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Welcome to Guelph’s first ever Yoga Fest!
This one-day event features a line-up of wonderful yoga instructors from across the city teaching yoga classes to bring community together with movement, mindfulness, and breath.
Guelph Yoga Fest is a fundraiser and a portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Hospice Wellington to support individuals and families with compassionate palliative care and support.
Sign me up!Yoga Classes
Whether you are brand new to yoga, or a seasoned practitioner, Yoga Fest gives you the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of 30-minute classes designed for all levels.
Class formats include:
Yin
Vinyasa Flow
Prenatal
Family yoga
Sound Bath Meditation
Gentle Movement
Yoga for back pain
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Vendor Market
Yoga Fest features a vendor market where you can experience health and wellness products and services from local small businesses. You’ll be able to sign up for and enjoy healing services and shop complimentary wellness products to treat yourself or gift to others!
Healing services include:
Thai Massage
Acupuncture
Fascial Stretch Therapy
Reiki
Chiropractic Care
Stress-Reduction Meditation
Wellness products include:
Yoga Jewelry
Crystal Kits
Yoga Props & Apparel
Sign me up!Meet your Instructor Team
Dr. Kirstie Griffiths – Event Host
Dr. Kirstie Griffiths (she/her) is a Canadian chiropractor, yoga teacher, and best-selling author practicing in Guelph, Ontario. She created Yoga Fest as a way to bring people together in celebration of movement, breath, and community. Her passion is in helping people overcome back pain using a mind-body approach that integrates chiropractic and yoga. Dr. Griffiths is the author of “Back to Wellness: A mind-body approach to managing your back pain” and the founder of “Yoga for Back Pain,” a 12-week program that combines education, movement, and meditation, specifically designed for people with back pain.
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Laura Paaren – Moonlight Yoga
Laura (she/her) is the owner of Moonlight Yoga and has been teaching yoga since 2013. She offers classes (primarily “flow”) that are grounding yet strong, calm yet powerful & playful. She teaches with a light heart & casual, inviting energy. All levels of practitioner will benefit from her clear focus on alignment while her intentional teaching style ensures that you weave safely through your movement practice. Her goal is to create a space where you feel included & safe in your body, in your mind & on your mat. Just as you are.
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Meghan MacNeil – Yoga Nomads
Meghan MacNeil is one of the founders of Yoga Nomads, along with Kayli Callan. Yoga Nomads love to practice with absolutely anyone living or visiting Guelph who would like to explore breath and movement (everyone is welcome, no experience require. Bodies in motion stay in motion. They endeavour to improve and foster mobility on and off the mat, and they believe connection to the body creates peace in the mind.
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Annie Lukacsovics – Yoga @ Squivvelton Farm
Annie received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2020 in London, Ontario. She has continued her education on anatomy and movement science since graduating, including her most recent completion of a 250-hour advanced yoga training with Threes Physiyoga. Her yoga studio, Yoga@SquivveltonFarm, is based in the sunroom of her country home in Puslinch, Ontario, where she teaches group classes and private lessons, her true passion. She loves helping people find their centre through a yoga practice that meets them where they’re at.
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Yvonne Runstedler – Yoga With Yvonne
Yvonne (she/her) has been a yoga instructor in Guelph for almost 15 years. She has taught Power, Hatha and Yin Yoga at a variety of locations and has facilitated workshops and retreats which incorporate psychotherapeutic knowledge with the lived experience of a physical yoga practice. Yvonne holds a Master of Arts in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy and is a PhD Candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University in the area of Human Relationships.
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Aura Carcueva – Aura’s Yoga
Aura is honored to be a part of Guelph’s first Yoga Fest! Her love of movement resulted in a BFA in Theatre and Dance, which then led to teaching yoga for nearly 20 years. She guides from the heart and allows you to feel safe and challenged in your practice. Whether you’re an experienced yogi or it’s your very first yoga class, Aura will guide you breath by breath.
