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Our Teachers
Julie Palmer (M.ES)
AYTT Facilitator, owner of Yoga4All
Julie remembers doing yoga as a child with her mom in the late 60’s, long before yoga was the 'in-thing'. At 28 she was re-introduced to it as a student at the Toronto Kripalu Yoga Centre.
Julie studied at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, for the 200-hour basic certification (1994). A year later she took the 200-hour bodywork training (massage) and began doing both massage in-house and yoga teaching at various yoga studios, gyms and private clubs.
She moved to rural Nova Scotia in 1998, and has led weekly yoga classes and workshops in Annapolis Royal, Bear River, Cornwallis, Digby, and Bridgetown. She also co-leads a semi-annual Yoga & Nature Weekend Retreat at Mersey River Chalets (near Keji) with Andrea Wegerer.
Julie loves the way yoga connects her to her higher self and to others, raising compassion & awareness and creating a sense of spiritual community in the classes. Julie also has a small massage practice in Annapolis Royal.
In 2005, Julie created a Yoga CD: A Guided Kripalu Experience. In 2009, she put out a Yoga DVD: Yoga Time with Julie Palmer. Both are still available.
Training
Yoga is both Julie’s work and her spiritual path. As such, she has deepened her practice and honed her professional skills with regular ongoing training, including:
• Two 10-day Vipassana Meditation sits (1995 & 1996)
• 100-hour Anatomy & Physiology (2000)
• 500-hour professional level Kripalu Yoga Certification (2004)
• 5-days at Dharma Gaia Meditation Centre in New Zealand (2005)
• 5-days at Thich Nhat Hanh Workshop (2005)
• 136-hour Kripalu Danskinetics Instructor (2006)
• 12-hour Chair Yoga for Seniors with Jean Short
• 25-hour Teaching Chair Yoga with Lakshmi Voelker (2008)
• 16-hour Teaching Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga with Maxine Munro (2007)
• 5-day Anusura & Restorative Retreat with Cheendana Laurie Ann Martin (2009)
• 15-hour Yoga for Better Bones (osteoporosis) with Jayelle Lindsay (2009)
• One month Yoga & Ayurveda Study Tour in India with Kerry Lawson (2010)
• 40-hours at Yoga Camp, Birchdale Lake with “Yogiji” Yogi Yogendra (2010)
• Two 10-hour Iyengar workshops with Father Joe (2009 & 2010)
• 30-hour Restorative Yoga Teacher Training (2010)
By watching videos, Julie has also practiced Ashtanga, Yee Yoga and Shiva Rea’s flow yoga.
She has taken (and offered) many other workshops in diverse areas such as Exploring your Life’s Mission, The Artist’s Way, The Chakras, Energy Balancing, Maintaining a Home Practice, Backbends & Inversions, Forward Bends & Twists, Writing Your Story, Yoga for Children.
Julie's yoga website is www.yoga4all.ca
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