About me
I'm a figure skating coach, a yoga and pilates instructor as well as a web developer.
I hold a bachelor and a masters degree in nutrition (University of Montreal), a general bachelor in arts (UQÀM) and a degree in computing sciences.
I have had a passion for movement and teaching my whole life. My other interests include: promotion of health and wellness, psychology, kinesiology, personal growth, travel, art, and writing.
You learn something best when you teach it to someone else. Teaching helps me walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
I practice to feed my teaching and I teach to feed my life.
Figure Skating
I'm a Level 2 certified figure skating coach in dance and free style. I have been coaching since 2001. My highest tests levels are as follows: Gold Skating Skills, Gold Singles Interpretative, Diamond Dance, Senior Bronze Free Style and Senior Moves in the Field.
Did you know I start figure skating when I was 18? It's never too late to learn. According to a Japanese saying, you get old when you stop learning!
My coaching philosophy? Offer a positive learning experience in order to promote:
- the sport of figure skating
- physical development as well as well-being in a fun and relaxed atmosphere
- mental development and a positive self image
- discipline, autonomy and independance
- the practice of physical activity
- the principes de sportmanship
Contact me for more information and my hourly rate as a levell 2 certified coach.
Body and Mind Approaches
Yoga
I have completed in 2007 my yoga teacher training with Lyne St-Roch.
Yoga is an exploration of the body through breath and movement, it liberates by freeing the mind.
My teaching emphasizes inner peace and happiness as well as a strong connection to the earth.
I blend work and play in my classes. I bring my passion for intelligent sequencing and precise alignment to all of my classes creating a challenging yet safe environment for everyone, whether you are a beginner, working with injuries, or a dedicated yogi used to a regular practice.
Pilates
I'm a fully qualified Pilates instructor. I offer private or group mat pilates courses.
The Pilates Method represents a unique approach to exercise that develops body awareness, improving and changing the body's postural and alignment habits and increasing flexibility and ease of movement.
The Pilates method of body conditioning is designed to stretch, strengthen and tone the entire body and is excellent for people of all ages and levels of physical ability. Low impact mat exercises are utilized to strengthen the body's core muscles (abdominal's, lower back, upper inner and outer thigh and buttocks) and improve overall physical conditioning and mind/body awareness.
My qualifications have been gained from Ann McMillan Pilates whom is regarded as a leading health and fitness provider within the industry in Montreal.
Fitness and Personal Training
I am a fully qualified personal trainer and yoga and pilates instructor. As a personal trainer I can help you achieve the following:
- Improve your overall fitness by helping you improve your cardiovascular health, strength, flexibility, endurance, posture, balance and coordination in a safe and fun way.
- Improve your overall health by providing you motivation for developing a lifestyle that places a high priority on health and activity as well as help you brainstorm ways to overcome your biggest obstacles to exercise.
- Focus on your health concerns. Surveys show that 50 percent of personal trainers clients have special medical needs, such as arthritis, diabetes, hypertension or obesity. I can help you with these or other issues, including low-back pain, rehabilitation from injury and pre/postnatal training. Together we can speed your recovery or enable you to reach your health goals.
- Learn new skills. Want to improve your biking stamina, your tennis game, learn to ski, become an in-line skater, golf like a pro, better your skating skills or get ready for a wilderness adventure vacation? An individualized program can improve your overall conditioning and develop the specific skills you need. Moreover, workouts that use your strengths and improve on your weaknesses are efficient and effective.
- Enhance your mind, body and spirit. As a personal trainer who provide mind-body activities, I can act as a doorway to new personal growth. You may uncover new insights about yourself or find potential you didn't realize you had.
- Take charge of your program. I will enable you to select the type of guidance that will benefit you. You can get fit and healthy your way and take ultimate responsibility for your own health.
Courses|Workshops
On demand
I offer on demand various workshops. Here is a sample of my latest ones:
- Pilates for Figure Skaters
- Relieve PMS with yoga and healthy nutrition
- Strenghten your core with yoga
- Yoga as a stress reliever
- Yoga to boost your immune system
- Yogalates: the best from Yoga and Pilates
- Yoga for runners
- Yoga for bikers
- Yoga for active persons ans atheles
In need of an inspiring workshop? Contact me for more information.
Books
September 2011
Launched by les Éditions Broquet, Alimentaire, mon cher Watson ! answers 365 questions regarding food, health and nutrition issues.
An article entitled "Alimentaire mon cher Watson" has been published on September, 13 2011 in the local newspaper "Le Courrier d'Ahuntsic".
My book is listed on the Cuisine du Québec Web site.
September 2010
Edited in September 2010 by les Éditions Broquet, La cuisine, un véritable laboratoire is a book that offers 52 activities you can do in your kitchen to learn about science. It has the advantage to link to the Quebec Primary School Science Program.
On May 7 2011, I have been invited to give an interview for the radio program "Contes de fait" (CKRL).
On November 6 2010, I gave an interview for the radio program "Divines tentations".
An article entitled "La science au menu" has been published on December, 5 2010 in the local newspaper "Le Courrier d'Ahuntsic".
November 2009
In Novembre 2009, I have edited my first book entitled Pensées à se mettre sous la dent (Éditions Carte Blanche).
It is about the too often trivialized act of eating. The book offers 15 different ways to look at the act of eating along with quotations from famous people around the world to remind us that eating is much more than ingestion of food.
The newspaper has written an article about this little philosophical book.
Contact me
Email : info@linascarpellini.com Phone number: 514.385.3257
Don't hesitate to drop me a line, to ask me a question or to send me a comment. I would love to hear from you.
Achievements
- Silver medalist - Adult Canadian Figure Skating Championships (Women Interpretive Event, Sarnia 2010).
- 3 times Gold medalist - Adult Canadian Figure Skating Championships (Ottawa, 2006; Brampton 2008, Fredericton 2009).
- Montreal-Concordia Adult Skater Finalist of the Year (2003 - 2007)