Chris and her family have lived in Oakville for over 20 years. She has four children and a granddaughter. She has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan and taught handicapped children within the Halton School Board area for several years. Chris has been certified by Sheridan College in the Yoga Instructors Program. She participates as an advanced student in Tai Chi, Chi Kung and Meditation classes through Ilse Gordon’s Center of Awareness. She studied Nutrition for Healing in the U.S. and Canada. She has been practicing yoga for 19 years and teaching for nine years.

Chris’s yoga class at the ORC focuses on healing and relaxation by incorporating the yoga asanas, yoga philosophy, and some Tai Chi and Chi Kung exercises to create a program to complement the other fitness programs at the club.