I'm Billie, my pronouns are they/she and I'm on Haudenasaunee, Mississauga and Wendake-Nionwentsïo land. I'm a non-binary, queer, trauma survivor who loves plants, and hates pancakes.
I'm an anti-diet yoga & fitness coach who is disrupting the norm and going against the grain. I'm throwing diet culture, spiritual-bypassing and other exclusive narratives into the trash, because you deserve better.
After years of hating your body, you deserve a movement class that helps you learn to check in with how you feel, instead of how you look. A class that frees you from expectations and empowers you to take what you need and leave what you don't.
If that sounds scary, whether it's a group class, or coaching, I lead with an open heart and I will walk through all the scary shit with you. I use what I've been through along with my 600+ hours of training to hold a safe, inclusive space for this rebellious movement.
Declare freedom from diet culturey, feeling-shaming horseshit and move your body for better reasons than weight-loss. Like your emotional health, to increase your mobility and strength and to feel good in your body for longer.
I hated my body from a young age. I exercised to punish myself, obsessed over food, struggled with self-harm and eating disorders for most of my life. I engaged in all different types of self-damaging behaviours because I didn't know any different.
I grew up held too tight, forced to be too small and too silent, in a box made of emotional abuse, childhood sexual abuse and trauma; and the tool that made the biggest difference of all? It was yoga.
My mat was the very first place I felt safe, and the first place I learned to experience what it was like to feel my body, to feel safe to exist in my body. It felt safe to connect to movement and breath, to learn to feel and to breathe, to love and to rebel. I rebelled by laying down or taking different poses if my body needed it, even if the teacher tried to discourage it. I rebelled by existing in my ow
n body however the fuck I wanted to, and with help, find peace with my body as it existed, after a lifetime of fighting it.
I didn't think it was a big deal, not at first...
...All these tiny tools and tiny moments of freedom I stole on my mat - that is, until I look back.
Tiny big deal moments meant I could actually feel what it was like to be in my body, to feel my muscles, my legs, my feelings. I could hear what my body wanted: “hey, I need to rest, I need to go faster, I need to slow down, I need to weep”. I learned to breathe deeper, and comfort myself when big back bends triggered anxiety. I learned to say no, learned to come back to my body when my brain wanted to dissociate.
I look back and see that this practice of showing up, breathing and moving set the foundation for me to break loose from this box I was raised in. It set me on a path of small steps into big moments: severing myself from the abuse, learning to be loud again, to take up space again, to rebel against the hate I was give and love my body. The space to learn who I was, the space to be myself and to rebel against every hateful thing I was taught, and the passion to share what I found.
So when I tell you that small moves are a big deal I mean it, and although you may think ‘this is just another yoga class’, it might just be the yoga class that sets you free from expectations, that plants a tiny seed full of love. Maybe that seed will grow little by little: changing your motivation from weight-loss to strength building, being invisible to unapologetic ally taking up space, or maybe stress relief; maybe it helps you learn to hold space for sadness and anger - letting waves of feeling come and go.
Maybe one day you too will look back and see that your mat planted the seed or rebellion, of freedom, of safety, of deep unconditional love.
Or maybe it will just be another yoga class, I’m no fairy-god mother. I have no magic wand, I’m just a person who cares deeply, loves hard, proclaims loudly that each person is innately valid and deserves a safe space to exist as they are. I am a person who will hold your hand through the hard shit, empathize deeply, and remind you that you are one beautiful, strong bad-ass who deserves the goddamn best there is.
Grab all sorts of freebies!
Join the community & receive lots of freebes by signing up to my monthly newsletter, full of insights & tips on how to live a more rebellious life.
Bragging Rights
2020 Platinum Winner in Yoga
Community Votes Kingston
2021 Platinum Winner in Yoga
Community Votes Kingston
2022 Gold Winner in Yoga
Community Votes Kingston
2023 Gold Winner in Yoga & Meditation
Community Votes Kingston
Officially Rainbow Registered in 2024
Led Guest Workshop on Teaching Body Neutral Yoga
for Modo Yoga Teachers
Over 1000 Listens on Rebel Movement Podcast!
‹
"Billie has created a place to come and be ourselves, even if that means falling apart and then picking up the pieces we want to come with us in the next chapter.
