More than exercise.

My commitment to every person that walks through my door is to offer a safe place for efficient skill development and refined self-awareness. I offer diverse support in developing these qualities.

What to expect?

I offer private individual and small-group sessions in yoga, strength & conditioning and Biofield Therapy. I follow a thorough intake and assessment process that helps to align your goals with your health and movement needs. I provide info, help, and my own experience to assist you in making decisions that support your goals.

My approach is relaxed and friendly. I will challenge you at a level that you are able to execute with awareness and without harm. I am able to provide a variety of strategies to guide you through the ups and downs of your development.

Sessions run an hour in length and are held here at the studio unless otherwise determined. Please bring your own water. Towels and mats are provided. 

Hi. I’m Heather-Ann.

  • Kind and compassionate I bring a sense of humour and a practical command of knowledge to my work as a coach, movement educator and healing facilitator. I offer a safe multidisciplinary approach to building strength and conditioning that is based on natural movement.

  • Restoring natural movement is a core strategy in my coaching. These include the full range of movements the human body has always needed for survival. As our daily environments become safer we become more sedentary there is a greater need for us to reclaim many of the movements we have lost as a result of this lifestyle.

  • Biofield therapy provide a holistic approach to developing wellness that works with your natural energetic system. It involves clearing and balancing subtle energies within and around the body to promote physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

    Find a list of interventions and treatments I am authorized to facilitate here.

  • Current:

    American College of Sports Medicine®, Certified Personal Trainer

    Yoga Alliance, E-RYT200®, RYT-500®

    Healing Touch (HTP), Level 3

    Education:

    Nutritious Movement®
    Certified Personal Trainer, Restorative Exercise Specialist (RES)

    MovNat® Certified Trainer
    (MCT), Level 1

    BioForce® Certified
    Conditioning Coach

    Crossfit®, Level 1 Trainer

    Awards:

    2008 3rd Place, Women’s Heavyweight Provincial Bodybuilding Champion

    2007 Overall, Women’s Heavyweight Regional Bodybuilding Champion

My coaching.

It’s not a straight line.

Your body is the shape

of how you move most.

- Katy Bowman

I believe that fitness isn’t often the singular missing piece in your life; losing ten pounds isn’t the thing that is keeping you from your joy. Developing a healthy movement lifestyle isn’t about fit people and unfit people. A body, in many ways is simply a reflection of its use; we are quite literally shaped by our culture, beliefs, work, habits and experiences. These influences shape movement patterns. Over time, these patterns become unconscious and ingrained. Without knowing it, this is what you bring into your exercise lifestyle. 

When your movement patterns are not balanced, your exercises often miss the target. It’s my intention to share with you a more effective way of getting your needs met by exploring your unique patterns in relationship to your goals and the exercises you love the most. I practice a holistic approach which includes also observing your mindset, breath and intention. We are not machines for fitness and I believe reaching your health & fitness goal is a diverse journey that, when approached with balance, is the gift of living.

Reflecting back to you, that you are whole

is the greatest gift I can give.

Fitness and Healing?

Full disclosure,

it’s a new idea for me as well.

Here’s the straight goods: many of us struggle to live vibrant and balanced lives even when we have been able to tackle and integrate exercise into our daily life. If becoming fit is not the magic pill to happiness, then what gives? 

Please understand me, developing balanced strength and conditioning is a valuable and important journey for every body. The qualities inherent to developing strength and resilience are unrivaled by those of a sedentary life. We must also move our bodies to move our minds.

However, there are those habits that have an  overwhelming strong hold, stubbournly keeping us retracted from our goals. Some of these can stick to us for a lifetime out of reach of the money, time, planning and willpower we throw at them. While it isn’t always true of every habit, it is true that any habit can be shifted with Biofield therapy.

The really cool thing about Biofield Therapy is that it harmonizes your system. Bringing you more into alignment with your deepest most true self. In this state, a refreshing congruency emerges that feels like peace. When I feel peaceful, I experience my wholeness. The clarity in this union of mind, body and spirit makes choosing behaviours that support vitality and joy kinda feel like a no-brainer. This cycle of success, gives access to ever deeper layers of healing opportunities, and so it goes. 

While it’s true that bringing my two loves together into one public offering is new territory for me. I’m so grateful that I am able to show up for my community like this and hope you love it too.

“I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the needs of others.”

— Marshal Rosenberg