Originally from Toronto, Meghan Goodman is an interdisciplinary dance artist and Iyengar yoga and Pilates mat instructor. Graduating from Simon Fraser University with a BFA in dance, and minor in mathematics in 2003, Meghan has continued to actively perform, choreograph and teach in Vancouver for the past 20 years. Meghan has been a company dancer with Aeriosa Dance Society since 2009. Meghan loves applying her yoga and pilates practice to aerial dance, and can be seen flying around trees, buildings, and occasionally mountains. She is currently working with Aeriosa, teaching Iyengar yoga, Core Connect and Vertical Dance while raising her two young kids.
Photo by Julia Carr
Meghan began practicing yoga in 1998 and received her first teaching certification from Flow Yoga in 2006. At Flow Yoga she had had the pleasure of learning from such teachers as Kelly Colleen, Jason Hagemeister, Jesse Enright, Bernie Clark, Padma and Paul Grilley. Seeking more information on how to work with a wider range of students, Meghan began her studies of Iyengar yoga in 2008. With the guidance of Louie Ettling, and granting assistance from the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, Meghan completed the Iyengar Intro 2 teaching certification in 2013. Meghan completed the Iyengar yoga Intermediate Junior 1 certification in 2017, now called Level 2. In February of 2020, Meghan completed a Pilates Mat Intensive Plus Teacher Training at Full Circle Pilates under the instruction of Darcy McMurray. Meghan is currently training at the Vancouver Pilates Centre working towards a full Level 1 Pilates Certification.
Photo in collaboration with Thrive and Align
For Meghan, yoga and pilates have become the steady path to finding stability and space in the body, the antidote to an physically demanding and busy lifestyle, and a method for moving with intelligence and care. Her classes aim to share the many benefits of yoga and pilates.
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