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Vanessa Mclean

Tribe Leader - Montréal (Canada)

About me

Vanessa started practicing yoga in 2009 after a back injury prevented her from continuing many or her regular activities, she quickly realized that Yoga was meant to be a big part of her life. Allowing her to heal her body as well as her heart. 
 
During her travels, Vanessa tried different styles of yoga in Barcelona and Berlin and attended workshops with Seane Corn, Hala Khouri, Suzanne Sterling, Faith Hunter, Shiva Rea, Dallas Delahunt and Nikki Vilella. Her love of Yoga grew each year and in 2014 she took her teacher training with Kimiko Fujimoto, her long time mentor. 
Vanessa has also trained with Dallas Delahunt in hands on enhancements and has just completed the Inclusivity Training for Yoga: Building Community with Compassion with Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts. 

Conscious activism has always been a big part of Vanessa's life. Over the years she played many shows with her band to raise money to help support causes that were close to her heart. It was therefore a natural transition to want to bring this conscious activism into her yoga practice. 
In 2016 she started her training with Off the Mat Into the World® (OTM) , a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging yoga and activism. The Yoga, Purpose & Action Leadership and the Leadership Intensive trainings are led by Seane Corn, Hala Khouri, Suzanne Sterling and Teo Drake. 
Following her trainings Vanessa began co-facilitating Yoga in Action, OTM's grass roots program, in her home town, with Jennifer Kruidbos and is an assistant for the OTM intensives, allowing her to learn even more from her mentors and her community. 

Committed to revolutionary love and inclusivity, Vanessa believes that it is time to participate in the transformation of the yoga community towards a yoga movement. A movement that is inclusive. Where we actively stand together. 

Vanessa's intention for her classes is to create and hold safe space for community. To be open to dialogue, to be in constant evolution and to share loving kindness with everyBody who brings their yoga onto their mat and into the world. 
 Through Ahimsa (non-harming) May we all find ways to connect to our humanity.

Styles I teach

Acro Yoga,
Advanced,
Aerial / Anti-gravity,
Ananda,
Anusara,
Aqua,
Ashtanga,
Ayurvedic Yoga,
Back,
Ballet,
Ballet Barre,
Baptiste,
Barre,
Bhakti, Satsang & Kirtan,
Bikram,
Biodanza,
Boxing,
Boxing Yoga,
Breathwork,
Budokon,
Chair Yoga,
Community / Karma
Conference,
Core,
Dance Yoga,
Doga ,
Dru,
Egyptian,
ELDOA,
Essentrics,
Fitness,
Flow,
Flying Yoga,
For Sports,
Forrest,
Fusion,
Gitananda,
Goat Yoga,
Hatha,
High-intensity interval training,
Hoponopono flow,
Hot Barre,
Hot Yoga
Hula hoop yoga,
Immersive Yoga,
Integral,
ISHTA,
Iyengar,
Jivamukti,
Jnana Yoga,
JOGA (Jogging & Yoga),
Kickboxing,
Kickboxing,
Kids,
Kirtan Yoga,
Krav maga,
Kripalu,
Kriya,
Kundalini,
Laughter Yoga,
Live music jam Yoga,
Meditation
Men's,
Mindfulness,
Moksha,
Mom & Baby,
Muay Thai,
Mysore,
Natha Yoga,
Nidra,
Nidra/iRest
Outdoors,
Partner Yoga,
Personalized Yoga Class,
Pilates,
Plus-size,
Power Yoga,
Prana Flow Yoga,
Pranayama,
Prenatal,
Qi Gong,
Queer
Raja Yoga,
Relaxation,
Restorative
Retreat,
Rocket,
Satsang Yoga,
Satyananda,
Self-Massage,
Seniors,
Shadow,
Sivananda,
Slow Flow,
Soft Hatha,
Sound Healing,
Sound Yoga,
Spin Yoga,
Subscription,
Sun Salutations,
SUP/On Water,
Tai Chi,
Tantra Yoga,
Taoist Yoga,
Teacher training,
Teens,
Therapeutic,
Tibetan Yoga,
Unda Yoga,
Viniyoga,
Vinyasa Flow
Wheel,
Women's
Workshops
Yin
Yoga
Yoga Ball,
Yoga Fitness,
Yoga for Runners,
Yoga lectures,
Yoga of Sound/Nada,
Yoga Tune-Up®,
Yoga Wall,
Yoga Yanumoja,
YogaFit™,
Yogalates/Yoga Pilates,
YogAloha,
Zumba,

Teaching info

Years practicing:

16 years

Years teaching:

10 years

Teaching cities:

Montréal,

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Vinyasa Flow, Studio Breathe, Montreal - 2015

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About my class and techniques:

Vanessa has been playing and writing music since a very young age, she believes that music and yoga work beautifully together to quiet the mind and to open the heart. She loves to laugh and her classes are energetic, light hearted and creative. Vanessa incorporates different yogic philosophies and loves to share snippets of stories, poems, music and books that have touched her heart. Playlist included!

Wednesdays 5-6pm @ Element Yoga 
Queer and Trans Yoga 
A community-oriented yoga class for the LGBTQ community, committed to mindfulness and inclusivity. All levels of experience in yoga and all branches of queer and trans community are welcome! This class is specifically offered to queer and trans-identified individuals, to process our identities and experiences through body, mind, and heart. This is a class for queer folks who are falling in love and for queer folks falling apart. Let yoga hold you, however, whoever you are. ©Jacoby Ballard

Other Services:

Ahimsa Yoga Projekt

Is there music in my classes :

Yes

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Montréal

2017-10-03

New as of October 2017! Wed 5-6pm @ Element Yoga in Pointe St-Charles Queer & Trans Yoga A community-oriented yoga class for the LGBTQ community, committed to mindfulness and inclusivity. All levels of experience in yoga and all branches of queer and trans community are welcome! This class is specifically offered to queer and trans-identified individuals, to process our identities and experiences through body, mind, and heart. This is a class for queer folks who are falling in love and for queer folks falling apart. Let yoga hold you, however, whoever you are. ©Jacoby Ballard *Bilingue Fee options $15 - Supporter (supports others & yourself) $10 - Sustainer (pays for you) $5 - Community As part of the Ahmisa Yoga Project, we stand for leveraging our privilege to support others. If you can afford to, please consider paying it forward by paying any amount above $5. This allows us to continue scaling the prices of our classes so that everyone is included. *Cash only please

2017-10-03

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