Ann Kilbertus
Ann has been a student in the Iyengar Tradition since 1984 when she began her learning through regular classes in Victoria, BC. A teacher-student relationship with Shirley Daventry French gradually evolved into one of mentorship and friendship. Ann started teaching in 1988. In 1992 and 1997 she travelled to India for Canadian intensives with BKS and Geeta Iyengar. For the next 20+ years she returned every couple of years to study in classes with the Iyengar family at the institute in Pune. Her training and practice as an Occupational Therapist have offered a valuable contribution to further understanding of this work. Ann continues to serve locally, mentoring teachers, on the board of our IYCV and nationally with IYAC/ACYI (since its inception). For 10 years she taught a credit course on Yoga at the University of Victoria. Ann’s teaching of asana and pranayama is insightful, lively, and accessible. She integrates the philosophy of Yoga through the lens of her own understanding in a natural way.
Certification: Level 3

Johanna Godliman
Johanna is grateful to be teaching at the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria, benefiting equally from participation as a teacher and as a student with the many different and highly skilled teachers, resident and visiting. Johanna became interested in yoga in her early art school days. In 2008 she joined the IYAC community and attended the Penticton AGM and workshop with Geeta and Abhijata Iyengar. BKS Iyengar’s rich teachings affects how she thinks, feels and embodies the discipline of Yoga.
Linda Benn was her original mentor.
Certification level: Level 2

Ty Chandler
Ty has been studying yoga since the late 80s and brings her years of dedicated practice, precision and devotion to her teaching. Ty resides in Victoria, B.C. where she is a long time student of Shirley Daventry French, practices and teaches at the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria (she is a teacher mentor and member of the program committee), the YM/YWCA of Greater Victoria and Saanich Commonwealth Place.
She serves as a national assessor for the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada.
Ty has made multiple trips to India and France to continue studies with the Iyengar family, Faeq and Corine Biria. Offering retreats in Mexico, Sooke B.C. and online, Ty shares her love of the yoga path through focused discipline, curiosity, warmth and generosity.
Certification: Level 3 (Sr. 1 in 2017)

Leslie Hogya
Leslie has been teaching in Victoria since the early 70s and has been active in the local centre since then. She has studied in Pune at the RIMYI many times since her first trip in 1985. Her most recent trip was in December 2018. Over the years, she has been able to study in person and now via the virtual world with the Iyengar family and other senior teachers around the world. Leslie is an advisor to the Iyengar Yoga Centre Board. Leslie also serves as an assessor, and on other committees for the national Iyengar association (IYAC/AYCI). She continues to study the philosophy of yoga and uses her ability to bring these teachings down to earth for seminars on the relevance of these teachings in our everyday lives.
Certification: Level 3

Wendy Boyer
‘Yoga lives through humanity. I am confident that the beauty of yoga will survive as long as there are ardent seekers.’ BKS Iyengar
Wendy’s yoga inspiration was her mother, Anita, who begun studying yoga when Wendy was a high school student and she practiced until she died at the age of 93. In 1991 Wendy took her first class at the Y with Shirley Daventry French and knew that Iyengar yoga was something she would do for the rest of her life.
Wendy started teaching in 1996 under Shirley’s mentorship. Wendy currently studies with our local teachers and with international teachers online. Her yoga classes are challenging yet fun, keeping students returning for more. Yoga practice, teaching yoga and managing the Centre are the daily practices of her life.
Certification Level: 2

Marlene Miller
In 1975 Marlene began practicing and studying the art of Iyengar Yoga. She has been teaching since 1979 in the Victoria region. Marlene first went to Pune, India in 1982 to be taught by the yoga master Sri B.K.S. Iyengar and family. During the ensuing years she has returned to RIMYI several times, and continues to attend classes and workshops with senior Iyengar teachers locally, nationally and internationally. Marlene is a mentor and an active member of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada.
Certification: Level 3

Adia Kapoor
Even though Adia’s Indian grandmother practiced yoga every morning and Adia tried yoga in the 90s she didn’t develop a personal practice until she encountered the Iyengar Yoga community in Victoria in 2001. Thanks to Iyengar yoga, Adia learned to touch her toes, stand up straight and manage stress and back pain from hours at her desk/phone/computer.
The structure and discipline of Iyengar yoga provides the tools to lead a healthier, more purposeful life. Adia was inspired to share these gifts with others so started the teacher apprenticeship program in 2010. She has studied directly with the Iyengar family on numerous occasions in many different countries. Through the study and practice of Iyengar yoga, Adia aims to provide her students with approachable tools to manage modern life.
Certification Level 2

Brandy Baybutt
Brandy has been practicing yoga for nearly twenty years and discovered Iyengar Yoga in 2000. She became certified as a teacher under the mentorship of Ann Kilbertus and has been teaching since 2012. She spent many years as a professional dancer and dance teacher which provided a background working with the body/mind connection. She found the practice of Iyengar Yoga incredibly insightful and was excited to help students explore the subject. She is inspired daily by these teachings and is ever grateful for the wealth of knowledge that the senior teachers at the Victoria Iyengar Centre bring forth to the community. She is continually inspired by the ways in which Iyengar Yoga leads one to further self-discovery. She operates an Iyengar yoga studio in Sooke.
Certification: Level 2.