Andie helps people move, feel, and rewrite their stories through the language of the body.
She is a guide, a teacher, a dancer, a storyteller, and a nervous system whisperer -
devoted to helping people return to themselves, one breath, one step, one story at a time.

Andie's yoga teaching is influenced by her time at TAYS Studio in Halifax, NS, where she studied under teachers such as Mike Munro, Maxine Jeffery, Leslie Bishop, Cléo Burke, Abra Morrison, and Andrea Andriopoulos. Andie also studies closely with Lisa Wimberger, the creator of Neurosculpting® - a 5 step Neuroplasticity meditation practice. Lisa’s work deeply influences how Andie approaches her meditation and movement practices.

Ongoing Education, Always Evolving

Neuroscience Education

Neurosculpting® Institute:
Beginner - 2023
Intermediate - 2023
Advanced – 2023
Neurosculpting® Certification – 2025
Neurosculpting® Development Course - 2025

Speaking

KNOWN: The Live Event by Natalie Davison
Nervous System and Box Breath - November 2024
The Neuroscience of Authorship and Autonomy - November 2025

Yoga, Pilates & Movement Education

BB Studio | Body Balance Studio
100 HR Mat Pilates Certification - November 2025

Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio (TAYS Yoga)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Pranassage® Certification – November 2024
200HR Teacher Training, Hatha Vinyasa – 2015
300HR Teacher Training, Hatha Vinyasa – 2019-2022
Core – 2018
Restorative Yin Yoga – 2018
Yoga Assists Basics – 2018
Opening – 2019
Integration – 2019
Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga – 2019
Advanced Yoga Assists – 2019
Meditation – 2019
Seniors Yoga – 2019
Trauma-Informed Yoga Teaching – 2019
Arm Balancing – 2019
Backbends – 2019
Non-Violent Communication – 2019
Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga – 2020
Grounding – 2020
8 Limbs of Yoga – 2020
Non-Violent Communication – 2022

Additional Continued Education
Reiki Level 1 – 2016
Yoga for Addiction & Recovery – 2016
Reiki Level 1 – 2019
Reflexology – 2022
Hypnotherapy – 2023
Indian Head Massage – 2023
NLP | Neuro Linguistic Programming – 2023
Genetic Nutrition – 2023-2024

Dance Education

Brick Dance Academy (BRICK)
BRICK Level 1: Brazilian Zouk Improvement Course – December 2024
BRICK Level 2: Brazilian Zouk Improvement Course – July 2025

Personal Development & Play

Mind Movement Magic, Denver CO - May 2024
Follower’s Voice Retreat, Santa Fe, NM - August 2024
Elevation Zouk Festival, Denver CO - December 2024
Canada Zouk Festival, Toronto ON - May 2025
Mind Movement Magic, Denver CO - May 2025
Congruence Activation, Neurosculpting, Denver CO - June 2025
Follower’s Voice Retreat, Santa Fe, NM - September 2025
Eudēmonia Summit, West Palm Beach, FL - November 2025

University Education

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Crandall University 2011
Core Psychology Courses
Introduction to Psychology I & II (PS1013, PS1023)
Early Childhood Development (PS2212)
Theories of Personality (PS2033)
Motivation (PS3343)
Language Development (PS3213)
Developmental Disabilities (PS3242)
Introduction to Neuropsychology (PS3463)
Psychology of Attachment (PS3463)
Research Methods in Psychology (PS3603)
Advanced Research Methods in Psychology (PS4613)
Social Psychology (PS3101)
Feminist Psychology (PS4213)
History of Psychology (PS3913)
Theories of Counselling Psychology (PS3813)
Behaviour Disorders in Children and Adolescents (PS4713)
Environmental Psychology (PS3823)
Sports Psychology (PS3202)
Drugs and Behaviour (PS4743)
Supporting Courses in Psychology
Statistics for Social Sciences (MT1233)
Introduction to Statistics (MT1203)
Death and Grieving (PS4703)

Biblical Studies and Religious Studies Courses
Introduction to Christian Thought (PS1033)
Themes of the Bible (RS1003)
New Testament (RS2033)
Old Testament (RS2003)
Christian Spirituality (RS3152)
Kings 1: Israel’s History (RS3163)
Romans (RS3343)
The Art of Biblical Narrative (RS3453)

Additional Interdisciplinary Courses
Literary Heritage I & II (EN1013, EN1023)
World History I & II (HI1113, HI1123)
Introduction to Sociology I (SO1013)
Marriage and Family (SO2213)
Globalization and Current Social Issues (SO3153)
Linguistics II (LI2023)
Introduction to Physical Geography I & II (GG1013, GG1023)
Worldview Seminar (ID4013)

Bachelor of Education, Crandall University 2013
Elementary Education

Core Education Courses
Theories and Practice: Elementary (ED3223)
Theories and Practice: Secondary (ED3213)
Instruction and Learning Processes: Elementary (ED3313)
Instruction and Learning Processes: Secondary (ED3323)

Subject-Specific Education
Literacy Education (ED3113)
Science Education (ED3303)
Social Studies Education (ED3413)
Fine Arts Education I: Music (ED3913)
Fine Arts Education II: Art (ED3823)
Educational Psychology: Inclusionary Practices (ED4103)
Internship (ED5115)

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Andie’s work lives at the intersection of movement, neuroscience, and conscious storytelling. She founded KUUMA Yoga, not as a place to escape life, but as a place to come home to your body, your breath, and a version of yourself that feels fully, deeply human.

Her approach is rooted in somatics and nervous system literacy, weaving together yoga, Pilates, trauma-informed education, Neurosculpting®, psychology, and the rituals that make us feel alive. Whether she’s teaching a hot class, guiding a meditation, mentoring teachers, or holding space 1:1, her intention stays the same:
to help people remember their agency, their autonomy, and their ability to author new stories in their own brains.

When Andie was 20, she lost her dad to an opioid overdose. That kind of rupture doesn’t just break your heart -
it rewires your entire worldview.

For years she carried the weight of that loss, until she discovered the power of Neurosculpting® and conscious narrative. Through these tools, she learned to reappraise the story, not to erase the pain but to reclaim her authorship.

Her healing became her offering.

KUUMA is not just a studio - it’s the continuation of that story.
A space to feel, soften, thaw, and begin again.
A space where grief and joy can coexist.
A space built by someone who knows how it feels to rebuild a life from the inside out.

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Outside the studio, Andie is a full-colour human being:

  • Dancing Brazilian Zouk across North America

  • Travelling solo, especially Colorado, California and Mexico

  • Leading an award-winning team of teachers who care as deeply as she does

  • Running a Yoga Alliance® Yoga School online and in person

  • Building community, not just clientele

  • Integrating and processing as a daily ritual

  • Laughing loudly, dancing often, and making space for sacred stillness

Her life is equal parts discipline and joy, grit and glitter, science and soul.

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Everything Andie teaches is filtered through a nervous system–aware, consent-forward lens.
She honours autonomy, boundaries, and lived experience—especially for those navigating grief, burnout, trauma, or chronic stress.

Her classes feel like:
structure without rigidity
safety without shrinking
empowerment without pressure
spirituality without bypassing

This is the heart of KUUMA’s reputation as an award-winning, trauma-informed movement studio.