Araceli: The business owner of Angels IJK was born in Nicaragua and speaks fluent Spanish, English, and some Polish. She arrived to Canada in 1988. Araceli was exposed to TV/Radio broadcasting since the age of four, thanks to her parents’ careers and later worked with her father at Community radio in Saskatoon. Araceli has completed extensive Photography training. Later on she furthered her studies into the Health and Beauty Industry by attending The Academy of Esthetics in Edmonton. Where she completed her certification as a Nail Technician, Full Esthetician, and Make-up artist. Araceli is a Reiki Master and a BodyTalk practitioner. She combines energy balancing with any Spa treatment to assist clients in attaining “Inner/Outer” beauty balance. She is a fully licensed and registered AMTWP practitioner. Araceli also instructs Ashtanga Yoga classes. She is also the mother of the 3 Angels of IJK.
Danny: Is from Taiwan. He has studied many kinds of martial arts, chi kung, meditation, and Eastern philosophy over 20 years. Danny has developed his own curriculum including stretching, Qi Gong, meditation, Tai Chi Chu’an, practical self-defense applications. Danny promotes the use of martial arts; benefits of martial arts practice & philosophy to health. Danny's hoping that through Tai Chi and chi kung training, his students can become healthier, calmer and more peaceful.Alina: Is originally from Israel and immigrated to Canada in September 2004. She a fully licenced Esthetician and a graduate of Marvel College, where she completed the full esthetics program. Her specialties include, facials, body wraps and pedicures. She enjoys meeting new people and helping to make them more beautiful and happy.
Valarie: Is an Iyengar Yoga teacher, Bellydance teacher, and Reiki practitioner. She has been a dancer most of her life and has become more seriously involved with yoga within the past 10 years.She loves how yoga has changed her dancing but mostly how it has directed her into the healing arts. Yoga aligns you to your life path so be open to changes in your life. Yoga's many benefits show up in the body as strength, flexability, balance, centeredness. Also reducing pain, healing injuries, and helps prevent illness and disease letting the body heal and function at its highest level. Yoga connects you to the Divine within and to the Divine Source. This is why she combines yoga with her bellydance classes. Practicing Reiki adds a deeper level of healing to the emotional, mental, and spiritual. With all the blessings she has received she now teaches so you can experience this ancient knowledge and all the benefits for yourself. Kristel: After an extensive background in dance, Kristel has found a real passion in yoga, which prompted her to begin teaching. She realized practicing yoga, just as in dance, maintains her strength and flexability but in a safer enviroment. Kristel is a recent graduate of the Yoga Teacher Preparation Program at the Yoga Studio College of Canada where she studied Iyengar yoga. She has also studied Hatha yoga, overseas in Thailand. Kristel's classes are an invitation to discover body awareness, find moments of peace and open your light within.Felix: Originally from Russia and immigrated to Canada in December 2005. He completed medical college in 1984. In 2000 he completed courses of Swedish massage, holistic, pregnancy and sport massage. In 2005 he upgraded his courses in Israel, such as Massage Therapy, Swedish, Therapeutic, Relaxation, Hot Stone, Pregnancy, and Vacuum massage (cupping). He has worked at the Hotels and Spas in Israel (Dead Sea , Eilat, Hamat Gader and Tveria) doing massage and has more then 18 years experience. All his life he dreamed to give himself to the medical field and loves to help people. He loves to learn new things and is always glad to help others.