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"Toni and I have talked about doing the Lifestyles section for quite some time and now the time seems right. Toni will be focusing on providing directions to several modalities that you can explore to enhance your quality of life and spirit. For artists, I think a quality lifestyle, especially on a budget, can be beneficial for the creative process to bring alignment to ones mind, body and spirit.

Thanks Toni for standing with us at Coffeehouse."
—Michael Marian, Coffeehouse co-founder.

Toni's words.

"Yoga found me.

Before that I'd been a bit of a dilettante, practicing, but never committing, believing that there was something better out there for me. After lots of competitive sports injuries, and even more competitive sports ego, a diploma in ECE and a little more university exploration, moving from Calgary to Toronto far away from my family and friends, traveling inwardly and outwardly and not finding what I thought I was looking for, I discovered that yoga was with me the whole time just waiting for me to surrender.

Since then I've completed a 250 hour Hatha/Astanga Teacher Training here in TO, I am registered by the Yoga Alliance, I've taken workshop's with David Life, Sean Corne, Todd Norian, Hart Lazar, Krishna Das and will be studying with Desikachar this May in Montreal.

But my most precious teachings have been my lifelong studies with my Mother and Father, Sister and Brother in compassion, forgiveness, grace and love. As well the journey I've embarked upon with my partner Noah, because it is the real thing, good and bad, happy and sad he is always by my side breath by breath, moment by moment."

—Toni Swickis, Butterfly Yoga founder.