About
Tracy Groshak RT, ERYT, MBF
Tracy has been practicing yoga for over 16 years, and her intense dedication has taken her around the world to study with many of the top teachers in several different styles and earned her the title of ERYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) through Yoga Alliance. She began in 1995 studying traditional hatha yoga with Ifat Eraz (Shakti) at Prana Yoga in Vancouver.
In 1998 Tracy discovered Ashtanga yoga, and for the next seven years she committed to the rigorous demands of advancing through the series. In 2000 she did her first of three teacher trainings with David Swenson, as well as several other teacher trainings in Ashtanga, working with Tim Miller,Nancy Gilgoff, and David Williams to name a few. She also had the opportunity to study with Pattabhi Jois on two separate occasions, the first in Hawaii, and then for two months at his yoga shala in Mysore, India. In 2003 she spent three months working with Dena Kingsburg in Byron Bay, Australia where she advanced into the third series – a feat accomplished by very few yogis.
Around 2005 Tracy’s practice began to evolve away from Ashtanga yoga. She found herself increasingly more attracted to Vijnana yoga and its seven vital principles, which she felt offered more substance. Tracy first encountered Vijnana in 2000 when she began studying with Gioia Irwin of Vancouver and Orit Sen Gupta of Israel, and after ten years of weekly practices, intensives, workshops and teacher trainings with these two woman, Tracy was finally designated a certified Vijnana yoga teacher in 2010 – one of only twenty-six in North America. Both Gioia and Orit continue to be her primary teachers to this day.
A key component of Tracy’s evolution has been her commitment to whole living nutrition for the past six years. Tracy primarily eats raw vegan food – a diet that demands a lot of dedication and discipline – but one that she feels provides optimal nutrition and best contributes to her physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.
In addition to her exploration in yoga and nutrition, Tracy has also completed a certificate in MBF, a system based on fundamental physics and bio-mechanics that focuses on postural realignment through specific individualized rehabilitation exercises. She’s also done extensive studies in Buddhism, mediation, pranayama and most recently, completed a restorative and therapeutic training in the fall of 2010.
With over twelve years teaching experience, Tracy draws upon her extensive and varied knowledge of yogic wisdom to empower students by providing them with a holistic set of tools that allows them to advance in their practice and achieve their goals. She uses her considerable experience to evaluate students’ needs, allowing her to meet them wherever they’re at in their practice, and creating programs that are individual, thorough, detailed and naturally progressive. Tracy wants to impart on her students that by working more subtly with inner wisdom, self-discovery, and patience, students can cultivate a practice that is truly transformational, far beyond just the physical.
Contact Tracy at:
1.604.209.3987
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Lipe Viana, yogi, educator, therapist and artist graduated from the University Centre of the City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been exploring Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, concepts, and religious practices for 10 years. He studied Ayurvedic Medicine in Vrindavan, India, and currently finishes writing his first book.
For more info on Lipe and his writings please go to: www.omhelpers.blogspot.com
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