Our Instructors' Yoga Biographies

Louie Ettling

Louie Ettling is the Director of The Yoga Space in Vancouver (www.theyogaspace.ca). She has been a keen student of Iyengar Yoga since she started her studies 27 years ago. Louie has regularly studied with B.K.S Iyengar and his family in Pune, India as well as during their intensives in North America. She serves on the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada's Professional Development Committee as a trainer of teachers. Louie shares her love of yoga by teaching seriously and with humour. She is supportive and challenging of students' own intelligent exploration of and participation in the subject.

Patricia Fernandes

Patricia began her studies of Iyengar yoga in the mid 1980's and has lived and studied with teachers across Canada. She regularly attends workshops with senior Canadian and international teachers as well as the Iyengar family, including classes at the RIMYI in Pune, India. Patricia has served on the Professional Development Committee of Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada for many years and is currently on the Executive. She teaches from a depth of training and experience, encouraging students to explore the many gifts yoga has to offer and to observe the changes that it brings.

Corrie Vorlaufer

Corrie is an accomplished yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga for over 30 years. She decided to share the years of knowledge she had gained, and started teaching Yoga more than 10 years ago. Corrie is an encouraging and motivating teacher who has expertise in working with pupils of every level to gain optimum achievement in every pose. She is a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor.

Deborah Peake

Deborah has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 1996 and began teaching in 1999. Deborah has attended numerous workshops and intensives with both national and international senior teachers in Australia and New Zealand and was fortunate enough to attend the R.I.M.Y.I. in Pune, India. Deborah believes the wondrous joy of yoga is available to one and all, to be cherished and shared.

Arezou Moeini

Arezou is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. She had the privilege of being introduced to and practicing yoga directly under the guidance of the senior teacher, Mahyar Raz; the director of Iyengar yoga school of Toronto and Tehran. She attends workshops regularly by international senior teachers such as Manouso Manos, Father Joe, and Mahyar Raz, to deepen her understanding. Arezou recently spent a month in Pune, India studying with Geeta and Prashant Iyengar at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. Arezou has been practicing yoga enthusiastically for 12 years and she's always been fascinated by the transformation that yoga brought to many levels of her life. She enjoys sharing her experience with her students in a compassionate and precise way.

Grant Richards

GRANT RICHARDS is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher who began practicing Iyengar yoga with Claudia MacDonald in 1990 to complement his soccer pursuits, as well as to alleviate recurring back pain. He completed his teacher training under the guidance of Louie Ettling and Ingelise Nherlan. The ongoing development of his practice has included attending many workshops locally by visiting senior Iyengar teachers, and in 2010 studying with the Iyengar family in Pune, India. His teaching is enhanced by many years of experience as a public and college level educator. Grant enjoys the process of helping students work towards a better balance in life through yoga. Currently, Grant teaches a class for men at The Yoga Space.

Alisen Stewart Milne

Alisen's passion for mindful discovery through movement brought her to the Iyengar method of yoga nine years ago. Working as a corrective conditioning coach in the sport and fitness industry she continually draws from the foundation of mobility, stability, strength and alignment as a powerful tool to move in a non harming way.

Cheryl Joseph

Cheryl has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 2000. Cheryl strives to impart yoga's gifts of strengthening, centering and healing to students in a safe yet challenging environment. Cheryl's continual exploration of yoga includes studying under senior local and international Iyengar yoga teachers; and integrating the dynamic movements into her daily activity beyond a daily practice.

Lily Dos Remedios

Lily is a joyful and dedicated instructor. She frequently studies and attends classes and workshops with local and international teachers. She is devoted to her practice and brings forward her knowledge as she assists and guides you on your own yoga journey. She is encouraging and helps tailor the sessions to your needs. Lily welcomes everyone to have fun and try a class. She is also an ACE certified personal trainer.

Linda Shevloff

Linda Shevloff has been an Iyengar yoga instructor for many years. A Canadian who has resided in Asia since 1994, Linda has been influential in the development of Iyengar Yoga teaching in Hong Kong and South East Asia. She has also played a significant role in both the Iyengar Yoga Associations of Canada and South East Asia. She is an assessor and teacher trainer.

Roberta Vommaro

Roberta has been practicing yoga since the age of 13. She started her Iyengar Yoga teacher training in 2008 in Brazil with Katia Dacosta and is continuing her training in Vancouver with Louie Ettling. Roberta participates in courses and workshops with internationally established teachers.
Roberta's teaching style is grounded, energetic, and kind. Sensitive to individual needs and challenges, her teaching combines precise alignment and attention to detail with harmony and grace. She believes that yoga is a path of discipline, balance and transformation.

Luci Yamamoto

Luci became a keen student of yoga in 1997, after taking her first class in Berkeley, California. Currently training for Iyengar certification with Louie Ettling, she has studied with Sandy Blaine, Donald Moyer, and Mary Lou Weprin, and regularly attends workshops with other senior teachers. An articulate, energetic teacher, Luci's classes are rigorous but always geared to the individual. She encourages students to challenge themselves and to appreciate the precision and depth of Iyengar yoga. Originally from Hawaii, Luci is a professional writer, editor, and Lonely Planet author; she blogs about yoga at http://yogaspy.com.

Siobhan Sloane-Seale

Siobhan has been studying yoga for the past twelve years. Her first yoga classes were in Winnipeg where she was introduced to Iyengar yoga. When she moved to Vancouver Siobhan explored many different kinds of yoga but after a long period of injury her desire to be healthy brought her back to studying Iyengar yoga. She is excited to be teaching at The Yoga Space and thankful for the opportunity to share the benefits of yoga with others. Siobhan is currently in the process of preparing herself for her Iyengar yoga teaching certificate and is in the teacher training program with Louie Ettling and Ingelise Nherlan.

Terri Damiani

Yoga came as one of those “aha” moments in Terri's life over ten years ago. Since that time, Terri is now working toward the international Iyengar teacher certification under the guidance of Louie Ettling. Terri provides individual attention with a very hands-on approach; creating a safe, supportive, fun environment With very diverse teaching experience, she weaves precision and humour to enthusiastically assist people to better health.

= Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher.
The certification mark is a registered trademark granted to those teachers who have been trained, tested and approved by National Certification Boards. Endorsed by B.K.S. Iyengar, the certification mark denotes the teacher's authenticity and commitment to the Iyengar system of Patanjali's ashtanga yoga.

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