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Nicole M.
Yoga Instructor
What are your hobbies?
Hiking with my double doodle Loki, ferrying my two kids around town lol, and hockey season!
What do you love about teaching yoga?
A chance to give back to my yogi community. I have gained so much through yoga, and I love the opportunity to help others on their journey.
What do you love about being a student?
I love the energy that comes from practicing with others, it fuels me, keeps me focused and keeps me coming back. The yogi community is truly amazing!
Where do you struggle as a student?
Humility. I struggle with my own physical limitations now, and accepting that my flexibility is not what it used to be 10 years ago can be super frustrating some days. I have to remind myself that each day is different and that I am where I need to be today.
How do you stay positive and committed to your practice?
My commitment is to myself. When I first became a mother, I found myself pulled in many different directions. A wise friend taught me to set time aside for ME. Yoga truly grounds me, and with consistent practice, I see and reap the benefits. The hardest step can be simply getting into the car. Once that’s done, I am already there.
What is your mantra or personal intention?
Let it go.
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Kelly C.
Victoria & Westshore Instructor
Kelly came to yoga through the doorway of mental health, seeking stillness in the midst of life’s intensity. What she found was an ongoing journey of self-discovery, inner peace, and connection that keeps her coming back to the mat again and again. With deep respect for the roots of this ancient practice, Kelly continues to learn and honour the traditions of yoga while creating classes that feel fresh, alive, and accessible.
Her offerings are dynamic and creative, blending mindful movement with breath to keep students grounded in the present moment. Whether it’s a gentle flow or an energetic sequence, Kelly loves to infuse her classes with curiosity, joy, and the invitation to come home to oneself. She believes that yoga is for everyone, and that through breath, movement, and presence, we can all return to a place of balance and belonging.
Kelly is passionate about continual growth and exploration in all areas of movement and mindfulness. She’s expanded her practice to include somatic sound, kids yoga, and barre, bringing a diverse and heart-centered approach to her teaching.
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Elysia K.
Victoria Instructor
Elysia Keepence is a sound practitioner drawn to the quiet magic of inner transformation. She completed her 200-hour training at MA Wellness and Yoga, and a 100-hour training in sound offering, where she explored how vibration, rhythm, and rest can reconnect us to ourselves. Sound deeply inspires her—it creates an inner landscape for self-alchemy, a kind of song and dance with the soul. In both movement and stillness, Elysia holds space for softness, curiosity, and the return to what’s real and felt. Her offerings blend breath, body, and sound into something simple and sacred.
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Monique S.
Yoga Instructor
Monique Sekhon, trained in Tofino by Randelle Lusk, blends various limbs of yoga, including breathwork and meditation, and inspiration from mycology, to balance mind, body, and breath. She focuses on somatic and communal healing through dynamic movement.
Monique is also the founder of @Caretwoshare for mental health and substance use awareness. Follow Monique @themycomethod !
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Kai M.
Pilates Instructor at Westshore
I’m a STOTT Pilates instructor specializing in mat, reformer, and pre + postnatal classes — with a big love for contemporary movement that stays true to Pilates foundations. I teach reformer classes at @studiopilatesbykai and mat at The Lab Westshore, and you’ll often find me teaching at wellness spaces around BC, sharing Pilates at beautiful community events.
My teaching is rooted in the STOTT principles and focused on good biomechanics — helping you move safely, build strength, and feel more connected to your body.
I believe Pilates is a whole system, and mat work is the base that supports it all. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced mover, I aim to offer classes that are accessible, challenging, and empowering.
When I’m not teaching, I’m a busy mama of two who loves to stay active and keep learning — always working to grow as a teacher.
Let’s connect anytime!
e-mail: pilatesbykai@gmail.com
Instagram: @pilatesbykai
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Heather F
Westshore Instructor, Lead YTT Faculty
Heather Frazer is deeply inspired by your life journey. She is dedicated to her students and welcomes you with humour brightness and compassion. Heathers offers mindful alignment based classes, and supports you in settling into your authentic expansive self. It is through her practice on-and-off the mat that she has been able to meet life and its challenges with strength and grace. She holds hold space for you to do the same.
