Christine Desrochers (RYT500) is the studio owner and manager. Christine was raised in Deep River and moved back to town before the pandemic in 2020. She is happy to share the Chapel as a space for practice and community.

Christine has been teaching yoga since 2014. Her teaching is inspired from a variety of styles and traditions, often evolving to meet the needs of her students. Her vinyasa classes focus on breath and body awareness. Her hatha classes explore the foundations of postures incrementally, allowing time to feel and adjust. She enjoys introducing pranayama techniques and restorative elements as well.

Christine has practiced for over 18 years under numerous teachers and has a deep love for the paths and traditions of yoga. She considers herself a life-long student of yoga and is constantly trying to learn and grow while sharing the practice with others. In 2019 she spent a few months in India practicing and assistant-teaching under master teachers. This experience continues to inform her practice and teaching.

Certified Trainings:

200hr YTT at YogaSpace, Toronto (with Kathryn Beet, Hali Schwartz, and Patricia White)

300hr Advanced YTT at YogaSpace:

• Restorative Yoga Teacher Training (with Hali Schwartz)
• Surya Namaskar and Philosophy (with Hali Schwartz)
• Therapeutic Yoga Practitioner Training (with Kathryn Beet)
• Pranayama (with Karusia Wroblewski)
• Full Spectrum Hatha (with Patricia White)
• Advanced Anatomy for Teaching Yoga (with Karusia Wroblewski)
• Yoga as a Healing Modality (with Marinella Nesso)
• Adaptive Yoga (with Darcie Clarke)
• Pose Innovation and Creative Sequencing (with Yumee Chung)
• The Art of Teaching: language, cuing, and music (with Yumee Chung)
• Principles and Practice of Hands-on Assists (with Yumee Chung)
• Yoga Therapy for physical, emotional and mental wellbeing (with Karusia Wroblewski)

30hr Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training (with Blu Matter)