Meet Our Guides
Discover the incredible teachers, healers, and facilitators bringing their wisdom to City of Om 2026.
Adele Stratton
Adele has been practicing Holistic medicine and Spirituality for 35 years. She has studied all over Canada, U.S. and Caribbean. Specializing in Biodynamic Cranial Sacral therapy, Visceral manipulation, Developmental trauma, Bio-computer operating system. Being clairvoyant, she brings more to a session then most practitioners, as quite often guides or spirits will show up in a session to bring more information to the client. It could be a person who has passed on and comes in to give the client a message. Their Aura could change colour on the table. Just to say, it's not your everyday therapy session. Her main goal....Find the Root cause.
Alexa Jeffrey Garza
Alexa (Sol) is a 500‑hour yoga teacher based in Ottawa whose practice blends grounding awareness with a touch of magic. After discovering yoga nearly a decade ago, she followed her curiosity into sound healing, Reiki, and other heart‑centered modalities that help people soften, open, and reconnect. Her classes invite students into a space of loving kindness, where movement, breath, and energy work come together to create a truly uplifting festival‑style experience.
Aleysha Derksen
With over 12 years of teaching experience, Aleysha Derksen specializes in handstands, inversions, and transformational movement, leading workshops around the world that help students tap into strength, confidence, and play. As the founder of In Alignment Yoga School in Bali, she teaches yoga as a pathway to self‑discovery and personal evolution, guiding students toward the power and magic already within them.
Allison Tomotsugu
Allison is a seasoned movement educator with over 20 years of teaching experience in yoga and Pilates. Allison is known for her attention to detail, making the familiar feel novel and complex concepts approachable and relevant for all levels of experience. Teaching full-time in Ottawa, you can find Allison teaching Yoga, Lagree, Reformer and Mat Pilates. She facilitates annual training programs for yoga teachers, Pilates Reformer instructors, and movement educators seeking advanced anatomy knowledge.
Amanda Bottiglia
Amanda is a passionate Pilates instructor with seven years of experience, known for her welcoming energy and classes that build strength, flexibility, and overall well‑being. Whether she’s teaching from her home studio, online, or in group settings at Pure Yoga, Yogatown, or Framework, she brings enthusiasm and care to every session to ensure you get a powerful workout and have a great time doing it.
Anna Grace
Anna is a movement teacher and the founder of FWRD MVMT, a creative movement and lifestyle brand rooted in self-expression, individuality, and embodied experience. Her work blends strength, creativity, and music-driven sequences to create sensory-rich spaces that invite people to move, explore, and show up more fully as themselves. Anna is a certified yoga teacher, Pilates instructor, and Lagree instructor, with a teaching style that weaves together strength, creativity, breath, nervous system awareness and fun leaving you feeling empowered, and capable.
Ashley Keller
Ashley is an instructor that loves a long jog + and even longer weight track. Expect some throwbacks, latin beats and fun girly pop vibes! Let’s ride (:
Ashley Shewchuk
Ashley is known for her Sunday Ritual class at Pure Yoga, where a strong community of regulars show up for more than just movement. She has a way of commanding the room, pushing you to your edge while tapping into a kind of resilience you didn’t know you had. There’s depth to it, something felt, not forced, where the practice carries a quiet kind of wisdom. She pulls you in as she taps into her own flow state.
Brittany Bryden
Brittany Bryden is a music‑infused movement teacher who helps students find presence, play, and deeper connection through yoga. A mompreneur with a big love for community and co‑creation, Britt brings fun, creativity, and rhythm into every class — always guided by the beat that moves her.
Bronwyn Lefebvre
Bronwyn began practicing yoga at a young age and turned to it as a source of balance and vitality after being diagnosed with Lupus at nine, navigating surgeries and intensive therapy with the support of her mother’s introduction to self‑healing practices. Trained in Rishikesh and teaching for over nine years, she brings a joyful, powerful spirit to her classes, offering challenging and inspiring sequences rooted in lived experience and inner strength.
