About Violet Quartz Wellness
Our mission is to aide and support people in positive lifestyle changes through education and empowerment.
Our vision for the future is to be a leader in health and fitness offering to highest standard of wellness counselling and lifestyle coaching which includes kinesiology services, personal training, Reiki, nutritional counselling, and fitness classes.
At the forefront of the complete wellness movement we provide high quality and complementary holistic services, guiding individuals thorough complete lifestyle transformations with compassion and knowledge, reaching and as many people as we can to help make the world a better place, one person at a time.
Erica Otto
Erica is the owner and main service provider at Violet Quartz Wellness and a certified kinesiologist and has a Specialized Honours BA Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto. She is also a CSEP Certified Personal Trainer as well as a Reiki Master and practitioner. She regularly attends conferences, take courses, and is continuously reviewing the latest research in the field of health, fitness and wellness to ensure she equipped with cutting edge information to better serve your needs.
She have been a part of the Squamish community for three years now, and has chosen this beautiful place to live her life’s dream all the while contributing what she can to this wonderful community.
Her life’s passion is health and wellness; Her life experiences are the reason she has chosen this occupation; from being ill as a teenager to discovering how to achieve optimal health. She have personally experienced the benefits of guidance to achieve wellness in all aspects of her life. She love to share her knowledge with others, especially if she can help them help themselves in finding happiness. She loves the work that she does, and feels it shows when she is giving you 110% whether you are her first client of the day, or her last.
She believe nothing is worth doing unless it will bring you happiness. We are the creators our of lives, which when you think about it can mean that anything is possible and all we dare dream is within our grasp. Taking responsibility for our lives and choices we make are among the first steps to transformation.
She bring knowledge, kindness, and humour to her work. With these qualities she genuinely connects to the people she works with, establishing a relationship of support and encouragement to help you find what motivates you in your life. With a positive outlook on life she wishes to leave a legacy of empowerment and transformation for those in the Squamish community who need it to live their best lives.
She was a dancer for nineteen years, has been practicing yoga and weight training for seven years. She skis, hikes, runs, anything that gets her moving, she loves being active.
She has been a Reiki practitioner for seven years, and a Master for four. She has participated in group mediations for seven years and has been leading guided mediations for four years.
She love to dance, to move, to laugh, to learn. Of the many things that she is; she is a seeker of knowledge and truth on her path to find happiness and share her joy with the world.
Other faces you might see around the studio
Jelisa Kerfont
Jelisa is Erica’s apprentice also known as “Gee”, is learning the ways of movement and healing. She comes from a small town in Manitoba, but brings to Squamish her big heart and eagerness to learn, help and heal others. She currently holds a personal training certificate and nutritional coaching certificate. This year she will be continuing her education with rehabilitative movement and energy healing courses and will be teaching some of the classes at the studio. She has a dance background, and enjoys snowboarding. Jelisa brings energy and enthusiasm to to studio, watch for up coming courses and session led by her in the coming months.
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Namaste.
“Live with Intention.
Walk to the Edge.
Listen Hard.
Practice Wellness
Play with Abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with No Regret.
Continue to Learn.
Appreciate your Friends.
Do what you Love.
Live as if this is all there is.”
-Mary-Anne Radermacher
