Evening Yoga At Seba Seniors
- Thursday
- March 6, 2025 to May 8, 2025
- 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- $120 for 10 classes
- $15 Drop In
- Seba Seniors Centre, May Hall
- Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 6, 2025
Mary LeBlanc is an experienced teacher who has been teaching Yoga for 50 years.
HOW TO REGISTER:
Email Lynn at lynnberg46@gmail.com
WORRIED ABOUT GETTING DOWN ON THE FLOOR?
Don’t worry! Mary will help you accommodate any abilities and any restrictions you may have. If you have trouble getting down to the floor, no worries, you can do the class in a chair or standing!
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU
- yoga mat
- waterbottle
INSTRUCTOR BIO:
Mary LeBlanc has lived in the Parkland County locale, (west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) for 29 years, and with her arrival has come years of experience in the ancient technique of yoga.
Mary LeBlanc attended her first yoga class for the same reason most people do…” to get back into shape“! Friedel Khattab of Edmonton was one of the first instructors that motivated Mary to go a little further than the exercises. In fact, it was through the Friedel Khattab’s School of Yoga, that she received her first Yoga Instructor’s Certificate, in the early ‘70s.
Mary was involved in setting up yoga classes in Edmonton and surrounding areas, and her interest in Yoga and its promotion is evident with her being one of the Founding Members, of the Yoga Association of Alberta.
In May 1979 Mary and her family moved to England, and it was during this time that she undertook the British Wheel of Yoga’s Diploma Syllabus. She not only was successful in becoming a teacher for the British Wheel of Yoga but also had the good fortune to study with teachers from various backgrounds in the field of yoga. This is definitely an advantage, when teaching, as it gives one a broad base of expertise to draw upon. This theory was quickly put into practice in the many yoga classes Mary taught while living abroad.
On return to Canada, Winnipeg was the new address. While residing there, Mary taught classes, did lecture tours, and instructed future teacher candidates for the British Wheel of Yoga. She also served as the President, of the Yoga Association of Manitoba. One of the highlights during this time was the honor of being asked to teach at the Unity in Yoga Conference, held in Colorado Springs.
Yoga has taught her many things, meditation, relaxation, and the most valuable lesson is flexibility. Flexibility, both in mind and body. Yoga is a technique that anyone can incorporate into their daily lifestyle. A definite asset, to anyone in a stressful job.
Mary’s journeys have returned her to Edmonton, and more recently both she and her husband have moved to the community of Wabamun. Mary is still very involved with weekly classes, traveling to smaller communities. She is a senior teacher with the Yoga Association of Alberta (YAA) and involved with their teacher training program. Recently, involved with a pilot project of i–Rest (integrative restoration- Yoga Nidra) a deep relaxation program to help the ill and injured soldiers in Edmonton. Info on this program can be found at www.i-rest.com/Richard Miller.
Mary is keeping her studies up with yearly retreats, and workshops under the lineage of T.K.V. Desikchar presided over by Rosemary Antze of Toronto plus the training in Sanskrit, with Professor Modanath Khanal (Nepal) now residing in Edmonton.
Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Mary directly.
- Mary LeBlanc
- (780) 892-3405
- (780) 915-3887
CERTIFICATIONS
- *British Wheel of Yoga Diploma and Tutor for the Education of Teachers
- Friedel Khattab’s School of Yoga Teacher’s Diploma
- Yoga Association of Alberta (Senior Teacher)
- Yoga Association of Alberta (Founding Member)
- Classes are taught in the lineage of, T.K.V. Desikchar
- (presently mentoring with Rosemary Jeanes Antze – Senior teacher in this tradition)
