One of the directors of Ashtanga Yoga Montreal, Allison Ulan has been a practitioner and enthusiast of yoga since 1988. In 1992, she discovered the Ashtanga Yoga method and it captured her heart. In 2000, she began traveling to Mysore, India annually to study with the founder of Ashtanga, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who authorized her to teach the Ashtanga form in its traditional approach in 2002. Along with her weekly classes at Ashtanga Yoga Montreal, Allison leads specialized workshops in asana, pranayama and meditation, which participants have found humorous, challenging, informed and always heart-centered. Allison also brings to yoga a lifelong interest in somatics and Ayurveda, a daily meditation practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, a BFA in Dance from the Juilliard School of Performing Arts and a 20-year career in modern dance. Seeing our lives as ecstatic adventures, she offers yoga as a path of self-discovery grounded in confidence and wholeness.