Hi, I’m Gillian
I’ve been training people to lead for over 30 years — from BodyPump to yoga teacher trainings — and I’ve guided everyone from everyday seekers to high-level industry leaders. My work has taken me across the globe, including giving talks in Costa Rica, where I spoke on unmasking and authentic leadership.
My coaching blends ancient and modern wisdom: I’ve studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and developed an approach I call embodied learning. In practice, this means helping people map physical pain and stress as signals from the inner self, using breath and awareness to re-orient toward resilience, clarity, and purpose.
I’m passionate about shifting the way we deal with each other — moving corporations and individuals alike toward more human-centered, planet-oriented practices. At the heart of my work is the RADIAANCE framework, a map that combines sacred geometry, psychology, and somatic awareness to support growth and transformation.
What clients tell me they appreciate most is my ability to make the invisible visible — whether that’s reading the patterns a body holds, uncovering what’s been stifled in someone’s voice, or finding the thread of meaning in a time of change.
If you’re ready to reconnect with yourself, lead with integrity, and bring more humanity into your work and life, I’d love to walk alongside you.The practices I teach are an exploration of the geometry of the body and it’s eco system, which has the potential to heal and reconcile with itself.
And one more, magical secret:
our journey is being guided by the refined navigation system of our personal abode.
Do you speak its language?
TESTIMONIALS
"I had the pleasure of attending Gillian’s talk The Pursuit of Happiness – and How to Close the Gap at the Gross Global Happiness Summit, hosted by the UN-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. Gillian is a radiant speaker who walks the talk. With her unique perspective on embodied wisdom, she inspires audiences with deep insights, humour, and a powerful reconnection to the body. A true eye-opener - highly recommended!”
IRINA NAITHANI
Founder, WeRise
Executive Coach
Education & Certification
Heilpraktiker Ausbildung (Study of Naturopathy - Dr. Klaus Jung) 2023-2025
A Study of Daoism (Kyle Henry, New York) 2020- 2023
Yin Teacher Training 60 Hours (Jo Phee, Singapore) 2021
TCM Meridian, Acupressure & Moxibustion 60 Hours (Jo Phee, Singapore) 2020
Body Reading Methods (Nevine Michaan & Abbie Galvin) 2015 - 2020
Katonah Yoga® 300+ Hours (Abbie Galvin, Dages Keates, Ivy Ray, Nevine Michaan, Harriet Schreger, David Regelin, New York) 2014 - 2018
Pilates Certification (PilateSwiss, Zürich) 2014
BDY 500 Hour ( Frankfurt) 2013
E-RYT 200+ Yoga Alliance Certification (Shankara Darby, Montreal) 2011
Maya Yoga Vinyasa Fusion Intensive (Nicki Done, Cologne) 2010
Ashtanga Yoga Intensive (David Swenson, Munich) 2009
Addiction Rehabilitation Training (Bellwood Health Services, Toronto) 1987
Personal Training Certification & Coaching (American Council on Exercise) 1988
Fitness Leadership & Nutrition (Humber College,Toronto) 1988
Graphic Design Diploma (Humber College,Toronto) 1987-1989
Tourism Industry Administration Diploma (Seneca College, Toronto) 1984-1987
Hatha Yoga Introduction (Sutton District High School, Sutton) 1983
Transcendental Meditation (Franklin Public School, Markham) 1978
The Movement Practice
Gillian possesses a warm sense of humour and an innate ability to read her students. She assimilates intuitive and functional elements from Yoga, Breath Work, Meditation, Qi Gong, Pilates, and Fitness into a smooth, continuously changing practice. Her spirituality and wisdom are born of a great curiosity for the intersection of eastern philosophies and modern science.
Laden with humour, metaphors and insight, Gillian weaves her abundant creativity and the body's own magic geometry into a practice which potentiates self-awareness and self-healing.