Cat Labelle
Kelly and Cat are two friends driven to help people discover strength beyond what they thought possible, blending high-energy, form-focused training with plenty of fun. They’ve created an inclusive, community-rooted space where everyone feels welcome to push limits, connect, and show up as they are. Their goal is simple: leave every person feeling stronger, sweatier, and just cheeky enough to come back for more.
Chanel Sosnoski
Chanel is an instructor at SPINCO Orleans with a passion for cycling, high-energy playlists, and creating a welcoming space where riders can let loose and have fun. Her classes are fueled by a mix of EDM, dubstep, remixed throwbacks, and of course a sing-along anthem guaranteed to keep the energy high. Whether you’re brand new to spin or a seasoned rider, there’s a place for you in Chanel’s class. See you on the bike!
Charlene Dygos
Charlene is a personal trainer, fitness coach, and lagree certified instructor. Her sessions are built to push limits—combining power, endurance, and grit in a way that challenges both body and mind. Expect structured, athletic programming with a strong focus on effort and execution. Whether you’re chasing performance or stepping into something new, Charlene creates an environment that demands your best and proves you’re capable of more. Driven by intensity and curiosity, she brings a “show up and work” mindset to every class—no shortcuts, just results.
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Churchman
A laid-back yet engaging journey through house, disco and other genres crafted specifically for the early hours of the day. Expect uplifting rhythms, and plenty of toe tapping energy - music that encourages movement and connection while maintaining a fun, relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
Emma Pollon-MacLeod
Dr. Emma Pollon‑MacLeod, ND, is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and women’s hormone health advocate who specializes in guiding women through perimenopause and menopause with evidence‑based, whole‑person care. As CEO of NutriChem, she empowers women with education, choice, and personalized support to understand their hormonal changes and move through midlife with clarity, confidence, and long‑term vitality.
Georgia Morissette
Georgia Morissette is a 79‑year‑old yoga teacher whose background in psychology, education, and fitness shapes her uplifting, senior‑focused classes across the Ottawa area. A longtime advocate for positive thinking and balanced living, she continues to inspire retirement‑community residents through her practical wisdom, collaborative approach, and lifelong commitment to movement, creativity, and kindness.
Giselle Fernandez
Giselle is a dancer, kids yoga instructor, mindfulness coach, and the heart behind YogiBeatz. With over five years of experience teaching kids' yoga, she blends movement, music, and mindfulness to create fun, engaging classes that spark joy and connection.
Grace Bracken
Grace is a former competitive hockey player who learned early how powerful nutrition can be, a lesson that deepened after two major hip surgeries pushed her to rebuild her health from the inside out. Now a mom, coach, and founder of The Body Sculpt, she’s dedicated to helping people restore their metabolism, build lean muscle, and pursue fat loss without burnout or restriction. She leads a team of functional nutritionists and coaches who share her mission of making sustainable, strength‑focused transformation feel clear, achievable, and deeply supportive.
Imad Khaddaj
Imad Khaddaj is a holistic healer and teacher whose work weaves Yin Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, Tui Na massage, and meditation with the wisdom of Daoist philosophy, Tantric Buddhist practices, and energetic mysticism. With a grounded and compassionate approach, he creates spaces where body, mind, and spirit return to balance, guiding others to reconnect with their inner wisdom, release what no longer serves, and awaken the life they are meant to live.
Jacqui Du Toit
Jacqui Du Toit blends mindful movement, breathwork, and storytelling, drawing on her background in circus and performance to celebrate the body as a place of expression and awareness. She teaches all levels with a welcoming, intuitive approach that invites students to explore strength, softness, and self‑connection.
Jessy Leger
With many years of experience in the fitness community and now at Spinco, Jessy brings high energy, positivity, and motivation to every ride. His classes are designed to challenge riders, build confidence, and leave everyone feeling stronger.
Julie Lefebvre
Julie discovered yoga as a path to recovery while navigating a severe wrist injury, an eating disorder, and the stress of caring for a critically ill child, finding profound healing through Ashtanga. Over the past two decades, she has trained with world‑renowned teachers and now blends technical expertise with a compassionate approach to support others on their own journeys to wellness.
