About the Founder

Terry Quaglieri, Hons BSc, CYW

Founder and Lead Instructor, Kids Wellness Yoga
Canadian Yoga Alliance Certified Children’s Yoga Teacher, CYA-RCYT

Terry is a Child and Youth Counsellor with over 20 years experience working with children, youth and their families in a variety of settings including group homes, hospitals and schools, supporting social-emotional learning, mental health and well-being, and personal growth and development.

Terry has also been a yoga and mindfulness student for over 20 years. She believes that yoga is a lifelong journey to living one’s best life and discovering one’s authentic self as it embodies the unison of mind, body and soul.

While working in schools, Terry introduced a Yoga Club for students in gr. 1-8. Many students that were experiencing personal or family stressors, anxiety, depression, dysregulation, or social challenges, the Yoga Club gave them a welcoming and supportive space to just BE in each moment.  Terry loved how excited the students were every week to participate, and it was amazing to see how they had fun and were able to feel happy, calm, and more self-aware.

Terry believes that children and youth everywhere can benefit from yoga and mindfulness.  Yoga is a way of life that celebrates honouring your body, mind, values and beliefs, connecting you to community and the natural world.  Through yoga and mindfulness you learn to live your best life, authentically.  That’s why Terry started Kids Wellness Yoga.

When not practising yoga, Terry enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking, travelling, enjoying great food, writing and photography.