
Cynthia Funk
Founder, Yoga Teacher Training Director / Faculty Member / Instructor
Cynthia offers a warm, open-hearted, dynamic and experiential practice, sprinkled with humour. She combines physical and energetic alignment along with insightful meditation. Fusing her passion for athletics and yoga Cynthia has been sought after by CEO’s, young athletes, pro-athletes as well as Canadian Olympians, engaging them in yoga practice to maintain their high-level competition. She continues to engage in teacher training, to further her skillset each year. Her passion for yoga inspires and motivates her students to reach their goals, whether it be inner peace, body awareness or building self-confidence.
Cynthia began practicing yoga in 1985 in a clear cut. She began teaching in the GTA in 1997 and opened Yoga Sanctuary with her sister in 1999. In 2001 Cynthia became a teacher trainer, creating and teaching the 250 hour Yoga Teacher Training course. She has taught hundreds of people to become exemplary yoga teachers who teach around the globe. Her continued exploration of yoga led to her create and teach in the Advanced 300 hour Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training and she is the Co-Founder of HypnoZen Yoga. Cynthia is also a certified Reiki Master, certified Hpynotist and Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapist and she produced an instructional yoga CD of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga.
Cynthia grew up in the small town of Milton Ont. Always active as a child, participating in any kind of sports activities offered by her schools, it is a natural continuation to explore physical activities as an adult. She attended Queen’s University and the University of British Columbia, to support her education she planted trees each summer and graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts. After returning from attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in LA, she focused her attention on both acting and yoga as a way of engaging authentically with herself and those around her.
She counts among her teachers Diane Bruni, Mark Darby, Dr Kausthub Desikachar, Maty Ezraty, Shri K Pattabhi Jois, Leslie Kaminoff, Hart Lazer, Judith Hanson Lasater, Mark Lilly, Chuck Miller, Jill Miller, Eddie Modestini, Esther Myers, Ramanand Patel, Erich Shiffmann, David Swenson, Doug Swenson, Amy Weintraub and Cora Wen
*Trained in Pre-Natal Yoga