Instructors

Marney 'Hasu' Coulter

Marney is an Intuitive and knowledgeable Certified Yoga Teacher and Registered Yoga Therapist. Marney's style is a flowing practice which creates self alignment and attunement, based on the teachings of Kripalu Yoga, Amrit Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. The focus is on exploring sensation through movement and stillness, while drawing on the breath as a tool for transformation, allowing you to explore your inner edges and thresholds with willful practice and mindfulness. Learning how to carry what is experienced on the mat into one's daily life.

In April 2011, Marney received initiation by her teacher Gurudev, Yogi Amrit Desai, and received a spiritual name Hasu, which means Joyous One.

Since 1995, Marney has been offering Corporate Wellness Programs, Community Outreach, Prenatal/postnatal Yoga, Kids Yoga, Workshops, Retreats and Yoga for All Bodies. Marney is the Co Founder, Owner and Director of Yoga by the Sea, an RYT with Yoga Alliance, certified in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is a trained Reiki Practitioner offering private yoga therapy and bodywork sessions.

If you have any questions about the Yoga Centre, group or private bookings contact: marney@yogabythesea.ca, 604-741-0539.

Nicola Tiburzi

A dedicated student to the art and science of yoga for nearly half her life, Nicola began teaching in 2000. During the last 10 years she has studied continuously with senior teachers of the Iyengar system worldwide. She has studied in Pune, India, with the children of B.K.S. Iyengar, Geeta and Prashant, and the resident teachers at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI). She is a certified teacher.

Brock and Laurie O'Byrne

Brock and Laurie O'Byrne have been practicing Tai Chi and other martial arts for over 40 years and have had the privilege of such great teachers as Ch'eng Man Ch'ing's students Patrick Watson and Ben Low as well as Master Mak Po and Ichuan Master, Sam Tam. Their practice is also informed by Oscar Ichazo and the Arica School of Knowledge, of which they are certified teachers of meditation practices and the theory of the enneagram and human consciousness.

They teach a short form of Tai Chi that was brought to North America by Master Cheng Man Ch'ing. They also teach Tai Chi Sword, push hands, applications and Qigong practices. Contact Laurie at lo@dccnet.ca or 604-885-8899.

Katherine Denham

Katherine is a certified Stott Pilates Instructor. After experiencing two car accidents in 1992, Katherine was introduced to Pilates through the Diane Miller Studio in Vancouver. There she gained her rehabilitation and strength to further her dance training.

As a mother of three and a lover of dance, Katherine began dancing before she could walk. She grew up here in Sechelt, on the Sunshine Coast and began her dancing career with Gymnastics, Creative Dance and Ballet classes under several Coast teachers who influenced her development in Modern/Contemporary Dance forms.

After studying dance in Vancouver and then in Toronto at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Katherine moved back to the Coast to raise her family. She has taught and choreographed dance since 1990 for many of the local dance schools, as well as the Sechelt Alternative School and the Sechelt Indian Band. KAliJo Pilates, Dance and Health provides classes for children and adults, promotes and produces dance performances here on the Sunshine Coast.

Katherine believes that it is never too late to learn how to move with ease in a pain free way. She creates classes for the love of moving in a safe, fun, non-judgmental environment. Email kalijo@telus.net or call 604-741-8856.

Jools Andres

Ten years ago, a passion for physical and spiritual wellness drew Jools (RYT 250) to yoga and she has enthusiastically practiced and studied its many facets since that time.

To Jools, humility, insight, and compassion are key to holistic teaching. She is committed to the interwoven goals of lifelong learning and sharing her knowledge as a teacher. Her lighthearted approach integrates asana, pranayama, and meditation to strengthen the body, expand the spirit, and calm the mind. Her lively classes reflect her love of dynamic ashtanga/vinyasa asana sequences.

She holds a BA in depth psychology, certification as a hypnotherapist, and has extensive training and experience in meditation and relaxation techniques. She has worked as an writer and editor for the past 25 years. You can read her yoga blog at bluemoonyoga.ca.

Jane Osborne, M.A., C.C.C.
Counsellor

Jane Osborne is happy to announce that she will be accepting individual clients for a small counselling private practice on the Sunshine Coast, starting September 14, 2009.

She will be located in the Moon Studio at "Yoga by the Sea", behind the Gumboot Bakery and above the Inside Passage Wood Working Studio, in the heart of Roberts Creek Village.

She has provided counselling to youth and adults for 20 years, combining traditional psychotherapy approaches, with a Danish psychotherapy model integrating mind/emotion/body learning.

Jane's focus is to help clients learn new skills to live satisfying and fulfilling lives, to build core strengths and inner resources to face life's challenges. Her approach is strength and solution focused, increasing self awareness and expanding connection with self and others. Her approach is tailored to the individual client.

Her range of practice includes addressing issues of stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and building skills in the areas of assertiveness, communication, conflict resolution, relationship issues, and moving through life challenges and crises.

Jane can be contacted at nichola4@telus.net or 604-740-7862 for more information and to book appointments.

Sally Abraham

Sally has been a therapist/healer for over 30 years. She received her nursing Diploma from RVH (Montreal), and continued with University education until obtaining a Combined Occupational/Physiotherapy Degree from UBC (BScR).

In addition, she has taken extra courses in Massage, Reflexology, Stress Management, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Tapas Acupressure Technique, Reiki (Master Level), and Energy Healing.

Sally has worked as an RN in London ON, London England (Neurology), and Newfoundland. As a Physiotherapist she has worked in the areas of Maternity (Shaugnessy), Pediatrics, Arthritis, Neurology, Rehabilitation (GF Strong), Extended Care (Pearson), and has been in Private practice in Vancouver from 1990-2002; and Roberts Creek from 2002 to the present.

She believes that knowledge and caring are needed for healing, and is offering sessions including techniques such as Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Acupressure, Reflexology and Reiki.

In combination with focused attention on the breath, these techniques are very effective in a treatment session. The body settles into deep relaxation, and from this place, powerful self healing mechanisms come into being...

Her passions are allowing others to reach their potential, and teaching; she would like students to be curious about the work, and encourages individual questions.

604-885-4305; sajabraham021@yahoo.com