Carina Firkowski

I am a 500-hour certified yoga teacher. I completed my first teacher training in 2019 at Ahimsa Yoga Canada with JP Tamblyn-Sabo, and my second teacher training in 2020 at Yoga School with Shawna Turner. I am also a certified Usui Reiki Level 2 by The Urban Healer. I have a background in dance with over 20 years of movement experience. Last but not least, I have a BSc in Biology, a MSc in Conservation, and a PhD in ecology.

My desire is to inspire students to build and deepen a connection to their bodies and breath, so I teach to empower students to understand and relate to their bodies and breath in movement. For me, connection, relationship and understanding can only come with love and kindness. These are the values that inform how I teach. My classes prepare body, breath, and mind progressively, with care, and attention to both stability and fluidity. I close practices by restoring balance back into the physical and energetic bodies.

Over the years, I’ve learned that I love many things, and it is okay to not pick just one. Naturally, I have many happy places: I love some alone time, if I’m in a body of water, I’m happy. Finding flow in anything creative gets me smiling. There is nothing better than being immersed in the stillness of Nature, and movement. Love it all.