ASHLEY

“The teacher who has meant the most to my process these days is Theresa Wynne, the creator of Story Yoga, the 200 hour YTT I graduated from this April. Without her, I would not be a certified teacher as it was not within my financial means or scheduling allowance, even though it was something I’d been wanting to do for years. Her dedication to making yoga and teacher trainings available to those in unfortunate situations and affected in someway by addiction shows her selfless nature and speaks to her desire to make change on a global level. She inspires me to want to be a better person, yoga teacher, social worker and friend. She made me feel whole again by accepting me, all of me, during a time when things truly had fallen apart. The bits and pieces of me strewn out in front of her during those long teaching hours, and she so delicately supported me in picking them up and placing them, with intention, where they belonged. I’m not sure I’d be back on my feet again right now if it weren’t for my weekends spent in Wellness Collective, in the graces of Theresa Wynne and our classmates. An experience I wouldn’t trade for the world.”