MEET THE TEAM
Lara Haddad
@larrhaddad
Bio:
Hi, my name is Lara, the founder of this studio. I have been practicing yoga for over six years, but my love for movement has only grown since then. I have always been drawn to movement, coming from a dance background as a kid. I love music, the connection of the body and the breath, and physical activity.
3 words to describe your classes:
Musically driven, fluid, challenging
Fun Fact:
I have been to over 75 concerts in my life.
Gilllian Kessel
@gilliekess
Bio:
I was first inspired to practice yoga as a new form of fitness after years of competitive dance. I soon learned that yoga was so much more than the physical workout and fell in love with the holistic practice. Yoga complimented her fitness-based lifestyle by bringing me peace of mind, gratification of the body, and grounded her spiritual being. My naturally easy-going personality and dance background lead to classes that are creative, but technical, with a balanced focus on increasing flexibility, building strength, and inspiring a body-based spiritual journey.
3 words to describe your classes:
Creative, Challenging, Joyous
Fun Fact:
I am ambidextrous - I am left hand dominant, but use my right hand for most tasks (so ambidextr-ish)
Jaye Sim
@do.what.sparks.joy
Bio:
I started practicing yoga in 2007. After trying different styles of yoga, I fell in love with Ashtanga Vinyasa. In 2015, I finished my Yoga Teacher Training at Downward Dog Yoga Centre, and have been teaching since 2016. I teach various styles of yoga and am passionate about sharing my practice.
3 words to describe your classes:
Body-awareness focused, Wholesome, Balanced
Fun Fact:
I’m a dancer and musician who also teaches singing.
Melanie Hutchinson
@melaniejoyyoga
Bio:
I have been teaching yoga for 14 years and practicing for over 25 years. Through the years both my teaching and practice have shifted many, many times. After completing my yoga training in 2008 with YogaWorks I began teaching everyone from pre-schoolers to gym rats in fitness studios, private-lessons, and family classes. Yoga has been a transformative and empowering part of my life whether it's my physical awareness on the mat or incorporating it's principles into how I interact with the world around me.
3 words to describe your classes:
Humour, Accessibility, Focus on Alignment
Fun Fact:
My motivation for starting yoga was to become a contortionist and join the circus...I did join the circus but dreams of contorting were quickly dashed :)
Stephanie Hiscox
Bio:
I am a 500+ hour certified yoga instructor. I’ve been teaching yoga since 2014, and am passionate about sharing the unequivocal benefits of yoga with all humans curious and willing to try.
Coming from a dance background, my classes are inspired by the art of choreography, curated with the science and art of yoga in mind. I skillfully link both effort and ease in each class to allow for the practitioner to feel a sense of interconnection; mind, body and breath.
3 words to describe your classes:
Confluent, Playful, Balanced
Fun Fact:
I used to sing competitively, and once upon a time made it through 4 rounds of auditions for the show Canada’s Got Talent.