• SOYA Primary Faculty, North Vancouver
• SOYA Directors
• Independent SOYA Faculty

SOYA Yoga Teacher Training: Primary Faculty, North Vancouver

Dorothy Fizzell: Primary Faculty, North Vancouver

Dorothy is a certified teacher through the SOYA Yoga Teacher Training Program, has been practicing yoga for 30 years and teaching since 1998.  She is also a certified yoga teacher with the International Yoga Teacher’s Association and a Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT500).

“I consider myself fortunate to have studied with Chris and Dorothy. Quiet, thoughtful, inquiring and open-minded, they lead the class in a gentle yet rigorous exploration of yoga. Their personalities complement each other well and enrich their teachings, and they take every opportunity to bring in guest experts and widen the curriculum to include the latest in yoga-related knowledge while never losing sight of yoga’s foundations. Above all, they teach with deep integrity.”

Emily, SOYA grad, 2007

SOYA Directors

Marion (Mugs) McConnell

Co-Director of Yoga Teacher Training

Marion was first introduced to yoga in 1971. Her passion for this ancient practice led her to study under the late Swami Vishnudevananda where she graduated from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre as a Yoga Acharya in 1978. Later she became a live-in disciple of the late Dr. Hari Dickman, who was also a devotee of Swami Sivananda and Paramahansa Yogananda.

Marion is a founding member of the South Okanagan Yoga Association (SOYA) and SOYA’s Yoga Teacher Training Program (RYS500). She is a Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT500), and the Canadian Representative for the International Yoga Teachers’ Association since 1980. She has presented workshops in Canada, United States, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Australia, and has been teaching yoga for 28 years. She currently teaches classes in Mexico and Penticton, while training yoga teachers throughout BC and Alberta.

Certification:

• Certified Yoga Siromani (Yoga Teacher), Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, 1978
• Certified Yoga Acharya (Yoga Master), Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, 1978
• Certified International Yoga Teacher, IYTA Australia, 1978
• Canadian Representative for International Yoga Teachers’ Association since 1981
• Teacher Trainer for the South Okanagan Yoga Association since 1994.
• Founder of SOYA, Registered Yoga School, RYS500, Yoga Alliance USA, 2004
• Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, E-RYT500, Yoga Alliance, 2005

Website: www.yogaessentials.com

Dariel Vogel

Co-Director of Yoga Teacher Training

Dariel (Kalyani) is certified by the Alberta Yoga Association (YAA) to teach teachers, as well as from the Freidel Khattab School of Yoga (FKSY). She is a Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT500) and the International Yoga Teachers’ Association (IYTA). Dariel is a founding member of the South Okanagan Yoga Association (SOYA) and the SOYA Teacher Training Program (RYS500). Dariel has been practicing yoga for over 30 years.

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Christine Morita Clancy: Primary Faculty

Chris began the practice of hatha yoga in 1990 and taught her first classes in 1992. She began teaching in earnest after beginning the SOYA Yoga Teacher Training Program in 1998. Chris focuses on the fundamentals of body alignment, rooting and approaching yoga with humility and invites her students to move inward, exploring body, breath and mind as they practice yoga. Dedicated to yoga as a life practice, Chris helps her students uncover the ‘living’ yoga by moving beyond the physical reward toward an inward journey that extends long after class is over.

Chris is certified with SOYA, the International Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) and is registered with the Yoga Alliance (ERYT500) and Vijnana Yoga International.

Independent SOYA Faculty

SOYA Yoga Teacher Training students also complete hatha yoga training with Indepedent SOYA Faculty outside of the regular teacher training meetings. RYS500 students require 160 hours and RYS300 upgrade students require 61 hours. This enables each student to work with certified teachers and mentors of their choice and in their chosen specialty. There are Independent SOYA Faculty members in and around Vancouver and throughout BC and Alberta and as far away as the USA, Mexico and Norway. If your chosen mentor is not a faculty member, please forward your recommendation.

For information regarding Independent SOYA Faculty members, please see http://yogaessentials.com/yogateacherdirectory.html

Apply now: SOYA Yoga Teacher Training Application Form