Firas Harendi, Founder
Firas discovered Yoga in 2006 back when he lived in San Diego. He moved back to his home town in Montreal where he met a 89 year old Indian Yogi named Dr. Madan Bali. He instantly knew that he was going to study with Dr. Bali and in 2011, he started teaching Yoga at his studio.
Firas continued his studies at the Mosaic Institute of Human Development and taught in California, Virginia, Dubai, Abu-Dhabi and British Columbia. He is continually exploring how yoga can help restore balance and harmony to the mind, body and the soul. He is continuously looking for ways to serve the community and share what he has learned.
Firas holds an aerospace engineering degree from McGill university and continues to work in the engineering field.
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Krystina Zeroual, Studio manager
“The secret of health for both mind and body is to not mourn the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles. But to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Buddha. In her teaching Krystina seeks to inspire others through yoga by establishing a connection between the mind, body and breath in order to deepen the practice.
She has completed Yin yoga, Hatha yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, seniors and kids yoga trainings, and has also deepened her spiritual practice by completing the Vipassana meditation course. Guiding her students through themed and varied classes, Krystina weaves a bond with each of them by enabling them to awaken their personal awareness and the achievement of their goals, whatever they may be.
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Sabrina Bertolo
Sabrina’s journey with yoga began with a need to connect with and express her body through movement. She was always intrigued by how yoga perfectly balanced the physical, mental and spiritual bodies.
In 2016, Sabrina received her 200hr teacher training in Cahuita, Costa Rica at the Marianne Wells Yoga School. This training awakened many gifts in her and has shaped her unique way of teaching. She incorporates moon cycles, chakras and intuition into her classes, allowing her students to journey through a multi sensory experience.
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Jimmy Medellin
It was never in Jimmy's plans to teach Yoga. It simply came as the result of years of learning. Yoga first arrived in his life, as what he thought, would be a complementary physical practice to a martial arts training. He quickly learned that Yoga had much more to offer and his curiosity to better understand it set him on a path of learning that continues to this day. In 2012, he took his first yoga teacher training, and has since participated in numerous trainings and workshops ‒from meditation to anatomy, to various forms of hatha and vinyasa yoga, as well as, complementary movement systems such as Functional Range Conditioning‒, all in an effort to better understand the body and dive deeper into the different layers of Yoga.
Jimmy maintains a steady personal practice and makes an effort to stay informed and up-to-date in what he teaches. He carefully prepares his classes taking into account the struggles and limitations that come with our western lifestyles, which is why he emphasis sequences that are gradual and offer progressions for every level. Jimmy believes in the transformative power of Yoga, and seeks to inspire his students to use it as a tool for cultivating self awareness, and living more embodied lives.
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Tristan Milette
Yoga was first brought to Tristan’s attention by a good friend in 2011 while he was attending culinary school and working late nights and long hours in some of Montreal’s busiest restaurants.
The peace, awareness and serenity he drew from those first few classes inspired him!
Yoga soon became a pillar of his day-to-day life and helped him maintain peace within an otherwise hectic professional kitchen lifestyle.
In 2015 he completed his first teacher training and obtained many more since. In 2017 he became a full-time yoga teacher.
Tristan likes to connect with his students by offering them an opportunity to disconnect from their day-to-day thought patterns and worries and reconnect with their body, mind and spirit through controlled, mindful movement and breath.
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Nellia Vieira
Born and raised in la belle Ville de Montréal, at young age Nellia felt that balance needed to be part of her life. Being the social butterfly that she is, 24 hours was never enough for all that she wanted to do in a day. She is now a retired Montreal police officer who during her career found yoga, practiced it and later was certified as a yoga instructor in 2008. She felt that it was a perfect addition and balance for her career and her life.
She speaks 5 languages and volunteers teaching yoga classes in the Portuguese community. Feeling grateful for her time now to continue to do all that she loves with balance.
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haley schokking
As the daughter of an energy healer, Haley witnessed the profound effect mystical practices could have on the body and mind from a young age. She first stepped foot into a studio when she was twelve and since then has leaned on her yoga practice to guide her through life, on and off the mat. In 2021, Haley travelled to Costa Rica to receive her teacher training under Dr. Liz Lindh. Afterwards, she spent a few months instructing travellers at an eco-lodge in the Panamanian rain forest.
Haley is also a poet/author who uses her creativity to weave storytelling into classes. Incorporating yogic philosophy and breath work into her playful yet graceful sequences is essential to her as Haley aims to teach yoga holistically. She hopes to inspire students to find magic in the world and, above all, leave their mats feeling lighter and brighter.
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Jessika wilson
Jessika's yoga journey is a beautiful fusion of movement and mindfulness. It all began with a discovery movement—the joy of mastering control over her body weight, relishing the precise, fluid artistry of creative motion. She firmly believes that cultivating physical, mental, and emotional resilience is the secret sauce to navigating life's ebbs and flows with grace.
