Silvia Rose Gervais

Coming into this world as an imaginative wild child with a love for spirituality, health, and wellness, I knew I was destined to help people in life. Fortunately for me, I had discovered early in life that my passion for yoga was the medium for which I may fulfill my life's dharma. 

My love for yoga developed while I was experiencing a difficult time in my life during the summer of 2012. I was searching for a purpose during recovery, when I came across yoga. Soon I had immersed myself in practice and, before I knew it, I started to flourish physically, mentally, and spiritually. Yoga is multifaceted in its benefits, and I owe much of my rehabilitation to it. Yoga was there to nourish me, and still continues to metamorphosize my happiness and gratitude to this day. Between the years of 2012 to present, yoga was no longer just an activity, but rather, a way of living. I grew from doing yoga to becomingyoga. 

Transforming from survivor to warrior through yoga is one of the catalysts that inspired me to pursue yoga teacher training. Being an empath with an unstoppable drive to help people, I knew my purpose in this lifetime is to help people, whether it be emotionally, mentally, or physically. In a time, especially today, where human beings are lost in the pressures and doubts that society feeds into their soul, I want to be able to share this beautiful practice of yoga as a means to bring individuals on their own path towards positive energy. I don't want to just practice what I preach, but rather preach what I practice. I wholeheartedly have faith that yoga is a medium to which can guide others towards a path of self-love.

While finishing my BSc. Specialization in Psychology at University of Alberta during the winter of 2018, I had registered in Yoga Teacher Training (200hr) at Higher Love Yoga Academy and graduated in the spring of 2018. Not only did I learn how to purposefully instruct alignment cues with integrity, but I was able to nourish my creativity and soul through sequencing in a studio environment. I was able to marry my background knowledge of human psychology creatively into my desire to help people through yoga, and I believe it is this integration that feeds integrity and soul into my ever evolving teaching style. 

My never-ending curiosity for the evolution and benefits of yoga still make me a student; absorbing what more there is to learn about yoga and integrate this knowledge into my classes, as well as self-practice. This self-realization both humbles and prides me. I love teaching most styles of yoga, with my favourite being vinyasa flows and power yoga. One of my current goals is to get my certification in prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher training. 

Other than yoga, my interests include astrology, clairvoyance, writing, veganism, performance art, industrial arts, and curating meaningful connections with all walks of life.