Creator, President and co-founder of Essentrics®.

Miranda Esmonde-White is a New York Times bestselling author of the Aging Backwards® series, a world-renowned healthy aging educator and pioneer in the field of stretching. A former professional ballerina, Miranda created the globally-recognized ...

Sahra Esmonde-White is the co-founder and CEO of Essentrics and host of the Essentrics Workout Series created by Miranda Esmonde-White. She has produced over 300 fitness television shows, as well as the award-winning PBS docuseries, Aging Backwards and Forever Painless, airing nationwide on PBS a...

Gail Garceau is an Essentrics Master Trainer and Educator.

Gail has been teaching Essentrics since 2013 and joined the Teacher Training department at the Essentrics Head Office in 2014. She works closely with Miranda Esmonde-White on scientific research and the development of the Essentrics pro...

Maude is an Essentrics Instructor and Essentrics TV workout host. She has been teaching in Montreal since 2013 and joined the Teacher Training department at the Essentrics Head Office in 2014. Maude is responsible for coordinating all events at Essentrics, including fitness retreats, teacher trai...

Amanda Cyr is an Essentrics Master Trainer and Educator.

She began teaching Essentrics in 2013 and joined the Teacher Training department at the Essentrics Head Office in 2015, where her role is focused on expanding and developing the Essentrics program. She works closely with Miranda Esmonde-W...

Laurissa Manning is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor, Exam Corrector and Educator for the Teacher Training department.

Laurissa’s introduction to Essentrics in 2015 was transformative, alleviating chronic pain from her competitive kickboxing days. She became a certified instructor to help her cl...

Bethanne is a certified Essentrics Instructor in Texas with a mission to help people move with strength and ease. For over a decade, she’s helped people of all ages and fitness levels attain strong, flexible, and balanced bodies through Essentrics.

Bethanne has eight grown children and eight gr...

Alexa Leon is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor.

She has been teaching Essentrics since 2012 and has worked closely with Miranda and Sahra Esmonde-White throughout her Essentrics career, assisting at retreats and workshops curated by the Essentrics Head Office. Alexa holds a master's degree in so...

Sasha Alcoloumbre is an Essentrics Master Trainer.

Sasha began his journey with Essentrics in 2010, taking classes at the Montreal Flagship studio with Miranda Esmonde-White while training as a national-level figure skater. He shortly began his certification under her supervision and has been t...

Ellyn Ochs is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor who has been teaching in Montreal since 2016.

She is passionate about sharing this innovative program that supports a vibrant and balanced body and makes fitness enjoyable and accessible for all. She first became interested in movement and well-bein...

Marlène discovered Essentrics in 2012 while searching for a workout to help her overcome severe chronic pain caused by years of competitive fencing. Essentrics became her daily miracle, and ever since she has been passionate about sharing it with everyone she can!

In 2018, Marlène joined the Es...

Meg Feeney is an Essentrics Master Trainer L1 and Educator specializing in Essentrics content and certification curriculum development for Level 1 and L1 Aging Backwards, as well as teacher training support.

Meg holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education from McGill University and ha...

Jenny Bertrand is an Essentrics Master Trainer and Educator devoted to mentoring and training instructors throughout their levels and helping people feel better in their bodies.

She discovered the Essentrics technique on Rocky Mountain PBS in 2002 and fell in love with the program when her ache...

Julia Bentz is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor, Educator and Essentrics TV workout host based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

She began teaching Essentrics in 2013, became a mentor teacher in 2016, and joined the Teacher Training department at the Essentrics Head Office in 2021. Julia’s roles includ...

Lauren Finkelstein is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor and Exam Corrector based in Toronto, Ontario.

She began her Essentrics career in 2010 while completing her Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University. Upon graduation, Lauren taught at the Essentrics Flagship Studio and worked with the Teache...

Dyan DeCastro is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor and Exam Corrector.

Dyan has been actively teaching and promoting Essentrics in Connecticut since 2013. She is an enthusiastic member of the Essentrics mentor team, and enjoys helping build connections within the community, and assisting teachers...

Kathi Bushway has been a Certified and Licensed Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA/L) since 2020. She practices at Rebound Pelvic Health, a physical therapy outpatient clinic in Tupelo, Mississippi, where her role is treating men and women suffering with pelvic floor dysfunction.

She began p...

Danielle de Wildt is the head of Essentrics EU and an Essentrics Master Trainer.

Danielle discovered Essentrics during a retreat with Miranda Esmonde-White in Mexico in 2007. She immediately fell in love with the program for the effective and gentle way it relieved her shoulder and knee pain, i...