Grant Couture
In 1998 Grant founded 'The Wandering Yogi Studio' in the
Commercial Drive area of Vancouver, B.C. He currently studies
under the guidance of Zhander Remete and Emma Balnaves through
their Shadow School of Hatha Yoga.
Grant has been practicing yoga since 1996. He was drafted to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League when he was 17 years old. Grant went on to University Hockey where he played for the National and Regional Championship hockey team.
After graduating from U of A, Grant worked as an Exploration Geologist in various parts of Northern Canada. In 1991 he received an MSc Mineral Exploration from Queens University in Kingston. Until 1998, he traveled and worked in geology throughout the world exploring for gold and precious metal deposits.
Steve Ilg, www.wholisticfitness.com, who Outside Magazine considered to be 'the fittest human on Earth', trained Grant as a Wholistic Fitness Teacher from 1996 to 2002. Under Steve's direct guidance he learned about Strength Training, Yoga, Aimawa, Chinese Herbs, Native American Tradition, Bodywork, Buddhist Teachings, and Meditation. Immense gratitude is held for meeting and training with Coach Ilg, for helping him See again ...
Through Tom Brown Jr. (Wilderness Survival and Tracker School)
and Malcolm Ringwalt (Earth-Heart Institute of Vision and
Healing), Grant learned Questing and its various manifestations
and Quest Protection. He has also taken teacher trainings
with Ana Forrest, Baron Baptiste, Ifat Erez, and Donna Farhi.
Grant is in the process of relocating to Montreal, Quebec and is currently on break from teaching.
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