Fitness + Movement

Jamie Snow is a Toronto-based strength and movement coach with extensive experience in personal training, functional movement and mobility. Her approach goes beyond how much weight you can lift or how hard you can work, focusing instead on movement quality, body awareness and building skills that support how you move through everyday life.

Whether someone is beginning a movement practice, returning after time away or working toward an athletic goal, Jamie brings a thoughtful, encouraging approach to helping people move with greater strength and confidence.

Breanne Schimmens is a certified Pilates instructor whose background in dance and gymnastics informs her contemporary approach to movement. After more than a decade in tech leadership, she turned her longtime passion for movement into a full-time career. Today, she is the Lead Instructor at Jaybird, where she teaches, mentors instructors and helps shape the studio’s class experience. 

Known for her playful, motivating and community-driven teaching style, Breanne creates classes that build strength and confidence while staying welcoming and accessible. Her goal is to help people move with intention, challenge themselves and leave feeling more connected to their bodies. 

Alison Goodwin is a Toronto-based movement facilitator whose work is rooted in creativity, connection and community. A trained dancer who performed for more than 20 years with companies across North America, Alison has since built a multidisciplinary practice spanning movement, the arts, brand partnerships and hospitality. 

A certified yoga teacher and trained sound practitioner, Alison has taught movement and yoga at studios across Toronto for the past decade and has been part of the Jaybird teaching team for the last three years. She also serves as Jaybird’s Brand Partnerships & Community Manager. Today, she teaches movement classes in Toronto and brings her background in dance and creative practice to an intuitive, welcoming approach to movement.

Jennifer Nichols is the founder of The Extension Method™, Toronto’s comprehensive ballet fitness program, and an award-winning Canadian director, choreographer and dancer.

Her career spans stage, film and television, with collaborations including the Canadian Opera Company, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and choreography for productions on Netflix, Amazon, CBC, HBO Max and Crave.

Jennifer created The Extension Method in 2003 to bring the strength, athleticism and artistry of ballet to people of all backgrounds and experience levels.

MJ Shaw has been teaching movement for 30 years across dance, fitness, Pilates and yoga. Before opening Toronto’s SOUL FUEL, she worked as an actor and choreographer and led program development, teacher training and retreats across North America.

An award-winning fitness professional and choreographer, MJ brings serious experience without taking movement too seriously. Her favourite way to move? Put on some music and dance.

Shayna Segal is the owner of Shayna Segal Pilates, a Toronto rehabilitation, Pilates and strength-training studio. Much of Shayna’s practice is focused on rehabilitation, with particular expertise in the shoulder. She has extensive experience working with shoulder injuries, hip and knee replacements, low-back pain and C-section recovery.

Dani is a Toronto-based certified yoga, Pilates and Lagree instructor who has been teaching movement since 2016. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Byron Yoga Centre in Byron Bay, Australia, and has since taught at studios and events across Toronto. 

Her classes focus on thoughtful, intentional movement, with an emphasis on alignment, breath and building strength. Dani brings an approachable, encouraging energy to her teaching and loves creating classes that help people connect with their bodies, move with confidence and enjoy the experience. 

Robyn Thaler-Hickey is a Toronto Pilates instructor specializing in movement and rehabilitation. Her training includes Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injury, chronic pain management, neurological conditions, pelvic health and Pilates for breast cancer recovery.

Robyn is a certified instructor with the Pink Ribbon Program, a Pilates-based rehabilitation program developed specifically for people recovering from breast cancer surgery and treatment. In 2026, she also joined the faculty of the Toronto Lymphatic Academy, developing a course on Movement for Lymphatic Flow.

Robyn’s approach to Pilates is grounded in helping people understand how their bodies move, build strength and develop what she calls a “quiet confidence” in their bodies.

Christy Stoeten is a Toronto-based dance artist and educator whose work is rooted in connection, expression and care. Her career spans performance, choreography, dance film and community arts education.

Christy developed Move AYA, a dance and movement program for adolescents and young adults impacted by cancer through Princess Margaret Cancer Centre’s AYA program. She has decades of experience teaching people across ages, abilities and levels of dance experience and is herself a member of the breast cancer community.

Leslie Hopkins is an occupational therapist, movement educator and Pilates instructor who has been teaching since 2006. A graduate of Western University’s Master of Occupational Therapy program and trained at Stott Pilates, she brings together a deep understanding of rehabilitation, anatomy and movement.

Leslie is also a member of the breast cancer community and has developed movement teacher training focused on bringing greater compassion and care to working with people affected by breast cancer.