Kassandra Prus (BFA Hons) is a Toronto-based therapeutic yoga and movement teacher. She specializes in two streams – developing functional mobility and stability in those working with injuries, illness, or age – working with the subtler yogic practices of breathwork, meditation, yin, and restorative. Kassandra currently teaches public yoga classes at Yoga Sanctuary (Hatha, Yang/Yin), Yoga Village (Chair), Union Yoga+Wellness (Yin+Meditation, Therapeutics), and TDSB Learn4Life (Chair). She also privately runs Yoga+Pilates classes at St. Demetrius Church and has private clients through My Personal Yoga.
Kassandra has over 450 hours of Yoga Teacher Training in yoga therapy, yin, chair, and trauma-informed yoga (please see CV for details) and is continually learning more–particularly about biomechanics, therapeutic and restorative movement, and healthy aging and rehabilitation. Her fascination with the body comes from beginning to dance when she was 4 and then being an arts educator for 15 years. Her fascination with the mind and emotions comes from the inquisitiveness and philosophical mind she's held since grade school.
In her past as a community facilitator, folk artist, and arts educator, she founded bodymind ConfiDance (bringing curriculum-based dance education to public schools); was on the artist rosters for the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Learning Through the Arts (schools) and ARTS–REHAB (hospitals), TCDSB’s Artists in the Schools, tdsbCreates, and VIBE Arts for Children and Youth, and also ran workshops for Supporting Our Youth, the Toronto Alzheimer Society, Guelph Organic Conference, UofT Faculty of Social Work, and various arts camps.
Kassandra loves singing vibrant Eastern European folk and other polyphonic music, taking contemporary dance classes, food gardening, and cooking all the food! She hopes that the range of her work will make space for people to practice radical self-acceptance and to self-activate their own healing.
Kassandra has over 450 hours of Yoga Teacher Training in yoga therapy, yin, chair, and trauma-informed yoga (please see CV for details) and is continually learning more–particularly about biomechanics, therapeutic and restorative movement, and healthy aging and rehabilitation. Her fascination with the body comes from beginning to dance when she was 4 and then being an arts educator for 15 years. Her fascination with the mind and emotions comes from the inquisitiveness and philosophical mind she's held since grade school.
In her past as a community facilitator, folk artist, and arts educator, she founded bodymind ConfiDance (bringing curriculum-based dance education to public schools); was on the artist rosters for the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Learning Through the Arts (schools) and ARTS–REHAB (hospitals), TCDSB’s Artists in the Schools, tdsbCreates, and VIBE Arts for Children and Youth, and also ran workshops for Supporting Our Youth, the Toronto Alzheimer Society, Guelph Organic Conference, UofT Faculty of Social Work, and various arts camps.
Kassandra loves singing vibrant Eastern European folk and other polyphonic music, taking contemporary dance classes, food gardening, and cooking all the food! She hopes that the range of her work will make space for people to practice radical self-acceptance and to self-activate their own healing.
Although I'm a very active person, I never spent time looking after myself physically. I really demonstrated to myself my years of self neglect after committing to and beginning chair yoga. Kassandra has slowly but steadily helped me gain better balance, become a bit more flexible, and stronger. It will take time to come back to the level I aspire to but little by little I am improving. – Lydia F. |
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Owner of My Personal Yoga Studios/Organizations I Work For Yoga Sanctuary Union Yoga+Wellness Yoga Village TDSB Learn4Life Zen & Co Corporate Yoga Corporate Clients Ivan Franko Long Term Care Home St Demetrius Care Home "Stay Connected Program–A Morning with Friends" |
