Dallas Kruszelnicki - Owner / Director of Teacher Training
Dallas is the owner/proprietor of Hot Yoga on 20th. The last ten years he has spent traveling the world teaching hot yoga and managing yoga studios. He recently decided to make Saskatoon his home to be closer to his
family, and open Saskatoon’s first hot yoga studio.
Dallas says “I have a compassionate approach to teaching. After breaking many bones skateboarding and snowboarding and falling out of moving vehicles I was a broken person at 26. Yoga reversed the damage I had done to my body and gave me the direction to show others how to do this for themselves. You will be able to see huge benefits from this yoga in as little as a month of steady practice. Try starting out with three or four classes a week and feel the difference it makes to your body, your mind and your life as a whole.”
Training
Dallas has been trained to teach Hatha Yoga by Bikram Choudhury, Emmy Cleaves and Rajashri Choudhury. He has also taken Scaravelli Yoga training courses with Marc Woolford and John Stirk. Dallas has undergone extensive Pranayama training with Acharya Sankkarji, and Ashtanga teacher training with David Swenson.
Work History
- - Started his yoga career as manager of Vancouver’s first hot yoga studio ‘Bikram’s Yoga College of India - Kitsilano’-
- - After completion of Bikram 700 hour residential training in California he taught hot yoga in Vancouver
- - Moved to Hong Kong as a teacher in the first hot yoga studio there ‘Pure Yoga’
- - Moved to the UK to open his own studio in Brighton ‘YogaHaven’. Dallas sold the business last year and it is still thriving, with 2 new branches opened in Birmingham and London. YogaHaven was the first studio in the UK to offer hot yoga teacher training.
Stephanie Norris - Teacher / Studio Manager
Stephanie completed Hot Yoga teacher training with Dallas in 2010. She has also completed prenatal teacher training in 2011 'Yoga for Conscious Birthing' with Janice Clarfield. Although rooted in hot hatha yoga practice, Stephanie regularly practices many other styles of yoga and has a deep respect for all of the yogic traditions and practices.
After many years of living with pain from arthritis and various injuries Stephanie came to yoga in desperation. With a challenging regular practice she now is free from discomfort and can enjoy living in her body, and is inspired to help others empower themselves through yoga. She believes a dedicated, compassionate practice can keep your body strong, and your mind supple.
Ghansham Kaur (Emily)
Ghansham Kaur (Emily) is a certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor and International Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Assocation (IKYTA) member. She completed her teacher training under Shabad Saroop Singh at the Equilibrium centre of Yoga in Montreal Quebec and has been teaching yoga in Montreal, Toronto and most recently Saskatoon for the past five years. Sharing the teachings of Yogi Bhajan with honesty, humor and sensitivity, her classes aim to uplift and empower. Personifying the meaning of her spiritual name "Ghansham Kaur- Well of Infinite Creativity" her classes feature original live music for traditional mantras, chants and meditations. Emily is committed to ongoing learning, community building and accompanying students on their personal journeys.
Teacher Training
Due to popular demand we started our first teacher training in fall 2010. Our next session starts in fall 2011.
We recommend that students have at least 6 months hot yoga practice. If you have been practicing at another studio we require a letter of recommendation from your yoga teacher.