Lesley Sutherland

Background

Lesley has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 2002, and has been practicing since 1992. She became a certified Yoga Teacher in 2003 after completing a 3 -year Yoga Teacher Training program at the Helen Duquette Yoga Studio in Ontario. A life-long learner Lesley continues to study Yoga and mindful movement practices with various teachers. She was recently certified as an Accessible and Adaptive Yoga teacher by Vangool Wellness. Both her yoga practice and teaching are inspired by Vanda Scaravelli. In her book “Awakening the Spine” Vanda discusses the use of gravity and the wave-like movement of the breath to release the spine when working with each yoga posture. Her method is about being gentle with ourselves rather than forcing or pushing through. Vanda reminds us, “if you are kind to your body, it will respond in an incredible way.”