Brigitte Nepveu, a passionate entrepreneur, founded Studios iNovation dance studios in September 2018. With a background in jazz and contemporary dance, Brigitte has been dancing since the age of 7. She has participated in several dance competitions and began teaching dance at the age of 15. Since the opening of iNstudios, she teaches and dances for more than 8 hours each week. She specializes in teaching adults and offers them contemporary dance classes and iNbarre classes, an endurance training based on dancers’ exercises. Brigitte also sits on the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the Honorary Committee of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, a world-renowned professional dance company. Finally, she is the president of Brigitte Nepveu avocate inc. (BNA to friends), a law firm that specializes in legal support for SMEs, which she founded in May 2019. Brigitte practised commercial and corporate law for more than 20 years in a major Montréal firm.

Yelitza Garcia, #coachYeli, started jazz and tap classes at the age of 4 in her native Venezuela. At the age of 6, she took her first aerobics class and seven years later, at the age of 13, she taught her first fitness class. Since then, Yelitza has taught aerobics, step, bootcamp and body design classes, as well as Latin dance, tap and flamenco. 

She discovered Zumba in 2010 and decided to get her certification. In a short period of time, she managed to make a name for herself with several dance schools and fitness centres across Montréal, including the UQAM Sports centre, the San Tropez Latin Dance School and the University of Montréal Sports centre. Since 2012, she is also certified in Indo-Row (cardio rowing), TRX (suspension training) and Zumba Step. More recently, Yelitza obtained the Beachbody Live certifications: Insanity, Piyo, Cize, P90X, TurboKick and Core De Force. She is certified by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America and as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer. One thing is for sure, with #coachYeli, you will have a wide range of great, effective and fun workouts! Guaranteed! 

Charo, aka “Vitamin C”, is a ball of positive energy! He is certified as a personal trainer, a yoga teacher and an “Animal Flow” technique trainer. Charo’s expertise lies in creative and intense group classes that bring people together and push them out of their comfort zone for endorphin-filled experiences!

Jennifer is a certified Pilates teacher with over 20 years experience in teaching fitness and healthy movement.  After studying with Mary Bowen, one of the original students of Joseph Pilates himself, Jennifer realized that rules were meant to be broken and began exploring movement in a whole new way. She is certified in yoga therapy and on a personal level has studied martial arts, all which greatly inform her teaching. Jennifer’s second love is business and throughout her career has married her passion for entrepreneurship and wellness by developing and investing in business projects within the wellness industry. As part of her multi faceted business portfolio, Jennifer has built a successful business with Arbonne, certified vegan skin care and health products and uses that business to support animal activism and advocacy. This allows her to give her time pro bono to work with and business consult with farm animal sanctuaries that advocate for animal rights such as SAFE Farm Animal Sanctuary in Mansonville.

Passionate about anatomy and the human body, Alexandra is in a continuous training process where she explores the many possibilities of the body and its different systems. Since 2013, she has been investing herself with passion and conviction in the deepening of yoga teaching and more recently, massage therapy. 

Alexandra strives to provide you with a caring space that promotes a healthy self-esteem and body image. Her various studies provide her with a broad vision about overall health. Alexandra will accompany you with finesse on the road to well-being. 

Laura is the founder and Chief Happiness Officer of the School of Happiness whose mission is to provide tools and teachings to guide people to be conscious creators of their well-being, mind, body and spirit while adopting a holistic approach. Her courses and classes are drawn from the teachings of yoga along with positive psychology and exercise science. She is an award winning inspirational speaker and educator who has presented at various events and conferences for over 27 years. Laura is known for her passionate ability to engage and empower her audiences with positive energy and enthusiasm. The true source of well-being resides deep within us all and Laura has the expert ability to guide us on a journey home to our own hearts where peace, love, joy and true inspiration resides. Welcome home.

Laura has a Bachelor’s Degree in Education (Fitness) from McGill University, and she is a certified coach (CCF), functional movement specialist (FMS), canfitpro fitness instructor (CFP FIS) and a certified energy therapist. Laura is also the author of a mind-body specialist & stress resiliency program and creator of a back care program called “Mend my Back”. Laura is a certified and passionate yoga teacher (CA-RYT-500) tutored by Mark Whitwell and numerous other dedicated global yogis. Her home away from home is at the Kripalu yoga center where she received extensive training for over a decade.

