Petal Diffuser
On Guard Essential Oil (15mL)
Lavender Essential Oil (15mL)
$150.00
Petal Diffuser
On Guard Essential Oil (15mL)
Lavender Essential Oil (15mL)
| Weight | 1.5 lbs |
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You can join us online for one of our movement classes from the comfort of your home using your computer, tablet or smartphone. Once you register for your class you will receive an email confirmation 30 minutes prior to the start of class with a link to access the class. If you register less than 30 minutes before the class, you will receive the link right away.
Click on the link in the email that says “Click here to join”.
Turn on your camera and mic to say hello if you wish, and then we’ll get started!
Lindsay is a passionate yogi who loves the freedom that comes with getting into her body and out of her head. She has a Masters degree in International Social Development and 15 years experience working as a marketing and communications professional in the sustainability field. Her commitment to healthy living is both personal and extends outward to the planet. She is active in her community leading the West Toronto Kids Run for Nature in support of WWF-Canada for the past 5 years for which she won the David Lin Memorial Award for volunteerism in 2019. After leaving her corporate job for more flexibility and to pursue her passion for wellness, Lindsay successfully completed her training in kids yoga, her 200hr yoga teacher training with Power Yoga Canada in 2019 and her Pilates Mat certification through Equinox in 2020. Since then, she has been building her own business sharing her love of and curiosity about movement and mindfulness for all bodies of all ages at all stages.
Rebecca grew up on the east coast of Australia. Her interest in anatomy and how the body heals itself inspired her to pursue a career in massage therapy.
She has a versatile range of treatment styles from relaxation to sports massage and uses different techniques to ensure each individual gets the care that is right for them. With a Swedish massage base, she also uses cupping, fascial and muscle release techniques, and has completed the trimesters massage therapy course for pregnancy. She is dedicated to relieving pain, restoring function and working with individuals to help them take control of their health.
In her spare time, she volunteers at Covenant House Toronto with her German shepherd dog Alfie.
Kirsten Emma Wood (they/them) is a queer & nonbinary intuitive guide and student of many incredible modalities. Currently sharing through the self-created container ‘Rubedo*Rebirthing Being*Alchemy’ (@rubedoalchemy) to facilitate circles, learning spaces and 1 on 1 offerings. Kirsten is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, tarot teacher & reader, Akashic Records practitioner, Astrologer (traditional horary – astro magic, hellenistic & medical astrology specialization centring intuitive work with the Akashic Records of birth charts/events, astral bodies, solar systems and galaxies), herbalist (astro-herbalism, ceremonial & folk herbalism specialization), Accessible Yoga and trauma sensitive mindfulness guide. Passionate about becoming a helpful ancestor (the work of ancestral healing & spiritual activism) and bringing folks together to honour the gift of listening & learning from one another. In solidarity with marginalized folks they share 2/3 of all monetary proceeds from circles & yoga/meditation offerings they facilitate to go directly to calls for funds from LGBT2SIQQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two spirit, intersex, queer, questioning, plus) BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of colour).
Liz’s goal as a yoga instructor and meditation guide is to safely lead individuals through an enjoyable and accessible practice that will allow students to release tension, increase mobility, and promote peace of mind through the linking of mindful movement and breath. Liz is deeply passionate about promoting more diversity in the yoga community and she continues to work in developing the accessibility and knowledge of yoga and meditation in underserved communities through various outreach initiatives. She has completed mindfulness training with Dr. Shailla Vaidya and completed her 300+ hour Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Therapy Toronto with Ante & Felicia Pavlovic, under the Sri T. Krishnamacharya lineage
Jeanne is a dedicated yoga student and teacher who brings compassion, knowledge and love into her yoga classes. Jeanne’s classes focus on moving energy through the breath, connecting the body, the mind, and the spirit in a safe, accessible and nurturing environment. Her gentle classes can provide you with a sense of inner peace and personal strength. Jeanne is honoured to guide students through the practices of mindfulness, breathing and yoga.
