For our patrons, the following Dunbar instructors have provided some information about themselves and their recreational backgrounds.
Toni is a certified Cycle Instructor, Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor, as well as a Pre & Post Natal Fitness Specialist. She has been in the fitness industry for over a decade. A fitness enthusiast, Toni is a Vancouver Marathon finisher and regularly competes in half-marathons and 10Ks throughout the city.
I have been teaching Indoor Cycling for 8 years. I currently teach at Dunbar on Saturdays at 8:30am and Sundays at 7:30am. Helping people achieve their fitness goals has been my life for the past 15 years and I absolutely love it! I love to push all my clients to achieve their health and fitness goals. I’m fully certified to teach and train Indoor Cycling, Personal Training, Bootcamps and Yoga.
Rocio has more than 10 years of experience in the fitness industry. She presents at workshops: “gliding fitness” at the YMCA and “Gliding Into Yoga” at the Arbutus Club. Rocio is a BCRPA certified group fitness instructor, third age instructor, yoga teacher, Osteofit instructor, workshop presenter, certified indoor cycling instructor and salsa teacher.
Casey grew up playing sports but didn’t make fitness her career until 2004 when she graduated as a mature student with a degree in Human Kinetics from UBC. She is a BCRPA certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor and has been working for the Vancouver Park Board at the Dunbar Community Centre for 12 years. Casey is a gym rat and loves teaching classes!
Alannah is a BCRPA registered Fitness Leader since October 2004, a Personal Trainer certified to teach Yoga and Pilates and teaches group fitness classes. I am highly knowledgeable in pre & post natal fitness (I have had 2 successful pregnancies 2008 & 2011). Before becoming a Fitness Leader, I was a martial artist, intensively trained in Kung Fu Shaolin.
Indira is a professional figure skater, ballroom dancer and fitness leader certified through BCRPA and the NCCP. She enjoys walks on the beach and enjoys bringing a smile to everyone’s face!
Maureen is a BC Recreation and Parks Association Certified 200 hour registered yoga teacher. Yoga is my daily time to reconnect with my body, mind and soul. I love the balance between effort and ease, using the power of the breath, our vital life force. After a knee injury sidelined me from my very active and physical daily activities, Yoga was my salvation.
Kristiina is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Teacher, Yin Yoga Certified, BCRPA Yoga Fitness Level 2 and Group Centergy MOSSA Instructor. She has been teaching for over 10 years in the following formats: hatha, yin, gentle and a vinyassa flow style class. At Dunbar she teaches Hatha Yoga on Monday nights.
Jennifer is a Vancouver based registered massage therapist and group fitness instructor since 2001. She is a BCRPA Supervisor of Fitness Leaders and has been teaching at Dunbar Community Centre for the last 5 years. The focus of her massage therapy practice is on injury prevention, and rehabilitative care, and in the gym these principles get mixed with some music and lots of fun.
Keiko’s fitness career in Canada began in 2011 as a personal trainer. She has worked with persons of all ages on both land and in the water to improve her client’s posture and flexibility. Flexibility is the new sexy! Her fitness experience began with gymnastics, progressed to karate and later developed into dancing. Keiko’s philosophy: Laugh – it’s the best exercise!
Doug’s relationship with the fitness industry goes back almost 30 years. Most recently he and his partner owned and operated Spartacus Athletic Club in Vancouver’s Commercial Drive area. They offered spinning classes at their gym and that’s when Doug began as a Spin Instructor. He’s been teaching now for 18 years and is Schwinn certified. Doug’s past also included about 25 years of working in private radio as a disc jockey so his music playlists for his spin classes reflect that. When he is not spinning, he’s on a regular bicycle a lot, working out at the gym or working at his hobby – photography.
Mike has been teaching indoor cycling since 2013 as a way to share his enthusiasm for cycling and fitness. As a recreational athlete and adventurer, he has trained for and competed in XC Mountain bike and Gran Fondo road events since 2000. A cycling accident in 2012 led Mike to refine his approach to cycling, placing greater emphasis on set up, posture and technique. Expect a well-structured work out with intervals to develop Speed, Strength, Power and Endurance. When Mike isn’t in class, he can be found enjoying cross country and downhill skiing, standup paddle boarding and surfing. He is also passionate about coaching youth softball.