Owner and Senior Instructor Kellie Dearman is a Still Point certified Yoga Instructor (200+hour), practicing for over 25 years. She began teaching in 2005 and currently teaches 9+ sessions a week. Kellie’s practice is always deepening as she endeavours to always incorporate new ways to adapt this comprehensive spiritual practice into her teaching and her life. Yoga has allowed her to find a deep sense of spiritual connection and inner peace that she knows she can draw on at any time.

Kellie loves teaching gentle hatha yoga, yin, chair yoga and meditation at her home studio in Stirling. She also teaches mindfulness/trauma sensitive yoga practices for individuals dealing with PTSD and other stress-related conditions, specializing in anxiety, trauma and mobility issues.

In the fall of 2023, Aware Yoga welcomed teacher Colleen Thompson to the studio. Colleen is a graduate of the Akasha Yoga Academy‘s Hatha Yoga Teacher Training (500-hr) which included 100 hrs of  Yin Yoga training, and she has also completed Trauma Sensitive Yoga training. Colleen teaches a similar style to Kellie and is running classes Tuesday evenings and drop-in  alternate Saturday mornings. See class schedule for dates.

In the fall of 2025, we welcomed Andrea McHattie-Christensen to the studio. Andrea is a graduate of Your Yoga Flow (200-hour) and has also completed Trauma Sensitive Yoga training. She brings a gentle, adaptive approach to her classes, believing that yoga is for everybody. Andrea also uses her skills to teach 1-to-1 yoga at a clinic in Trenton, supporting military veterans, first responders and their families.  Andrea will be teaching Chair Yoga at 1pm on Mondays.

All three teachers are skilled at creating a class environment that is highly adaptive and inclusive. We look forward to seeing you on the mat, or on the chair!