kimber Allen. Each of them has left fingerprints on my practice, and I carry their teachings with deep gratitude.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
I completed my teacher training at The Lab alongside many of the teachers who continue to inspire me. Since then, I’ve traveled to Bali, Vancouver, and throughout Vancouver Island to sit at the feet of different lineages and perspectives. Practicing Yin with Persia Juliet in Bali and now continuing that mentorship on Salt Spring Island, profoundly influenced the way I weave Traditional Chinese Medicine into my classes.
Discovering Yoga Nidra (yoga sleep) changed my life. It softened something in me. As a lifelong learner, I immersed myself in a deep self-study and now gently thread Nidra into almost every class I teach. Rest, to me, is revolutionary.
What can people expect from your classes?
Candlelit ambiance, trance-inspired music, meditation, ritual, devotion, and space to soften into yourself. My classes are grounding, sensory, and intentional, designed to help you land in your body and leave feeling connected and restored.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach Restore on Wednesdays at The Lab, but you may also see me subbing a plethora of classes!
In my personal practice, I move through many styles: Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Hatha (roots), Pilates, Yin, mobility, and blend practices. I feel deeply grateful for this practice and the opportunity to continue learning and evolving within it.
SJ
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tracey
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I have always loved to move with breath! So Vinyasa Flow, Slow Flow and as of late more Mobility work is incredibly inspiring to me.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Trainings and Teachings I have many, yet a shout out to Janet Stone, Shiva Rea, Chris Chavez and Rodney Yee. I love to sneak away for immersive trainings when I can so life at home has a chance to pause, and in exchange I have the gift of settling in and digging deep to practice, learn and listen.
What can people expect from your classes?
I love to offer creative sequencing anchored in alignment with the set up for success. We flow with music, curated to lift everybody up into a peak posture guided by your heart not your head. And of course ~ a little laughter, joy and love to fill the room.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I currently teach / and practice Vinyasa Flow levels 1, 2 and intermediate.
tara
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
I resonate with a fluid, dynamic, soulful dance-like flow of Shiva Rea, but also the mindful alignment and body intelligence of teachers like Kate Gillespie (Movement Method Co.) and Mary Dana Abott (Katonah Yoga).
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
Para Yoga Tantra Vinyasa 300 hr Training w/ Rod Stryker, Mary Bruce and Johnna Smith gave me beautiful start in the areas of philosophy, energetics, pranayama and meditation.
Sequencing immersions with Kula Yoga NYC and Laughing Lotus NYC, Dina Tshoulas and Janet Stone nurtured my flow sequencing passion.
My 800 hrs of Modo/ Moksha Trainings offered me a solid foundation with teaching heated classes of various styles and a start with Buddhist philosophy and all around mindfulness.
What can people expect from your classes?
A dynamic, sweaty, embodied flow with clear alignment suggestions paired with artful, heart-full cueing of breath and bhav and a vibey playlist. Think strong, playful, creative sequencing that often progresses toward a peak posture (or two) or certain energetic or anatomical theme.
The chance to almost dance through short sequences at your own pace is not uncommon, or to soak in a live savasana lullaby or sing along to a short mantra is also is also common in a Tara class.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
I love to teach all styles/ levels of Vinyasa Flow as well as incorporate elements of sound, singing, mantra, and somatic dance-like movement within classes and/or special events. I also offer Hatha (Roots), Restorative, Yin and Blend classes + Pre/ Post Natal.
Accredited through the Yoga Alliance as E-RYT. (Teacher Trainer)
I practices ALL styles of Yoga I can, plus Pilates, barre and dance. Will be forever a very "spongy" student and lover of movement.
Victoria
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What movement styles or teacher have influenced you?
Well, a 10 day silent meditation retreat called Vipassana was a big deal to me and that was only the beginning. Gloria Latham was my first Kundalini teacher where the classes were about 2-3 hours long, and Kundalini has made me realize there is something going on here.
What training has been the most impactful to your teaching style?
300 hours of yoga teacher training in Bali, boiling in a never ending Vinyasa class was the hardest and the coolest thing I have done in my life. Before that I have completed my 200 hour Hatha and Restorative training with a Kinesiology teacher.
What can people expect from your classes?
Learning something new and elevating your yoga practice, trying cool arm balances and more advanced yoga postures. None of the "windshield wipers" in my class, I teach with philosophy and tradition in heart. I am also a big hands-on teacher only with your permission.
What do you currently teach? What do you practice?
Two complete opposites: I can teach and practice a powerful Vinyasa but I am also really into laying on the floor with a bolster and an eye pillow restorative extra quiet kind of class.
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