LEAD TEACHER & MENTOR - Art of Teaching, Posture/Alignment, Anatomy, Sequencing, Ethics & Business of Yoga.

Erin is the owner of SoulSpeak Yoga, she manages and teaches full time at SoulSpeak Studios & has more than 700hrs of yoga and movement training.

LEAD TEACHER & MENTOR - Philosophy, History, Energy & Consciousness.

Mak is a dedicated yoga practitioner of over 15 years, with a decade of teaching experience. Her life’s vocation is to share her sincere loving devotion for yoga, in hopes that it will touch the hearts and enrich the souls of others. Her yoga classes are inclusive, option based, comprehensive, intelligently sequenced and full of philosophical context.

LEAD TEACHER & MENTOR - Nervous System Exploration, Trauma Informed + Ethical Yoga, Anatomy.

Sarah holds 200 hours of teacher training and a Bachelors of Science in nursing.

Through her education and work, Sarah has extensively studied anatomy and pathophysiology with focus on the cardiovascular, nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

Her classes are intentional with a “challenge by choice” approach. Students are encouraged to engage in a practice that that feels right for them. Sarah aims to create an environment that all feel welcome and safe to move in, acknowledging the many complex socioeconomic and political barriers to accessing yoga.

Sarah is operations manager at SoulSpeak. Through training, coaching and systems implementation, she and her partner Andrea, guide SoulSpeak’s studio staff to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for students. She is a lifelong (un)learner and is committed to a growth mindset.

Dianne Bondy is a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and leader of the Yoga For All movement.

Her approach to yoga empowers anyone to practice—regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability. Dianne is revolutionizing yoga by educating yoga instructors around the world on how to make their classes welcoming for all kinds of practitioners.

Dianne’s commitment to increasing diversity in yoga has been recognized in her work with Pennington’s, Gaiam, and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition, as well as in speaking engagements at Princeton, Duke, University of Buffalo and UC Berkeley on Yoga, Race, and Diversity. Her writing is published in Yoga and Body Image Volume 1, Yoga Renegades, and Yes Yoga Has Curves. You can also find Dianne online at yogaforalltraining.com and yogaforeveryone.tv.

Dianne is the author of the international best selling book, Yoga for Everyone (DK Publishing, Penguin Random House), co-author of Yoga Where Yoga Are, and a frequent contributor to Yoga International, DoYou, Yoga Girl, and Omstars. She has been featured in publications such as The Guardian, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Mashable, and People.

Guest Teacher - Sequencing + Theming

DescriptionAndrea has trained in dance for over 20 years. At age 13, after sustaining an injury, she turned to yoga to find a healthier connection to her body. Since then yoga movement and philosophy has been an integral part of Andrea’s movement practice. Andrea is a graduate of SoulSpeak Training’s 200hr YTT program and current teacher at SoulSpeak Studio.

Her years of dance training and teaching experience are demonstrated in her creative flow sequences. Andrea challenges everyone (and herself) to keep trying something new. Her classes blend alignment and stability with intuitive movement and play. She understands the benefits of using music as a tool to deepen your practice. She hopes that by guiding students to listen to their bodies, they’ll be able to find movement that feels best for them. goes here

GUEST TEACHER - Roots of Yoga

Jas Bhandal is a teacher and and mindful leadership facilitator from Ottawa who works with organizations and individuals working toward self empowerment.

GUEST TEACHER - Anatomy

Shannon is a passionate Yoga Teacher and Certified Athletic Therapist who loves being in positive environments where she can service the Ottawa community by providing elite level recovery and movement to everyone.

Shannon has worked in varsity college and university settings, Olympic development programs and currently works in professional football.

Her yoga teaching style is gentle, peaceful and uplifting. She loves to create vinyasa flows that blend her background in Athletic Therapy by emphasizing range of motion, mobility, stability and how we can use yoga as a modality for injury prevention and healing.here

Guest Teacher - Breath + Sequencing

Julie found Yoga to help with her own healing journey. An extreme wrist injury, a battle with an eating disorder and a struggle with her critically ill child led her to Yoga as a means of therapy - that’s when she found her Ashtanga Practice. She studied with some of the world’s foremost Yoga instructors including David Swenson, David Williams, Reema Datta, Yogrishi Vishvketu and Danny Paradise. 

Julie has now been teaching Yoga professionally for over twenty years. Her instinct and joy is to bring care as well as love to everyone; she’s discovered that learning and sharing Yoga is her life’s work!

Guest Teacher - Breath + Sequencing

Bronwyn started practicing Yoga at a very young age. When she was only nine, Bronwyn was diagnosed with Lupus; a life-altering autoimmune disease that left her fighting for survival through emergency surgeries and long therapy. Her Mom introduced her to the self-healing power of Yoga and Bronwyn turned her life around with a focus on balance and vitality.

Bronwyn studied Yoga in Rishikesh, India and began teaching over 7 years ago. She confidently delivers challenging and inspiring Yoga classes, each one a reflection of her joyful character and powerful spirit. Best of all, Bronwyn is always eager to share her love of Yoga.

GUEST TEACHER - Indigenous-Settler Relations

Hillory Tenute Gi Chi’noodinkwe Aapti Beebom N’gigikwe (She/Her/They/Them), is an Indigiqueer Anishinaabekwe with settler descent from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation located in Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario part of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory in what we now call Canada.

Guest Teacher - Meditation, Somatic Movement, Hands on Adjustments

Jade came across yoga nearly ten years ago as a tool for managing her anxiety, panic attacks and depression. To this day she continues to build a relationship with herself, her thoughts and her emotions while on her yoga mat. Jade practices yoga as more than postures & alignment- it is a somatic tool to understand the direct relationship between our bodies and our minds.

Jades goal as a movement guide is to help her students find a connection to their inner landscape during an asana practice. Jade uses the techniques of thoughtfully curated playlists, guided meditation and extra long savasanas to create an environment that supports and encourages introspection. She is passionate about the power of moving through emotions opposed to bypassing them - although, this is not easy work.

GUEST TEACHER - Diversity, Equality, Inclusion.

I am an Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Specialist for Taco Bell Co. I have over six years of experience helping teams develop and implement EIB practices across organizations such as LinkedIn, Facebook (Meta), and Media.Monks. Most recently, I spent time at Microsoft supporting their candidates and employees with disabilities.

I have a successful track record of executing inclusive business solutions, such as creating the EIB referral program at Facebook (Meta) and elevating workplace policies supporting individuals with disabilities at Media.Monks. My advocacy for ALL people has allowed me to be a great support resource for Business Employee Resource Groups and various functions at every level of organizations.

Over the course of my life I have discovered my passion for being a connector. As a first generation person, I have seen and experienced firsthand how meaningful connections as well as access to resources and opportunities can profoundly change lives.