Jill Dunkley received her certification as a yoga therapist from the American Viniyoga Institute (AVI) in 2008. In 2016, she was part of the first cohort to receive her C-IAYT from the International Association of Yoga Therapists . For 11 years she taught therapeutic yoga classes for persistent health concerns at the North Lanark Community Health Centre. She has also taught therapeutic yoga for the past 6 years at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team. In 2017 she received her certification as a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor from MBSR Ottawa and has taught the evidenced-based 8 week program four times since then at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team. In 2000, she co-founded the cooperatively run Yoga Connection studio in Perth . Through the Yoga Connection, Jill still teaches public classes in Perth, Brooke Valley, and Sharbot Lake. As part of her public offerings she teaches a class specializing in yoga for osteoporosis and back pain at the Yoga Connection studio in Perth.
Jill Dunkley (C-IAYT)
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