Chantal Russell

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Chantal has been practicing and teaching yoga for over years Her passion for health and wellness led her to become a Registered Holistic Nutritionist through the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Since then she has deepened her studies of holistic lifestyle modalities and is completing her Ayurvedic Wellness Coaching accreditation this fall through The Shakti School  Her first teacher training in was in the Ashtanga tradition with David Swenson Years later while in Costa Rica she discovered Anusara Yoga and went on to study the elegant Universal Principles of  Alignment with the schools most senior teachers including Darren Rhodes John Friend and internationally celebrated yoga innovator  Sianna Sherman whom later became her mentor and dear friend  From - Chantal professionally managed and apprenticed Sianna during which time she assisted numerous workshops and teacher training programs in San Francisco New York and Paris During her apprenticeship she also completed in depth studies in pre-natal yoga and practiced with top yoga and meditation scholars including Sally Kempton Paul Muller-Ortega Christopher Wallis and Douglas Brooks In October she released her first book Wildfire Within which quickly became an Amazon bestseller in three different categories In Chantal co-founded The Well formerly Bowen Island Yoga a boutique studio on Bowen Island off the west coast of British Columbia where she resides Along with being the studios director she is also a faculty member at V-SOHA manages the yoga & nutrition program at The Orchard addiction recovery centre and offers weekly classes at Werklab & Jaybird  Chantal enjoys teaching abroad and has loved being a presenter at the European Yogi Nomads and the Copenhagen Yoga Festival numerous times  Learn more at Chantalrussellcom.