20-hr Ashtanga & Anatomy 2026 with Arielle Nash

Arielle has spent over 20 years studying the human body and its response to movement. She is a long-time dedicated practitioner with over two decades of teaching experience. Her teaching is informed by her tenure training elite athletes, formal academic study, wisdom passed down from her teachers, and personal experience. Arielle holds a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, along with an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology.

Arielle has led and been the lead anatomy educator in over 50 yoga teacher trainings, both foundational and advanced. Over the past 20 years, she has been blessed with the opportunity to teach alongside or spend significant time of study with highly skilled senior teachers, including Richard Freeman, Dr. Paul Dallaghan, Sri OP Tiwari, and David Robson. Prior to his passing, she made several trips to Mysore, India, to practice with R. Sharath Jois.

It was her observations of students that led her to inquire deeper into the workings of yoga on physiology and the connections among our psychology, neurobiology, and movement. This inquiry fueled her master’s research exploring the interconnectedness of the human stress response, muscle tension, and pain experience. This, combined with the influence of her teachers, makes her teaching a clear example of East meets West. She highly regards and understands the tradition and roots of practice and the true purpose of yoga as a tool of self-understanding. At the same time, she applies the latest scientific understandings of human function to meet the practical needs of modern yoga students. A constant student of the human body, she supports practitioners and teachers in their journey with a broad and informed perspective.

Adding to her experience, Arielle owned and operated Ashtanga Yoga Victoria for nearly a decade, franchised sport conditioning centres internationally, and runs a yoga-based somatic healing program at a renowned mental health facility. She remains the lead anatomy and physiology educator at the highly regarded Samahita Retreat in Thailand.
Having been at the respected E-RYT500 level for over 15 years, Arielle teaches continuing education courses for yoga teachers and movement professionals, focusing on yoga anatomy, fascial integration, somatic movement, prenatal yoga, and adjustment techniques. She regularly teaches classes in her home city, Victoria, BC, is a faculty member in the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Camosun College, and is a mother of school-aged twins.