About

Meet Marla

Marla began life as a professional dancer in 1990 after graduating from the Professional Ballet School of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. She joined Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and was fortunate to travel the world performing in over 18 different countries. In 1994 she Moved to the USA to join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, finally returning to Canada in 1998.

Soon after returning to Canada Marla began to study and teach Yoga. Diving into many styles of yoga, from very gentle restorative to more athletic Ashtanga. After a few years of slowing down to have two children, Marla picked up her studies again. Studying and training in Dynamic Anatomy with Eric Franklin. Then training for several years in Pilates with Diane Miller at The Vancouver Pilates Centre. After discovering the ELDOA™ Method, Marla felt she had found an incredibly powerful tool to help people make big changes in their overall health. Marla is now one of only three Level 4 ELDOA™ Method Trainers in Vancouver.

Marla has been studying Buteyko Breathing since 2019, and has recently become an official ‘Buteyko Educataor’. Marla is passionate about helping people feel more free and strong in their bodies by educating and directing them to learn through practice, and by sharing tools that promote independence. The goal is to feel long, loose, strong and free! She currently teaches out of Thuja Wellness as well as The Still and Moving Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

You can now join her online classes from anywhere in the world!

Marla currently lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada with her two children and Sasha, their cat.