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. ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
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.
Crystal Peel
Crystal received her certification in Classical Yoga from the Institute of Classical Yoga and Therapy in 2007. Crystal sees her yoga may as a microcosm for life, and an opportunity to increase self awareness of thoughts, emotions, and the body. She is also a certified Pilates instructor and sensual dance teacher.
Lisa GillOrme Lisa received her Prana Yoga teacher certification from Shakti Mhi in 2009. She then became a Yoga Birth MethodTM certified teacher in 2010 while expecting the birth of her daughter, Taylor Grace.
Lisa teaches in a classical flowing style with an emphasis on breath and meditation. She has adapted her own practice to meet the needs of a changing body and focus during pregnancy, through childbirth, and with a baby. Currently, Lisa is re-discovering the art of living in the moment and the joy of self-discovery through her little yogini. She gives thanks to the many beautiful teachers she has met along the way.
