About us:
Rev. Shelley Grant (Owner)
Rev. Shelley, BaCS, RYT, has recently become an ordained Metaphysical Minister and Celebrant through SolePath Institute and CIMM. She has completed 900+ hours of Yoga and Vedic Teacher trainings and immersed herself in multiple personal development paths. She is a Master Certified Health and Life Coach through the Health Coach Institute and a Chopra Certified Perfect Health (Ayurvedic) Instructor®. As a public speaker and educator she has delivered an inspirational message on health, wellness and Ayurveda on the international stage in Bali, Singapore and Vancouver Island.
Outside of living part time for 6 years in Ubud, Bali, her trainings led her to Kerala India for Advanced Ayurvedic Herbology Certification, Kathmandu Nepal for a Tibetan Buddhism Immersion, alongside traditional university psychology and counseling studies starting in 2003. She officially left her corporate role in communications and marketing in 2012 to seek a path of deeper wisdom and personal discovery.
She is the owner of The Pines Yoga & Wellness House in Comox, BC and by June 2024 she is launching her new company Sand & Sage Ceremonies as a Wedding Officiant.
Nina Zettl
Nina began her yoga journey over twenty-five years ago, introduced to asana, pranayama and meditation as a young child and over the course of her life has been a student and teacher of many different lineages of yoga.
She completed her first Teacher training in 2012 and has since completed more than 500 hours of training and yoga mentorship programs in many different styles of yoga including Prana Flow, Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga, Lila Vinyasa Flow, VinyasaKrama, Trauma-conscious, Hatha and Yin Yoga. In addition to being a yoga teacher, Nina is also a women's health advocate, self-regulation therapist, doula and reiki master who is passionate about facilitating soulful embodiment, conscious movement, and practices that deepen one's connection to the sacred rhythms of life.
In her vinyasa classes you can expect to find a rhythmic, creative, and connecting practice, consisting of fluid and dynamic movements, pranayama, energetic awareness, and conscious meditation.
Suzanne Slattery
Suzanne discovered Barre in 2017 and hasn’t looked back. Her Barre Method based training keeps you smiling and sweating with energy and efficiency. She’s worked with all ages and fitness abilities, preand post natal, and post surgery.
Suzanne brings an upbeat spin to developing confidence and strength from the inside out. Her Barre class uses challenging isometric movements to help create long, lean muscle and build a strong core. Awareness of posture and alignment are highlighted to make the journey safe and empowering. All abilities are encouraged to join in.
In her spare time, Suzanne also works as a graphic designer, photographer and fine artist. Many years as a curious mom, an enthused yoga student, a lover of food, adventure and nature create inspiration in all she does.
Brittany Filipetti, BKin, DC, RYT, completed the Mocean Yoga Yoga Teacher Training in Comox , BC in 2021. As a practicing chiropractor Brittany has a unique understanding of the human body beyond the poses, breath, and yogic philosophy. Yoga has always been her medicine and she is excited to share it with her students.
Brittany Filipetti
Monica Rosenke
Monica, is a HAES Personal Trainer, Coach, Adventure Guide and an Indigenous Wiwa healer. She has been working in wellness over 25 years and absolutely loves championing people to discover their inner strength from the inside out. She is passionate about integrating the healing wisdoms of her ancestors with the magic of movement that connects us to our sacred breath.
Listening and attuning to Mother Nature's wisdom, in and through our bodies, restores our Mindset, our Heart-set and our Soul-set; key ingredients in the MOvement Medicine practice. Her knowledge on healing comes from her own diverse heritage & personal story.
She is an avid trail runner, triathlete, mountain adventurer and outdoor explorer. In her spare time, if she’s not already outside playing amongst the trees, she enjoys reading, painting, music, gardening and sun bathing!
Amy Creech
Amy was first introduced to yoga through a prenatal class while pregnant with her first daughter, 11 years ago. It was there she learned the power of breath for endurance and it sparked a new path in for her personal growth.
Over the years yoga has brought her to a steady practice of ongoing self-inquiry and healing in both body and mind. She completed her teacher training with Mocean Yoga in 2022. Among other things, yoga has healed her chronic SI joint pain and taught her self-love and freedom from judgment towards herself and others.
With a background in social work and photography, Amy is now a part-time homeschooling mom of 2 and wife of 12 years enjoying teaching yoga part-time. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, working out, paddle boarding, reading, and snowboarding.She is thrilled to come alongside The Pines community and share the gift of yoga with anyone who is ready to receive it.
Tova Payne
Tova completed her first Yoga Training in 2006 and has been teaching across Canada ever since. Over the last 17+ years she has led thousands of students of all ages and abilities and has developed and led yoga teacher trainings and workshops. Her approach is based on simplicity, ease, learning to listen to our body, and using the practice as a way to release physical, mental, and emotional tension so that we walk out of class with more clarity and happiness.
Tova is also a Certified Life Coach and holds a degree in Psychology from McGill University. In her coaching practice she focuses on ecotherapy coaching – fusing the wisdom of nature with mindfulness, intuition, and life coaching principles to support people in paving their way forward. She believes nature is a powerful ally to health, healing, and connecting within, and in her spare time she loves to walk the trails of the Comox Valley with her pup Magic.
For more about Tova you can visit www.tovapayne.com and www.ecotherapyadventures.com.
Jolie Nasralla
Jolie is a holistic wellness professional certified in a variety of modalities including Ohm Therapeutics™️ Acupressure Sound Healing, Crystal Tones™️ Sound Healing, Applied Somatic Yoga & Mocean Yoga. She’s a Reiki Healer certified in Dr. Usuai Reiki; an Access Bars Consciousness Practitioner & Level 3 Healing Touch energy worker.
Jolie is passionate about sharing sound therapy either on its own as a private treatment or weaving sound frequencies into her somatic and restorative classes to provide a unique and supportive wellness experience.
A Comox Valley resident for 27 years, she is married with 2 grown children and a ‘pet parent’ to adorable feline fur babies. You may see her walking the local trails, paddle boarding, beach combing adding to her heart shaped rock collection, enjoying full moon ocean dips or up the mountain snow shoeing or skiing during the winter. She collects and uses crystals and essential oils for personal wellness and that of her clients. She enjoys traveling, cooking, photography, theatre, art, creating and listening to music. Jolie supports local businesses, farmers markets and artisan’s.
Lindy Scott
While sitting in the seat of the teacher, Lindy, a yogi, dancer, and healer, places an emphasis on breath and body awareness, confidence and self-acceptance, and trusting ones inner knowing. Lindy has been a dancer all her life, and has practiced yoga for almost two decades. Yoga mats and dance floors are among her favourite locations for self expression and soul connection.
She recently moved to the beautiful Comox Valley, where she lives, breathes, and moves. Formerly, Pemberton BC was home, where she locally completed her 200hr YTT and a 30hr Yin YTT. She has a loving husband, two joy-filled, active boys, and a fluffy dog. Teaching yoga, being of service, and holding space for spiritual connection is just the right balance for her busy life.
Lindy provides the space for her students to connect their breath and movements to the rhythm of the universe. We focus on the breath, tuning inward, making space for what's needed and for what could be. Lindy's personal practice involves living life from a place of love and of our universal connection. We are all One.