Teacher Profiles

Welkin YogaLife prides itself on featuring quality, certified instructors.

Erin Byron

Erin Byron is the Director of Welkin Wellness Centre and offers yoga therapy and psychotherapy at Welkin. Erin's Master of Arts research studied the benefits of yoga in coping with PTSD. Erin has been teaching yoga for 10 years and can be seen in Classical Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Meditation classes each week. Erin is grateful for the opportunity to train others to become yoga teachers at the 200 and 500 hour levels.

Liza Fawcett

Liza Fawcett completed her 200-hour Teacher Training Program in March of 2008 at Welkin, and has been teaching Yoga for two years. Liza continually looks to deepening her practice through reading, workshops, attending other teacher's classes, and the Meditation Teacher Training Program offered at Welkin.  Currently she teaches Classical Yoga and Restorative Yoga at Welkin, and  also enjoys bringing Yoga into people's workplaces by teaching corporate Yoga classes. When she is not teaching or practicing Yoga she enjoys spending time with her 5-year-old daughter and fiancee. She also enjoys walking in nature, meditation, and running.

Glenys Causton
Glenys has been studying yoga for 7 ½ years. She completed her 200-hour certification at Welkin in 2008 . Her special interests lie in Sivananda yoga and exploration of the ways that asana and pranayama can be used to extend range of motion and flexibility. She is currently pursuing additional qualifications in teaching meditation.


April Hoover

April Hoover is a Registered Dietician and Certified Yoga Teacher since January, 2009. She enjoys providing clientele with the opportunity to explore the balance of both Yin and Yang Yoga styles. Join April on Wednesday evenings for energy and relaxation.

Darlene Trottier ~ Nia Teacher
I felt an instant connection to Nia and an awakening of my spirit at my first Nia class in 1999. I was inspired to take a White Belt training in 2003, and have enjoyed part-time Nia teaching since then. Nia is a brilliant parallel to my Kindermusik teaching, as I am blessed with opportunities to play with both children and adults in awakening and activating mind, body, and spirit every day.
What is Nia?
“Watch out - this can change your life!"
                                                    —Carlos Rosas, Nia co-founder
Nia is a path to condition, heal and express your self through movement and sensation. A dynamic blend of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts, Nia revolutionized the face of fitness in 1983, and has since changed millions of lives and bodies across the globe. Balancing technical precision with free-form expression, Nia brings the body, mind, emotions and spirit to optimum health through music, movement and self-expression, guided by the sensation of Pleasure.

Julie Sumerta, CYT
Certified yoga teacher Julie Sumerta is pleased to be returning to Welkin YogaLife after being one of its first teachers. Julie assisted in the structuring of Welkin at its implementation. She offers energetic Hatha-based yoga classes and Vinyasa, as well as teaching Kids' Yoga. Julie has been practicing and teaching yoga now for over a decade, teaching Hatha, Kundalini, and Vinyasa classes and workshops in centres in both Southwestern Ontario and in Bali, Indonesia. Her classes are open to students of any level and are designed to be both fun and challenging. All classes end with deep relaxation and meditation.

For more information please contact yoga@welkin.ca
or call 519-751-1368.