OUR STORY
our story is really about your story.
A story that is being written every single day and we hope you’ll take part in it with us.
This story is about Love, Healing and Growing.
You’ll experience the ABC’s of this story every time you are with us.
Our Accessibility and Acceptance of who you are, your aims and ambitions, the challenges and experiences you are living that bring you to River Lines.
Our Belief in you and that we will be here to help in the most professional and thorough capacity. We are always offering and striving to evolve.
Our Commitment to provide our talents expanding skills and natural compassion in a safe and harmonious environment.
OUR VENUE
OUR PEOPLE
piLATES, YOGA, FITNESS & MOtion well-Being
Leslie Smith | Matwork Pilates & rIVER lINEs aMBASSADOR
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Motion is lotion!
Leslie has been an instructor since 2015 but her passion for wellness goes back decades. Leslie is certified as a Pilates Matwork Instructor, a certified Barre Instructor and an Integrated Movement Therapist. There is no doubt that when you take a class with Leslie, you will leave the studio feeling balanced, aligned and stronger but you will also leave feeling mentally lighter, clearer and fortified! Leslie’s goal in every class is for you to gain the movement confidence needed for you to take your wellness journey off the mat and into your daily routine!
marci tordiff | yoga & tai chi
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A committed and passionate student of both Yoga and Ayurveda, yoga came late-ish for Marci after several years as a pastry chef and brief foray into experimental painting and sculpture at OCAD, as well as operating a successful Aromatherapy/Reflexology practice for over a decade. Following years of study, practice, and teaching while completing her CYT-500, Marci continues to participate in numerous workshops, immersions and retreats with an amazing array of inspiring instructors, with studies focused mainly in Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Nidra and Meditation/Pranayama. Her classes are comfortable and creative, peppered with a healthy dose of Ayurvedic influence. She strongly supports the idea that Yoga Asana does not have to be fancy to be meaningful. Learning together how to inhabit our bodies with compassion and presence, to age well, and embrace life’s challenges with ease and grace. Yoga is so much more than what happens on the mat.
LUCY MOODIE | YOGA
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Yin style yoga is the “quiet yet profound” practice. Poses are held longer and are static and passive compared to other types of yoga. It is complementary to other styles of yoga like Ashtanga, Vinyasa etc. The Yin asanas, (sanskrit word for poses) are to encourage the fascia and deeper tissues to release tightness, stickiness and allow life energy, Chi or prana to flow freely.
Each pose ideally is held at least 3 minutes but may be shorter or longer depending on the individual. Options are offered and encouraged to feel the sensations targeting different areas.
Be open to try a yin practice. I will be honoured to teach as I continue to learn yin from my modern yoga teachers.
Benefits and enhancements Physical: stability, strength, flexibility and endurance. Mental: clarity, focus, concentration. Emotional: balance and maturity. Energetic: vitality, balance and flow Spiritual: awareness, intention, grounding and connection.
JENN APPLE PRIDHAM | YOGA
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Jennifer Apple Pridham is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master and Child and Youth Worker. She also manages a holistic and alternative health business: Resilient Seed Wellness. Specific offerings have grown to include Classical Hatha Yoga, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Pre + Post-Natal Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness techniques for youth and teens, Visionary-Journaling, and Ayurvedic approaches.
jacqueline howorth | yoga & ayurvedic counselling
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As a dedicated student and practitioner of Ayurveda, Jacquie has a deep passion for creating a space where Yoga and Ayurveda can truly come together in an approachable and fun space. She is certified as both a yoga teacher as well as an Ayurvedic yoga therapist, having the skills to cater each class to the students participating. Her yoga classes incorporate Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin flows rooted deeply in the scriptures and wisdom of Ayurveda. While getting lost in creative and unique flows, the intention is to simultaneously balance the elements of the physical and mental body (doshas & gunas), the energetic channels and pathways of the body (chakras & nadis), and truly connect to self to enhance communication between mind, body and soul. Woven into each class will be pranayamas (breathwork) and mantras (sacred words/sounds), to deepen the practice. It is truly a new experience not yet offered in other studios/clinics. One of empowerment, healing and genuine joy and pleasure.
Elizaebth Kiser | NIA INSTRUCtor
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/ NIA technique Instructor, Black Belt Holder
/Five stages of healing Practitioner
/ Vinyasa Yoga Instructor
HEATHER BEAUMONT | YOGA
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Hot Yoga, Vinyasa Flow & Yin along with playful experience in partner and acro yoga are but a part of Heather’s ten years of experience.
Receiving International Teacher Training with direct lineage to Lyengar traditions, Heather has completed workshops in Australia, China, Thailand and the Bahamas.
Experience yoga with Heather as she weaves intelligent, dynamic or restorative flows with yogic philosophy to allow the heart to grow and the mind to steady so you can step off the mat and soar in your daily life.
