Our nutritionist, Wendy Akune, comes to us from Vancouver, Canada where she enjoys the abundance of natural beauty around her. She has been practicing yoga for over ten years and is a certified yoga teacher (200 hr) and a registered holistic nutritionist.
She believes that given the right tools, the body has an innate drive towards health and balance. Vihara, the name of Wendy's Vancouver based business, refers to a refuge or abode where monks were able to go to for shelter and food. Similarly, Wendy feels that our bodies are the temples that house our spirit and that with proper treatment through breath, movement and open-heartedness we can begin to discover our inner selves. She feels strongly that by feeding our bodies with clean air, water, and whole foods, we positively affect change in all aspects of our being.
Wendy teaches gentle yoga to people 55 and over, runs workshops, and provides personalized nutritional consultations. Before beginning her path into the field of health Wendy worked with high risk youth. She is grateful for the experience of having worked with courageous young women who faced many hardships and yet pursued ways to improve their lives. After some time working abroad and travelling, Wendy returned to Vancouver and decided to follow her love for yoga and health by completing her teacher training in yoga and graduating from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition a couple years later.
Wendy considers herself to be a student of life and continues to be inspired by the amazing people she meets along the way.
