About Cheryl

I teach yoga online (email me for details) and in person at Brock House, a Vancouver community centre for 55+.   

Before training as a yoga instructor, my career was in dance. As a professional dancer and choreographer, I created, performed and toured with a number of renowned dance companies. For more than thirty years, I taught in the Dance Major Program at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. 

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As a dance teacher at the university level, I took special care to impart movement skills and habits that could prevent injury and potentially extend a dancer’s career. As a yoga teacher, I apply those same principles. I hope to help people of all skill levels, backgrounds and ages, improve their strength, flexibility and body awareness—and discover the joy of moving.

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Certified in Yoga, Laban/Bartenieff and the Franklin Method

I have an extensive background in dance science and somatic practices. In addition to my certifications in Yoga and Restorative Yoga, I am a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies. I am also certified in the Level 1 Franklin Method. These practices inform and support my teaching.

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After many years of practicing various styles of yoga, I discovered The Path Yoga Centre, a Vancouver studio under the direction of its principal teacher Swan. Under her guidance my practice deepened, and she continues to be an influential and inspiring teacher. 

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Under the direction of Swan and Nancy Frohlick, I became certified as a Yoga teacher, and now teach at The Path from time to time. 

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It Started With my Book Club

I began teaching Hatha yoga when members of my book club discovered that I was completing my yoga teaching certification, and asked me to teach them. Those classes—which began at a local yoga studio—went online when COVID struck. As COVID has changed our perspectives on in-class learning, the online classes have taken on a life of their own.