About Nora

Thank you for visiting Inspired Yoga and Wellness and taking the time to learn more about me and what I do.

I decided to call my yoga and wellness business "Inspired" because it most accurately reflects how I feel about the privilege of being able to do what I love. Yoga, in particular, is a continuing source of inspiration to me.

I am a certified Anusara Yoga® teacher and recognized as a senior yoga teacher in Alberta, Canada. Since 1990, I have offered community classes, workshops, teacher trainings and retreats and mentored many local teachers. I'm currently registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT 500 and ERYT 200. Yoga Alliance is an international organization that offers support to yoga teachers and students and ensures basic teaching standards.

As a dedicated student of Anusara Yoga since 2003, I have traveled widely to study this method. I have journeyed all over Canada and the United States and have been to Central America and Europe to pursue my passion. I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to train directly with John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga, as well as many amazing certified Anusara Yoga teachers including Martin and Jordan Kirk, Todd Norian, Madhuri Martin, Desiree Rumbaugh, Noah Maze, Christina Sell, and Darren Rhodes.

I was first licenced as an Anusara Inspired™ teacher in 2006 and became fully certified in March 2010. So far, I have accumulated close to 1,000 Anusara training hours. More than 500 of these hours have been with Anusara founder John Friend. I have also had the great privilege to study with BKS Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, Bob Smith, Angela Farmer, Victor van Kooten, Ana Forrest, Dharma Mitra, and many, many other gifted individuals whose names I have not mentioned here but whose inspiration remains with me always. I offer heart-felt gratitude to each of them for sharing their wisdom and enthusiasm with me.

I invite you to experience my dynamic teaching style that focuses on strength and flexibility with the aim of creating a balanced asana practice. I use humour and compassion to encourage you to explore yoga in a way that honours your own experience and helps you to understand your innate beauty and goodness.

Since 2009, I have also been traveling in Canada and abroad to teach retreats and workshops, which I find deeply enriching and very inspiring. I am available to teach workshops and trainings at your studio or in your community. Contact me if you would like more information.

In addition to my yoga training, I am a registered massage therapist and a graduate of the Mount Royal College 1100-hour Massage Therapy program. I'm certified in hot stone massage and Lomi Lomi. Recently, I've also studied Shiatsu for the relief of migraine headaches.

I discovered massage to be the most helpful of all healing modalities after I experienced significant soft tissue injuries in a car crash. Through my massage therapy training, I have developed an in-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology that has been helpful to me as both a yoga teacher and massage therapist. For over 10 years now, I have treated people with sports and motor vehicle injuries, chronic muscle tension and stress in my capacity as a massage therapist and through yoga therapy.

If you have questions about my yoga classes, workshops or teacher trainings, please send me a message at Nora@YogaAndWellness.ca. Thank you for visiting and Namaste.