My introduction to yoga came when my second child was very young. Nights were short, and he needed to be held a lot, often on my hip. I quickly felt out of alignment, and decided to give yoga a try with some of my friends. I slowly started to notice some changes: realigned spine, back pain subsiding. Gradually, I felt better all around. Years later, I returned to yoga taking a class at our local YMCA, and have not stopped since. Becoming a yoga teacher was a natural progression.
As far as I can remember, I wanted to teach, but life took me on another path. Finally, the timing was right, and I enrolled into a Yoga Alliance accredited 200 hours yoga teachers’ training (RYT). Over the last almost 18+ years, I have taught young children in a bilingual environment (French/English), master athletes, very active adults, in schools settings and corporate environments, and now online via Zoom.
Fulfilling a life long dream, I travelled to India in 2014, and returned in the fall of 2023 for a pilgrimage of Bhakti yoga/Krishna’s sacred sites. It was then, and always is, a transformative experience which continues to add a new dimension to both my personal practice and my teaching. Through ongoing learning and practice, creating safe and mindful sequences is a central part of my approach.
Finally, why the name Fusion inYoga? Yoga comes from “yug” which means “union”. When we practice yoga, learning to be more present so the mind can quiet down, we come closer each and every time to our unique and united self, being part of a bigger picture, we strive to “fuse” or “become one” on and off the mat.
fu·sion
/ˈfyo͞oZHən/
noun: fusion; plural noun: fusion is
the process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity