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Meet DORI
Hi, my name is Doris, I go by Dori. Mother, grandmother, wife, author, yogi, healer, intuitive, light worker. Many years ago, I felt called to share the enormous benefits of yoga so that others could experience greater well-being. I am passionate about sharing yoga, qigong, meditation and spiritual living. I lead with compassion and strive to create a safe space where people feel truly seen, heard and supported.
Yoga has been a passion of mine since beginning my first class in the late 90’s. I instantly fell in love with the natural high it gave me. I had dealt with a lot of body pain, IBS, TMJ, anxiety, depression and panic attacks. Within a few months of regular practice, many of these conditions had improved or were completely gone! What I didn’t realize at the time was that stress was causing all these ailments in my physical body and mind. Through yoga I learned how to breathe abdominally, release tension, and create a calm mind and a more relaxed body. When anxiety creeps in or other ailments act up, I know I have the yogic tools (postures, breathing and meditation) to help me through any situation.
It’s interesting how we are led to where we are meant to be. The relief and calmness I felt were so amazing that I wanted to share the health benefits with others and thus began my yoga teacher training while working full time and raising three children. After teaching classes in halls around Haldimand & Norfolk, I then opened a home-based rural studio in 2010.
My certifications include:
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Yoga - Specialization in Traditional Hatha Yoga with the incorporation of Yin, Kundalini and meditation
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Reiki Master - a light hands-on healing technique for emotional and physical well-being
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Nia - a fun dance that combines yoga, martial arts and dance moves carried out to music
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QiGong - 24 Postures, a gentle meditative flow benefiting body and mind.
Dori and her husband John live in rural Fisherville on a farm with their two dogs, Jagr and Leo. They are a blended family blessed with 16 grandchildren. Dori’s passions, along with yoga, meditation and qigong include spending time with family and friends, gardening, hiking, reading, & cooking for a crowd.
Meet Amanda
Amanda has been a yoga instructor since 2019. For Amanda, yoga is a vital tool to stretch the physical body, tune into one’s self, and calm a racing mind. Sharing this knowledge through teaching has become a true passion in this season of her life.
While she especially loves a gentle yoga flow that ends in deeply relaxing yin or restorative postures to zen out, Amanda always adapts her classes to exactly what her students’ bodies need that week.
When she isn’t on the mat, Amanda is spending her days with her one-year-old daughter, who constantly strives to be just like her five-year-old big sister. Together, they love to garden, bake, and explore the great outdoors.
Ultimately, Amanda loves a good tea and great company— she hopes you’ll join her on the mat soon!
Meet Crystal
Lover of all things outdoors, Crystal has always led an active lifestyle and started practicing yoga about 18 years ago to alleviate stress and be physically active as a single mom to a sick child. It was on her mat in moments of pure, raw emotion and movement that her love for the practice deepened, learning lessons of acceptance, patience, resiliency, and self-love. Life's ups and downs have kept Crystal on her mat.
Crystal has over 500 hours of training in the areas of Yin, Mobility and Myofascial Release, Yang, Qi Cultivation, Chair, Anatomy, Prenatal and Postnatal, Mindfulness, Kids and Teen Yoga, and Ayurvedic massage and treatments, and host/co-hosts retreats and specialty classes.
Crystal is an advocate for accessible yoga and teaches from that mindset. She advocates that every body is different and that each posture should be approached based on how it feels opposed to how it looks. Her goal is that you leave class feeling good in your own body, connected physically, mentally, and spiritually to yourself and that the lessons you learn on your mat help life off the mat.
When she is not teaching yoga or providing Ayurveda treatments, she can be found outside on her SUP, kayaking, walking, or gardening at home on Lake Erie with her son Hayden and fur babies.
Meet Laurie
My name is Laurie. I am a small town, farm girl, wife, mom, and recently, a proud “Gramz”. Some of my interests include Reiki, Yoga, astrology, quilting and tarot.
I was introduced to Yoga over 20 years ago by my friend Shawn, and I immediately fell in love with it. I have been enjoying my practice ever since. Years later, my friend Krista encouraged me to pursue my yoga teacher training, and in 2024, I finally took that step. I am now a certified yoga instructor.
Yoga has helped me reduce stress, feel more grounded, and enhance my overall sense of well-being in a Gentle, substantial way – both on and off the mat.
