about shas

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Lisa Beaulieu, BComm., CPT
Certified Pilates & Yoga Instructor
Registered Holistic Nutritionist
Lululemon Ambassador 2007-2008
Founder & Studio Director

After studying Business in University, I developed a very keen interest in the body which led me back to University to study anatomy and physiology. I undertook my teacher training in the Pilates Method with both Stott Pilates and Janet Lemon of Movement for Health in Toronto. As great as Pilates is, I knew there was something missing and when I met my first yoga teacher, Donna Christo I knew I had found the missing link – Yoga. I completed my teacher training at the Yoga Studio in Toronto with Hali Shwartz, Michael Siddall and Christine Cinq-Mars.

Since this new beginning, I have continued to attend numerous workshops including Seane Corn, Dharma Mittra, completed the Pre-Natal Yoga training with Janice Clarfield; and trained privately with David Robson (owner of  the Downward Dog) in the Ashtanga Yoga lineage. Most recently I have undertaken the 108 hour Anusara Yoga Immersion program with Todd Norian and Anne Green (Fall 2008).

This path of health is indeed my calling, to teach what I have been taught, to pass on the understanding, the courage and the compassion that I receive to those who study with me.



karla_picKarla Jang
Certified Yoga Instructor

Karla Jang works as a professional dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. She has worked in many theatres across the country from the Stratford Festival to the Princess of Wales.

After exploring different forms of therapy for several dance related injuries, she turned to yoga and has never looked back. A graduate of the Downward Dog Teacher Training Program, Karla has been practicing Ashtanga yoga for ten years. She enjoys teaching and guiding people through yoga practice and believes that through yoga people can heal in many ways; emotionally, physically, and mentally. Karla’s extensive background in dance offers a unique perspective towards yoga. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and her approach is intelligent and fun.


Carin Lowerison  Carin Lowerison
  Certified Hatha Yoga teacher,
  Inspired Anusara Yoga Teacher Certification
  (in progress)

  Carin is a performing artist in Toronto. She has been studying Yoga for 9 years and in 2007 completed her teacher training in Classical Hatha Yoga at Yoga Plus... under Michael Siddall and Cynthia Cooperstone. In May 2008, she completed a Level I teacher training in Anusara yoga with senior Anusara teachers Martin and Jordan Kirk of Arizona. To date, Carin has accumulated over 400 hours of teacher training and is excited to be on a journey towards an Anusara yoga certification.

Carin teaches a Hatha yoga class deeply rooted in Anusara components. Each class is structured around a theme and focus of the body. Whether it's a class all about twists or how to blissfully backbend, Carin will take you through a challenging and fun practice that captures the feel of a workshop.


Elizabeth Varty (Bizz)
Administrative Assistant

Bizz has studied Dance for over 20 years and has been studying Yoga and Pilates Fitness for the past twelve. She has a passion for movement arts and recently began teaching Movement Math for kids at the same Montessori school she attended as a child.  Bizz has already made a significant imprint at Shas helping us manage the various demands of the studio so that we can continue to offer our students a polished, well organized environment to practice their Yoga and Pilates.


Lisa Knapper  Lisa Knapper
  Certified Pilates Instructor

   Lisa is certified through Body Harmonics and
  brings with her a passion and expertise
  reflected in all her classes.  Accenting her
  exercises with small props, you will experience deep conditioning and toning through a series of detailed exercises.


  Sunny Smith
  Certified Yoga and Thai Massage Therapist

Sunny has been practicing and studying yoga for seven years and has completed more than 500 hours of teachers training. She studied Ashtanga yoga at Downward Dog, in Toronto: prenatal yoga at the Yoga Sanctuary, also in Toronto; and Hatha/Kundalini at the Chakra Yoga Center in Victoria, BC. Sunny has also completed her Thai massage training. Sunny weaves yoga philosophy, beautiful music, and grace into her classes and strives to teach her students to see the beauty in all things everywhere. 



 







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