“Yoga is like making a great wine. It takes a long time to master the art, the journey is full of challenges but the rewards are so delectable for your body and soul” I started yoga with Andrea about 1 ½ year ago. I've never been in bad shape, but neither would I have considered myself an athlete. Activities and sports such as: Golf, road cycling, downhill skiing and gardening were helping me to stay relatively in shape until recent years. Overworked, overweight and overstressed for an extensive period of time have contributed to erode my physical condition and even threaten my health. I needed something to find balance in my life and get back on my feet. And that’s what Andrea provided me with in her “Core” and “Iron Core” yoga training sessions. At the beginning, I could barely go through a full one hour session. Today, I am attending 3 yoga sessions per week with Andrea. I may never be able to master all the “hips-opener” positions and may be condemned to “sit on a block” forever, but I am continuously improving and as a Type “A” person I will certainly not give up. Thanks to Andrea’s skills, knowledge and training style, I've lost 25 pounds, have a better golf swing and better overall body strength.

I've been taking Andrea's yoga classes for a year and a half now and the difference it has made to my overall health has been remarkable. I've been active all of my life, playing a variety of sports from hockey to cross-country skiing, running to snowboarding and more. On the flip side, I sit in front of a computer all day and that has taken a significant toll on my back.The combination of Andrea's "Yoga For Athletes" and "Iron Core Yoga" sessions have been absolutely essential steps in my road back to health. What's more, Andrea's style and approach leading her sessions make them a pleasure to attend even when that stretch seems excruciating!

I've been practicing yoga with Andrea for many years and her yoga classes are instrumental for me to maintain overall flexibility, core strength and balance. She is an extremely skilled yoga instructor with a incredible repertoire of yoga techniques. Many years of yoga practice strengthened my muscles and allowed me to become and avid runner and biker. Andrea being and athlete herself understands that certain sports can cause imbalances in the body and increase risk of injury, so her classes are designed to improve body alignment and release tension in the body. She is challenging, but gentle at the same time with the same great smile every time. I Highly recommend any of her programs, you won't be disappointed!

All my life I've loved high-impact sports such as tennis, running, step. However, they’ve taken a toll on my knees and I was worried that my active days would be over. I enrolled in Andrea’s Yoga for Athletes class for the first time in 2008, and I swear it’s given me many more years to enjoy my favourite activities. The deep stretches have increased my flexibility and protected my joints. Her instruction is always clear, motivating and fun. In fact, I enjoy her approach so much that this year I’ve enrolled in her iron yoga program, which is giving me greater core strength and balance. By adding these two classes to my regular activities (spinning, tennis and dog-walking), at the age of 51 I feel as though I’m in the best all-round shape ever.

I started taking Andrea's yoga classes two years ago because, after many years of aerobic exercise (especially running), I wanted to also focus on becoming more flexible. It's working: Andrea leads us carefully through strenuous yoga positions balanced with focused breathing and moments for recovery, all with an excellent choreographed flow. I'm really enjoying the combination of yoga and my other workouts, to the point where I'm disappointed if I have to miss a class. This year I'm taking two of Andrea's classes each week and it's really making a difference for me, especially for my flexibility and my core strength.

For more than 30 years running has been the base of my fitness; now it is yoga. I have been practicing yoga with Andrea for 3 years now and it has provided me with a very high base level of fitness so that I can continue to participate in a great variety of activities from running to x-country skiing to rolling on the floor with my grandkids. I feel stronger, healthier and running injuries are now all in the past.

16 months ago I was tired, perpetually stressed, and completely out of shape. Andrea, however, has helped bring greater balance in my life through physical fitness and a proper diet. With Andrea's coaching and support, I ran my first half marathon, started competing in triathlons, and have shed over 30 lbs of excess weight. Andrea's classes are tough, but those who participate get a great workout and develop an Esprit de Corp. Thank you Andrea!

I've been doing Andrea's Hardcore Bootcamp for 2 years now. Since then I've seen a reduction in body fat and an increase in muscle tone. I credit the bootcamp with increasing my running endurance and helping me to achieve half-marathon results I doubt I would have otherwise. Most importantly though, Andrea is a fantastic motivator who knows how to push you hard, all while having lots of fun and blasting the day's stress away! I highly recommend Andrea's Hardcore Bootcamp to anyone looking to increase their overall fitness and have fun at the same time.

6 months ago I couldn't touch my toes, or do a headstand, and now look at me rocking the headstand on vacation in PEI, and winning the head stand competition with my wife! Thanks Andrea!

Andrea [...] has been with [Cognos] for over 5 years and has progressively trained and challenged us in ways we did not think possible. She is by far the best instructor I have ever had and very much look forward to her classes. She started teaching one day a week and has now moved up through high demand to 5 days at Auriga and 4 days at Riverside.In my opinion, and I know many others feel the same way, you could not get a more qualified instructor [...]. She has an amazing qualifications and the classes would not be the same with anyone else.

My teacher/inspiration is Andrea Robertson. She is a yoga instructor part of the year in Ottawa and summers in PEI. The reason she inspires me is because she embodies her practice and beliefs in simple yet profound ways on a daily basis. She has children and introduces them to travel and demonstrates for them what being a complete human is by also maintaining the activities that make her happy. She is an environmentalist and demonstrates this in a number of ways. A few of these are, her preferred mode of transportation (bike), her dislike for waste/plastic, and by introducing people to natural skin care options - just to name a few. Her yoga classes are so intelligently sequenced allowing her students to safely travel into poses deeper than they have before. She works on not only the obvious muscles when creating strength in the body but also the smaller, supporting muscles that are often forgotten about. I feel energized after her classes not depleted and I aspire one day to create that for my students.

I've attended Andrea's Costa Rica Vitality Adventure Yoga retreat the past two years and have attended one of her Mid Summer Vitality Retreats in Ontario. Both outstanding experiences! It can be easy to find envy, self judgement and even jealousy of Andrea's natural strength, unlimited drive and success, but her warm support, genuine encouragement and sprit always leave you feeling empowered, inspired and energized. Very grateful to have her in my sight, my circle, my life.

Thank you so much for facilitating this incredible adventure. I have certainly taken a lot home with me, and I am integrating self-care and open-heartedness into my life. I feel as though a lot has changed, and I am excited to see what happens next in my life as well as in my relationships with my mother and sister. I can't believe how much we accomplished in such a short period of time, and all with the backdrop of beautiful Costa Rica. I think my view of the retreat will come into clearer focus the longer I am home, and the longer I live in this new wellness.

"As someone who does yoga everyday Sculpt provides a necessary balance. It helps add a dimension I wouldn't otherwise get and takes my practice to another level. If you have do eagle legs and then add bicep curls just imagine how easy regular eagle will feel. Sculpt is just fun and different." -Grant Boland

"Sculpt provides numerous useful counter actions that we don't get in regular yoga classes(such as pulling instead of pushing). It also builds strength on top of flexibility. Andrea is the best teacher, her classes are always intelligently constructed and fun! They are guaranteed to leave you feeling better than when you went in." -Yuen Yee