Jeanne is an avid learner of yoga and holistic health. She’s been teaching and studying yoga for over a decade. Jeanne graduated as a Certified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist with Ante and Felicia Pavlovic at Yoga Therapy Toronto in the lineage of Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Jeanne has completed additional trainings in Hatha, Yin, Restorative, Chair Yoga, Yoga for 50+, Yoga for Older Adults, Mindfulness Meditation, Indian Head Massage, and Reiki
Sara is a Certified Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide, Life Coach, Reiki Master, Access Consciousness Practitioner and founder of “Evolutionary Journey”. She is an experienced subtle energies practitioner and natural healer with a holistic approach towards helping others thrive in mind, body and spirit. She is committed to spiritual investigations through the study of subtle energies, new and ancient wisdom. This is combined with her 25 years experience of studies & teaching Yoga, Meditation, Energy Medicine, Mind Body Fitness, Longevity and Holistic Health, where she has been serving both private clients and larger groups, doing private sessions, group clearings & activations, speaking, and teaching classes & workshops.
Domenica believes that movement can heal and empower. After coming to Pilates to seek relief from chronic back and hip pain, her body began to feel stronger and the pain dramatically decreased and then disappeared. She realized that what her body was learning in Pilates classes could help her throughout her daily life. In 2006 she successfully completed her mat work instructor training at Body Harmonics Pilates, followed by Comprehensive Pilates equipment training in 2009.
Domenica loves teaching so that we can all be our best selves in the bodies we have. She earned a Bachelor of Education at O.I.S.E., loves learning and continues to take additional Pilates, anatomy and movement courses to inform her practice and teaching.
In 2010, while pregnant herself, she completed additional training for pre and post natal Pilates where the focus is always on safe, effective movements so moms and moms-to-be can feel their best.
Health and wellness has been a passion for Michele’s for many years. She went to her first yoga class to explore another way of staying fit and healthy. After returning from her first retreat 4 years ago feeling relaxed, strong and rejuvenated, she knew she was hooked. Practising yoga has increased her strength and flexibility and helped her find balance, peace, and connection to her inner wisdom. Yoga is and always will be her sanctuary. She recently completed her 200-hour teacher training and looks forward to helping others discover their yoga sanctuary.
Karina is a devoted yoga, pranayama and meditation teacher and therapist in training with over ten years of personal practice. She is committed to bringing joy, presence, breath work and appropriate challenge into yoga classes. Her extensive teaching experience with children and teens, therapeutic, restorative and active flow classes makes her a welcome addition to NEST. Avid to create a safe, healing group class atmosphere where students can drop into their own authentic yoga practice – join one of Karina classes today.
Preet describes herself as a little bit of everything. She is also a yogi, a sound maker, a Reiki practitioner and an artist. Her practice in life and in yoga is a playful exploration of possibilities that happens when she chooses to just show up and be kind to herself.
Preet has completed a 200-hour yoga program in yin, restorative and yoga nidra from India and is expanding her learning to hatha and advanced Reiki.
Her style of teaching weaves playful attitude, laughter, kind words and poetry.
Devoted practitioner and forever a student, Daria was hooked on moving well after her first yoga class in 2008. Motivated to help others through their journey, since becoming a movement teacher, Daria enjoys assisting others in bridging what they learned on the mat, off the mat.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. There is a connection between our thoughts and our physical being. A healthy and harmonious body-mind connection can help in achieving goals, overcoming obstacles and create a happier person – Daria loves her job!
Daria has been teaching and learning various disciplines of Yoga, Pilates, is a Reiki practitioner, an avid Face Yogi and sitar enthusiast. She works with a variety of clients, ranging from corporate settings to intimate one-on-one sessions, to weekly classes.
Margot holds an Honours BA in International Relations and English Literature. She is both a Certified Yoga Instructor (Yoga Alliance) and Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT).