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Mairin DaMaren – Pomegranate Grove
Mairin Claire Da Maren is a mother of two, Registered Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher and co-owner of Pomegranate Grove Massage & Wellness Centre in Guelph. She loves working with Pregnant women helping to facilitate a connection to themselves and their babies. Mairin believes that connecting inward during pregnancy through movement and body work creates a more conscious and intentional experience.
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Leah Sunshine Glatz – BodyLight Wellness
Leah is a BodyMind Coach, Sound Healing Facilitator, Kripalu Yoga instructor and Thai Bodywork Practitioner. She weaves her client’s experience with sound, mindful movement, and meditation, with intuitive energy medicine and cutting edge neuroscience to share powerful tools and vocal meditation practices for connecting to the inner wisdom of the body.
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Tara Lung – Power Yoga Canada
Alongside teaching a variety of yoga classes at Power Yoga Canada Guelph and the Guelph YMCA, Tara is currently finishing a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychotherapy program. She has three kids, ages 11, 9 and 7 and a dog named Duke.
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Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken – Tranquil Mind Naturopath
Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken ND is the Founder of Tranquil Minds, a series of educational and clinical programming for professionals with anxiety. Katie’s first book Create Calm: the Professionals Guide to Overcoming Anxiety is a best selling mental health book. With 7 years of clinical experience in treating anxiety and mental health, Katie’s passion is helping anxious professionals step back into the driver’s seat of their life, reconnect with their inner peace and move their decision-driver from fear to love.
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Dr. Falak Aziz – Norfolk Chiropractic Wellness Centre
Dr. Aziz’s interest in healthcare initially stemmed from seeing close family and friends deal with chronic musculoskeletal pain for years. Wanting to learn more about preventative measures and holistic, non-invasive care, she began her journey in Chiropractic. Her hands-on approach is patient centred and evidence-based with a special interest in perinatal and paediatric care. She takes time to educate her patients and offers individualized advice on nutrition, rehab, ergonomics, exercise and managing stress.
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Morgan Story – Karma Yoga Studio
Morgan is the owner of Karma Yoga Studio Guelph. She is also a reiki practitioner and Tarot Reader. Her passion is being able to help guide people on their healing journey through yoga, healing workshops, tarot, reiki and more.
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Leah Sunshine Glatz – BodyLight Wellness
Leah is a BodyMind Coach, Sound Healing Facilitator, Kripalu Yoga instructor and Thai Bodywork Practitioner. She weaves her client’s experience with sound, mindful movement, and meditation, with intuitive energy medicine and cutting edge neuroscience to share powerful tools and vocal meditation practices for connecting to the inner wisdom of the body.
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Sarah Turkstra – Studio Movement
Sarah is the owner of Studio Movement, a boutique Fitness Studio located in the heart of Downtown Guelph. Sarah is a certified Personal Trainer, Fascial Stretch Therapist and Fitness Instructor. She works with a variety of clients to help them move more, move better, and move pain free as she specializes in rehabilitative exercise, strength and mobility training.
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Chelsey Soveral – Studio Movement
Chelsey is a certified Personal Trainer and Fascial Stretch Therapist working at Studio Movement. She has been in the industry since 2012, having worked with clients aged 16-85. She has an extensive training background with education and experience working with clients who are rehabbing injuries such as frozen shoulder, hip/knee replacements, low back pain, muscle dystrophy & more.
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Nichole Caswell – Changing Tides Counselling
Nichole is the founder of Changing Tides Counselling. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto. As a Registered Social Worker, she believes that connection and trust is at the heart of any therapeutic conversation. In therapy, she uses different therapy modalities to provide individuals and families vehicles to: express their feelings, explore and understand their emotions, recognize patterns of thinking, gain perspective on past events and current relationships, and clarify goals and dreams for the future.
