NADIA BONENFANT

Nadia is mother to three amazing boys and an avid traveller and yogi. She founded JUNA Yoga in 2011 to create a safe space for women to expand their horizons and discover the power of movement both on and off the mat. She believes that natural landscapes are the best studios and she takes immense pleasure in designing adventure retreats and teacher trainings that blend outdoor sports such as surfing, paddleboarding, skiing and snowshoeing to modern day yoga methodology.

She has been teaching yoga since 2004 and her time spent on her family’s sailboat, the Junasika, has fostered a sense of love for the ocean from early on in her childhood. Inspired by the elements, the season and different geographical locations, Nadia’s classes and trainings are infused with our deep connection to ecosystems. She teaches for numerous events such as Wanderlust Festival, the Lolë White Tour, Expo Yoga and you can read about her work in a variety of Canada-based magazines. Her yoga is dynamic, creative and accessible to all levels. Her studies in Adventure Tourism and Ecology inform how she designs her offerings. She loves her work.

ZOÉ ITURRIA

Zoé is the little thinking hand behind the JUNA keyboard. The JUJU coordinator responsible for answering you and giving you lots of love! She's the curious one who has fun posting pictures that will make you fall for the JUNA gang on the networks, she's the one who spends half of her days in voice messages with Nadia and who accompanies you to the heart of the training sessions, retreats and other projects that are born (from those famous voice messages). She is also a yoga teacher. Graduated from the yoga teaching training with JUNA Yoga (and soon an additional 300h), Zoé dedicates her practices: to self-respect, your cycles and to move in full consciousness. JUNA represents for her this community and this richness that offers us all the chance to live in connection with ourselves, our soul sisters, not forgetting mother GAIA. Ah yes, the French expressions, that's her!

MYLÈNE MONTPLAISIR

Mylène is Nadia’s trusted sidekick in this beautiful JUNA adventure and was her right hand man for 5 years! Always remaining in the heart of JUNA, Mylène is now writing a new professional chapter (pssss follow her on the social media!).

Obviously she is part of the tribes, the roots and heart of JUNA, we owe her a lot, and it was unthinkable to just stop working together, just imagine! We will continue to collaborate together in the future and that’s for sure.

She is also a certified teacher in Yoga, SUP Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Yoga Nidra, a self-taught vegan chef. You can find her for some great Yoga Nidra on Infuse Magazine.

LYNNE TAILLEFER

Lynne is a yoga teacher and our goddess of the kitchen, with a specialty in Ayurvedic cuisine. Originally from Manitoba, she is now rooted in Mont-Tremblant Québec, and she has been catering to almost all of our JUNA retreats and special events since 2011. Her meals are wholesome, delicious and always prepared with so much love!   She also teaches the Ayurveda module in our JUNA Yoga Teacher Training and Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is truly a source of inspiration for anyone willing to know more about their relationship to food and the land.

LYDIA TREMBLAY

Lydia is certified SUP yoga and yoga teacher from the JUNA Yoga (RYS - 200) Teacher Training Program. She’s a long-time friend with a tender heart and a warm smile - we just love having her around! She’s assisted our team on many events throughout the years as well as co-hosted several retreats. Lydia has a Master’s degree in International Relations and Hispanic Studies and holds a full-time position as a Spanish teacher in the Laurentian region.

ANNE-MARIE LAPLANTE

Anne-Marie is our incredible design maven! She takes our wild ideas and beautifies them. She shares her time between growing brands with her freelance business and growing plants on her little homestead farm to feed her family and live in connection with the earth. Besides geeking out on code and visual problem solving, she loves her ashtanga practice and studying yogic teachings in depth. You can also find her behind the lens at one of our travel retreats!

EMY DESSUREAULT

Emy is dynamic teacher with a colourful personality. Several health challenges have led her towards natural, unprocessed foods and products, as well as a more Zen lifestyle. Plants, essential oils and wellness in general make up her daily life and she is always curious to know more. She owns a natural products company which also allows her to accomplish what is close to her heart. Teaching and practicing yoga helps to bring gentleness and calm to her everyday life.

She will soon be completing her formal training in naturopathy, and is certified as a 200 hour yoga teacher with JUNA Yoga. She is passionate about the outdoors and loves to be in nature. The values ​​of the JUNA community blend wonderfully with her own. Finally, Emy also has a passion for tarot and astrology, and is currently in training to push her knowledge to the next level

AUDREY DUFOUR

Audrey is a yoga and meditation teacher, owner of Karma Boréal, a yoga studio situated in northern Quebec, and proud collaborator of JUNA Yoga. She immersed herself in the world of yoga full time in 2017, and opened her own studio, Karma Boréal in 2018. It was at this time that she learned about JUNA and decided to register for our prenatal yoga teacher training. A similar vision was shared, and collaborations grew from then on.

Through her teachings, Audrey strives to cultivate benevolence, creativity and fulfillment, and create a safe space for women to tap into their highest potential and align with their purpose.