About MARIE-SOLEIL
A native of Quebec, Marie-Soleil moved to the West Coast to follow her passion for traveling and seeking new adventures. She made Whistler her home in 1997 for the outdoor activities, healthy lifestyle and laid-back community. During these last 19 years she has traveled the world and acquired training and knowledge about massage and wellness, with clinical studies in massage and spa therapy on the island of Maui, Hawaii in 2003. Since this first training, she is always seeking to learn new modalities to be able to offer the best suitable treatments for her clients and help them along their healing path.
Her certification as a Cranio SacraI Therapist expanded her understanding about the relation between body, mind and spirit as well as trusting her intuition during sessions with her clients. Early in 1998 Marie-Soleil found a connection with yoga, inspiring a decade plus of practice and leading her to recently complete her 200 hrs TT Embodied Flow Yoga and also CYA-RYT 200 hrs certified yoga teacher training on the Big Island of Hawaii, 2014. A passionate person by nature, she loves to treat, teach and help others with the practice of a healthy lifestyle.
LOVE OF YOGA
Marie-Soleil has been practicing Yoga for 20 years, a healing therapist for more than a decade. Yoga has helped her to heal her own body through breathing techniques, movement and opening on all levels. Once you find a connection to Yoga it becomes a lifestyle! She believes that we can heal our own bodies if we listen to it. Through Yoga one become more in touch with itself. Our bodies and breath needs movements and flow. Our mind needs quietude. Her teaching and treatments focus on those 3 aspects.
Marie-Soleil's Yoga teaching consist of classical Hatha yoga poses that leads to flowing movement to realign postures and open at all levels, pranayama to connect, Qi gong to reenergize, as well as restorative and yin classes to calm the mind and restore the body. She intent to help her students to connect with their breath and to improve their posture. Deep connection with the breath and better body alignment can help release chronic pains and aches. You will immediately find a person passionate to share and help with her holistic skills and knowledges she has acquired over the past 2 decades.
QUALIFICATIONS
200hrs Embodied Flow Yoga Teacher Training, 2018
Deep Flow Bodywork, Teacher Training, 2018
Restorative Bodywork, Vancouver, 2018
Deep Flow, In motion, Vancouver, 2018
Deep Flow Foundation, Vancouver, 2015
Fire Cupping, Whistler, 2015
Certified Paddle Canada SUP & SUP Yoga Instructor, 2015
Neural Manipulation, Barral Institute, 2015
Massage Certification, Maui School of Therapeutic Massage, 2004.
Cranio Sacral Therapist, Langara College, 2012.
RYT-CYA 200hrs, Yandara Yoga Institute, 2014.
Visceral Manipulation Level 1 , 2011
Reiki Certification Level 2, 2008.
Biodynamic Cranio Sacral Level 1, 2010.
Thai Massage Level 1, 2002. BodyWorker
