ANUSARA INSPIRED YOGA STUDIO

Anusara means, “flowing with grace” and “to step into the currents of the heart”.

Pangaea is an Anusara Inspired Yoga™ Teacher who weaves together precise anatomical alignment principals with a heart-oriented theme to inspire students to feel empowered and filled with self-love. Joy is the innermost essence of our being. Tantric philosophy supports a life style that allows us to embrace our own divinity and engage in life affirming decision-making. There is a light, a beauty and a song inside all of us that wants to be sung. During our practice each individual students contributes their own unique song of the heart and participated in the kula; the community of the heart, to experience diversity, difference and inclusiveness.

Pangaea draws her inspiration from her teachers and students, and from watching her two children blossom into their fullest potential. Her deepest desire is to learn from her worldwide travels and to apply yoga to all the activities of her daily life. She whole-heartedly believes that nature is the teacher that leads us to our own true nature.

With gratitude she honors all her teachers, John Friend, Todd Norian, Ann Green, Martin Kirk, Sianna Sherman, Tiffany Fraser, Michael Siddall, Douglas Brooks, Carlos Pomeda.
Yoga is about joy and passion and connecting to a light hearted feeling as we courageously engage in the journey of life.
Yoga Class Descriptions

ANUSARA INSPIRED YOGA STUDIO

Anusara means, “flowing with grace” and “to step into the currents of the heart”.
Pangaea is an Anusara Inspired Yoga™ Teacher who weaves together precise anatomical alignment principals with a heart-oriented theme to inspire students to feel empowered and filled with self-love. Joy is the innermost essence of our being. Tantric philosophy supports a life style that allows us to embrace our own divinity and engage in life affirming decision-making. There is a light, a beauty and a song inside all of us that wants to be sung. During our practice each individual students contributes their own unique song of the heart and participated in the kula; the community of the heart, to experience diversity, difference and inclusiveness.

Uncoil (HOT YOGA)
This class is taught at higher temperatures than the regular yoga class.  A consistent sequence of poses will be taught each week creating a free flow of energy that is very detoxifying and allows the individual yogi to reach deeper levels in their practice.

Twisted Sister Yoga
A sequence of spinal twists helps align the spine and enhance the immunity system.  Get ready to have your abdominal area and internal organs massaged.

Ashtanga Yoga
A traditional Hatha Yoga practice that generates heat through a vigorous flowing series of Yoga postures
co-ordinated with enhanced breathing to develop strength and flexibility. This class is more challenging than CORE YOGA.

Vinyasa Flow
Fluid Power classes are breath inspired journeys that offer a complete spectrum of rhythms from meditative and rejuvenating to the challenging and empowering. Every class is a ritual sadhana
(a groove to one's self) that creates whole body
transformation of strength and fluidity, circulation and centering. Classes are sequenced around the function and energy of "peak poses" in a way that allows every student to find their developmental and emotional current that is appropriate for them that day in relation to the flow of life.

Back Care Yoga
Connect with the universal through your back body.  Back bends and backdrops are an invigorating way to get to know your dharma (life purpose).

Open Heart Yoga
Learn how to melt your heart and embrace your physical and emotional state of well being. Manifest with your breath and your dreams.

Yin/Yang
Yin-Yang describes opposites such as heaven and earth that exists in the natural
world.  Yin is passive and introspective and the perfect counterpart to yang, which is energetic.  Yin-Yang yoga is designed to bring renewal, relaxation, strength and balance to our physical and emotional body.  This is accomplished through alternating between posture sequences that increases circulation creating heat in the body and removing energy stagnation as it cleanses and strengthens the body and mind (yang) to a slow and quiet practice completely relaxing in supported seated or lying postures to encourage the slow and safe opening of connective tissues (yin).

Introduction to beginner Ashtanga 
During this class we will be practicing the Ashtanga Primary Series starting with the “opening sequence” or Vinyasa Flow, which is a series of asanas repeated several times.  This opening sequence raises the heart rate and uses most of the muscles in the body.  From there, various standing and seated postures that make up the Primary Series, will be introduced. Care will be taken to break down the series, ensuring alignment and safety in the movement. 




Henny Dawe
Kripalu Yoga Instructor
Henny began her yoga journey a number of years ago and has made a career transition from the business world to the alternative health field. 
Henny received her yoga instructor’s certification from Kripalu Yoga School.  She decided upon Kripalu yoga as it embraces different forms of yoga -  making it the Yoga of Life.  Kripalu yoga can be taught to incorporate all levels and she is currently focusing on a Yin Yang and vinyasa flow to help build strength, flexibility, balance and introversion.  Physical and mental age is a direct reflection of spine and joint flexibility and Henny’s routines make sure yoga gives you these gains without pain. 
Henny is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and also works with Reiki healing.


E-mail: info@functionstudiosinc.comTelephone: (905) 953-9392
Alanna Smith
Alanna has been in love with Yoga since her first class at age 13.  Her classes are filled with passion, and a deep intention for students to have a safe and uplifting experience.  Well versed in Anusara Yoga's potent Universal Principles of Alignment, elegant Tantric yoga philosophy and healing therapeutics; Alana learned much of what she teaches through her close studies with Todd Norian and Ann Greene. She has taken their Master Immersion Teacher Training (200+ Advanced TT), advanced therapeutics, and assisted them in workshops in Kripalu.  Alanna also draws tremendous inspiration from her teachers Noah Maze, Christina Sell, and John Friend.