About
Biography
Gina grew up on the west coast of Vancouver Island and came to Vancouver when she attended university. With a lifelong background in professional dance, Gina has been passionate about movement, and wellness from an early age. Gina later fell in love with yoga and its teachings, finding it to be a practice that aligned with her primary understanding of the embodiment of alignment. Over the years she has deepened and explored yoga and its teachings, fusing these pillars of being into her life both on and off the mat. Yoga has provided her with ancient wisdoms that have nurtured and allowed her to journey through mind, body and soul.
Gina received her 200 RYT in Bali, Indonesia and was trained by traditional teachers from the roots of yoga, Rishikesh, India. This experience was lifechanging, breaking her open, and revitalizing the nature in which how she understands the gift of life, in all of its rawness, and beauty. To mirror this, Gina provides a safe space in her classes for other yoga practitioners to honor themselves and do the same. Gina has received her BA, B.Ed., and Master of Education from the University of British Columbia. Students of Gina know her classes to be rooted in an authentic Eastern lens and are infused with passion and intention. Her yoga practice is dynamic, bright with curiosity, and is curated with life experience and teachings of the deities. Gina believes that yoga is for everyone, and her teachings model self-awareness, and reflection, as well as creating a oneness and sense of community for all levels of practitioners.
Gina currently lives in North Vancouver, BC and teaches at various yoga studios in Vancouver.