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Nicole Watson – Eramosa Physiotherapy
Nicole Watson is EPA’s clinical leader for the Pelvic Health Program and has been providing physiotherapy services in Guelph for almost 25 years. Her clinical interests include manual therapy and pelvic health including assessment and treatment of all orthopedic injuries/conditions as well as urinary incontinence, perineal pain, pelvic organ prolapse, bowel dysfunction and low back/pelvic girdle pain. She uses manual therapy, soft tissue/myofascial release and specific mobility, stretching and strengthening exercises to help her patients reach their goals. She believes in treating the whole person and incorporates a biopsychosocial approach to patient care.
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Lynne Skilton-Hayes – Kinsley Armelle Druzy Stone Jewelry
Lynne Skilton-Hayes is an International Fitness Presenter and the Fitness Program Supervisor at the University of Guelph. Along with her full-time career, she manages a side hustle – StyleLynne, where she is a Distributor for Kinsley Armelle Druzy Stone jewelry and a Zyia athleisure Rep. Lynne loves helping others to look and feel their best! Kinsley Armelle has a wide variety of beautiful pieces that are perfect to complete any outfit, made from naturally and ethically sourced stones that offer a variety of healing benefits.
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Courtney McCarthy – LOYOBO Fit
Courtney is the owner of LOYOBO Fit. Loyobo FIT, which stands for Love Your Body Fitness, is a virtual community dedicated to helping women to ditch diet culture, find joy in movement, and to finally figure out how to love their body.
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Mary Vivilecchia – White Light Wellness Centre
Mary is a Crystal Reiki Master Certified and Yoga Teacher. Her creations are spiritual with a bohemian, Goddess vibe. Every piece is unique and made with high quality gemstones with inner guidance and pure love. As a Reiki & Crystal Guide, all her creations have been infused with high vibrational energies and intentions, so that they may bring you lots of goodness, happiness and many blessings into your life. Mary is a conduit of light for the service of Spirit and all beings.
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John Proctor – Earth Tones Studio
John Proctor owns and operates Earth Tones Studio in Guelph, Ontario. He builds drums and teaches workshops on drum making for a variety of drums including Frame Drum, Ocean Drum, Djembe, as well as percussion instruments. He also facilitates drumming and soundscapes for those who respond to the call and the dance of the drum beat.
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April Bernardo – Soul Medic
April is the owner of Soul Medic in Guelph. She is a holistic health practitioner and coach. She is also a rehabilitation therapist and has obtained dual diploma with Honors as an occupational therapy/physiotherapy assistant. April treats clients who have sustained various orthopedic, neurological, and traumatic injuries and works with clients and their families to facilitate functional independence and achieve optimal wellness.
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Candie and Mattie Bower – One Tooth Activewear
Meet this mother/daughter team who run the show at One Tooth, an activewear apparel shop in the south end of Guelph that carries Canadian made and Canadian based brands. Candie Bower from a young age has been active in both recreational and competitive sports and has been a Certified Personal Trainer for the past 15 years. Mattie Bower has been in dance since she was 4 years old and continues her passion in dance as an instructor and choreographer. They love sharing their passions in fitness, fashion, working hard, adding creativity and having a lot of fun along the way, while providing you with a positive and fun shopping experience, online or in person!
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Parminder Pabla – Pabla’s Street Food of India
Parminder Pabla is the owner of Pabla’s Street Food Of India, a Food Truck that serves delicious Indian food. Pabla’s strives to make the best, most Authentic Indian Food possible while adding their own twists. From dishes ranging from Chana Masala Rice and Butter Chicken Poutine, they are sure to have something to satisfy everyone’s taste buds.
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Guelph Yoga Fest
Sunday August 28th 9:00 am – 4:00 pmLocation: Linamar’s Frank Hasenfratz Centre
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Full-Day Pass
$99 $59
Enjoy all that Yoga Fest has to offer! Access to the full day of yoga classes and exploring the vendor market.