More about Valerie Cordemans:

When my osteopath told me, 16 years ago, that yoga would be very good for my scoliosis, I hardly believed him but realized that I needed to do something if I wanted to be able to continue moving. As I walked out of that first yoga class I felt so good, light and happy – something had happened to my body but also inside of me. I was intrigued and wanted to know more.

Over the years, I continued practicing and explored different styles and teachers until it became clear to me that a more Iyengar, aligned approach was essential to keep my spine in “line”.

In 2012, I embarked on a teacher training at Naada Yoga Montreal and discovered the treasure box that Yoga is after a workshop on yoga philosophy with Mark Singleton.

My goal is to share my passion with as many people as possible. My husband and I opened a studio with the intention of making it financially sustainable for students and teachers through voluntary contribution.

In the meantime, I continue to study and am finishing a 1000hr yoga therapy certification. I have also sought out trainings that benefitted me so that I could share them from experience rather than from theory: Yoga for Scoliosis (Elise Browning Miller); Restorative Yoga (Judith Lasater) and, because I wished that I had discovered yoga at a young age, Yoga for Kids and Teens (Sivananda).

Together with my yoga teacher training I took a coaching certification at Concordia University. The combination of yoga and coaching is wonderful: tapping into our bodies when the words don’t show up or, from the movement of the body in yoga, allow the body to open parts within that we cannot always reach and express with words.

 

May your thoughts be peaceful

Your words kind

Your heart filled with Love

Namaste