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Master Trainers

Brooke Yantzi

Master Trainer - Canada

Brooke Yantzi ~ Toronto, Ontario

Brooke Yantzi is the Creator of Dancing with Life, which couples her passion for dance with her fascination of the connection of the mind, body and soul. After completing her BA degree in Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier Universiry, Brooke realized she wanted to fuse dance with psychology to help people achieve vibrant health, overcome adversities and have RIDICULOUS fun!

After only one class, Brooke understood the Groove Method’s amazing ability to reach so many people and help them relax into dancing and enjoy their bodies! She now facilitates adult and children Groove classes and certifications full time internationally. Her groove-inspired classes are a mix of dance styles including contemporary, African, hip hop, Latin, disco, swing, krump, bellydancing and so many more.

Brooke is a dynamic and passionate, facilitator, presenter, speaker and Groover which makes her classes and workshops inspiring, transformative and fun. Her philosophy is: “Its not that serious… Just DANCE!”

For class times, information or to contact Brooke please go to http://www.brookejillian.com or email her at brookjillianyantzi@gmail.com.

Gabrielle Coulter

Master Trainer

Gabrielle Helene Coulter (B.F.A. SPEC. HONS.) is a fierce and passionate contemporary choreographer, writer and Groover. Having immerged from her mother’s birthing canal in a fit of wiggles and giggles, she has been dancing as long as she can remember. Under the tutelage of Donna Bayley, she spent over 12 years studying studio dance in the form of hip hop, jazz, lyrical, ballet and hoofing. From there, she obtained her degree in contemporary dance with a specialization in choreography from York university in Toronto. Gabrielle was introduced to the Groove Method at CanFitPro, and her entire world changed. The method’s simplicity and freeform structure has given her the exact platform she has always craved to move her body the way it was made to. Gabrielle became a Master Trainer for the Groove method in June of 2010. Her style is a combination of aggressive hip hop, sexy street and soulful contemporary work. Gabrielle is based out of Montreal, QC and works as a freelance choreographer and Groove Master trainer full time.

Signe Naessing

Master Trainer- Denmark

I’m an adventurous traveler of my own life and the world. I strive to live a life that is enriching and right for me. I love to learn from the life surrounding me. I will take responsibility for myself and my life so I can bring joy and honesty to the people that I work with and the world I live in. I will continuously grow to become a whole, happy, healthy, loving and giving person.

I want to provide opportunities for everyday people to explore what is right and enriching for them so they can move themselves to a yummy and feel good place of mind and body.

I love to inspire and work with people who are open minded, willing to take responsibility, and ready to make positive changes in their lives.

I am passionate about movement and strive to inspire other instructors on how to teach and motivate everyday people to move they body authentic and creately so they can experience the inner glow and joy of dancing and self discovery.

City: Glamsbjerg, Denmark

Signe was one of the first 6 certified Zumba instructor in Denmark. She trained in Sweden in autumn 2009, even before the arrival of Zumba education in Denmark. Since March 2010, Signe lived 100% off of teaching Zumba with her company Zumbalicious. Besides teaching and working with Zumba Signe is personal trainer, fitness instructor and has worked as a Tour leader throughout the world's various mountains ranges, including New Zealand and Europe.

One of Europe's first GROOVE Method Master Trainer, Signe lives her life with the love to teach and show others how to live a life with love to themselves, to live a life with responsibility for their own health and helping others find their own unique expression.

What Signe says about her GROOVE life: For me personally Groove given me a better insight into my way of teaching, I have become aware of other things than I previously was aware of - and for the better. GROOVE has also given me a completely different confidence in relation to being an instructor and I work in a different way with my classes, my own training and my thoughts about being able to deliver the absolute best education every time. What I experience through Groove is that I get so much energy in body and soul and mind. I am happy inside, I cab laughed and move and I feel alive. I get sweaty, trained my muscles and I leave my classes with a good and happy feeling throughout my whole body...and I believe that everybody deserves to feel that way.

Cecily Clarke

GROOVE Master Trainer

Cecily was lucky to grow up in a family that valued physical activity and was already dancing, swimming, skating, skiing and playing soccer by age 5! She went on to play varsity soccer at Queen’s University where she captained the team and was named the Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Her career highlight was her selection to the Canadian student national team that competed at the World University Games in Daegu, South Korea.

Cecily’s background includes a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education and a Master’s in Sport Management. She has coached soccer for 15 years including four years at the intercollegiate level. Cecily now GROOVES the varsity women’s soccer team at the University of Toronto – a blissful marriage of her love for sport and dance!

