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Get to know your potential My Personal Yoga Teacher a bit better–Anna MacIntosh!  Anna is a movement instructor and owner of AMalignment in Burlington, Ontario. Coming from an engineering background, Anna brings unique perspectives and experience to movement training. She is certified in Hatha and Restorative yoga (with a focus on alignment), ELDOA® Levels 1 and 2 osteo-articular stretching technique, and is completing the Restorative Exercise Specialist® program with Katy Bowman in the US (Nutritious Movement). Her style includes offering separate classes as well as creating a combined class or workshop that incorporates controlled movement for your whole body, while challenging your brain and coordination! Never being a person who loved the gym, Anna was introduced to yoga about 13 years ago, beginning a casual practice in group classes. Despite feeling ok physically, she found she struggled at times not being "flexible" enough to execute many of the poses and the cues offered didn’t seem to be helping her get any better. Following years of studying and working in the materials engineering field, in 2016 she embarked on teacher training in a couple of areas to better understand alignment and biomechanics with the goal to create a more effective practice for her own body and to work on issues that had started to creep in with age. As her body began to feel better and more functional with movement training, her desire to learn more and share it with others through teaching movement became a reality. In addition, Anna is a natural movement and barefoot health educator and enthusiast. When not teaching you will find her floor-sitting while studying anatomy or osteopathic theory, rock climbing, barefoot walking in nature, or scouting for the next fun trip with either surf or scuba on the menu. Anna teaches in: Burlington, Oakville, and Mississauga. Anna’s experiences include: Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Gentle, Chair Yoga, Accessible Yoga, Seniors, Limited Mobility, Biomechanics, Alignment, Strength Building, ELDOA, Barefoot Health and Mobility, Functional Movement, Increasing Range of Motion. ———————-- Following is a little interview with Anna! What got you into yoga? I thought I needed to gain flexibility and I didn’t like working out in a gym environment. It turns out that yoga just opened the door to learning so much more about what my body really needed from several different perspectives. Favourite thing about one of your yoga trainings: Yoga props - period. Anyone who has been in a class with me with tell you I love props. Favourite thing about teaching private sessions: Although I love the energy of classes, I really like the diversity between people and the focussed attention allowed for each unique body when teaching a private client. There is more time and opportunity to connect with a person and help them develop a practice that improves or balances their life in some way. Go to grounding practice: Without a doubt - barefoot walking and the ocean (preferably at the same time)! What do you value most in a friendship/relationship? Keeping it real. We are all human. What are you most grateful for these days? Time Favourite Meal: Deep fried clams - yes I said that Current Favourite Band: Puscifer Current Favourite Book: The Endless Web Current favourite Place: Anywhere I’m at, you gotta be in the now Quote currently Inspiring you: “…life is matter in motion…" Interested in working with Anna? Email us at info@mypersonalyoga.ca!
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 Start the year off right with yoga and mindfulness programming for your young students! Help your little humans get their jitters out with fun yoga games and mindfulness activities. Help to keep those minds focussed on one task at a time, develop motor control, increase creative thinking and empathy, and practice co-operation with others. Any space can work … your classroom with the desks pushed to the side, in the gymnasium with mats, lunchroom, common areas, even outside on a nice day! My Personal Yoga recommends 30 min sessions for JK to Gr.3 Contact us now and we can develop the perfect program for your class or whole school! http://www.mypersonalyoga.ca/students.html  Start the year off right with yoga and mindfulness programming for your junior students! Deepen your students ability to focus on one task at a time, further increase empathy building, cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress, and discover how deep breathing can help to regulate intensifying emotions. Any space can work … your classroom with the desks pushed to the side, in the gymnasium with mats, lunchroom, common areas, even outside on a nice day! My Personal Yoga recommends 45 min sessions for Gr.4-6 Contact us now and we can develop the perfect program for your class or whole school! http://www.mypersonalyoga.ca/students.html  Start the year off right with yoga and mindfulness programming for your intermediate and senior students! Offering these heavily burdened young people the time and space to breathe, focus, calm their nervous system, and care for themselves is an invaluable offering in these times of powerful shifts and changes. Your students will cherish the time they spend together in strength, in rest, and in recharging. Any space can work … your classroom with the desks pushed to the side, in the gymnasium with mats, lunchroom, common areas, even outside on a nice day! My Personal Yoga recommends 50 min sessions for Gr. 7-12 Contact us now and we can develop the perfect program for your class or whole school! http://www.mypersonalyoga.ca/students.html  Do your staff care for others? Do they lift bodies, constantly