Julie Parker
Julie has been coaching at The Rig Boxing for three years, where her challenging, attentive, and engaging style reflects her deep curiosity and growing love for the sport. A certified barre instructor and studio manager at The Rig’s Southpaw location, she believes in the power of group fitness to bring people together—and her classes do exactly that.
Kelly Schincariol
Kelly and Cat are two friends driven to help people discover strength beyond what they thought possible, blending high-energy, form-focused training with plenty of fun. They’ve created an inclusive, community-rooted space where everyone feels welcome to push limits, connect, and show up as they are. Their goal is simple: leave every person feeling stronger, sweatier, and just cheeky enough to come back for more.
Kemi Danmola
Kemi is a high-energy fitness coach and leader based in Ottawa, known for her empowering step experiences. She brings bold energy and joy into every class. Through STEP YOUR GOALS, she uses movement, rhythm and mindset to help people build confidence, express themselves and move with intention. Kemi believes movement is a powerful tool to step into your goals physically, mentally and energetically.
Kenny Caceros
Kenny Caceros is a lululemon Bayshore ambassador, hybrid‑training coach, and multi‑sport powerhouse who brings unstoppable energy to every room he enters. A HYROX 2025 World Championship qualifier and DEKA Fit AG World Champion, he leads The Strength Collective and The Hybrid Training Popup with the same fire that fueled his professional soccer career.
Kethy Sosso-Kolle
Kethy (she/her) is a Cameroonian‑Canadian 200-hr certified yoga teacher who enjoys leading yin and slow-paced flow classes to gentle tunes. She is the co‑founder of the BIPOC Yogis of Ottawa project, a photo‑journalism and fundraising initiative amplifying racial diversity within the Ottawa-Gatineau wellness community. She is also a devoted supporter of the 24‑Hr Yogapalooza project, helping raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research through movement and community care. She enjoys eating sweet treats, playing with her cats and watching Japanese anime.
Kyanna McPherson
Kyanna is a Jamaican Canadian yoga teacher who blends Hatha and Vinyasa with a grounding, intuitive flow that encourages movement with confidence, authenticity, and joy. Her playful, soulful classes weave breath, movement, music, and rest to support reconnection with the body, inner power, and sense of self.
Laocapone
Laocapone is an Ottawa-bred DJ who moves as easily through crate-dug hip-hop as he does through pulsing electronic beats. With roots in R&B and rap DJ culture, his sets feel both timeless and fresh—whether he’s flipping soul samples or keeping the dancefloor locked with bass-heavy grooves. A true selector at heart, Laocapone built his reputation rocking parties and clubs across the city, known for his flawless blends, sharp ear for new sounds, and ability to move any crowd. Always paying homage to the past while pushing sound forward, he bridges eras with every set.
Lori Dye
Lori Dye is an Ottawa-born yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, and international retreat curator. Her work is rooted in elemental wisdom, breath, and the quiet intelligence of the body.
Lori Rosove
With 25 years as a social worker, 10 as a university writing instructor, and the author of two books, I have been passionate about guiding others in clarifying their thoughts through writing. I designed the trees&breathe journaling method to help you slow down, listen inward, and discover what's ready to be seen.
Louise Anne Neville
Louise Anne Neville is a Mindset & Mindfulness Energy Coach who helps people cultivate positivity, alignment, and abundance in their lives. Through her playful, heart‑centered approach, she guides participants to shift limiting beliefs, harness the power of their minds, and elevate their energy with intention.
Lyndsay McIntyre
Lyndsay has 15 years of experience as a coach and trainer with a recent certification from HYROX Academy; Level 1 Course. She is a coach at The Strength Collective and thrives on building community, pushing athletes to limits they didn't know they had and ensuring everyone who walks through out doors feels at home no matter their fitness background or experience: the gym is for everyone. Lyndsay comes from a Crossfit background which made transitioning to HYROX competitions seamless and easy.
