Salisa

Salisa has its roots in the Latin word salus, meaning health, safety, salvation, and which is the name of the ancient Roman goddess of wellness and vitality. The divine protector Salus is often represented with a serpent coiled around her arm and holding a dish from which the serpent feeds.

We find echoes of Salisa as well in the Russian tale of Vasalisa, a young girl who learns to trust her own wisdom and intuition when sent into the dark woods. 

In other traditions and languages, Salisa’s various meanings include love, the journey to know yourself better, and to leave your mark on the world. So let us follow Salisa’s footprints into the wild, towards an ever-more holistic, sacred, and loving connection with ourselves, our bodies, each other, and all of nature. 

Meet Your Facilitators

We met in the Amazon Jungle of Peru in June 2021, as fellow yoga teacher trainers for Moksha Yoga Amazónica’s 200-hour YTTs. We quickly became sisters, living, teaching, studying, growing, and exploring the jungle side-by-side, and realized our shared understanding of yoga as a way to dance through life, free our voices, and feel empowered as women and deeply connected to our own nature and to Mother Nature. Our mutual longing for creative collaboration and community blossomed into a beautiful partnership.

  • Co-Founder
    E-RYT 500, YACEP

    I am a curious student, passionate teacher, and lifelong lover of creative movement and expression. As a facilitator, I draw from my background in yoga, dance, theatre, and education to offer explorative movement and meditation practices, weaving together asana, music, mantra, storytelling, and poetry. I teach from my heart, and try to live that way, too, which leads me on great adventures! Over the past decade, I have been around the world, studying and teaching in India, Peru, France, Morocco, Costa Rica, and back in my hometown in Ontario, Canada. I love to learn and have completed over 500 hours of training in Bhakti Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, and Yin Yoga, and am an ongoing student of Hindu Mythology and Tantric Philosophy. I lead international retreats and yoga teacher trainings, as well as kirtan, ecstatic dance, poetry workshops, and kids yoga. I am a certified dance, drama, and language teacher, with two Bachelor’s degrees in Arts and Education from Queen’s University in Canada. I love to read, especially fiction, and especially under a tree or by a river. I find endless inspiration in nature, and love going on long walks, getting my hands dirty, sliding down natural water slides, playing in the waves, and making potions. I’m excited to create with you!

  • Co-Founder

    Sensitive and curious, always ready for an adventure, often in search of beauty, special places in nature, and large bodies of water to submerge myself in. You may find me by rivers, rocks, waterfalls, and long point breaks, most probably muddy and barefoot.

    I am a yoga facilitator with a deep love for organic, playful movement. I believe that moving our bodies in different, fun, and creative ways can spark even more inspiration and joy both on and off the mat.

    I studied yoga in North Sumatra, Indonesia with “Flying Elephant Yoga” and in Costa Rica with “Authentic Movements”. I am always looking for new ways of expanding my knowledge about this never ending journey to the self.

    Since becoming a mother to a daughter, I dove even deeper into the arts and mysteries of the womb, and what it means to carry this sacred portal through life. I now offer Fertility Awareness Method education, as well as sovereign pregnancy, postpartum, and reproductive health support.

    My origins are a mix of Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan, Polish, and Azerbaijan roots. Russian is my mother tongue, and I lived in Russia and Moldova for the first 10 years of my life, before moving to France.

    I speak Russian, French, English, and Spanish.

    I cannot wait to dance with you!