Carman Chan

1. Pronouns: She/her

2. Currently teaching: MOVE [pilates]

3. Sign: Taurus + Dog (Chinese zodiac)

4. What informs your practice? Pilates, dance, music, listening to the energy in the room, curiosity/ the desire to deepen in my practice. Also, I'm doing my yoga teacher training soon so I'm curious to see how that will inform my practice :)

5. Current sounds you're practicing to: Funk, R&B, Soul, some chill dance/electronic for more energetic moments.

6. Currently taking inspiration from: My inner child reminding me that movement can be fun, joyful and free -- it doesn't have to be that serious!!.

7. A good space in 3 words: Authentic. Compassionate. Affirming

Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen

1. Pronouns: They/them

2. Currently teaching: MOVE [groove]

3. Sign: Sun in Pisces  

Moon in Leo

Rising in Aries (but feels more like a Gemini tbh)

4. What informs your practice? The nervous system fascinates me and influences how I practice daily. Other things include; somatic awareness, the sense organs, the physiological systems of the body and how they express through movement. My experience of navigating the world as a neurodivergent human informs my practice as well. Looking at the world through an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens deeply informs my practice. Always asking questions and staying curious.

5. Current sounds you're practicing to: A playlist my partner made called “Black & Queer since Time”. The artists I have on repeat include: Billie Holiday, Labi Siffre, and Tracy Chapman. Lately I have also been listening to a ton of experimental ambient. My fav album right now is called Nothing Is Objective by Suso Saiz. I also love dark and hard techno music 😈

6. Currently taking inspiration from: I’m inspired by resiliency, decolonization, anti-capitalism, smashing the patriarchy and being kinky/sex/body positive. I’m also really into neuroscience and love nerding out about the brain 🧠🤓

7. A good space in 3 words: Safe, aesthetic, calming

Megan Alexander

1. Pronouns: She/her

2. Currently teaching: Myself how to let go.

3. Sign: Aries baby!

4. What informs your practice? A pull to service.

5. Current sounds you're practicing to: Shared playlists of instructor pals from near + far.

6. Currently taking inspiration from: Plants + the natural world.

7. A good space in 3 words: 360 Dufferin street

Patricia Dominski

1. Pronouns: She/her

2. Currently teaching: MOVE [vinyasa]

3. Sign: Aquarius

4. What informs your practice? Curiosity. This need to move my body in different ways and to explore postures from lots of different angles. Keeps me excited and growing in my practice.

5. Current sounds you're practicing to: I haven’t really been practicing to any music lately. When I do it’s older playlists of mine on shuffle. Some of my favourite artists: Lapsley, Rhye, Geoffrey, Khalid & Shallou.

6. Currently taking inspiration from: My meditations, walks, free play on my mat each day, Instagram & books.

7. A good space in 3 words: Creative, inclusive + safe

Renelyn Quinicot

1. Pronouns: She/her

2. Currently teaching: MOVE [kundalini + pilates]

3. Sign: Capricorn! & super earthy with tons of Virgo and a dash of water signs like Pisces and Scorpio.

4. What informs your practice? I am a big believer in the body as a storyteller, keeper of memory and as an extension of our lineage. I am curious about movement as a practice of loving self-study, and the breath as a site of inquiry. 
I am inspired by P L A Y as an act of resistance.

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Exploring more ways my practice can be a homebase to allow all emotions to compassionately co-exist, rather than be a break / tucking under the rug of all the things i don't want to feel, is informing my practice especially through these times.


5. Current sounds you're practicing to: "Guara" by Ar-tu feels like a portal to a place I always want to start my practice in. I love disco, funk, old soul music, 90s chillllll rap, psychedelic rock, and eerie folk music. I like to practice to Kundalini mantra music and spacey ambient sounds like 'Future Waves' by Uther Modes to feel like I am floating or teleporting as I breathe... : )

6. Currently taking inspiration from: The trees, the waters...wee ones (kiddos) as my greatest teachers. d r e a m s, and psychedelics. 💫

7. A good space in 3 words: Safe(er), diverse, silly

Tash Francesca

1. Pronouns: She/her

2. Currently teaching: MOVE [vinyasa + pilates]

3. Sign: Virgo sun, pisces moon, libra rising

4. What informs your practice? Prānāyām (breath work), decolonization, yoga philosophy + peace in motion.

5. Current sounds you're practicing to: Usually my doggie sleeping, the sounds of Bathurst St + my dude talking on the phone.

6. Currently taking inspiration from: Folx I meet and meditations.

7. A good space in 3 words: Joyful, warm + (lots of) food.