Marie-Julie Côté
Marie‑Julie has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 20 years, sharing her love of mindful movement across Québec, Ottawa, and international retreat spaces while drawing from a rich background in hot yoga, vinyasa, pilates, Yin, and embodied flow. A mother of three and longtime lawyer with the Canadian Armed Forces, she brings a grounded, compassionate, real‑life perspective to her classes, creating a supportive and connected space that feels right at home in the festival community.
Megan Beahen
Megan has been teaching yoga in Ottawa for over 10 years. Whether it's slow movement, dance or fitness, Megan aims to support people in tuning into their bodies. She specializes in feel good movement and bangin' playlists.
Meghan Mainville
Meghan Mainville is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, and fitness instructor trained through The School of Dance’s contemporary program, the Limón Institute Launch program, and certified in both Group Fitness (ACE) and 200‑hour Yoga. She brings a fun, high‑energy, low‑pressure approach to every class, creating an engaging, community‑driven space where all levels feel supported and excited to move.
Mike Dynie
Mike has spent the last 18 years weaving his background in health communications with a lifelong devotion to Eastern philosophy, offering yoga as a practical, soulful tool for everyday well‑being. His teaching is breath‑centered, functional, and shaped around each student’s unique path. From intimate one‑on‑one work to festival‑style group flows, he helps people cultivate intuitive practices that support them through every season of life.
Nady Marro
Born into a family of yoga teachers, Nady has practiced since age 14, blending Tibetan‑inspired Energy Yoga with her background as a singer and musician. A 200‑hour Vinyasa‑trained teacher and founder of the FLOW Yoga & Sound Festival in the Laurentians, she now shares her passions for yoga, sound, and mindful education through her festival work, community leadership, accompanied by the much inspired musician, DJ and composer Legyl, her partner in life and on stage.
Natalie Fraser
Natalie Fraser is a yoga teacher with families and community at heart. Her classes are inclusive, fun and accessible. Whether you are a first timer, a caregiver yoga'ing with kids, or someone looking for ease - you'll find what you need here.
Nikki Richard
Nikki is a social justice activist, yoga teacher, and certified somatic movement and breathwork coach who brings trauma‑informed practices into activist spaces as tools for regulation, solidarity, and collective care. Her work weaves nervous system awareness with political consciousness, offering an embodied, relational approach that supports resilience without bypassing structural harm.
Pamela Twagirayezu
Pam is an energy healer, intuitive reader, and Ceremonialist certified in Sound Healing, Reiki, and Ancestral Lineage Healing, with nearly a decade of community‑based work. Through Burning Moon Collective, she offers one‑on‑one sessions and curated experiences that blend ancestral wisdom with grounded practices, inviting curiosity, self‑expression, and gentle transformation.
Piaf Des Rosiers
Piaf is a physiotherapist and PhD candidate with a passion for finding fun ways to get kids and teens more physically active. As an advocate for inclusion and accessibility, she hopes that all will feel welcome coming to her lil om'ies class!
Rachel Hopper
Rachel Hopper is a Pilates and Lagree instructor known for her strength-forward approach and intentionally designed classes. With over three years of teaching experience, she’s passionate about helping people feel stronger, build confidence in their movement, and look forward to coming to class. Her mat classes are beat-based, combining structure and energy for a challenging workout, with options to modify or progress, making them accessible to a wide range of students.
Randy Roffey
Randy is a registered yoga teacher trained in Yin, Restorative, Meditation, and Yoga Nidra, grounding his work in daily practices of breathwork, meditation, vulnerability, and gratitude. As co‑founder of the 24 Hr Yogapalooza fundraiser for CHEO, he’s deeply connected to the Ottawa–Gatineau yoga community and brings a passionate, down‑to‑earth presence to everything he does.
Robert Aranyosi
Rob Aranyosi blends technical movement with creative, challenging sequences that prioritize curiosity over perfection. His classes offer clear cues, smart progressions, and a playful edge, creating a space where effort, exploration, and trying before you feel ready matter more than getting it “right.”
