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 A Greeting from Kelsey (she/her)
Student Yoga Therapist. 
​Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT500, RPYT

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To book a Yoga Therapy session with Kelsey, please reach out directly via email or book through the Schedule link, above. 
Hey, I’m Kelsey and I’m so grateful you have landed here. Saskatchewan girl born and raised on the prairies. I am a wife, and mom to two amazing little humans - balancing running my brick-and-mortar studio in Lloydminster, motherhood and everything in between. 

My journey into the yoga world began in my 20’s, as an avid runner I leaned on yoga asana to create a space to stretch and incorporate strength into my routine. Flash forward to 2016 following the sudden passing of my husband - I was navigating trauma and grief with the help of traditional therapy (which I keep up regularly) and eventually found myself back on my mat. However, this time my experience was so different. It was a place to feel my emotions and take a moment just for myself and not just be the 26-year-old widow.

In 2020 I married my now husband Tyler, and we welcomed our first child earth side in 2021. A new mom navigating a worldwide pandemic I found myself riddled with anxiety, experiencing panic attacks and ruminating on trauma that I thought was in my past. It was here that I was introduced to somatic therapy and found so much success and healing through finally being able to feel safe in my own body again. I found a lot of links and similarities with somatic therapy and yoga and felt a pull to take my 200 hr YTT while on my maternity leave to deepen into my own practice.  When I returned to work, I was an entirely different person with new priorities and as much as I wanted to return to the cooperate world (or thought I did) my whole sense of being told me no. I quit my job while enrolled in my 300hr training with Canmore Counselling’s Trauma- Informed Yoga Training and it quite honestly changed my life in more ways than I could have imagined and in all the best ways. It was during this training we found out we were expecting our second baby. And not long after wrapping my 300-hr training, I took my prenatal training while pregnant with my daughter. I began offering some classes in my yard and basement and after my daughter was born I found a space to lease and open my very own studio space in 2023!

I have a passion and special interest in working with folks who are pre and postnatal and offer these styles of classes in my studio. There is nothing that feels more meaningful with my journey to be supporting folks in this stage of life. Because of this I decided to continue my learning journey by taking my birth doula certification and got to attend and support my firth birth in 2025. To say I am grateful would be an understatement.

In addition, I teach all levels classes with the intention of being inclusive and welcoming. My favourite styles to teach are Yin & Restorative and classes, and slow flow/gentle movement. In
addition to pre & postnatal I have interest in specializing in the field of grief, trauma and mental health. I consider myself a lifetime learner and I can’t wait to see where this yoga therapy journey takes me.

Canmore Location:

109-705 10th Street Canmore, AB T1W2A3
We're next to Communitea & Vermelho, 
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on the corner of 10th St. and 6th Ave.

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Dr. Melissa Jay is an Indigenous, nehiyaw-Métis member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. The primary location of Canmore Counselling and Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School is located in Chuwapchipchiyan Kudi Bi (translated from Îyârhe Nakoda as “shooting at the willows”), colonially known as Canmore. We are grateful to be located on Treaty 7 territory and the current and ancestral lands of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), which includes of the Bearspaw First Nation, Chiniki First Nation, and Goodstoney First Nation, as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika First Nation, Piikani First Nation, and Kainai First Nation. This is also the home to the Rocky View Métis District 4 within the Battle River Territory. We recognize all Nations who continue to nurture these lands, and we are dedicated to uplifting Truth, language, and culture as essential to right relations. As an act of reconciliation and commitment to decolonization, we are committed to the TRC's Calls to Action. 

At Canmore Counselling, we are also privileged to be yoga students, practitioners, and guides. Our offerings centre on the root of yoga as Indigenous to South Asia, and we are grateful to learn from and amplify the South Asian practitioners and teachers whenever possible. We are grateful for the eight limbs of yoga, as taught by Patanjali. It is a joy to walk alongside our incredible alumni of the Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School as they create opportunities for care, connection & curiosity within their communities. 

We believe wholeheartedly that trauma-informed care requires commitment to community, social justice, decolonization, anti-oppression, and anti-racism. Thank you for being here :)​
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