Visit  www.LauraWarf.com www.SchoolofHappiness.ca

Rebecca has been coaching group fitness classes for over 15 years and is experienced in many different class formats – with a particular passion for HIIT training. She loves how HIIT training makes her body feel, the sense of community these classes bring, and experiencing the positive energy of the group. Rebecca is a big believer that everyone deserves the right to good health and to be happy with themselves – inside and out.

Yoga found me ten years ago. On my mat is where I found freedom, and it is where peace finds me over and over again. My mat has witnessed all my states, and still accepted me. Through grief, through mourning, through all my confusion, pain, the highs, the lows and all the in-betweens. In my practice, I found the space to express what I was feeling, I was finally able to face myself. I learned to lean into the resistance, the discomfort and to let go. I learned to show up, no matter what.My intention is to offer Yoga to every body, to create a deep sense of community and hold space for healing through connection.

Jonathan Williams is an experienced coach, group & private trainer. He has a strong passion for fitness, sports, coaching athletes & the general public. He has 12 years experience in the health & wellness industry.

He has been a guest fitness expert on global news Montreal and provides fitness guidelines and tips to the Montreal community. And he was part of Lolë as one of their male ambassadors, not to go without mentioning, that he was part of the influential team at Saucony Canada.

In his 30 years as an athlete, Jonathan specializes in group circuit training, fusing agility, plyometrics with compound strength and conditioning programs into a class atmosphere. A certified strength and conditioning coach, he learned from several qualified professional gurus from strength and conditioning coaches (i.e. Charles Poliquin, Mike Boyle, Todd Durkin), to other professional athletes and practitioners in the Fitness Health & Wellness Industry.

His ultimate goal is to make every client outperform their expectations and have fun while achieving their goals. His devotion and commitment to challenging his clients with his support system shows in his creative, dynamic and efficient training styles. He believes that every goal has a plan, and feels that he is able to help clients achieve their goals.

“Coach J Dubb” is an influential motivator, supporter, passionate and encouraging. He will always be able to provide a challenging, inspirational & positive attitude. He always has a smile and keeps his clients entertained with humour.

is a woman of heart, simple and committed, with more than 25 years of experience in the field of personal and spiritual development, coming from the world of education and science, founder of the MB Institute, she is in continuous search of a multitude of approaches to identify the most effective and pragmatic solutions to achieve personal and collective well-being. It is this mindfulness that charmed her Spirit.

The reconnection of one’s BEING, responsible for one’s states of consciousness and one’s personal evolution towards the manifestation of one’s full potential as a cornerstone defines one’s values and playful,educational and professional approach.

Albert is a senior yoga teacher in Montreal, teaching a traditional inspired yoga for over 15 years in Québec. He has been a pillar teacher in a number of different studios in Montreal. He gives many various kinds of workshops on yoga, meditation, guided visualisations, dreamwork, the tarot, family constellations, self development and inner healing.

Albert is certified Master NLP practitioner as well as a certified hypnotist helping many people in one on sessions change their lives and open up to the hidden resources within them. His work is deeply inspired by the symbolic approach of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Alejandro Jodorowsky and the great mystery and wisdom schools of the world such as the Tarot de Marseille, dream work, Soufism, Zen, Shamanism, Tantric Buddhism and Yoga, Kabbalah. His approach aims at opening the symbolic imagination of the seeker in order to activate the dormant forces in the unconscious so that meaning, purpose and new life can be rediscovered in practitioner’s journey.

Albert was a dedicated student of the radiant Dr. Madan Bali from 2005 to 2010 and also of Sri Ram, direct disciple of the great Indian yogi, Swami Vishu Devanada, one of the first great Indian yoga master to come to the west, and founder of the International school of yoga , the Sivananda Center. His teaching are also greatly influenced by Vipassana meditation of which he had a dedicated practice for over 10 years attending over a dozen ten day intensive meditation seminars.

