Adrienne Shum
Yoga Teacher since 2009
Over 13,000 hours of teaching experience
Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist
Creator of Saravat Ayurvedic Rituals and Pretty Ermine
lululemon Ambassador
Teaching Approach
Adrienne views practice as a process of attending to ourselves and our world. By encouraging curiosity, interoception, and patience, she deeply believes the practice can be of benefit to anyone who is interested and willing.
The physical movement she offers is a blend of yoga postures with functional mobility exercises that serve to increase stability and confidence. Alongside, she weaves in the subtler practices of breathwork and meditation as an opportunity to find safety in stillness.
Adrienne brings a skilled, playful, and encouraging energy to her classes in order to create space for us to come as we are. Through consistent effort, may the merits of our practice benefit us, others, and our shared experience.
Education
- Moksha/Modo yoga teacher training (Ted Grand, Jess Robertson, Michael Stone, Frank Jude Boccio)
- Ashtanga yoga teacher training (Jonathan Austman)
- Restorative yoga teacher training (Michelle Kronenberg)
- Kirtan chanting/mantra sound therapy training (Andres Salcedo)
- Ayurvedic healing training (American Institute of Vedic Studies)
- Ayurvedic massage and theory training (Dr. Hari Pallathery)
- G.R.A.C.E. Training in Cultivating Compassion-based Interactions (Roshi Joan Halifax et al.)
- Functional Range Conditioning ® certification
- Advanced Training in Skeletal / Muscle Anatomy and Kinesiology in Yoga Asana (Jason Ray Brown)
- Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies (Linda Thai)
- Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery, Level 1 (Dr. Arielle Schwartz & Deb Dana)
- Ongoing autodidactic research and inquiry.
Current interests include: birds, plurality, and wide-toed shoes.
Adrienne is grateful to practise and teach yoga on Treaty 1 Territory, the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations, and on the Homeland of the Red River Métis. This acknowledgement is only a small part of the ongoing work to cultivate strong and healthy relationships with Indigenous communities.
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