ABOUT

With a lifelong dedication to movement, Bronwen has been immersed in various streams of the physical arts for decades. She was a competitive solo dancer from the age of six and became part of a competitive company, Performers North, at 10. She was a delegate at provincials, BC Festival of the Performing Arts, three times and was awarded runner-up and first place in Jazz, Stage/Musical Theatre division. She went on to professional ballet, cabaret, and commercial dance engagements as a young adult, and took to teaching full time from 2008 onward. (Dance CV available upon request). In 2008, she relocated to Argentina to immerse herself in Argentine culture. Having recently completed a 500 RYT two-year program in Canada, however, she leaned more towards yoga than tango in Buenos Aires. She began to study Ashtanga Primary Series with Andrea Martinez and, a month later, Intermediate Series with visiting Ashtangi Lino Miele. A year later, Bronwen moved to Oslo, where she was fortunate to study regularly with Alexander Medin and Basia Lipska. She also had the benefit of workshops and intensives during her time in Oslo with Dominique Corigliano (Ashtanga), Vijyaya Kumar (Sanskrit and Ashtanga), and Dr. Ganesh Mohan of Svastha (Yoga and Ayurveda). Bronwen also attended Primary and Intermediate Series teacher trainings with Manju Jois, which spanned several weeks in Crete, Greece, and Bologna, Italy. She began teaching yoga in Oslo in 2010 and assisted Basia Lipska later that year at Purple Valley Yoga in Goa, India.
In 2011, she arrived back in Canada and returned to her roots as a dancer. In 2013, she created Studio 253, a space in Kamloops that housed Mysore yoga and dance programs for youth and adults. She also began to explore other movement methods, including Franklin Method, Ido Portal, Gymnastic Bodies, STOTT Pilates, hand balancing with Yuri Marmerstein, and private contortion study with Catie Brier, San Francisco. 
Bronwen offered workshops and courses throughout BC, YT, and worldwide. In 2017-2018, she was a guest instructor in Oslo, Dublin, San Flaviano, Rome, and Tulum. 
In September 2018, Bronwen returned to Vancouver after almost 15 years. She continues to teach conditioning and flexibility classes virtually via Tantra Fitness. Her work at Tantra Fitness has allowed her opportunities to broaden her range into Pole and Lyra. She made her first pre-recorded material during Covid, which is still available through Skillwell. Bronwen is thrilled with the release of her Members Only platform on February the 22nd, 2024, which contains videos on demand and livestream classes.
Bronwen currently divides her time between Vancouver and Kelowna, B.C., Canada. She is open for private bookings in both Kelowna and Vancouver.
Despite her role as an instructor, she strongly believes in both maintaining and growing her movement vocabulary. Currently, she is studying to certify as a teacher of the Martha Graham technique with MIU, London, England. Bronwen is grateful to be part of the “experiment” other longtime dedicated movers are inherently a part of and hopes to see the value it may offer to healthspan.