Our Instructors

Sherry completed her teacher training at The Yoga Studio College of Canada after first rolling out the matt more than 15 years ago. She is a certified Rest and Renew® Trainer, and loves the on-going learning experience of being a teacher and regularly attend workshops and intensives both locally and internationally.

Sherry enjoys integrating postures that tone and strengthen the body along with deep relaxation and stillness to rejuvenate and heal mind, body and spirit. Her intention as a teacher is to provide a safe and nourishing environment where students can reconnect with their own inner wisdom.

Barb started her journey on the path of Iyengar yoga in 1999, and continues her studies with Canada's senior teachers.                    

                                                                                    Come and share Barb’s love of yoga in classes that blend all elements of traditional practice: mobility, stability, strength and alignment while maintaining awareness of the breath. Iyengar certified: Introductory II.

Yoga Studio College of Canada - 2012,            Iyengar Certification - Intro II - 2018

Melanie discovered yoga as a way to gain strength and flexibility while managing stress during her 17 year career as a professional ballet dancer. She loves Iyengar Yoga for its accessibility to everyone, regardless of physical limitations; and its transformative effect on the mind, body and spirit.

She loves when her students observe changes in their practice that stay with them "off the mat". When not doing Yoga, Melanie can be found on her bike or in the mountains with her family.

 Mario has emerged as one of Calgary’s most accessible and accomplished teachers of Qigong. He presents easy-to-learn practices that will help you relieve pain, clear stress and tension, and harness your body's unequaled capacity for self-restoration.   

He developed his passion for Qigong in 2001 when he turned to the practice as an alternative health treatment to heal his back injury. Since then Mario has studied various schools of Medical Qigong. 

Adonia guides her yoga classes through presence, and believes that a committed daily practice, makes that happen.

Adonia immigrated to Canada from Greece as a child and is an active participant in the Hellenic community of Calgary. The ability to connect the mind, body and spirit has been something very enlightening and is a continuous journey of learning.

Inga's yoga journey began in 1994 in London, England, taking classes to offset a busy work-life schedule as an IT developer.

In 2013 she entered the teacher training program, since then Inga has studied with a number of senior Iyengar yoga teachers worldwide and is certified as an Intermediate Junior I.

Yoga Studio College of Canada - 2007,            Iyengar Certification - Intro IJ2

Martina started taking yoga classes in 1998 when she was a young mother of three kids - meaning 6:00 AM classes! She started teaching at Yoga Sarana in 2009 - and has trained in Pune, India with the Iyengar family three times - 2014, 2016 and 2018.  She loves yoga  - there  is always a new asana to learn; and finds teaching  very rewarding when students see the physical and mental changes that yoga brings. 

Martina just started playing golf and has noticed how yoga, especially the twisting asanas, have made her a natural !           Martina is also Yoga Thrive certified - a program for Cancer survivors.

Iyengar Certification - Intro II - 2018

Angela started her Iyengar journey in 2000, and became a certified teacher in 2018.  She loves Iyengar Yoga's structure, challenge, and love for the depth and richness the practice and community.   She combines two loves - yoga and psychology by creating balanced classes for overall well-being and personal growth.  Angela believes there is nothing more important than a balanced nervous system, and Iyengar yoga provides that.  Angela loves rolling out her yoga mat each morning and watching her rescue pitbull Mira jump on it and do a perfect downward facing dog!

Iyengar Certification - Intro I 

Since 2017, Carolyn has been enrolled in the Iyengar Certification Intro II Teacher Training program. She has been practising Iyengar yoga at Yoga Sarana since 2013 and began teaching at the studio in 2019. The physical aspect of yoga brought Carolyn into the Iyengar studio; the strength, balance and flexibility she gained led to a search for these qualities in her intellectual and spiritual life, with exciting results!  Carolyn enjoys sharing accomplishments with students and exploring everything the practice provides.                                             Handstands - a great substitute for             5 o’clock martinis!