About Deirdre Denholm, R.Y.T.
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Deirdre received her yoga teacher training from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Headquarters Ashram in Val Morin, Quebec in 1999. Originally from Ontario, Deirdre moved to Michigan in 2006 and started Padmakshi Yoga LLC. She has taught yoga in Southwestern Ontario in Bayfield, London, and Grand Bend, and now currently teaches in Troy, Michigan. Deirdre is a member of the Yoga Association of Greater Detroit and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-level. She is currently working toward her Yoga Alliance 500-level certification (advanced yoga teacher training) through Sunstone Yoga in Dallas, Texas.
Deirdre has been practicing meditation (Buddhist Vipassana style or Theravada), for over 10 years, and has attended many retreats in Canada and the U.S. She has attended retreats by Norman Feldman & Molly Swan, a 9-day Buddhist silent retreat at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts (led by the Ven. Ajahn Amaro), and continues to study and practice meditation at the Midwest Buddhist Meditation Center in Warren, Michigan. She has attended the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training program (Mt. Madonna, California), taught by Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D., and Saki Santorelli Ed.D., M.A., a program developed at the Center For Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Deirdre has applied the MBSR program to help persons with clinical anxiety and depression through the Royal Victoria Hospital, Mental Health Services, in Barrie, Ontario. She is a member of Mental Health America, an organization which helps support "mental health programs, education, research and advocacy".
Having lived for over 15 years in Toronto, Deirdre obtained her 2 Bachelor degrees in Psychology and English, from York University, Toronto. She continued studying psychology at the University of Western Ontario, in London. She is also an Associate of the Ontario College of Art and Design (A.O.C.A.), Toronto, and has studied music through the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. She is currently working toward her grade 8 piano examination which is offered through the National Music Certificate Program.
A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Deirdre is currently studying for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Oakland University, Rochester, MI, and is also enrolled in Oakland Community College's Exercise Science and Technology (Associate in Applied Science), program.
