Chetna Tracy Boyd, RYT 500*, has been studying yoga in its many aspects since 1999. She began teaching in 2003 and is a graduate of the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, where she was certified in Classical Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga systems and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. She completed her Professional Yoga Therapy 500 hour training through Integrated Yoga Therapy and joined the faculty of the SSCY Yoga Teacher Trainings in 2007. Chetna teaches private yoga therapy sessions as well as public and corporate classes in Victoria. Her compassionate approach to teaching promotes an environment that is relaxing and encouraging, empowering and fun.(* 500 hour Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher).

Cordula Vogt, 200* has been teaching yoga since 2002, after receiving certification through the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. In 2004, she received pre/post natal certification. Since beginning her personal yoga practice in 1992, Cordula has studied intensively with Celeste Mallet and Iyengar instructor, Sheri Berkowitz. She teaches hatha and restorative yoga as well as classes specifically designed for seniors and pre/post natal women on Salt Spring Island. A faculty member for the SSCY Yoga Teacher Training, Cordula brings her expertise and experiential wisdom to both disciplines of pranayama and asana. (* 200 hour Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher).

Dorothy Price has been a Yoga practioner for over 30 years and completed her Yoga Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga in 2002. She teaches all levels of Yoga on Salt Spring Island,  as well as weekend Yoga getaways, and an annual retreat in Mexico and is on the teaching faculty for the SSCY Yoga Teacher Training.  Dorothy's teaching style includes sustained as well as  flowing postures, with the aim of cultivating mindfulness through alignment and breath.  She brings  compassion and a deep love of Yoga to her classes.

Andrea Kalpana Tabachnick, E-RYT 500*, has been practicing classical Yoga since 1975, completed her Teacher Training in 1981 and has been teaching since 1994. Kalapana served as the Director of the Ashtanga Yoga Institute and Curriculum Developer and Instructor for the Mount Madonna Centre Yoga Teacher Training in CA. Her background studies include Ayurveda, the sister science of Yoga, as well as ongoing workshops in traditional and contemporary styles of asana. Kalpana is a 500 hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance and serves as Program Director for both SSCY and the annual Yoga Teacher Training Intensive. She teaches all levels of hatha and power flow yoga for public and corporate classes in the lower mainland.  
(* Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500 with Yoga Alliance)

Ainsley Sema Sutton has been practicing Yoga for ten years, and completed her first Yoga Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga in 2003. Since then she has continued her studies of Ashtanga, Vijnana and Hatha Yoga, and has completed two other Yoga Teacher Trainings in Power Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. Ainsley is also a practitioner of Ayurvedic, Thai and Yoga massage. She currently lives in Vancouver where she teaches all levels of classes in Hatha, Power and Yin Yoga.

Arpana Patricia Galaczy - Celebrating 11 years of practice in Hatha, Ashtanga, Iyengar and Vijnana traditions with leading Teachers in India, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, Patricia practices and teaches Yoga with the intention of creating and holding space for the union of body, mind and breath and for the return to the true nature of the self.   Patricia completed the SSCY Yoga Teacher Training in 2004 and is currently participating in the Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Centre and is a dedicated member of the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga and the Salt Spring Island Vipassana Community. 

Loknath Lee Mason was introduced to master yogi Baba Hari Dass in 2002 and has been a student of Yoga ever since. He was a resident at the SSCY where he completed his Teacher Training in 2005. He has studied Yoga therapy with Kashi Richardson, Iyengar Yoga with Louie Ettling, and currently studies Vijnana Yoga with Gioia Irwin and Cathy Valentine. Loknath is currently teaching mixed level classes in hatha flow, power Yoga and men's Yoga on Salt Spring Island.

Bryan Hill is a graduate of the Yoga Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. He has been active as a health and fitness professional for over a decade. His focus is on grounding and core activation. From this solid foundation he invites students to bring openness and balance to their postures. He has worked with a variety of specialized populations and lead adapted programs. He regularly teaches a variety of yoga classes in the Comox Valley. As part of his ongoing karma yoga efforts Bryan is a volunteer firefighter.

Tangachee Goebl has been studying yoga for 36 years and teaching for 21 years. She has spent several years in India studying classical Ashtanga yoga with a number of teachers and completed the SSCY 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2002. Meditation has been a major part of Tangachee's life for the last 30 years and she likes to incorporate mindfulness of the body and breath into her teaching practice. More recently she teaches mostly private classes with special emphasis on Therapeutic Yoga.

Julie Higginson, MA, has been practicing yoga since 1998, including studies in the hatha, kripalu and restorative traditions and has been influenced by the work of Donna Farhi. She graduated from the SSCY YTT in 2008, joined the the faculty in 2009 and presently teaches intro and continuing beginning and restorative yoga in Victoria. Julie is deeply inspired by the transformational impact that yoga brings into our lives, improving physical and mental functioning as well as providing a personal space for sanctuary and healing.

Sarah Russell first fell in love with the physical form of yoga (asana) primarily as a complementary practice to her dance training. Her practice was dramatically deepened when she discovered the multiple limbs of yoga in 2005 while living at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. It was then that she began to see yoga as a way of life and not just a physical practice. In 2008 Sarah finished her degree in Contemporary Dance at SFU and completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. Sarah's dynamic classes, integrating mind, body, and breath, explore postures that leave students feeling strong, properly aligned, centered and balanced. She encourages her students to use their creativity in class and consciously pay attention to the intrinsic pleasures of movement. Sarah currently teaches a variety of yoga classes in Vancouver.

For Sophie Leevers, yoga is a constant that weaves through her life taking ever-changing forms. Her mom, Deedee completed her first Yoga Teacher Training in 1973 at the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Grass Valley, California Sophie then completed her Yoga Alliance Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Center in 2005, taught by some of her mom's first students! Sophie has taught Hatha and Power Vinyasa yoga in Sweden while completing her masters of fine art and now teaches at the Yoga Practice in West Van, while completing a degree in education. Sophie loves to share her joy of the practice!

Restorative Yoga Insructors

Kishori Hutchings has been practising the various limbs of Classical Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Baba Hari Dass since 1974.  She completed her Yoga Teacher Training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga in 2002.  Although she has taught all levels of asana from beginner to advanced power flow and many mixed level classes over the last 11 years, her favourite class to teach is restorative Yoga based on Judith Lasater's book- 'Relax and Renew - Restful Yoga for Stressful Times'.  “Doing this type of class has had a most profound effect on me - the concentration on breath combined with the supported poses allowed me to go very deep both physically and mentally.  It is a very powerful practise.  My aim is to support people in a most safe and relaxed way, so they too may experience that wonderful release.”

Rupert Adams, BSc, RYT-500, IAYT. A student of Yoga since the early 90's, Rupert is a former resident of the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science & Philosophy, a graduate of Moksana Yoga Centre's Teacher Training program in Victoria and  resident staff at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. He is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Rupert teaches beginning and mixed level hatha classes as well as restorative Yoga and meditation on Salt Spring Island.

Pranayama* & Meditation Instructors

Penny Janaki Polden, RN. CYT Janaki has been practicing classical Yoga and meditation as taught by Baba Hari Dass for over 30 years. She completed her first Yoga Teacher Training in 1973 at the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Grass Valley, California and the 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Teacher Training at SSCY in 2003. One of the founding members of the Centre, Janaki currently teaches pranayama and meditation for ongoing classes and retreats at SSCY and is on the teaching faculty for the annual SSCY Yoga Teacher Training.

* classical breathwork