Teachers
About Your Teachers:
Your teachers are all certified yoga instructors trained to recognize your specific needs and who are committed to ongoing development of their teaching skills.
Jayelle Lindsay, director of Living Yoga & Health, is an Advanced Kripalu Yoga Teacher and Yoga Teacher Mentor who began teaching in 1991. Jayelle continues her studies in yoga based on the methods of Vanda Scaravelli. Her teaching focuses on the reclaiming of our natural freedom of movement. She is also a registered physiotherapist with over 30 years of experience in movement re-education.
Lisa Silverstein co-director of Living Yoga & Health, began practicing yoga and meditation in 1987. She is a Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher as well as being certified through Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto. Lisa holds a degree in Early Childhood Education and teaches yoga to children as well as to adults. Since 1996 Lisa has been sharing her love of yoga with her students. She believes that yoga is a fun and accessible way for adults and children to learn about their bodies and themselves
Jacqueline Gilbey Since 1996 Jacqueline's training has been mostly based in the methods of Vanda Scaravelli through Jayelle Lindsay and Sheridan College. More recently, her practice has lead her to explore Iyengar and Astanga yoga through the teachings of Hart Lazer. Jacqueline has been practising Buddhist meditation (Theravadan and Tibetan) since 1988. Her teaching reflects her own intention to find freedom in the body, heart, and mind through mindfulness and compassion
Claudia Müller is trained in the Kripalu yoga tradition. She has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and has taught for 5 years throughout Southern Ontario. Through her teaching, Claudia encourages her students to use yoga to actualize their life path and promote spiritual awakening. Her passionate belief that one can heal the spirit through the body has evolved through her own personal practice and through her spiritual interactions with Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg and Krishna Das. She is currently exploring other styles of yoga, including Ashtanga and Vinyasa.
Lori Henein is a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher. She continues to develop her practice, studying with local and international teachers, and has recently completed a two year teacher training program exploring a unique combination of Iyengar and Astanga yoga with Hart Lazer.
Through her teachings, she combines her love of inspirational writings, the energetic healing arts of qi gong, reiki and thai yoga massage and Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga to guide students in cultivating deeper presence and awareness.
In addition to teaching yoga, Lori teaches elementary and high school students in the public school system, specializing in Physical Education and Health. She is also a parent educator with the Family Education Centre, a non-profit community based organization, providing a variety of programs to empower parents and children to build healthy family relationships, based on democratic and ‘yogic’ principles.
Gina Giammarco
Gina has been teaching since 2000 having received her yoga teacher certification at Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto and her Pilates certification from Body Harmonics in Toronto. Her approach reflects her ongoing facination with the design of the human body and the energy it can hold. Gina also has interests in therapeutic touch and reiki.
Amy Jane Krug is a certified yoga teacher trained in both the Sivananda and Kripalu styles of Hatha yoga. Amy's exploration into healing through the mind/body/spirit holistic approach began in India several years ago. She has studied Tibetan Buddhism and yoga in India and continues to deepen her own practice through Anusara training workshops with Todd Norian and taking her certification in yoga for children. She has a passion for restorative yoga practices as well as creating her own style of Vinyasa flow. Her plans include studying and completing her advanced training at Kripalu in yoga and ayurvedic medicine. She enjoys bringing a sense of play, creativity and authenticity through the practice of yoga, mudra and meditation.