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WELCOME
As a former competitive athlete, Catherine is always finding ways to improve health and mobility. Over the past 25 years she has worked in health & wellness with personal training, instructing yoga and pilates, leading meditation classes, offering Massage Therapy and now as a Manual Osteopath. She has enjoyed working in communities, in clinics, in Canada and abroad, and currently has a home based clinical practice. 

EDUCATION

  • Canadian College of Osteopathy: 5 year education and thesis; 4000 class hrs, clinical hours, & thesis

  • Canadian College of Massage & Hydrotherapy: 2200 class hrs + 330 clinical hrs

  • University of Western Ontario: Bachelor Degree: Health Sciences & French

  • Biodynamic Osteopathy: Phases 1 to 3 

  • Endocranial Spasms: Levels 1 to 4

  • Quantum Healing Program 

  • Advanced Fascial Treatments

  • Vipassana Meditation Practitioner: 2006 to Current​

  • Yoga Teacher Trainings; 1000+hrs: Sivananda, Ashtanga, Hatha, Yin, Restorative 

  • Pilates Teacher Trainings: Mat, Reformer, & Gait Analysis 

  • Personal Training Certificates

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​MOVEMENT & MEDITATION

From a young age, movement has been medicine. I competed in a variety of sports and loved training and improving performance. In my 20's, my sister got me into mountain biking and I fell in love with the sport. Soon afterwards we joined a local triathlon club and had fun training and racing. After several injuries while running, I switched my focus

to road cycling.

 

As a late bloomer to competitive cycling, my progress was fast. It felt natural. I contacted my first cycling coach and he pointed me in the direction of para-cycling due to a birth defect in my feet. After 6 months of training and my first International event, I met National Standards cycling at 38.5k/hour in a 25km Time Trial. I was classified as a C5   para-cyclist and placed 2nd at Nationals. Due to injuries, my para-cycling career was cut short but I am grateful for the experience, coaches, and athletes I met along the way. While training at an elite level, I learned first hand about the importance of rest and recovery, sport psychology for a competitive edge, and food as fuel for performance.

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For over 2 decades I have had a daily meditation practice. After trying several types of meditation, I have found Vipassana meditation to be a pure form with deep, long-lasting, transformative benefits. 

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as a manual therapist Catherine is eager to help patients identify neutral and reconnect with primary respiration for whole body health.

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