Erin's professional training & highlights
Professional Experience
● Studio Director 2002 – Present
Programs for holistic health, movement, creativity and coaching. Original curricula design for working with women, children, pre/postnatal, elite athletes, dancers, men's health, seniors, injury prevention, mindfulness, and outreach programs.
● Movement Educator 2001 – Present
Specializing in injury recovery and movement training for health, performance and self-care. Including those with serious injuries, chronic conditions, neurological conditions, new mothers, seniors, dancers and elite athletes. Private lessons, weekly group classes, workshops and training intensives.
● Holistic Health Coach 2008 – Present
Private coaching & group/corporate coaching. Speaker and holistic coach, specializing in women's health and life transitions.
● Director/Creator of Online Studio BEING IN BODY 2020 – Present
Guest Teaching
● Guest Faculty Spirit Loft Movement Centre 2021
● Guest Teacher Toronto Contact Dance 2021
● Faculty on the Movement Research Intensive Toronto 2017 – 2019
● Somatic Psychoeducational Workshop Series: Co-facilitated with Trauma therapist Nancy Christie 2017–2019
● Projects in Motion Workshop Series: Co-facilitation and collaboration with Ruth Douthwright, certified Axis Syllabus teacher 2013 – 2019
● Diane Bruni Yoga Teacher Training 2015 – 2019
● Natural Forces Retreat 2016 – 2018
● Humber College Theatre Department: Guest teacher 2016
● Octopus Garden Yoga Studio 2016
● George Brown College Dance Department: Guest teacher 2015/2016
● Wednesday and Sunday Contact Jam 2014 – 2016
● 80 Gladstone Contact Jam Facilitator 2015
● Guest Workshop Speaker, Roots Canada 2007-2009
● Body Harmonics Pilates, Content Creator, Standing Pilates Professional Education Series, 2002
Qualifications and Certificates
● Anatomy Trains: Body Reading and Touch-Cueing for Movement Therapists (2013); Postural Analysis (2007); Issues in the Tissues with Thomas Myers(2007); Myofascial Meridians and Movement with Mark Finch (2007)
● Physical Mind Institute: Reformer and Apparatus Training 300 hour course (2004); Certified Pilates Instructor Matwork Initiation 101 (2001); Standing Pilates Apparatus 201(2011)
● Long Beach Dance Conditioning Studio: Shoulder Mechanics with Marie-Jose Bloom (2011)
● Professional Certified Coach: Institute for Life Coach Training (2008), Wellness/ Holistic Coaching Specialist (2009)
● Franklin Method: Healthy Knees through Imagery and Pelvic Power for Core Support (2007)
● Pilates on Tour: Reformer, Cadillac and Wunda Chair with Kathy Corey; Foot Mechanics with Marie-Jose Bloom; Pilates for Scoliosis with Susan Greskevitch (2006)
● Body Harmonics: Pilates Mat and Equipment Training: Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair (2005); Pilates and Rehab 1 & 2 Teaching Certificate (2004); Pilates and Gait 1 & 2 Teaching Certificate (2003); Pre/Post Natal Teaching Certificate (2003), Pilates and Mat Transitions Training Certificate (2003); Pilates and Unstable Equipment Training Certificate (2003)
● Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology: Certified Fitness Consultant (2002)
● George Brown College: Fitness and Lifestyle Management Program (2000-2002)
● Professional Somatic Experiencing Training (2021, 2022, in progress)
● Buteyko Breathing Method Certification (2022, 2023, in progress)
● LEAD: Coaching program developed by Master Coach Chela Davison (2023, in progress)
Additional Training Intensive Highlights
● Axis Syllabus 2011 – 2023. Nomadic College: Month long intensive, California (2016); Earthdance (2015); Earthdance (2014); Galiya Tzur: Toronto (2022); Mentorship with Ruth Douthwright: (2013- 2016); Kira Kirsch: Berlin (2023), online (2021), Berkley (2016), Toronto (2012); Sebastian Grubb: (2021), Agile Beast program online; Kelly Keenan: Quebec (2016), Toronto (2014), (2012), Montreal (2011); Matt Smith: Toronto (2014); Camilla Seeger: Toronto (2016); Francesca Pedulla: California (2016), Toronto (2012); Frey Faust: Toronto (2010), Montreal (2011), California (2016), Toronto (2017, 2018, 2019)
● Contact Improvisation 2009 – 2023
● National Ballet School of Canada 1992 – 1993
● Sean Boutilier Academy of Dance Professional Stream 1986 – 1992
● Trauma Foundations Course: Jane Clapp (2021)
● Motherhood and Eros; Kimberly Johnson (2021)
● Breath and Trauma; Jane Clapp and Jennifer Snowden (2021)
● My Grandmother’s Hands; Resmaa Menakem (2020)
○ year-long book study for somatic abolitionism (online)
● Fighting Monkey (2017) (2021 online), Jozef Frucek
● Body Mind Centering (2015) Mariko Tanabe, Naomi Sparrow
● Nancy Stark Smith: Month long intensive (2013)
● Alexander Technique (2011-2014)
○ Susan Sinclair: Professional stream intensives, weekly classes, private lessons
● Developmental Movement Training, (2011)
○ Nadine Saxton: Intensives, private lessons
● Feldenkrais (2002-2003)
○ Olena Nitefore: Intensives, classes
** Listed above are the trainings that have most informed Erin's work in addition to her own extensive research. This list is intended to act as a resource and acknowledge the teachers and lineages Erin has had the privilege to learn from.
Learn more about Erin's approach: listen to her interview on the Mindful Strength Podcast: The Core: What is it and what are we training for?
