Natalie Rousseau E-RYT 500- Director of Teacher Training
Natalie Rousseau E-RYT 500 has been teaching Yoga full time since 2002. 
She created Pacific Elements Yoga (formerly Anahata Yoga) so that she could share her passion for Yoga with both residents and visitors to the dynamic coastal town of Tofino BC.
"I teach Yoga because I believe in it's power to heal and transform. This belief is rooted in personal experience and is renewed through daily practice. It is one of my greatest joys, and deepest honours, to share this practice with others so that they too can access the vast reservoir of strength, creativity, contentment, happiness, and true peace that lies within them. Yoga is a journey of Self-discovery that is open to everyone irregardless of age or ability. The only pre-requisite for this journey is a sincere desire to begin....I look forward to sharing this journey with you."
Certifications and Study to Date:
* 200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Prana Yoga College
* 500 hour Advanced Teacher Training & Philosophy Studies with SOYA (South Okanagon Yoga Assoc.)
* 50 hour Advanced Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with Tim Miller
* 50 hour Prana Vinyasa Flow Teacher Training with Shiva Rea
* 25 hour Pre Natal Yoga Training with Janice Clairfield
* 108 hour Anusara Yoga Immersion - Christina Sell + Robin Golt
* 50 hour Anusara Teacher Training - Chris Chavez
* Over 60 hours Anusara workshops with Desiree Rumbaugh, Martin Kirk, Robin Golt, Christina Sell, and Chris Chavez... and counting...
Kimberly Loeb - Ayurvedic Lifestyle
Kimberly Loeb is a certified Sivananda Yoga instructor and Wise Earth Ayurveda practitioner who has been practicing, studying and teaching Ayurveda and Yoga since 2001. In 2006, she received a B.A. from Prescott College in northern Arizona and holds a minor in the philosophy and practice of Yoga. She is currently studying Yoga Therapy at the Pacific Rim College in Victoria, British Columbia, and will be certified as a Yoga Therapist in December of 2009. Kimberly has spent a significant amount of time living with and learning from the Navajo elders of Black Mesa, Arizona since 2005 and weaves their ancient philosophy on life and land into her Ayurveda and Yoga classes. Her teachings are rooted in the basic understanding that the Earth, just like us, is a living, breathing entity and as human beings, our deepest healing can only occur through the cultivation of a meaningful relationship with the natural world.
Sarah Platenius- Western Anatomy for Yoga Teachers
Sarah was introduced to yoga in 1992 and is a licensed Anusara-InspiredTM yoga 
teacher. She continually studies with John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga www.anusara.com as well as other remarkable teachers. Yoga weaved its way through her 12 years as a licensed massage therapist through the U.S. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) www.ncbtmb.org. She also holds an undergraduate degree in Somatic Psychology. Sarah operated a massage business in Prescott, Arizona for 6 years and worked at a chiropractor's office before moving full time to Canada where she has worked at Hollyhock on Cortes Island and Sacred Stone in Tofino, BC. She now offers limited bodywork sessions out of her in-house massage studio. Sarah's yoga classes are often a work-out, provide hands-on adjustments, and an opportunity to practice deeply and wholeheartedly.