Bronwen crafts tailored training for adult movers—yogis, dancers, and pole/aerial artists—who want to refine their technical artistry.
Bronwen is a technique‑first movement educator for adult movers. Her multidisciplinary approach blends ballet‑informed dance, yoga, contortion, hand balancing, somatics, and strength work. She emphasizes technical clarity, adaptability, and long‑term physical capacity—delivered through clear progressions, practical modifications, and evidence‑informed coaching grounded in current movement science.
Training with Bronwen is available online and in person in Ottawa, Canada.
Highlights
What she teaches: Flexibility, barre, floorwork/acro, and hand balancing—with ballet technique for line and technical artistry, plus a broader movement vocabulary for improvisation.
Who it’s for: Adult movers (recreational to pre‑/semi‑professional), levels L1–L4, with smart modifications.
How she teaches: Technique‑first, evidence‑informed methods; clear progressions you can repeat and measure.
Formats: Weekly livestreams, 100+ on‑demand sessions, private 1:1 coaching, and workshops/intensives.
Where: Online; Ottawa; guest teaching internationally.
With a lifelong dedication to movement, Bronwen has spent decades exploring and teaching across multiple disciplines. After transitioning from performance to teaching in 2008, she developed a multidisciplinary approach that draws from dance, yoga, contortion, hand balancing, somatics, and strength-based practices. Her work prioritizes technical clarity, adaptability, and long-term physical capability.
A competitive dancer from age six and a youth company member by ten, she later performed professionally in ballet, cabaret, and commercial productions before shifting to full-time teaching in 2008. (Dance CV available upon request.)
In 2008 she relocated to Buenos Aires—initially drawn to tango—and immersed herself in yoga. Having completed a 500-hour RYT program before leaving Canada, she continued Ashtanga Primary and Intermediate studies with Andrea Martinez and visiting teacher Lino Miele. A year later she moved to Oslo, attending daily Mysore with Alexander Medin and Basia Lipska, while also training with Dominique Corigliano (Ashtanga), Vijaya Kumar (Sanskrit & Ashtanga), Edward Clarke (Tripsichore Yoga), and Dr. Ganesh Mohan (Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda). During this period she completed Primary and Intermediate Series teacher trainings with Manju Jois (Crete and Bologna), began teaching yoga in Oslo (2010), and later assisted Basia Lipska at Purple Valley Yoga in Goa, India.
Returning to Canada in 2011, she reconnected with dance. In 2013 she founded Studio 253, offering Mysore yoga and dance programs for youth and adults. She expanded her training to include Franklin Method, Ido Portal, Gymnastic Bodies, Pilates, hand balancing with Yuri Marmerstein, and contortion with Catie Brier (San Francisco).
In 2018 she returned to Vancouver and began teaching flexibility, hand balancing, acro floorwork, and barre classes, later adding certifications in pole and lyra. During the pandemic she produced pre-recorded content for Skillwell (still available). On February 22, 2024, she launched her Members platform featuring on-demand videos, livestream classes, and progressive programs for dancers, pole/aerial artists, and other adult movers.
Bronwen continues to teach internationally, with workshops and guest teaching in Oslo, Dublin, San Flaviano (Umbria), Rome, and Tulum. She currently divides her time between Kelowna and Ottawa, Canada, and is available for private bookings in both locations
Certifications & Study
Certifications (selected)
2023 — Allegro (Erika Mayall, PT): Active Mobility for Dancers — Teacher Training
2019 — PFIC (Pole & Aerial Fitness Instruction Canada): Lyra Level 1
2019 — Tantra Fitness (Vancouver, BC): Pole 202
2019 — Tantra Fitness (Vancouver, BC): Lyrical Pole
2019 — Tantra Fitness (Vancouver, BC): Exotic Pole Dance
2013 — Acrobatic Arts: Module 1 — North Vancouver, BC
2011 (Nov) — Manju Jois: Second Series Teacher Training — 25‑hr — hosted by Nancy Gilgoff, Maui, HI, USA
2010 (Jul) — Manju Jois: Second Series Teacher Training — 25‑hr — Bologna, Italy
2010 (Sep) — Manju Jois: Primary Series Teacher Training — 25‑hr — Rethymnon, Crete
2010 (Sep) — Manju Jois: Second Series Teacher Training — 26‑hr — Rethymnon, Crete
2010 (Jan) — Manju Jois: Primary Series Teacher Training — 26‑hr — Rethymnon, Crete
2010 — American Institute of Vedic Studies: 300‑hr Yoga & Ayurveda Health Educator
2009 — South Okanagan Yoga Academy: 500‑hr Yoga Teacher Training — Research project: “Yoga and the Financial Markets — A Guide for Traders”
Courses · Immersions · Private Training (Flexibility & Movement)
2024 (Sep–Oct) — Level Up Neuroperformance: Pillars of Performance — with Yuka Sugiura
2024 (Sep–Oct) — Allegro (Erika Mayall, PT): Flexibility Foundations
2023 — Acrobatic Arts: Flexibility & Contortion Workshop
2023 — Dr. Jen Crane (Physio Flex): Backbends, Splits & Twists
2019 — PFIC: Art of Stretching
2016 — Catie Brier: Contortion — Private Instruction (Virtual)
2015 — Yuri Marmerstein: Hand Balancing — Private Coaching (Virtual)
2014 — Ido Portal: Movement X Seminar — Port Coquitlam, BC
Yoga — trainings & immersions
2016 — Shadow Yoga — Private with Penny Cuthbert — Sydney, Australia
2011 — Sri Dharma Mittra — South Okanagan Yoga Association — Naramata, BC
2010 — Puro Yoga (Oslo): Ashtanga Mysore — Dominique & Matt Corigliano; Alexander Medin
2010 — Puro Yoga (Oslo): (Audited) 200‑hr RYT — Ashtanga & Sanskrit; Study & Recitation of the Yoga Sutras — with Alexander Medin & Vijaya Kumar — Oslo, Norway
2010 — Sadie Nardini Teacher Training — YYoga — Weekend / Online — Vancouver, BC
2009 — Dr. Ganesh Mohan (Svastha): Ashtanga & Ayurveda — Workshop — Puro Yoga, Oslo, Norway
2008 — Lino Miele: Ashtanga One‑Week Immersion — Escuela Ashtanga Yoga Bs As — Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 — Edward Clarke (Tripsichore Yoga): Weekend Intensive — Oslo, Norway
Pilates
2011 — STOTT Reformer Training — Victoria, BC
Franklin Method
2013 — The Psoas
2013 — Jumpstart Your Fascia
2013 — with Noam Gagnon — Weekend Intensive — The Dance Centre, Vancouver, BC
Consolidated for the About page. Full CV available upon request.