Neil Pearson
Neil is a physiotherapist and a yoga therapist who has focused most of his 40+years as a physio helping people with chronic pain. His sessions typically combine guidance in pain self-care techniques, therapeutic exercise, pain science education and hands-on physiotherapy. If you have chronic pain, have been struggling with keeping your body as healthy as possible and you know that some form of mindful movement is needed for lasting benefits, then book in with Neil. And if you are struggling with how much pain is okay while you exercise, Neil can provide the guidance and coaching you need.
Neil joins Cumberland Physio and Yoga, while continuing to work in an interdisciplinary rehab program he co-developed for Canadian military veterans across the country who are living with complex chronic pain and mental health concerns caused by their dedicated service to our country.
Effective pain care requires understanding pain, being shown the right techniques and the right approach to pain care for your unique situation, and being guided with consistency, discipline and compassionate challenges.
Lisa Pearson
Swami Swarupanada
Yoga Therapist, Ceremonialist, Eco-Therapist,
E-RYT500 & YACEP, C-IAYT & IAYT-APD Provider
“Guiding others in remembering their true nature”
I’ve been around the yoga block a few times . I am a Kriya Yoga Swami (Swami Swarupananda) an experienced yoga teacher, a certified yoga therapist, a professional Yoga Therapy Mentor and an Approved Continuing Education Provider as well as a yoga business owner and yoga teaching and therapy school faculty program facilitator.
Whew! I’m tired just reading that!!
I’ve been educating and mentoring yoga teachers and yoga therapists for 35 years. My teaching is gleaned and cultivated from years of experience, and my skillset is quite unique. I inspire greater joy and life balance through the yoga bridging of pain care and spiritual health - which has gifted me such beautiful reciprocity - because yoga has been my path of well-becoming now for 45 years.
A large majority of my work is in virtual classrooms where I facilitate programming in Yoga Teacher Trainings & Yoga Therapy Schools. In my virtual space as well as in person I provide Pain Care Aware Certification Courses and variety of yoga trainings and CE programing to yoga professionals from around the world. I also Mentor a large group of yoga therapy students yearly for Inner Peace Yoga Therapy School, and for the past five years I’ve been offering a deep dive into a 9 month long “Meditation & Spiritual Health Enrichment Program” which begins each fall.
In past years I have owned, directed and worked my tail off in several yoga businesses, from Yoga Studios and Yoga Teacher Trainings to a Therapeutic Wellness Center. And from Online Yoga Programs on evergreen platforms to a Professional Yoga Therapy Training School. As it turns out, I have a knack for the “Yoga biz” and have loads of hard-earned experience to share from my efforts – so, guiding others in yoga busy-ness keeps me buzzing too!
AND/BUT… what I LOVE most and what I really look forward to sharing with the Cumberland Community is teaching in person classes and workshops to curious and ready yoga students! This is my “because” and my “why”; I too am a curious, spiritual yogi, a student of life who lives with persisting pain. Yoga has lovingly, wisely and compassionately accompanied me on a life changing journey of well-becoming and remembering my True Nature.
Beginning Fall ‘26 you can book in person appointments with me @ Cumberland Physio & Yoga for 1:1 Yoga Therapy, Pain Care Coaching, Spiritual Guidance, Healing Touch or Pranic Energy Work / Chakra Clearing. You will also have opportunities to join me in Seasonal Ceremony, Personal Ritual or on a Guided Eco-therapy Retreat.
My Cumberland Physio & Yoga classes, workshops and service offerings are open to all levels of yoga students regardless of experience (including none), as well as dedicated and seasoned or brand-new yoga teachers and yoga therapy professionals.
I will meet you right where you’re at on your journey of well-becoming and walk alongside you, holding a torch to illumine the path.
Lindsay Ishoy
I found yoga on a dare, when I didn't know what else may help all the little aches and pains that were catching up with me in my 20s. The profound impact of my first few classes would forever change the course of my life and career. I set off to India to become a teacher and deepen my self practice, starting with Astanga.
The integration of yoga with physiotherapy has been an ongoing lesson in humility. I have since moved to a more therapeutic approach to yoga that minimizes injuries, restores essential movement and calms our overburdened systems. It begins with building awareness, explores with curiosity how ease is the foundation of building strength and improves mental focus and clarity over time.
TIA ASHLEIGH
My yoga journey has taken me around the world, eventually guiding me to two of India’s foremost traditional colleges of yoga. One philosophy class in India put into words all I was missing in Western-style classes. I learned how important to understand why we are doing what we are doing in yoga class, in order to purposely direct one’s practice with awareness - starting with the physical and becoming ever more subtler. I aspire to the philosophy of presence, awareness and connection in the classes I share with the ethos that yoga is so much more than an exercise.
With over 800hours of Yoga teacher trainings, I work as a Yoga therapist in one-on-one settings to support people in building a conscious relationship with their bodies, physiology, mind and spirit. My work is supported by an academic background in Western Psychology (BA, UVic 2008), and Cultural Studies (MA, Rhodes University, South Africa 2014). I am currently in the process of completing an MA in Yoga Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (2023), with the goal of teaching yoga in universities in the future.