Nicolas Guillemot has been an entrepreneur, lecturer and trainer in the field of digital marketing and more specifically SEO for over 17 years. Simultaneously, he has trained in several energy disciplines such as Tai chi, meditation and Qi-Gong for more than 17 years. This led him to become a Qi-Gong therapeutic practitioner (Chinese medicine), thus creating a link between all these practices, both physical and spiritual. 

Today, he promotes the practice of Qi-Gong through classes or corporate practices, in order to foster the circulation of energy and contribute to the better health of body and mind, even in the workplace! 

Marie-Claude is a coach and trainer in global wellness development. She is passionate about the body-heart-brain relationship. For more than 25 years, Marie-Claude has had the great pleasure of guiding people towards daily wellness using her skills in yoga, Brain Gym and psycho-education.

Max “Powers” likes to empower people to adopt healthy attitudes through movement. He has been doing sports all his life, starting with hockey and soccer as a child. As a teenager, he changed sports to focus on football, which was better suited to his physical qualities. He started playing football at the age of 16 and played 3 years for the University of Montréal Carabins. Unfortunately, a knee injury prevented Max from reaching his goal of playing professional football. In 2010, during a school sabbatical year, Max took a trip to Brazil and discovered Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which redefined his concept of fitness. This form of martial art changed Max’s perspective on physical training. Mobility and functional movement became pillars of his fitness philosophy. 

 Following his trip to Brazil, Max rediscovered his passion for movement, choosing to make it his career and becoming a personal trainer. He first started as a Crossfit coach and obtained a CF Level 1 coach certification as well as a CF gymnastics specialization. As a CF coach, Max learned the basics of functional movement and how to teach all the basic movements of dumbbells for powerlifting and Olympic lifting. Through his CF gymnastics certification, Max learned the basics of body weight training and fell in love with gymnastics rings, which he believes are the best training tool to develop upper body strength. Always eager to learn, Max also obtained a new certification to learn how to correctly use kettlebells, clubs and Indian clubs. Max is one of the first unconventional strength trainers in Montréal. Very few trainers in Montréal know how to use, let alone teach, clubs. Max is certified as an elite coach under the ISSA banner. He is certified as a personal coach, corrective exercise specialist and physical nutrition specialist. Today, almost 10 years after his trip to Brazil, Max practices and teaches Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and recently received his black belt from the world-renowned Gracie Barra academy. 

 Throughout his career spanning more than 9 years as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, Max has developed a wellness system based on the 5 following elements: state of mind and motivation, nutrition, movement, recovery and the power of breathing. He believes that to achieve optimal wellness, it is necessary to balance each of these 5 elements in order to not only achieve wellness but also maintain it throughout life. Max plans to continue his health and wellness studies to introduce a more holistic approach to fitness in this ever-changing industry. 

Originally from France, Céline began her studies at the Conservatoire National de Danse d’Avignon at a very young age. She began her career in Germany at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe. She then joined renowned companies such as the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, under the direction of Maurice Béjart, and the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. She also took part in several international galas and was awarded the “Étoile de Ballet 2000” prize in 2006 and the “Premio Asti Danza” dance award in 2010. In 2018, Celine joined BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal as principal dancer. In 2018, she discovered the SAFE® FLOOR method and integrated it into her daily training as a dancer. One year later, she became the first ever certified SAFE® FLOOR instructor in Canada. Perpetually curious to explore different forms of training, Celine recently discovered the Essentrics method. 

Sébastien was born and raised in France, near Paris. After obtaining his PhD, he moved to the United States in 2005, followed by Canada in 2019 to pursue his professional career as a scientist. A microbiologist and biochemist at the University of Montréal, he is very committed to evidence-based knowledge and rigorous methodologies. 

His personal interest in the Wim Hof Method began when he was treating a ten-year old chronic fatigue syndrome associated with Lyme disease and depression. After spending thousands of dollars on medication, supplements and various therapeutic approaches, he realized that he could achieve better results by simply breathing air and soaking in ice. 

The Wim Hof Method gradually got him back on his feet, helped him to regain a joie de vivre and the energy he needed to perform his favourite activities (climbing, running, hiking…). 

A certified Wim Hof Method instructor since 2018, Sébastien has guided hundreds of people in the United States, Canada and France and wants to share this quest for vitality with you.