EMMA SABOURIN
Director
Emma is one of the co-founders of City of Om, with the intention of bringing people together to practice yoga while celebrating environmental sustainability, healthy living and community. She is a new mama, yoga teacher, social worker, kitchen explorer and nature lover. Emma loves to move, breathe deep, sweat, and to be outdoors in all seasons. She believes in the connection of breath, movement and mindfulness. Emma is passionate about yoga, and believes that it is for EVERYONE, as a beautiful and inclusive practice. She has trained with New Leaf Yoga Foundation, and is a member of the LoveYourBrain team launching the donation-based yoga classes at PranaShanti Yoga Centre this spring. You can take a public class with Emma at Pure Yoga Ottawa.
NATALIE FRASER
Free Spirit 5K Run Coordinator
Natalie is a public servant by day and a runner and yogi by night who spends her free time spreading joy, light and love in Ottawa. Natalie has ran numerous marathons, is a guide to blind runners, has organised many events in Ottawa to raise money for charities and is the fundraising coordinator for a local group sponsoring a refugee family. In between all of this, she still finds time for her other passions - knitting, reading, going to the movies, taking classes to learn new things and being with friends and family. If you see Natalie at the Free Spirit 5k, please come up and say hello!
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EDITH PARINAS
Volunteer Coordinator
Edith is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500) and Doula. She began her career in yoga, which she loves and continues to practice, but had a keen interest in Prenatal and Hatha Yoga. Her goal is to improve the health and quality of life of her clients and students. Edith has taught yoga at various studios in Ottawa and can say that this city has an abundance of wonderful teachers. You can take a public class with Edith at Little Lotus Yoga, Elevate Yoga and The Ottawa Athletic Club. Check out her yoga podcast at edithparinas.com!
JULIE GOULET
Site Coordinator
Julie has been working in the event world in Ottawa for over 12 years, and has a lot of hustle and experience along with a calm clear head to deal with all the deadlines that come up when planning multiple events at once. Her colleagues say that she masters the craft of event logistics! To bring balance to her life she practices yoga, rides her bike, and snowboards. She loves to play outside! She has been practicing yoga for quite some time now, but when Pure Yoga Ottawa opened doors, it happened at the right time in her life and met sooo many great people! She dreams that one day she too will be able to teach yoga and freelance event/festival planning! She is very happy to be part of the organizing crew for City of Om 2017 and part of Ottawa's yoga community!
AMANDA COCKBURN
Artisan + Vendor Village Curator
Amanda has been building community in the maker world in Ottawa for two years through Freewheeling Craft, and loves being a part of events that have a purpose of bringing people together to support each other. Driven by her goal to help people find conscious alternatives to toxic mainstream beauty products, she founded INDIE apothecary in 2016- a website that sells small batch products that use natural ingredients and are chemical free, and that supports Canadian entrepreneurs. A working hockey-mom to two active kids, she has to consciously work to find balance and gets out to yoga and the local pools whenever she can (the reality of busy modern-day parents). She loves to play outside with her kids, and you can find them at the local beaches + baseball diamonds in the summer, and skating rinks in the winter! She is so excited to be coming onto the city of OM team 2017 to coordinate the artisan village so that Ottawa's yoga community can shop the best of our city's healthy products.
