


Instructors
Kellie Dearman is a certified Yoga Instructor (200+hour) practicing for 24 years. I began teaching in 2005 and currently teach about 12 sessions a week. Although I initially took up yoga as a way to incorporate more movement into my life, yoga soon became much more than that. My practice is always deepening as I continue to incorporate this comprehensive spiritual practice into all aspects of life. Yoga has enabled me to find a deep sense of spiritual connection and inner peace that I can draw on at all times.
I love teaching gentle hatha yoga, yin and chair yoga, and meditation at my home studio in Stirling. I also take private clients for 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 and is currently studying Yin Yoga with them. Colleen teaches a very similar style to Kellie and is currently running classes Tuesday evening and drop-in by schedule alternate Saturday mornings.
Yoga Teacher Training
STILLPOINT YOGA
200+ yoga teacher training with Glenn Mifsud of Stillpoint Yoga (now retired) and Dr. Gerry Lin. This intensive training took place over a one-year period, and followed closely in the Sivananda style and tradition.
Further trainings and self-study have lead me to follow more closely with the Krishna-macharya school and it’s many teachers.
TRAUMA-SENSITIVE YTT
Completed two 30-hour workshops. The first was Trauma-Informed Yoga with Caroline Owen of Wavelengths Yoga, and Sarah Schlote of The Refuge. The second was Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training with Brendon Abram and Dr. Bob King.
Continuing Education
FURTHER TRAINING and WORKSHOPS
Holy Fire Karuna Reiki Master Teacher
Teachers: Kimeiko Dover, William Lee Rand, Completed 2019
Slow Yinyasa
Teacher: Coby Kolowski
Yin Enhancements
Teacher: Marta Erickson
Bandha Yoga
Teacher: Dr. Ray Long
iRest Yoga Nidra
Teacher: RIchard Miller
The Anatomy and Physiology of Meditation
Teacher: Leslie Kaminoff
Breaking the Heart Wide Open
Teacher: Kelly McGonigal
Ways of Seeing
Teacher: Natasha Rizopolous
Freedom Yoga
Teacher: Erich Schiffman
Kripalu Retreat Centre
The Basics of Yin Yoga
Teacher: Bernie Clark
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
Teacher: Andrea Pelosa
Wisdom Warriors
Teacher: Desiree Rumbaugh
Embodied Anatomy: Proprioception is a Teachable Skill
Teacher: Jill MIller
Trauma Sensitive YTT
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by Vidya Yoga
Thornton Ontario
October, 2018
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by Get Yoga/Aware Yoga
Trenton Ontario
November 2018
Trauma Sensitve Yoga
hosted by Upward Dog
Ottawa, Ontaio
April, 201
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by Upward Dog
Ottawa, Ontario
September 2018
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by SOS
London, Ontario
May, 2018
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by Get Yoga/Aware Yoga
Trenton Ontario
November 2017
Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training
SOS, June 2017, London, Ontario
Trauma Sensitive YTT
(30 hours)
Rama Lotus Yoga Centre
Feb 2016
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by Living in the Self
Lakefield Ontario
September 2015,
July/Sep 2016
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
hosted by Get Yoga
Trenton Ontario
November 2015