TEACHES: Hot 26 Christine
Certified Bikram Yoga Instructor
Christine loves helping others live a vibrant, healthy, happy life through yoga, Ayurveda and the other modalities she practices. Originally from the East coast of Canada, with a Bachelor of Commerce from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she left New Brunswick with her backpack and traveled around the world from Europe to Australia to South-east Asia for 18 months. After settling in London, England for a few years, she started practicing yoga in 1996.
The first yoga school she attended was Sivananda Yoga in Putney. She then discovered Ashtanga yoga and studied with many original Ashtanga yogis such as Radha in Crete, Greece, Lino Miele and John Scott. She became a certified Pilates instructor in 2002 after moving to Vancouver, BC.
Wanting to merge her business and fitness backgrounds, she created a women’s fitness franchise, Aradia Fitness, in 2003. Christine and her business partner then brought Aradia to Las Vegas in 2007.
In Las Vegas, she began a regular practice of Bikram Yoga, and, being amazed at the rejuvenating and healing benefits, she became a certified Bikram Yoga instructor in the fall of 2009. After teaching Bikram Yoga briefly in San Diego, she purchased Bikram Yoga Memphis in October, 2010, where there are now 3 Bikram schools.
While exploring some health issues, she discovered Ayurveda and became an Ayurvedic Practitioner after attending The Ayurveda Institute with Dr Lad, from 2012-2104.
She became an Inferno Hot Pilates Instructor in 2015, which became an instant hit at the Memphis studios. She is also a PSYCH-K® facilitator, which helped with her transition from yoga studio owner to HR Manager at Banyan Botanicals.
Her love of learning alternate ways of healing lead her to Japan in Oct 2018 to study with Dr Emoto’s son, and is now a Hado Instructor and owner of the Kazutama System, to help people heal at a vibrational level. She is currently in the process of researching and setting up an adult sleep coaching program along with helping those with thyroid issues.