Bronwen sitting on rock in West Vancouver

Bronwen crafts tailored content for a diverse community of movement enthusiasts, including yogis, dancers, pole and aerial artists, and anyone seeking to refine their technical artistry. She offers both virtual and in-studio classes for recreational to pre- and semi-professional movers.

With a lifelong dedication to movement, Bronwen has been immersed in various physical arts for decades. A competitive dancer from age six and a youth company member by ten, she was a three-time delegate at British Columbia’s Festival of the Performing Arts, earning both runner-up and first place in Jazz/Stage/Musical Theatre division. She went on to professional ballet, cabaret, and commercial dance engagements with companies such as Ballet Ouest, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, MAC Cosmetics, Nautica, NY Jazz Co., Neverland Theatre, and various event productions before transitioning to full-time teaching in 2008. (Dance CV available upon request.)

In 2008, Bronwen relocated to Buenos Aires, initially drawn to tango but ultimately immersing herself in yoga. After completing a 500 RYT program before leaving Canada, she studied Ashtanga Primary and Intermediate Series with Buenos Aires-based instructor Andrea Martinez and visiting renowned Italian Ashtangi Lino Miele. A year later, she moved to Oslo, where she attended daily Mysore classes with Alexander Medin and Basia Lipska. During this time, she also trained with Dominique Corigliano (Ashtanga), Vijaya Kumar (Sanskrit & Ashtanga), Edward Clarke (Tripsichore Yoga), and Dr. Ganesh Mohan (Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda). While living in Oslo, she travelled to complete a series of Primary and Intermediate Series teacher trainings with Manju Jois in Crete, Greece, and Bologna, Italy. Bronwen began teaching yoga in Oslo in 2010 and later assisted Basia Lipska during her retreat at Purple Valley Yoga in Goa, India.

Returning to Canada in 2011, she reconnected with dance. In 2013, she founded Studio 253 in Kamloops, offering Mysore yoga and dance programs for youth and adults. During this period, 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). She also continued performing as a solo artist and choreographer, collaborating with Western Canada Theatre, BC Living Arts, Whitehorse Rendezvous CanCan (as choreographer), Kamloops Arts Council, Monte Creek Winery, Kamloops Heritage Railway, Monique Romeiko, and others.

Bronwen continued traveling and offering workshops across British Columbia, Yukon, and internationally, guest-teaching in Oslo, Dublin, San Flaviano, Rome, and Tulum since 2016.

In 2018, she returned to Vancouver, where she began teaching flexibility, hand balancing, acro floorwork and barre classes. She also expanded certifications to include Pole and Lyra. During the pandemic, she created pre-recorded content for Skillwell, which remains available.

On February 22, 2024, she launched her Members Only platform, featuring on-demand videos, livestream classes, and progressive programs for dancers, pole/aerial artists, and other adult movers.

Bronwen currently divides her time between Vancouver and Kelowna, B.C., Canada, and is available for private bookings in both locations.

CERTIFICATIONS

2023 Allegro (Erika Mayall Physiotherapist) Teacher Training:
Active Mobility for Dancers

2019 Lyra Level 1, Pole and Aerial Fitness Instruction Commission of Canada (PFIC)

2019 Pole 202, Tantra Fitness, Vancouver, B.C.

2019 Lyrical Pole, Tantra Fitness, Vancouver, B.C.

2019 Exotic Pole Dance, Tantra Fitness, Vancouver, B.C.

2013 Acrobatic Arts, Module 1, North Vancouver, B.C.

2011 Nov 25hr Second Series Teacher Training, Manju Jois at Nancy Gilgof, Maui, Hawaii, USA

2010 July 25 hr Second Series Teacher Training, Manju Jois at Bologna, Italy

2010 September 25 hr Primary Series Teacher Training, Manju Jois at Rethymnon, Crete

2010 September 26hr Second Series Teacher Training, Manju Jois at Rethymnon, Crete

2010 January 26 hr Primary Series Teacher Training, Manju Jois at Rethymnon, Crete

2010 300 hr Yoga and Ayurveda Health Educator, American Institute of Vedic Studies

2009 500 Yoga Teacher Training, South Okanagan Yoga Academy. Research project: “Yoga and the Financial Markets – a Guide for Traders”.

COURSES/IMMERSIONS/PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

FLEXIBILITY/MOVEMENT
2024 Sept to Oct, Pillars of Performance, Level Up Neuroperformance w/Yuka Sugiura

2024 Sept to Oct, Flexibility Foundations, Allegro (Erika Mayall Physiotherapist)

2023 Flexibility & Contortion Workshop
Acrobatic Arts

2023 Physio Flex Flexibility Series: Backbends, Splits, and Twists. Dr. Jen Crane

2019 Art of Stretching, Pole and Aerial Fitness Instruction Commission of Canada (PFIC)

2016 Contortion W/CATIE BRIER, Private Instruction, VIrtual

2015 Hand Balancing W/Yuri Marmerstein, Private Coach, Virtual.

2014 Ido Portal: Movement X Seminar, Port Coquitlam.

YOGA
2016 Shadow Yoga, Private w/Penny Cuthbert, Sydney, Australia.

2011 Sri Dharma Mittra, South Okanagan Yoga Association. Naramata,. B.C.

2008 Lino Miele: ASHTANGA One Week Immersion, Escuela Ashtanga Yoga Bs As, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2008 Edward Clarke, Tripsichore Yoga, Weekend Intensive, Oslo, Norway.

2009 DR. GANESH MOHAN, SVASTHA, Ashtanga & Ayurveda, Workshop, Puro Yoga, Oslo, Norway

2010 PURO YOGA, Oslo, Norway,
Ashtanga Mysore: Dominique and Matt Corigliano, Alexander Medin

2010 (Audited) 200 RYT PURO YOGA, Ashtanga and Sanskrit: Study & Recitation of Yoga Sutras w/Alexander Medin and Vijyaya Kumar. Oslo, Norway.

2010 Sadie Nardini Teacher Training, YYoga, Weekend Course/Online Training, Vancouver,

PILATES

2011 STOTT Reformer Training, Victoria, B.C.

FRANKLIN METHOD

2013 The Psoas
2013 Jumpstart your Fascia
2013 Franklin Method w/Noam Gagnon, Weekend Intensive, The Dance Centre, Vancouver.