Cecily truly believes in the power of the Groove Method to inspire active communities and her personal goal is to be a positive role model for all the perfectly “imperfect” and unique people out there! When she’s not playing beach volleyball, tennis, or attempting to “thread the needle” in the middle of a dance circle, Cecily works full-time as a Project Consultant with the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion.

Morgan Toombs

Learning Facilitator - Canada

Morgan Toombs is a Registered Nurse, having earned her BScN (hons) at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her passion and focus both while earning her degree and after fall within the realms of human sexuality and physical fitness.

Currently, Morgan splits her time between teaching and certifying fitness professionals (personal trainers via canfitpro and Groove facilitators via The GROOVE Method Inc.) Additionally, she is creating a newcompany brand called “With B”. This company marries her passions and offers classes, products and workouts all designed to increase the sexual health of her clients – on the physical, social, emotional, and psychological levels. (Check her new sites out: www.sexwithb.com [1] &www.sexercisewithb.com [2])

As a Master Trainer her passion and joy lies within educating traineeson how to make a positive impact in the lives of the people they work with. She is ecstatic to be your GROOVE Learning Facilitator! See you in class (...or should I say...on the dance floor!)

Oonagh Duncan

Master Trainer

As well as being a Master Trainer for the GROOVE Method, Oonagh is a PRO Trainer for Can Fit Pro, certifying personal trainers in western Toronto. She has been working in the fitness industry for ten years and is certified as a trainer and fitness instructor with additional certifications in Pre and Postnatal fitness, Yoga, Zumba, GROOVING with Kids and Les Mills' RPM and BodyPump. She was profiled in the summer 2009 issue of Glow Magazine as a killer trainer for Best Body Bootcamp and was featured in the July 2007 issue of Toronto Life for leading Toronto's hottest fitness classes. She also has an MA in Acting from the East 15 Acting School in London, England and is Creative Director of Oyster Productions, a company focusing on documentary theatre.

Michelle Hillier

GROOVE Master Trainer

Michelle Hillier is the President and Creative Director of fit2dance, and is one of Toronto’s most innovative and engaging fitness instructors, adult dance teachers and educational presenters. Michelle’s Groove-inspired style of teaching is infused in dance styles such as hip hop, african, bollywood, disco, latin, swing, krump and more! Michelle has been featured on Cityline, Homemakers Magazine, 680 News, OMNI TV, The Toronto Star, Breakfast Television and is a Lululemon Fitness Ambassador and Groove Method Master Trainer. Michelle holds a B.A., B.Ed. and Dance Education Specialist designation. She is a also a trained professional dancer whose performing has taken her all over Canada and the Caribbean on cruise ships and in musical theatre.

Michelle is a passionate teacher and advocate for children/youth fitness, wellness and movement; her fit2dance workshop programs are currently implemented in hundreds of schools across the province. All school programs focus on creating a safe space for students to get active through dancing/grooving, building their self-esteem and practicing age-appropriate meditation techniques. Creating and leading master workshops, Michelle teaches dance courses for educators at York University and has written the Dance lesson resources for the new Ontario Physical Education and Health Association curriculum.

Michelle’s enthusiasm, passion for people, and innovative teaching practices, make her classes and workshops exciting, interactive and memorable!

Rhiannon Webb

GROOVE Ambassador- Victoria, Canada

City: Victoria, B.C.

A Quick Fun Unique Fact About Rhiannon: I'm addicted to learning languages!

Why Rhiannon LOVES to GROOVE: The opportunity to discover the joy of your own unique movement and ENJOY movement in a group setting sparks such a deep level of joy and wellness. Grooving leaves room for people to shine! What's not to LOVE?!

Why Rhiannon LOVES her local community: For a relatively small city, Victoria is home to so many incredibly talented people. This is a haven for artists and entrepreneurs and there is a rich sense of supportive community here. We enjoy the features of being an international tourist desitnation while still finding that most people are only one or two degrees of separation apart.

Rhiannon's vision for where she'd like to take the GROOVE in her local community: With the sense of community that can thrive in Victoria, I would love to see the different ways Grooving can be used to strengthen those bonds (events, GROOVEmobs, collaborative classes...). Bringing people together and encouraging health and joy will always yield wonderful things. I would love to see the population of Groovers grow and establish itself so that we can eventually be a destination for larger GROOVE events which can contribute to the health and wellness of a larger population. The more people there are who can take the benefits of Grooving into the rest of their lives, the stronger and more positive our world will be!