Saman Tayari
Saman is a yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator and a percussionist. He integrates his drumming into his yoga and breathwork sessions, believing that drum beats connect us with our inner rhythm and with others, and help us be more present. He also incorporates electronic music to create more immersive experiences. His passion lies in quieting the mind through breathwork and invigorating movement and breath, a practice he is eager to share with others.
Selina Rose
Selina Rose is an Ottawa‑based yoga teacher, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner whose work blends movement, nervous system support, and digestive well‑being. With more than 10 years in the wellness world, she helps people reconnect with their bodies in grounded, accessible ways. She also founded Bloat Babes, a holistic gut‑health platform supporting women through education, embodiment, and community.
Serena Finlayson
Serena is a Certified Athletic Therapist, Registered Massage Therapist, professional dancer, and barre instructor who believes every(body) is an athlete. She’s passionate about movement as medicine and uses her wide-ranging expertise to bridge mind and body in ways that honour each person’s unique experience. Serena loves working outside the box, inviting students into movement as exploration, curiosity, and connection.
Solange Mattar
Solange has been teaching yoga for nearly a decade across studios, women’s shelters, and retirement homes, weaving movement into spaces that need it most. Her classes blend mindful strength, yin stillness, free movement, and Yoga Nidra to harmonize yin and yang energies and awaken both the masculine and feminine within. A devoted lover of movement and travel, she brings presence, intention, and an empowering, grounded vibe to every festival‑style experience she leads.
Spinco Orleans
SPINCO Orléans is rolling into City of Om with a full day of rhythm‑driven, sweat‑soaked, community‑charged rides — all inside our dedicated SPINCO space. As Orléans’ newest spin studio, they’re bringing their signature immersive, beat‑based experience to the festival, offering multiple 50‑minute classes that blend music, movement, and collective energy.
Stephen Bierbrier
Stephen Bierbrier (@bytownboy) has spent the past decade leading community workouts across Ottawa — from TD Place Stadium to Parliament Hill to the Dominion Arboretum. When he’s not coaching, he’s usually planning his next session, often spotted turning any nearby bench into an opportunity for a perfectly executed Bulgarian squat.
Sunshine Glitterchild
Sunshine Glitterchild is here to spread love, kindness, joy, cheeks & glitter through the art of drag…and sometimes on roller skates! Sunshine is a music lover with a passion for music of many genres and decades, especially disco. Sunshine seeks to connect with her audience not just through sparkley looks and performances, but through authenticity and heart with a side of silly.
Tatianna Graham
Tatianna Graham is a women’s health coach, physical therapist, and yoga teacher dedicated to helping women 40+ feel at home in their bodies again. Through movement, nervous system support, and embodied practice, she guides women toward strength, self‑trust, and inner resilience. Her work creates space for emotional, mental, and spiritual reconnection, empowering women to listen inward and rise in community. Tatianna is a proud Preventative Health Awareness Movement (PHAM) ambassador.
Tiffani Harris
Tiffani Harris is a movement teacher with over 18 years of experience, offering classes, workshops, trainings, and retreats across a wide range of styles. She loves connecting with students of all levels, using clear, detailed guidance to help them understand their bodies in a creative, engaging way.
Tracy Billows
Tracy Billows is the founder and co-owner of Yogatown, Ottawa's longest-running yoga studio, open since 2008 and now spanning three locations across the city. With 25 years of practice, she considers herself a student first and a teacher second. Yogatown reflects everything Tracy believes in - connection, belonging, and community. Off the mat, her greatest joy is her family - husband Jason, two children, and her dog Pepper. She is also a passionate health enthusiast who loves exploring new ways to thrive, and nothing brings her more joy than inspiring others to do the same.
Valerie Callaghan
A Lagree and Mat Pilates instructor with a commitment to celebrating the intersections of showing up for yourself, Valerie is driven by supporting her students to move with love and intention not reaction. She encourages her students to build trust within themselves cultivating a safe space to move freely. Her classes blend Latin, Reggaeton, and Dancehall beats intentionally building the energy in the room to amplify both psychological and physical benefits as she leads the class through movements rooted in everyday life.
