Anne Cox

I’m a certified Yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance and have been teaching therapeutic focused classes since 2004. My interest began when I injured my back during a fall on the ice in 1997. That compounded with upper back tension that had been happening during my years sitting at a desk in the corporate world. After discovering a restorative style of yoga that helps alleviate pain, headaches & stress, in 2004 I finished my initial 500 hour teacher training with South Okanagan Yoga Academy. In the years to come I furthered my training with Susi Hately in therapeutic yoga, Gert van Leeuwen in Critical Alignment Therapy, & numerous other renowned teachers including Gary Kraftsow, & David McAmmond, to name a few. I teach from experience on how I helped my own body & the lessons learned working with students with back issues from disc degeneration & herniation, to tension that occurs from structural imbalance due to our sedentary lifestyles. I have trained in a meditation technique called Yoga Nidra by Dr Richard Miller, he calls it iRest, & have further training in Pre & Post Natal Yoga. Since 2005 I have worked with the Kinesiology department at the U of C doing research on the effects of yoga on cancer recurrence & prevention teaching Yoga Thrive & Yoga for Brain Cancer classes. Using a model of mobility + strength = stability, along with breath & meditation techniques to destress, my teachings are accessible to all experience levels & abilities. My intention is to empower each student to learn how to move their own bodies in a way that is not forceful, but in keeping with a sense of balance & ease.