Marney “Hasu” Coulter

Hasu is an intuitive and knowledgeable Yogi. For nearly 28 years, she has shared a flowing practice which creates self-alignment and attunement, based on teachings from her own life experience, Amrit Yoga, Kripalu Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. The focus is on exploring sensation through movement and stillness, while drawing on the breath as a… Read more

Lyne Lantaigne

B.Ed., BFA, Registered Yoga Therapist, CYA-E-RYT 550, C-IYAT I’m an experienced Yoga Therapist specializing in the therapeutic application of Yoga for people of all walks of life. I have been teaching Yoga and meditation classes and offering private yoga therapy sessions for over 20 years. Through my programs I have helped hundreds of people. I… Read more

Nicola Tiburzi

Nicola’s experiences of yoga began in her teens. As a young adult, she ‘found’ herself during a residency in an ashram and when sitting in zen traditions. She moved to Roberts Creek in 1994 and in 2000, began offering yoga to the surrounding communities. Nicola dabbled with trainings in many yoga lineages but found home… Read more

Beata Barinbaum

Beata Barinbaum is a certified Practitioner and Educator of Meir Schneiderʼs School for Self- Healing method and has been blending this knowledge with an extensive range of other healing modalities since 1999. She has trained in advanced Lymphatic Drainage therapy with Bruno Chikly, assisting the body in evacuating toxins from all body systems; has studied… Read more

Chelsey Allen

Chelsey began cultivating her yoga practice while living in Whistler. The mountain lifestyle – coupled with pushing past her edge on the ski hills and bike trails – led her to seek a more compassionate relationship with her body. Yoga became a source of calm, fluidity, healing, support and meditation in motion. In the beginning,… Read more

Christina “Dristi” Bergin

Christina is a lifelong learner. An introduction of yoga over 25 years ago created a curiosity about slow movement and tuning into our bodies. Exploring many different yoga modalities over the years, Christina has found a sacred place in Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Meditation, through her YTT 200 and YTT 300 advanced training. The… Read more

Deg Sanjeet Kaur

Elin  (Deg Sanjeet Kaur) is a local artist, producer and kundalini yoga teacher in Roberts Creek. She has been practicing different forms of yoga for the last 20 years. She moved from Sweden to Canada and came across Yoga West, a kundalini yoga studio that has been teaching Kundalini Yoga in Vancouver since 1973.  She quickly experienced… Read more

Doug Styles

Doug recently completed his 200-hour teacher training and is continuing on with his 300-hour training starting in April 2022. He is passionate about learning and has been a school teacher for nearly 20 years. Doug played football through his university years so yoga has been a major source of healing for his physical and mental… Read more

Izabella Drogosiewicz

Izabella hails from the beautiful Eastern Coast of Canada. From Halifax, Nova Scotia to the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Izabella can usually be found frolicking by the ocean — her happy place. Izabella has a deep love for yoga and has been practicing on and off the mat for 15 years. What she loves most… Read more

Jean Bennett

Jean has been studying tai chi for more than 25 years with sifu’s Brock and Laurie O’Byrne and has been teaching for the past ten years. She integrates elements from qi gong, a closely related practice to taichi, into her classes which focus on balance, centering and awareness. She also likes to have her classes… Read more

Jena Renwick

Jena completed her 200hr anatomy focused YTT and her 50hr AdvancedVinyasa Training from Shanti Yoga in Nelson, BC in 2020 as well as her20hr Mobility Training online from Matt Phippen in 2023. She uses alot of anatomy and somatic cues to help students bring awareness andawakening to sensations deep within their bodies, strengthening theirinnermost core… Read more

Judy Swens

Judy’s journey with practicing yoga began around 2006 when she took her first Bikram yogaclass whilst attending college in Vancouver exploring Kinesiology and figure skating for CanadaIce Dance Theatre. As a trained figure skater Judy felt yoga was another way to exploremovement. This later grew into a desire to teach yoga after attending the first… Read more

Lacy Dahl

With over 20 years experience as a yoga and fitness facilitator, I’m passionate about helping individuals achieve their wellness goals through mindful movement. My training in Hatha yoga has equipped me with a deep understanding of alignment, strength and balance. I’m excited to offer a new core-focused yoga class on Monday evenings. This session will… Read more

Lauren Hemmes

Lauren Hemmes is a Certified Life Coach and Reiki Practitioner who offers Empowerment Guidance to those who have come to a crossroads in their life. As a guide and mentor, Lauren supports you in taking the steps you wish to take to better your life. As a Reiki channel, she is a conduit for healing… Read more