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Peter S
Westshore Instructor, Lead YTT Faculty
Hello, my name is Peter, and I am a certified athletic therapist, yoga instructor, and osteopathic student. My goal as a professional is; to combine my knowledge of athletic therapy, osteopathy, and an integrative practice of yoga, in order to provide my clients/students a holistic approach to health.
The practice of yoga came as a natural avenue for me to finally find a bit of quiet in my thoughts. I did not realize until I began the practice of yoga, that I had to move my body to find stillness in my mind. To me, yoga is a system of techniques we use to increase the mindbody connection. I believe that a well sequenced and well taught class can offer benefits to anyone regardless of their ability. My style of practice and teaching is very much influenced by my formal education in athletic therapy, ongoing osteopathic studies, and years on the mat.
Athletic therapy is the certification I chose to pursue to work as a health professional. Throughout my training as an athletic therapist, I have been fortunate to work with different local teams, including; Charger’s men’s volley ball, Vike’s girls’ basketball, and the Harbourcats baseball team. This has given me a wealth of practical experience, providing care for athletes who have sustained acute injuries, as well as providing ongoing rehabilitation of injuries. Athletic therapists are orthopedic specialists, who can provide care for anyone, not just professional athletes. As an athletic therapist, I look to get to the root of the problem in order to provide immediate care, and to offer solutions to prevent the injury from re-occurring.
In addition to athletic therapy my educational journey has recently landed me in the study of osteopathy. This is an ongoing program lasting 5 years with additional years to complete a thesis. Osteopathy is a holistic manual practice which utilizes the bodies’ inherent autoregulatory mechanisms through which to create a physiological effect. This philosophy of approach treats the individual, and emphasizes the interconnectedness of all structures and processes within the human body.
I have been teaching yoga for five years and have completed my Bachelor in Athletic & Exercise Therapy at Camosun, as well as my certification to be an athletic therapist, CAT(C). I am also committed to ongoing education through my osteopathic studies. The ability to combine the holistic practice of yoga, and the formal education in athletic therapy and osteopathy, allows me to approach the healing aspects of the body with an analytical yet flexible mind.
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Tracey N
Victoria Instructor, Lead YTT Faculty
Tracey has dedicated herself to the practice, study and teaching of yoga since discovering its joys and benefits during her first pregnancy in 2001. She was fuelled by the inspiration of Shiva Rea, and has further trained with teachers around the world combining elements of dynamic and inspiring alignment-based flow. Her teachings blend the traditional Eastern philosophy and asana with todays desire for physical practice, while integrating the mind body connection.
Tracey completed her RYT 200 Yoga Alliance certification through Shiva Rea in 2005 with an emphasis on Prana Vinyasa training. She earned her RYT 500 certification with Janet Stone in 2018 specializing in philosophy, intuitive sequencing and the devotion of unified breath and movement. Being a lifelong leaner, she graduated from McMaster University in 1988 with a degree in Physical Education. She credits this early start as her catalyst to a diverse, and blossoming thirty years in the health and wellness industry.
Tracey initiated the Global Mala Project for Peace now running in its 12th year. She is the co-creator of Binds and Beats, a local project that unites the yoga and music world, and has taught workshops at the Victoria Yoga Conference for six years. She has led retreats, workshops and immersions in New York, Mexico, Greece and Thailand. She is currently working on Teacher Training Programs in Victoria and Vancouver, while offering mentorship and one on one training.
Tracey creates a safe, non-competitive space for her students to dive beneath the surface of their daily lives to find deeper meaning and clarity. She leads from her heart, stirs emotion and infuses joy while honouring the teacher within. She is known for her creative sequences and intentional themes, emphasizing the importance of proper alignment and the ability to pause and honour time shared on the mat.
She is a devoted mother of two and offers yoga as a way of life, a practice of being in the moment and savouring every breath!
MUSIC: Creative sequencing is met with the undercurrent of music curated to enhance your practice from beginning to end. Expect up-tempo and down-tempo beats, spiritual, chants and a few favourites to stir your emotional body.
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