It seems to me that Yoga has always been part of my life. There have been moments of great intensity and others more spacious, but in a form or another Yoga, including yogsana and meditation, has been a lifetime companion. It helped me stand upright in crippling situations and empowered me to claim my center. Through yoga my body became a teacher and my breath a guide and through them I travelled farther than any plane could have taken me. I am forever grateful for this life for it has given me the opportunity to practice and to love.
I sincerely hope that yoga will bring you as much happiness and equanimity as it has brought me and as you’ll twist your body left and right and as you’ll move upside down I hope your practice will allow you to challenge not only your physical boundaries but more importantly your inner ones.
Bowing deeply.
Namaste
Background
I started practicing yoga in 1992. It inspired me to travel to Southeast Asia, including India, Nepal and Tibet for a year in 1996. After returning from Asia, I moved to NYC where I took my first 200h Hatha Vinyassa Teacher Training at Laughing Lotus 2000 followed by a second one at Om Yoga Center, a Buddhist philosophy based Vinyasa yoga teacher training. Since then, I attended numerous Workshops and Teacher Trainings including Prenatal Yoga teach trainings.
I founded yoga studios, acted as a consultant to studio owners, taught all level classes including advance level and training for instructors. I have taught countless Yoga Classes, Workshops and Teacher Trainings in Montreal, Los Angeles, New York, and Brooklyn and I was recently a featured teacher at the 2014 Wanderlust Yoga Festival in Mont-Tremblant. I developed and teach a 200h yoga teacher training since 2006 and prenatal teacher training since 2009. I lead retreats and workshops since 2003 and I have had the honor to lead Theravadan Buddhist Meditation since 2003.
I am also a midwife and a primary medical care provider, I have attended hundreds of births in America, in the Arctic and in Africa. I am presently finishing my master degree in Global Health and Human Rights and I was invited to the PhD program in Global Health at Geneva University. I teach « Obstetrical Emergencies in Remote Area » at the Université du Québec. I train medical staff and traditional birth assistants in obstetric skills and I have a medical practice with a subspeciality in gender base violence / sexual violence againt women.
