About Deirdre Denholm, E-RYT
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Deirdre received her yoga teacher training from the Sivananda International 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 hour-level. In October 2008, she received a 500 hour-level correspondence certification (advanced yoga teacher training) through Sunstone Yoga in Dallas, Texas.
Deirdre has been practicing meditation (Buddhist Vipassana style), for over 12 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. In 1998, she attended a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training program (Mt. Madonna, California), taught by Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D., and Saki Santorelli Ed.D., M.A.. MBSR is a program developed at the Center For Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, to help people cope with stress by using meditation and yoga. 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, and continues to teach MBSR in Michigan. 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 with post-bachelor studies in 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.
Deirdre is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and is working toward studies in Nursing (& a minor in Exercise Science) at Oakland University, Rochester, MI, and is also enrolled in Oakland Community College's Exercise Science and Technology (Associate in Applied Science), program.
American College of Sports Medicine
Deirdre has completed the following
fitness & yoga trainings:
American Council on Exercise (ACE) Certified Group Fitness Instructor.
International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, 200-hour yoga teacher training diploma.
Yoga Alliance, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT-200).
Sunstone Yoga, 500-hour yoga teacher correspondence training diploma.
American Red Cross CPR/AED and First Aid.
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Certified Personal Trainer.
LA Fitness: "Body Works" (free weights), "Aqua", "Step Aerobics", "Cardio Kick-Box", and "Club-Box Circuit" trainings.
"My personal goal is to help people achieve greater physical and mental fitness
by applying scientifically sound mind-body techniques and principles".
