ANGELA JERVIS-READ

E-RYT 500, YACEP

Yoga helped me recover after a spinal injury in the 1990s. The profound impact it had on my body, mind, and relationships inspired me to begin teaching in 2000.

In my first decade as a teacher, I lived in Costa Rica, where I served as Director of Wellness at Samasati Retreat Centre. When I returned to Toronto, I developed the yoga program at St. Michael’s Hospital and taught at The Yoga Sanctuary, Core Studio, and Equinox. Eventually, I opened my own studio in Cabbagetown.

After several meaningful years building community there, I made the difficult decision to close the studio in order to care for my father. Following that chapter, I chose to travel and share my teachings internationally. Over the past decade, I’ve led trainings and consulted in Asia, South America, Central America, Europe, and across Canada. My areas of focus include Somatics, Yin, Vinyasa, meditation, yoga philosophy, trauma-informed yoga, and both physical and energetic anatomy.

My forties were shaped by deep personal challenges—including breast cancer and a total hip replacement. Throughout it all, my meditation practice remained a constant source of support. Today, I am back on my mat and profoundly grateful for this second chance.

As a lifelong student, a Clinical Somatic Therapist and an Educator, I’m passionate about weaving together cutting-edge scientific research and timeless spiritual practices to bridge Eastern and Western healing traditions—supporting individuals in finding inner harmony and contributing to a more peaceful world.
 
Testimonials

Angela has a magical way of creating safe and welcoming spaces, allowing us to explore and turn inward knowing that we’re wholly and lovingly looked after. She holds such a vast amount of knowledge combined with a clear and deep passion for yoga in all its wonderful forms.
Add to this an absolutely unbelievable sense of humour, fun and vibrancy, and you have yourself one incredible being. Angela is quite simply a fantastic teacher.
   - Iain Ross — Yoga Teacher UK

Since 2017 my life has been enriched by Angela’s teachings. Every year I enroll in one of her programs. She is authentic, loving, caring, supportive and soooo much fun!!! Angela has an infectious loving presence about her. Once you start this voyage of discovery with her you don’t want it to end…and it doesn’t as the programs provide a wonderful sense of community. I highly recommend her courses to anyone who has the desire to delve in and immerse themselves to deepen their practice/teach in yoga.
   - Karen Goldman — Yoga Teacher UK

One of Angela’s many strengths is that she is able to discuss complex ideas and have open discussions about difficult topics with great warmth and sensitivity. Even in a large, diverse group with differing life experiences, Angela finds the common ground. She meets students wherever they are on their own journey, gives them room to grow and is wonderfully encouraging. Angela is continually studying, which means her teaching is relevant and up to date, both in style and content. Angela is one of the few teachers I know of who can speak with deep understanding and compassion for people who are living with PTSD, CPTSD and trauma, and is a wonderful source of information on this subject and its relationship with Yoga.
As a teacher, teacher trainer and former studio owner, Angela has a great deal of knowledge to share about the world of Yoga, not just within one community but internationally. She brings a wealth of experience in many styles of Yoga.
   - Eve Machin — UK

I’ve done a lot of yoga trainings and none of those teachers have had an impact on me in the way Angela has. She lives and breathes the information that she teaches and that is so clear in the way she guides others. Her Yin trainings gave me the confidence to not just make changes to my yoga teaching but also to other aspects of my life. There aren’t enough words to express how much you need to experience Angela’s teachings, I promise it will be life changing.
   - Emily Perry — UK

I have learned so much in just one week. There was a perfect balance between the theory and practice, between philosophy and applied knowledge, between western and eastern approaches, between ancient wisdom and modern science. Angela has a special gift to bridge these worlds in a perfect harmony. I have so much respect for Angela and her work, she has so much to share with the world. I think we grow the most when we can openly discuss our realizations and experience of yoga practise and Angela is providing a safe space for us to question and share in order to expand as a person and as a yoga teacher.
   - Hana Fialová — Czech Republic

I have had the pleasure to train with Angela for several years in the UK and in France. I jump at the chance to train with her when I can! Angela’s authentic style is one of the reasons I connected with her as her teachings are invaluable and raw, and I love that about her. It isn’t very often that you connect with a teacher that holds no barriers between the teacher student relationship and instead, shares in a way that enables both sides to grow and evolve as a result. This is how yoga should be shared and Angela does so beautifully. 
   - Laura Barrett — UK

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