Our Team

Dawn Sharman

Dawn is a passionate health practitioner with a lifelong dedication to helping others.
She began her career in complementary health in her 20s, studying Shiatsu, Therapeutic Touch, and Reflexology before becoming a Registered Massage Therapist in 1999. Her early focus was on supporting women through pregnancy and childbirth, balancing clinical practice with teaching and doula work.

In 2009, she became a certified yoga instructor and opened a healing arts studio in Vernon, BC. After moving to Alberta in 2014, she took on the role of Principal at the Alberta College of Massage Therapy and later helped establish the Manual Osteopathic College of Canada (MOCC), graduating from the program herself in 2018 as a Manual Osteopathic Therapist.

Dawn also served as a national accreditation Surveyor for the Canadian Massage Therapy Council for Accreditation (CMTCA) for 8 years. In 2020, she joined CMMOTA, where she developed and now leads the School Approval System (SAS) and directs the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) program.

In pursuit of deepening her clinical skills, Dawn completed a 2-year training with Body Intelligence and became a Biodynamic Registered Craniosacral Therapist in 2024. She now offers a specialized continuing education course for healthcare professionals focused on the vagus nerve.

Ula Czumaj

Originally from northern Poland, Ula is an Osteothai practitioner, certified Thai Massage Therapist, and RYT-200 Ashtanga yoga teacher. Since first studying yoga in Rishikesh, India, in 2018, her path has taken her all around Asia, Europe and the Americas where she teaches, plays, learns, and exploring different approaches to movement, healing, and wellbeing.

While living in Sumba, Indonesia in 2019 Ula was introduced to traditional Indonesian bodywork. The experience re-sparked a fascination with bodywork and a visceral remembering of touch. In 2020, she met her teacher Pau Castellsagué, who introduced her to Osteothai: a practice that weaves osteopathic listening with the rhythms of Thai bodywork. His work profoundly shaped her approach and deepened her understanding of bodywork as both an art and a practice of presence.

Drawing from Osteothai, traditional Thai massage, yoga, and mindfulness, Ula's sessions combine rhythmic movement, stretching, compression, and gentle mobilizations in a way that is both grounding and meditative. She is particularly drawn to the quiet dialogue that emerges during a treatment practitioner and client moving together through breath, rhythm, and attentive touch.

Clients often appreciate not only the physical benefits of the work, but also the quality of presence Ula brings to each session. With curiosity, warmth, and careful attention, she creates a space where people can slow down, breathe more deeply, and reconnect with themselves. Whether supporting recovery, easing long-held tension, or simply offering a moment of rest, her sessions are rooted in deep attention and care.

For Ula, bodywork is not about fixing. It is about meeting people where they are and supporting the body's natural capacity for balance, resilience, and ease. Off the mat, she's a poet, tennis player, nature enthusiast, and a total cat lady.

Kylie Rodger

Kylie is a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P.), registered in good standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners of British Columbia (CTCMA). In Kylie’s practice she aims to collaborate with you to achieve your health goals. Your body holds the innate wisdom to heal itself, but we could all use a helping hand from time to time. Kylie uses acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to give your body support and guidance to initiate its healing process.

The guiding philosophy for Kylie’s practice is to provide a safe, inclusive, compassionate, and empowering space for individuals to be seen and heard, to decompress, and to blossom into their greatest vision for themselves. Kylie has general practice which tends to focus on digestive health, mental and emotional wellbeing, gynecological health, stress, fatigue, pain, and the maintenance of good health.

The herbal formulas used within Kylie’s practice come from the Shānghán Zábìng Lùn 傷寒雜病論 which is the works of Zhāng Zhòngjǐng 張仲景, a Chinese physician from the Han dynasty. She studies the Lóngshā Xuépài 龙砂学派 lineage with Dr. Eran Even, Dr.TCM, Ph.D. who teaches Jīngfāng 經方 Classical Herbal Medicine as taught by Professor Huáng Huáng 黄煌, his doctoral advisor from the International Jingfang Institute of the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.

The style of acupuncture that Kylie most often utilizes is called Neoclassical Acupuncture. This style involves the palpation of the abdomen and acupuncture channels of the arms and legs to assess how the qì is flowing within the body. This allows one to find areas where the qì isn’t flowing optimally. The body is the guide for treatment and it gives instant feedback after needle insertion so we can assess how things are changing in real time. This system often uses minimal needles which is wonderful for needle sensitive folks, and often patients report dropping into a deeper state with this style.

Jamie Stuckel

is a dedicated wellness practitioner with extensive training in Somatic Movement Education (SME). Self-motivated by nature and her own journey of overcoming lifelong back pain, Jamie empowers clients to reclaim their vitality to live pain-free. Her SME training is based on the pioneering work of Dr. Thomas Hanna, who developed Clinical Somatic Education to retrain the nervous system, release tension, and improve mobility and well-being.

Jamie challenges conventional views on aging by emphasizing a holistic approach that addresses both physical and energetic dimensions of well-being. "It was clear to me at a very young age that my health was a direct result of my choices. I knew that I wanted to live a healthy life."

Meeting Jamie feels like bumping into an old friend you hadn’t realized you were missing.  Her warmth and open demeanour align perfectly with her practice.  In addition to being a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with specialized training in Yin and Chair Yoga, Jamie is also trained in Access Bars. She is excited to share her somatic education and holistic approach to better health.

Whether you’re an athlete, yoga enthusiast, or just seeking to move without pain, SME is for everyone. All life events and experiences shape physical patterns in the body, and SME helps address and improve these patterns. All you need is a mat, a willingness to learn and a desire for better health