hello there

AboutZofia

My name is Zofia Kumas. I am the woman — teacher, owner, administrator — behind Sage Leaf Yoga. I launched this business in 2017 and am delighted to keep offering yoga classes and events to my community in Chelsea, QC and beyond.

Registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200 & YACEP

Zofia standing in her home yoga studio with students resting on mats

my story

Yoga and life, intertwined.

Zofia seated in meditation in front of a Ganesh tapestry

I turned to yoga as a new mother to find my balance in a time of tremendous change. Yoga helped me take better care of myself.

Over the years, yoga has offered me many different tools — for body, mind and spirit — to navigate the ups and downs of life. It has shifted with me, showing its different faces, as I moved forward on this journey.

This is something I have brought with me as a yoga teacher: the idea that our practice is a form of self-care, as well as a training ground for daily life. Yoga shows us how to live more peacefully, more joyfully.

This is why I so enjoy bringing yoga to you in your homes, through online classes, and hosting yoga events in my own home. Because yoga belongs in the home, woven into our daily lives and our relationships.

My goal as a teacher is to share all the gifts yoga has to offer — a healthy body, a peaceful mind, a happy and free spirit — and to show that these gifts are available and accessible to one and all.

an invitation

Come as you are.

You are not too stiff, too old, or too anything to practise yoga.
There is nothing you need to change about yourself.
No fancy equipment or clothing to purchase.
Yoga meets you right where you are, right now, right here.

Yoga does not judge or expect or demand. It simply asks that you practice regularly, patiently, in a smart and safe way. That’s where I come in.

A yoga student in a downward-facing dog variation

training

Yoga trainings & certifications

200-hour Traditional Hatha Yoga Teacher Training (2015), Qi Wellness Yoga
50-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training (2017), Qi Wellness Yoga
10-hour Chair Yoga Teacher Training (2017), Michael Hutkins Yoga
8-hour Yoga for Pelvic Health Training (2018), Shannon Crow — The Connected Yoga Teacher
10-hour How to Teach Meditation Course (2019), Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
The Yoga Sutras Mentorship (2018–2020), Inspired Living with Sylvie Gouin

Other background: BSc and MSc in Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University (2002, 2005).

let’s connect

Say hello.

I’d love to hear from you — questions, feedback, or just to say hi before or after a class.

zofia@sageleafyoga.ca