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Please note, Paulina is not taking on new Massage Therapy clients at this time unless they are doing Stretch Therapy in conjunction with massage.

Graduating from the Alberta Institute of Massage, Paulina has been practicing in Camrose for over 11 years. With a diverse background in cupping, sports massage, active release and FRC, she works hard to provide her clients with individually tailored treatments to get them back to their life and activities, pain free.

In 2016 she began her journey into the world of Aerial Fitness, becoming a CPFA certified instructor. It was not long before she realized how she could connect her RMT background into this new sport: teaching group strength & flexibility classes, providing individual stretch therapy sessions, and training athletes both on the ground and in the air.

When not in the treatment room or in a hoop, Paulina spends time outdoors with her horse and dogs, travelling, and cooking up a storm.

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BRIDGETTE PONTO: As a Yoga Instructor for over 15 years, founder of Gauge Yoga, Bridgette Ponto teaches to her beloved yoga community in her studio most days, then on other days travels globally with JOGA, training pro-athletes in the NHL, NBA, CFL and Hockey Canada. She runs popular yoga classes and many adult & kid yoga workshops from her studios in Forestburg & Camrose. Bridgette is passionate about sharing how the tools and teachings of yoga can help us navigate our way through life, in its most joyful and most challenging times. My intention when you step on your mat is to guide you towards more space in your body, deeper connections, greater self-awareness, empowerment, health and well-being. “I want every student to come to their yoga mats to feel, not to accomplish. To create space where you may be stuck and to appreciate your body and become aware of your mind and the noise it creates.” Sharing her deep knowledge of diverse yoga traditions, as well as her philosophy that the real mat-magic happens when body, spirit and soul connect.

Bridgette has created and produced two yoga Dvd’s focused on Functional Movement, Strength, Mobility, Flexibility and Relaxation for all levels. She leads yoga retreats around East-Central Alberta twice a year. The experience of holding this space, outside students’ usual environment, has been a master’s course in cleansing. (“I have seen such major shifts- several people have made big life changes after attending retreats.”) She brings this skill and excitement to incite growth and self-love to every class she teaches.

Bridgette is of the firm belief that growing as a teacher means forever staying a student. After completing her first teacher training back in 2010, Bridgette continued her growth as a teacher taking Rainbow Kids Yoga Training with Amanda McFayden, Pre/Post Natal Yoga Training with Janice Clarfield, Yin Yoga Training with Stephanie Nosco, along with many other yoga lineages , Ashtanga, alignment-based Vinyasa / Hatha and most recently JOGA – Yoga for Athletes with Jana Webb. She remains humble and curious before the awe-inspiring depth of wisdom that yoga and JOGA holds, always seeking more.

“Our bodies and minds are so intelligent, we just have to spend more time understanding it, adapting to strategies to make us feel better and becoming more aware. Take charge of your body and your mind. Make it easy, change your dialogue with yourself and make feeling good a priority. It truly is amazing how much your body whispers to you about what it needs or wants – the problem is we need to silence the ego and slow our bodies and minds down to hear. JOGA is about connecting to the spine and letting the core drive the movements; using this a reminder that when everything is stripped away, the core of who we are is what’s left. Work it. Feel it. Tune it. Listen. Use it to connect to something deep within.“

Bridgette’s passion for movement led her to the exploration of subtle energy through CranioSacral Therapy. An energy worker at heart, Bridgette has found a balance for her scientific mind. After completing The Osteopathy Program at the College of London; Anatomy, Physiology and Pathalogy, she is now certified in CranioSacral Therapy Lvl 1, with the Upledger Institute. “It was an intense journey of not only self-discovery about where I’ve been holding all my past tension in my body and mind but also the physical implications of that. It WAS that something I was looking for, the missing link, the tool that gave me the languages to reach absolutely everybody. And since CranioSacral Therapy is diving deep and connecting to the core, the nervous system, the skeletal, muscular and emotional system it was perfect. It helped me tremendously with my migraines, anxiety, PTSD, skin issues and much more. I love seeing my clients learn how magnificent their body is at self-correcting itself. I love seeing them breathing from within. My way of practicing is very much Solution Focused. Together we find the path that gets you to your healthy thriving self. It is a transformative experience that puts YOU in control of your health and happiness.

I am grateful daily that in this moment, in this life, I am able to live my purpose and able to connect with so many precious souls who perhaps I will inspire and who no doubt inspire me.

Thanks for checking me out….I hope to cross paths with you soon…

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