solve urgent healthcare problems, rarely have time for themselves? Are your staff on the verge of burnout? We see and care for you! Our understanding Rest and Relaxation yoga teachers are able to come to your care home, seniors home, hospital, or health centre and offer support that your staff desperately need. Whether it’s 5 minute head or hand massages, 15-20 minute lying down guided relaxation meditations (just as good as a nap!), or gentle floorbound stretching and breathing, we won’t ask you to take 50 minutes off work because we know it’s not possible for you! Focussing on your breathing, letting go of the past, letting go of the future, and being in the present moment, for 5 to 20 minutes at a time. Notice your heart rate go down, your nervous system re-regulate, and allow your organs to do what they’re meant to do when not bombarded by constant stress. Contact us now and we can develop the perfect way to soothe your tired staffs bodies, minds, and nervous systems. www.mypersonalyoga.ca/workplaces  Can’t get staff away from their desks even for 30minutes? Our travelling "Stretch Essentials" yoga teacher is here for you! Our yoga teachers can travel from work area to work area, giving your staff a 10 or 15 minute “stretch essentials” class! Get the blood flowing in key areas that get tight and painful in desk-bound bodies––hands, low back, and hips! Focussing on your breathing, letting go of the past, letting go of the future, and being in the present moment, for 10 or 15 minutes at a time. Notice your heart rate go down, your nervous system re-regulate, your aches and pains in your back and hands fade away, and the blood pump again freely through your body. Contact us now and we can develop the perfect bespoke yoga series for your workplace environment! www.mypersonalyoga.ca/workplaces  Happen to have an accessible open space in your office? Staff can bring their own yoga mats (or chat with us about buying a staff set to leave in your office) and one of our teachers can guide you in a nicely balanced stretch and strength class! Ground in the present moment, get your blood pumping, and then take some restful relaxing space from your desk. Focussing on your breathing, letting go of the past, letting go of the future, and being in the present moment, for 15, 30 or 50 minutes at a time. Notice your heart rate go down, your nervous system re-regulate, your aches and pains in your back and hands fade away, and the blood pump again freely through your body. OR Large office with conference rooms but not a lot of other space? Corporate chair yoga is here for you!  Our specially trained chair yoga teachers can get your blood pumping and give you some definite stress relief in the limited space of your conference room. Focussing on your breathing, letting go of the past, letting go of the future, and being in the present moment, for 15, 30 or 50 minutes at a time. Notice your heart rate go down, your nervous system re-regulate, your aches and pains in your back and hands fade away, and the blood pump again freely through your body. Contact us now and we can develop the perfect bespoke yoga series for your workplace environment! www.mypersonalyoga.ca/workplaces  Workplace yoga sessions are as varied and wide-ranging as the many kinds of businesses in the city! Over the next few posts I’ll be sharing just some of the ways My Personal Yoga can help support your staff’s physical and mental health in the workplace. Start up or established, large or small, we’re here to help support your staff. ** Recent studies out of Norway (HUNT–Health Study of Nord-Trondelag. Longitudinal studies over 11 years) have shown that exercise of any intensity protects against future depression and that 1 hour a week of even gentle exercise (including yoga), yielded the same (no more, but no less) mental health benefits as anti-depressants! ** Can we just take a second and process that–one hour of yoga a week AS GOOD AS ANTI-DEPRESSANTS!! If you’re committed to supporting your staff and their wellbeing, we’re here for you! www.mypersonalyoga.ca/workplaces  How We Began
In-Home private yoga sessions were where My Personal Yoga began, with founder Lisa in 2012. The business has steadily grown since then and we’re happy to continue offering quality, personalized, body positive private sessions in your own home! Why yoga at home? 1). Are you uncomfortable going to a gym or yoga studio, for whatever reason? Problem solved, we come to you! 2). Does your schedule not align with your local studio or gyms offerings? We can offer many time options to meet your scheduling needs! 3). Are you not able to leave your children or parents alone at home, need to cook dinner or do laundry while we’re around, just can’t take that extra 30mins travel time to and from a studio–no problem at all! Whether in your living room, condo’s gym, party room, basement, or home office, at-home yoga helps to meet your personal scheduling and comfort needs. Why private yoga? Do group classes just not meet your needs? Are you bubbling with questions that you want answers to? Is your body shape or mobility level not being addressed in class? Have you injured yourself in yoga class and you want to know how to keep yourself safe going forward? Are you coming back to yoga after a long break and want a refresher? Do you want a deeper understanding of the philosophy of yoga than you’re getting from group classes? Want to do yoga with your whole family and a studio just isn’t the place for that? There are so, so many reasons to do private sessions, we can’t even name them all! Reach out today with your concerns or hopes and we’ll find the perfect teacher for you! www.mypersonalyoga.ca/homes  Please be in touch and let us know what you think!