No matter if you have been on the mat for a second or a lifetime - all yogis are welcome.
lois richardson | fitness
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Lois has been a certified fitness instructor or over 30 years! Starting at the Toronto YWCA teaching Dancercise. For the past 10 years, Lois has focused on lower impact fitness classes for Seniors.
OUR PEOPLE
Beauty, Massage & relaxation
Angelica | Esthetician
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Angelica Maria is an esthetician with over 25 years of experience. She started her aesthetics career in Columbia where she opened her first spa offering body treatments, manicures, pedicures, waxing and more.
When Angelica moved to Canada, she continued to expand her knowledge and opened her second spa in Cobourg. Angelica loves what she does - she is very passionate about the beauty + skin care industry. To Angelica, there is no better feeling than helping someone with her hands and knowledge!
Ariel KeNNy| massage therapist
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Ariel graduated from Durham College’s Advance Massage Therapy program with Honours in 2023. She is passionate about massage therapy and providing her clients with excellent care to help reach their treatment goals. She works toward achieving stress reduction, chronic pain management, myofascial release and trigger point therapy. She believes in use of modalities such as hydrotherapy, remedial exercises and self-care to help her clients. Ariel loves helping her clients get to the root of the issue and then reaching and maintaining their wellness goals. When Ariel is not at the studio you will find her at dance classes, recreational volleyball or at home relaxing with her chihuahua and two precious kittens.
AMY GIROUX| massage therapist
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Massage therapy care with Amy is truly oriented toward meeting the needs and achieving the desired outcomes of each of her clients.
Having gained an abundance of experience since graduating from Fleming College in 2017 Amy has confidence in treating a wide range of muscle and joint issues and uses a combination of techniques including Swedish massage, deep tissue and connective tissue massage methods.
OUR PEOPLE
psychotherapy, meditation, Hypnosis & Mental well-being
Adam lieberman |Social worker, Psychotherapist
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Adam Lieberman is a Masters level Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist who has worked in mental health and wellness for over 15 years.
He is formally trained in evidence-based therapies including; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills training, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma.
Adam provides a wide range of psychotherapeutic processes instilling long-term meaningful change.
debra slack | meditation leader
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Initially drawn to yoga as a last resort for incapacitating back pain, Debra soon realized the benefits on her mental and emotional health and within a year, began her yoga teacher training. Debra is a 500hour+ Kripalu certified yoga instructor with additional training in the Viniyoga tradition who has practice yoga for over twenty-five years. She has taught yoga to adults of varying abilities and brought daily yoga practices into her primary grade classrooms. Debra is a graduate of Nischala Joy Devi’s “Yoga of the Heart” program for health professionals and teachers helping people living with heart disease, cancer and other debilitating diseases and assisted Nischala with this program many times.
OUR PEOPLE
PhysioTherapy, athletic therapy & movement well-being
Mark Mcfadden | physiotherapist
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PhysioMark believes the best outcomes from physiotherapy result from individually tailored therapy care delivered in a timely, professional and dedicated manner and includes a robust collaboration with other care providers.
The care you undertake with Mark will involve a combination of hands-on care, therapeutic exercise, therapeutic modalities and self-care instructions for you to fully engage and benefit from your physiotherapy.
With 25 years of practice experience in numerous health settings and with the full-age spectrum you will definitely feel your health is in good hands with Mark.
Adam loudfoot | athletic therapist
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Adam Loudfoot is a Certified Athletic Therapist working here at RiverLines! With a background working in amateur, semi-professional, and professional sports. Specializing in injury assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation for patrons, he offers one-on-one and studio group rehabilitation and strengthening sessions focusing on injury education and rehabilitation specific towards patron needs. Stretch and release sessions are now available! These sessions focus on muscle relaxation and release techniques geared towards improving flexibility, range of motion, and reducing muscle tightness. Adam has a passion for healthcare and is excited to be a part of the RiverLines team!
bioelectrical neurostimulation, MPs
Phil Leadbeater| CD, Bsc Psych, Bsc ot
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Over the past ten years Phil has taken advanced training in BioStimulation using Microcurrent . This training and treatment approach is applied in Cranial Suture Release, Post-Concussion Therapy, Auricular Therapy, Certified Scar Release Therapy (SRT), Microcurrent Point Stimulation (MPS) and Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)(Approved by Health Canada for Covid 19-ARDS).
Phil is an assistant Educator (4 years) with the Centre for Pain and Stress Research, in Toronto, who are the developers of the Dolphin Neurostimulation device.
OUR PEOPLE
Driving force
Leslie Smith | Ambassador
Amanda Schultz | venue coordinator
bryan ironside|Bryan of all Trades
Gary hierlihy| partner, Brand & marketing