Lesley “Japa” Morgan

Lesley’s life changed in 2016 when she completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga By The Sea. In 2019 she continued her journey through the completion of her 300 hour Advanced Teacher Training with Hasu followed by Yoga Nidra and Meditation in Motion through the Amrit Institute. Expanding her teaching to Wake Up… Read more

Lesley Mae “Chandana” Horat

I completed my 200hr YTT and 300hr advanced YTT at Yoga by the Sea. Currently, I work at the studio as a substitute teacher. It is important to me that yoga is accessible for every BODY.  My aim when I teach is that folks not only feel confidence, self love, and peace during my class… Read more

Marina “Amrita” Mawby

Marina is an enchanting and engaging teacher who guides her students through a Divine Flow of yoga postures. She has completed her advanced training with Hasu, and continues her own study through mentoring current advanced YTT students.

Mary Boulding

Meghan “Ananda” Styles

Meghan has been a yoga student for nearly half her life and has been teaching since 2019.  The slower, meditative style of the Amrit Yoga Lineage has provided a balance to her habitual tendency to constantly be busy and on the go go go.  Her consistent practice is the tether back to the calm place… Read more

Melissa “Atma Indrani Chandra Devi” Lyons

Melissa ‘Atma’ Lyons is a long-time Yogi who is passionate about supporting people as they explore the connections between their body, mind and life. She believes that embodiment practices and meditation are key to staying grounded and joyful during these chaotic times, and offers solutions for people looking for more peace through her yoga therapy… Read more

Melissa Enyedy

I love to weave together the wisdom of yoga and mindfulness to curate an experience that nourishes both body and soul. Through gentle yet purposeful movement students will delve into the depths of their being, exploring the subtle energies that flow within. With each breath, I will guide students to release tension and surrender to… Read more

Melony “Aditi” Mok

Movement has always been sacred to me. I have danced my whole life, whether it’s been grooving to a good song in my living room, taking dance classes or flowing through a vinyasa. Through dance I discovered how truly wonderful it feels to be so deeply connected with the body and breath moving together as… Read more

Monika “Veda” Stein

Monika first experienced yoga in a vinyasa class over 20 years ago, and it transformed her experience of breath, mind and body as a unified meditation. It took 20 years for her to find Yoga By The Sea and delve deeper into the understanding and experience of a full yoga practice through YBTS 200 &… Read more

Ross McKeachie

Ross McKeachie is a practitioner and teacher of Arkaya Tantra Yoga. He is the Community Director / Asst. Teacher Trainer with the not-for-profit Arkaya Foundation. Ross has been apprenticing and working with his teacher, Yogacharini Maitreyi, since 2015 and is grateful to be part of this South Indian lineage. He is an avid student of… Read more

Roxanne “Moksha” Sammartino

Roxanne feels that her life is always evolving and yoga has been a solid foundation which has helped her cultivate peace, clarity, and gratitude. Roxanne began practicing yoga in 2002 with Sharon Tron (OmSweetOm, Sunshine Coast).  After completing her first teacher training (Kids Yoga) at Semperviva in 2014 she has continued to deepen her Yoga… Read more

Shel Neufeld

“Neufeld invites us to see the minutiae in the heavens and the magnificence in a leaf, to ponder the (in)significance of humankind.  Each shot asks “What is our place in this?”  He succeeds in taking us beyond the binary “Us or Nature” stance to some place more overarching-maybe it’s immersing” In the last 23 years… Read more

Tommy Monnier

Tommy has been on a life long search for Truth. Luckily, around 2015 he was working a stressful job which nudged him towards meditation. Like he does with most things, he jumped in with both feet. Via meditation a light body experience with physical healing solidified an experiential knowing. After a few years practicing Buddhism… Read more

Jane Osborne

M.A., C.C.C. — Counsellor and member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Jane Osborne has a small private practice, providing counselling to individual clients at Yoga By the Sea in the Moon Studio. She has provided counselling to youth and adults for over 25 years, combining traditional psychotherapy approaches, with a Danish psychotherapy model… Read more

Vanessa Ooms

Vanessa first found yoga and meditation in the rec centre of her hometown of Elkford, BC and found the combination of breathwork and visualization to be calming and grounding. Vanessa’s passion is sharing holistic practices that are accessible to all, so that everyone can experience growth, freedom and peace. She is an Entrepreneur, Graphic &… Read more