East to West Yoga and Pilates is both a studio and teacher training school, and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. We offer CanFitPro, BCRPA, AFLCA, MFC, OFC and Yoga Alliance accredited Yoga and Pilates Mat teacher training programs across Canada. Our home base is located in the West End of Toronto. For studio information click the Studio tab above.
Our yoga teacher training programming focuses on: integrating ancient wisdom and modern science in the practice of hatha and vinyasa yoga and following the work of Joseph Pilates with our classically based pilates mat program.
For information about our yoga or pilates teacher training certifications and courses click the Teacher Training tab above. For British Columbia teacher training click the BC Program link above (the BC program is slightly different to accomodate the BCRPA guidelines). Graduates of any of our yoga or pilates teacher training programs are given a student account user name and pass word to access our members only area of the site where job postings are listed along with other useful benefits available only to graduates; including group insurance. Many of our courses are accredited for professional continuing education (CEC's, CEU's, etc.). If not, we offer documentation for petitioning with your certification organization and we meet the standard requirements.
For courses offered at other locations, click the Course Dates tab above and select the course of your choice from links on the left.
East to West Yoga and Pilates founded and courses created by:
Susie Dias, BA, E-RYT500, PMI
Studying Yoga since 1984, in North America and India, teaching Yoga since 1988, conducting Yoga Teacher Training since 1994, and author of over 45 Yoga Teacher Training manuals
York University: BA, Dance Movement Therapy, 1988; BA, Psychology, 1997
Personally trained by Moira Merrithew, STOTT PILATES, 1989/1992, personally trained and certified in Pilates Mat by Kelly McKinnon, Corpus Pilates, Belgium, 2004
Produced and Hosted Yoga TV Series for MacLean Hunter Cable, 1995; Balanced Yoga DVD, 2003; Pilates Mat Workout DVD, 2006; and many other yoga and pilates teacher training DVDs
