Brenda Leifso is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher who trained under Sandra Sammartino and Janice Clarfield (prenatal) in Vancouver, BC. She is interested in creating warm, competition-free and community-oriented environments where students can truly connect with their bodies, minds and spirits. She is also a post-secondary English teacher, a poet (her first book is coming out with Brick Books in Spring 2008), and an aspiring potter. She is the mother of one daughter, Anja, and has a special interest in supporting mothers and mothers-to-be.