Margot started her yoga journey in 1991 in Tokyo Japan where she was given a prenatal practice by a very wise doctor. Twelve years later she found her way to Breathe Yoga & Wellness Centre, and after several years of practice under the guidance of senior teachers, Margot graduated from the Breathe Yoga Teacher Training Program in 2009. An avid learner and passionate about all things yoga, Margot has continued her yoga education since and has completed teacher trainings in Yoga for Seniors, PreNatal and Post Natal, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga and Ayurveda , and Yoga Therapy Program at Yoga Therapy Toronto.
After two and a half years and over 1000 hours of study and practicum, Margot became certified as a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya.
As a Senior Instructor, today Margot teaches group classes with the principles of yoga therapy and her strong daily practice as her foundation. Pranayama practice and breath-focused vinyasa are the keys to her popular Flow and Restorative style classes . Margot is also a practicing Yoga Therapist, working one on one with clients.
Suz is certified in multiple styles of yoga (ashtanga/vinyasa, yin, restorative, iRest trauma sensitive yoga nidra). From this multi-faceted perspective, and the foundation of non-dual shaiva tantra philosophy, she teaches with intention to facilitate your optimal well-being. Her journey as a yoga teacher and practitioner is ongoing and spans over two decades of dedicated exploration.
Services are currently offered in a variety of virtual settings: website, studios, private, group, workshop, day retreats. You will find offerings where Suz is a solo practitioner, or in co-creative collaboration with others. Her teaching is driven by an endless fascination with nature.
Retired from the medical field, her approach is informed by an extensive career as teacher, examiner and integrative manual medicine practitioner (both neurofunctional acupuncture and registered massage therapy). Suz describes her life view, personally and as a teacher, is to support ways we can experience optimal embodied harmony and wellness embedded in daily life. Join her in this multidimensional discovery.
As a teacher of yoga, Shehla believes in the simplicity and the discipline of this great tradition. Having completed several yoga teacher trainings, as well as being a yoga therapist, she blends different styles of yoga and incorporates many tools. Most of all, she works diligently on bringing unadulterated teachings of yoga to people around her. Shehla has come to the realization that yoga truly is a lifelong journey — full of healing and love.
Shehla’s teachings are strongly influenced by all her teachers and honour the person in front of her, as well as honouring the environment around her. She strives to follow Ayurvedic principles by teaching according to seasons, weather changes and time of day, and of course the people in front of her.
Shehla has been teaching in the city of Toronto for almost 10 years. She is also a faculty member of George Brown College for their classical yoga teacher training certificate program.
Yoga is a part of Shehla along with her two boys and husband. You can spot her on Toronto’s downtown streets cycling around and enjoying our city’s colours, cuisine and culture. She enjoys running a few miles a week, sleeping, watching Ted talks and crime shows. She also enjoys getting some real “face time” with friends and family and cooking her versions of east Indian food!
Pam found her way to a yoga mat for the first time in 2009. She fondly remembers how she felt on the mat then and continues to find inner peace and personal strength each time she practices. She ranks Mandukasana (Frog) as one of her personal favourite poses! Massage ranks high on Pam’s list of ways to improve her overall health and well-being.
Pam brings her background in Organizational Behaviour along with her many years of experience in the corporate world to assist Nest attain its short- and long-term business goals.
In addition to working with Nest, Pam spends her time sculpting, writing, knitting and reading and mentoring people around the globe to help them achieve their health and wellness objectives. She is happy to report that her new pedal-assist bike helps her navigate the hills of Kelowna, British where she and her husband have recently relocated from Toronto.
Robin has more than 30-years of experience as a Senior Human Resources professional within the retail environment, including Sears Canada. Utilizing her experience and knowledge in establishing strategic plans and directing growth priorities, she assisted in opening Vivid Health Toronto and successfully ran that clinic for 6 years.
Robin is an energetic and hands-on leader who assists the Nest team in realizing their personal goals and objectives with an eye to the organization’s mission and vision to help Nest achieve a competitive advantage in the industry.
She is a lifetime resident of High Park in Toronto and has been volunteering in that neighbourhood for over 20 years. For her years of community service, Robin was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013.
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