Comment here, call us at 437-886-4938 or email us at info@mypersonalyoga.ca Get to know your potential My Personal Yoga Teacher a bit better–Fatima Tsang!  By always having a keen interest in fitness and health, Fatima allowed her curiosity to guide her to a career as a Certified Yoga Instructor and Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner. While a large majority of Fatima’s work has been with private clients, she also teaches at various yoga studios, schools, fitness centres and retirement homes. Her experience allows her to help clients achieve positive results. Fatima’s greatest passion is working with clients whom she can help the most, including those who are recovering from injuries, chronic pain, stress, anxiety and depression. Fatima’s primary focus regards body awareness, alignment, breath work, strength, flexibility, movement and meditation. She is a firm believer that wellness is achieved through baring an open mind and cross training the body, mind and spirit. Fatima teaches in: Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Thornhill, Maple, North Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Aurora, Unionville Fatima’s experiences include: Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative Yoga, Kids, Family Yoga, and Seniors. ———————-- Following is a little interview with Fatima! Favourite Meal: • Kitchari–It’s nutritious and easy to make delicious. Kitchari has perfect combination of amino acids that both aid in digestion and cleans the organs while still being simply delicious. Try it today… Go-To Grounding Practices: • Sivanada Yoga Centre. I always feel calm and at peace after attending Satsang, Kirtan, Meditation. The centre provides a beautiful safe space for deepening ones spiritual practice. • Nature lover, nature is always the best cure. Walk outside as often as you can. Current Favourite Quote: Health is Wealth. Peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way. —Swami Sivananda Interested in working with Fatima? Email us at info@mypersonalyoga.ca! Get to know your potential My Personal Yoga Teacher a bit better! Here’s Shar Khurisgara!  Shar started practicing yoga during her first pregnancy. As her body changed, she found herself unable to keep up with her typical routine of cardio based workouts (running and spin classes). Shar turned to yoga to continue staying active and exercising. Late into her pregnancy, the yoga-based practise of pranayama led Shar to discover HypnoBirthing. Though too far along to complete the full 5 week program, she was so inspired by the text and techniques that she was able to transfer her knowledge of the method into a short and successful home birth after only 3 weeks of practise. Shar completed her 200h yoga teacher training and HypnoBirthing practitioner certification while pregnant with her second child. Today, she practices yoga daily and enjoys sharing the wisdom of its teachings. Outside of yoga, Shar is a wine lover and studying sommelier. She lives in Milton with her husband and two children. Shar teaches in: Milton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, and Brampton. Shar’s experiences include: Prenatal, Postnatal, Hypnobirthing, Kids, Families, Hatha, Vinyasa, Flow, and Kids Yoga. ———————-- Following is a little interview with Shar! What got you into yoga? Pregnancy! I discovered yoga while pregnant as a way to move and stretch my changing body. Once I got past the nausea and fatigue of the first trimester, I didn’t have the energy to resume running (my primary form of exercise) and found yoga instead. It was a gentle way to keep active throughout pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. Favourite thing about teaching private sessions? Being able to meet my clients where they’re at. A classroom setting can have beginners and advanced yogis all practising together, which can be challenging for the teacher or frustrating for the students. But in a private session, there is so much more flexibility. You can really customize the poses and sequences so your clients get the most out of the experience. It’s just a more personalized class. What would be a perfect day for you? Any day on a beach, swimming in the ocean is a perfect day. What are you most grateful for these days? Having the chance to step away from the 9-5 work week and stay home with my kids for the past 4 years. They are small for such a short amount of time and I’m grateful that I was able to maximize my time with them when they needed me the most. Current Favourite Meal? I’m really getting into fermented foods, and have been experimenting with sauerkraut. I’m also a wine enthusiast and my current favourite food pairing is a spicy Indian or Thai meal with a crisp German Riesling. But my favourite meal will always be a hamburger and a pint of beer Quote currently inspiring you? “Remember when you wanted what you currently have” I don’t know who said it or where it came from, but I read this a few weeks ago and it really suck with me. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of wanting more (and of course, self-improvement is great and important), but it’s also so meaningful to look at how far you’ve come and to be grateful for all that you have right now, in this moment. Interested in working with Shar? Email us at info@mypersonalyoga.ca! |
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