Certified in multiple disciplines including 200h Power Yoga, 100h Yin Yang, 200h Meditation training, and 100h Women’s Circle facilitation, Jessika's expertise spans a spectrum of yoga modalities. Yet, beyond certifications, it's the profound teachings of yoga philosophy that have been her steadfast companions on a healing odyssey—nurturing her physical and mental well-being.
Inversions hold a special place in Jessika's heart, symbolizing the beautiful balance between effort and surrender. She sees them as metaphors for life—wherein facing challenges, finding stability, and eventually soaring high become intertwined lessons on and off the mat. Jessika's sessions are carefully curated to empower you not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. She crafts strength-based classes that challenge and uplift, inviting you to discover your inner power.
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sarah le guenno
Sarah is passionate about movement, and the well-being of body and mind. A contemporary and classical dancer, she discovered yoga while studying dance in London and New York.
She quickly realized that she was discovering a practice that not only allowed her to balance her body and thus minimize dance-related injuries, but also allowed her to be more serene mentally and closer to her artistic authenticity.
She decided to go to the source of this wonderful practice in India where she returned several times to train in teaching different forms of yoga and Ayurvedic massage.
Now based in Montreal, Sarah continues to dance and teaches Ashtanga, Yin and Vinyasa Yoga as well as conscious breathing techniques (pranayama).
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Kelsie Wakefield
Kelsie has been a yoga instructor since 2010 and is also a physiotherapist. Initially drawn to the cultivation of inner peace through yoga, she later developed an interest in body mechanics, leading her to pursue a career in physiotherapy. Kelsie’s journey eventually came full circle, as she now enjoys teaching yoga with a focus on anatomy, biomechanics and therapeutics. She continues to embrace the aspects of yoga that help us to glimpse the union of consciousness and energy.
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Sam Silversides
Sam Silversides has been a student of Yoga since 2010. After 5 years of practice he met his master in Richard Freeman, and has since then completed multiple advanced trainings with him and his wife Mary Taylor in Boulder, Vienna, and Berlin. Sam continues to assist his friend and mentor Ty Landrum at his various international intensives and trainings. Over a decade later Sam has taught Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga classes and workshops around the world to diverse groups of students including in India, the birthplace of the practice. Sam is honoured to carry the Yoga tradition forward into our modern world and greatly enjoys the teacher-student exchange, whichever side of it he happens to be on. In his life, yoga practice keeps him humble and grounded. He believes any keen and earnest seeker can reach the zenith that yoga has to offer.
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tEISHA hARVEY
Teisha found a deeper passion for yoga during 2019 when she was taking a year off from studying. She had just retired from dancing and teaching dance and was craving movement and a way to physically and emotionally stay in tune with herself and her body. Her first yoga that really drew her in was a hot vinyasa class that was the perfect dance of effort and ease both for the body and the mind. She immediately felt a connection to her practice and her body in a way she had been trying to fill.
After a year of devoted practice to yoga and experience in many different classes and studios Teisha took her 200 hour teacher training in 2020 with the intention of deepening her practice and experience physically, mentally and spiritually when she re-found her love to teach she began teaching at a studio in her hometown Thornbury Ontario.
When Teisha moved to Montreal she did not have a studio to teach at and had fallen away from her teaching but deepened her personal practice and thought whenever she returned to her hometown, until she found innocere where she is able to share her love and passion for yoga and a mind, body, breath and soul connection again.
Over the past couple years she has taken more training to expand her knowledge and practice in yoga, bringing her to 500 hours of training and more to come as she continues to learn and to enhance her practice, teaching and share her passion for creating a balance of mind, body, breath and soul connection.
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EhsiA
Ehsia's journey with yoga began in the cradle of her cultural and familial roots, shaping her way of life. Growing up with a yoga-instructor father and aunt, she started her yogic odyssey early in life, earning her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification at 16. Now, with 500 hours of training, Ehsia has expanded her practice to include Vinyasa, Yin, and Hatha Yoga. Through workshops, teaching, and volunteerism, Ehsia has spread the essence of yoga, imparting sacred wisdom in her practices. Her teaching philosophy is holistic, committed to leading others on a transformative path of integrating body, mind, and spirit to connect with their truest selves.
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Aly
Aly’s yoga journey began in 2018 in Montreal, where she instantly fell in love with the practice after her very first class. What started as curiosity quickly grew into a daily ritual, deepening her connection to both body and mind.
Since then, Aly has traveled the world to learn from renowned teachers, continuously expanding and enriching her practice. After completing over 550 hours of teacher trainings, she took the leap and started teaching in 2023. Aly finds great joy in seeing her students evolve in their practice, and their feedback keeps her inspired every day. Today, Aly stands fully as a YOGA TEACHER, sharing her passion for the practice. She is forever learning and grateful for this new way of life!
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