Milya & Bill
Our resident yoga dogs, you’ll often see these two in and around the studio!
Tony Saddy
Studio Co-Owner and Outreach Manager
Yoga for Anxiety & Stress Management
Monday 5:30 pm
This class will weave together gentle Yoga forms and mindfulness-based practice to support nervous system settling while practicing together in community. The practice will vary depending on the season of the year and the needs of the group. Every BODY welcome. There are no physical assists and variations will be offered and encouraged. Your body, your practice! Beginners welcomed!
Michel Cote
Michel has been teaching yoga since 1997. He is a certified yoga teacher
who graduated from the two-year teacher training program at the Esther
Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto. Michel has studied many styles of yoga as
well as other practices, making him a versatile teacher.
Michel’s home practice often includes a bunny or two – he’s passionate
about his volunteer work to help and home domestic rabbits.
Hatha
Saturday 11:00 am
Michel teaches a vigorous, physical style of yoga, focusing on principles of the mind and body. He has a good knowledge of body mechanics, as well as an intuitive understanding of the body and how it relates to the postures. While he enjoys challenging his students, he assists them to work at their own level and helps them with healing and resilience
Tia Couchman
Tia Couchman is a London local registered yoga teacher who is passionate about ways to explore the body through movement, pranayama and mindfulness. She enjoys creating an aesthetic candle filled space and cultivates a sense of community for everyone that joins class. If you wish to learn more about Tia, and her classes, she can be found on Instagram at TiaCYoga.
Gentle Vinyasa
Wednesday 7:30 pm
She teaches slow paced Vinyasa that relishes in moving with your breath. During Tia’s classes, you may be swept away with the acoustics of sound bowls and chimes during restorative cool down postures, sinking into meditative states allowing the body to relax. Tia respects all abilities and teaches about the use of props during every class, allowing the body to engage with all asanas properly. You will leave feeling open, connected and relaxed leaving her class.
Cynthia Galloway
Cynthia is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) with over 1,000 hours of advanced training, including Foundations in Yoga Therapy through Inner Peace Yoga Therapy. Her teaching combines posture (asana), breathwork (pranayama), meditation, and mindfulness to cultivate self-awareness, enhance function, and support healing through the integration of body, mind, and spirit.
With nearly 35 years of experience in healthcare as both a Registered Dietitian and a Registered Psychotherapist, Cynthia brings a compassionate, holistic approach to her work, honouring each person’s unique path to well-being.
Taoist yoga
Thursday 9:30 am
Taoist yoga is a gentle, meditative practice that blends slow movement, breathwork, and energy awareness to help you feel balanced, grounded, and connected to nature. It’s based on ancient Taoist principles like Yin and Yang, and focuses on harmonizing the body, mind, and spirit through inner stillness and flow.
Valerie Giles
Valerie has been teaching at Yoga and Fitness for over 30 years. Valerie holds an Advanced Yoga Certificate E500 RYTT. Valerie is the co-owner of Elemental School of Yoga offering Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher training. For more information go to www.elementalschoolofyoga.com
Rise and Shine Yoga
Saturday 9:00 am
Valerie believes that yoga can be pivotal in the healing process, believing in the body’s natural ability to heal given the right environment. Valerie invites you to play, laugh, heal, love and transform together while celebrating life. Her classes at Shangrila are geared to all-levels, whether you are a beginner or have done yoga for a lifetime, Valerie will offer you options and modifications to suit your needs. Valerie’s yoga style is Anusara and Vinyasa inspired. Her classes aspire to embody the philosophy that yoga’s primary purpose is for the pure joy of it!
Karin KerfootKarin Kerfoot (RYT500) is a highly knowledgeable and experienced yoga teacher who brings both her yoga and medical training to the mat. Karin is skilled in teaching Vinyasa, Hatha, and Yin yoga, as well as leading meditation and breathwork (Pranayama). Her teaching style intentionally engages the body and the mind, and
blends mobility, flexibility and strength, producing practices that are both challenging and calming. Her professional background as an M.D., her dedication to being a yoga student, and her sincere love of the practice have combined to make her a very insightful, educated, and empathetic teacher.
Strengthen the Body, Calm the Mind with Karin
Mondays 9:30-10:45am
After a brief opening meditation and some light dynamic movement, Karin leads a Sun Salutation-based flow that blends classic poses with contemporary variations. Each class maintains a particular focus (an area of the body and/or technique) that is emphasized throughout the flow. Closing with an extended period of breathwork (pranayama for approx. 10 mins) and a restful Savasana, this practice connects the body, and breath.
Meditate, Move, and Breathe with Karin
Wednesdays 9:30-10:45am
This class is exactly as the name suggests: first meditation, then movement, then breathwork! After an opening meditation centered on the body, the breath, Karin highlights a focus for each class (a family of poses, technique, and/or area of the body). She then teaches an ease-full movement practice that brings together mobility, stretching, strength, and flow. Simple, calming breathwork (pranayama) follows, before a final restorative Savasana.
Kathy Russell
Kathy Russell completed her year-long yoga teacher training through the Lotus Centre in 2005, and has been teaching ever since. Years of personal practice, on-going trainings, and outreach teaching have shaped her current classes, attracting students who want a deeply relaxing practice in a safe and supportive space. She deeply enjoys helping beginner students to wade out into the practice of yoga, as safely as possible, and at their own pace.
Beginner’s Yoga
Wednesday 5:30 pm
A yoga class designed to help you relax. Learn to release tension and stress from your body and to quiet and soothe your mind through a balanced practice of poses, breath work, relaxation and meditation.
This class is open to all levels of students, but has a focus on ensuring beginners can learn the basics and practice at their own pace. Kathy teaches and encourage the use of props and modifications to create greater safety and comfort when working with pain, discomfort, or on-going conditions.
Yin
Monday 7:30 pm
Gently guiding you through poses that encourage a deep stretch and release of tension, you’ll move through a sequence of postures and will mainly stay on the ground. Incorporating long-held stretches designed to deeply open the body and calm the mind, you’ll find a feeling of being completely relaxed and rejuvenated. Wonderful for all levels, and great for those looking to unwind, reset, and nurture their body and mind.
Erisa teaches Thursdays at 7pm (75 min) Vinyasana Flow Intermediate
Erisa is a graduate of the Elemental School of Yoga in London, with a RYTT 200-hour certification. She loves guiding students to explore the possibilities of the body through movement and breath, in their own journey. For her, yoga is a playground where mind, body, and environment come together in awareness.
Her Vinyasa flow classes include some challenging postures, which she approaches from a variety of perspectives until something interesting can be discovered for everyone. She meets her mat with whatever life has brought her that day and moment—and she shares this way of approaching practice with her students as well.