They blend yoga and self development with social justice and liberation work in a way that doesn't make it scary to stand up and stand with the things that are important to our humanity.
Here is to folks like Billie who are doing the work to make it possible for all of us to feel at home in our bodies while building a world that we all belong.
No matter your experience with movement and yoga, there is a space for you in the Rebel Movement Club."
-KATE, YOGA STUDENT
"I had been following Billie online for quite some time when a friend of mine bought me a gift certificate for classes as a birthday gift. I am late 40s, overweight and waiting for a knee replacement. Billie's classes are SO incredible for keeping me moving without causing any pain (specifically the Mobility classes and Chair Yoga classes,). She provides alternative movements and is always available for feedback and to give quick advice on modifications on movements. I highly recommend Billies classes and programs!"
-JENNY, REBEL CLUB & ON DEMAND
"Positive, kind, and varied instructions to meet you at any point in your yoga journey. Billie is a one-of-a-kind instructor who brings so much more to a class than what they teach you in yoga instructor training. I highly recommend their class if you’re looking to care for both your body AND spirit.
If you’re lucky Billie will even sing for you a bit."
-LAURA, YOGA STUDENT
"I LOVE the way Billie guides everything in her classes, including breathing. Rather than presenting variations like modifications away from the "right" way, as something to do if you can't do the "right" way, she shares them as options from which to choose because choice is great + humans have all sorts of different needs + desires when it comes to movement + breath + life!
I'm so grateful for the way Billie truly embodies her values + beliefs. It's so nice not to have to fight norms I don't buy into + in fact actively seek to disentangle from."
-CRECIA, REBEL CLUB
"HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Move with Billie is truly the most welcoming, open and connected practice I have been fortunate enough to part of more than once. Everything that Billie does has a purpose, and that purpose is supported and felt through a safe space. I love the Rebel Movement, and the Anti-Diet clubs are just a couple reasons why this small business is a BIG YES in the health & wellness world."
-EBEHI, YOGA STUDENT
"Billie is an amazing yoga and fitness instructor. I've worked with them in a group setting as well as one on one sessions and I've never had an instructor make me feel so comfortable. I recommend the anti-diet yoga club and the anti-diet workout club. If you're more of a one on one person their private sessions are a great way to get a class tailored to your needs."
-SARAH, YOGA STUDENT
"Billie has created a place to come and be ourselves, even if that means falling apart and then picking up the pieces we want to come with us in the next chapter.
They blend yoga and self development with social justice and liberation work in a way that doesn't make it scary to stand up and stand with the things that are important to our humanity.
Here is to folks like Billie who are doing the work to make it possible for all of us to feel at home in our bodies while building a world that we all belong.
No matter your experience with movement and yoga, there is a space for you in the Rebel Movement Club."
-KATE, YOGA STUDENT
"I had been following Billie online for quite some time when a friend of mine bought me a gift certificate for classes as a birthday gift. I am late 40s, overweight and waiting for a knee replacement. Billie's classes are SO incredible for keeping me moving without causing any pain (specifically the Mobility classes and Chair Yoga classes,). She provides alternative movements and is always available for feedback and to give quick advice on modifications on movements. I highly recommend Billies classes and programs!"
-JENNY, REBEL CLUB & ON DEMAND
"Positive, kind, and varied instructions to meet you at any point in your yoga journey. Billie is a one-of-a-kind instructor who brings so much more to a class than what they teach you in yoga instructor training. I highly recommend their class if you’re looking to care for both your body AND spirit.
If you’re lucky Billie will even sing for you a bit."
-LAURA, YOGA STUDENT
"I LOVE the way Billie guides everything in her classes, including breathing. Rather than presenting variations like modifications away from the "right" way, as something to do if you can't do the "right" way, she shares them as options from which to choose because choice is great + humans have all sorts of different needs + desires when it comes to movement + breath + life!
I'm so grateful for the way Billie truly embodies her values + beliefs. It's so nice not to have to fight norms I don't buy into + in fact actively seek to disentangle from."
-CRECIA, REBEL CLUB
"HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Move with Billie is truly the most welcoming, open and connected practice I have been fortunate enough to part of more than once. Everything that Billie does has a purpose, and that purpose is supported and felt through a safe space. I love the Rebel Movement, and the Anti-Diet clubs are just a couple reasons why this small business is a BIG YES in the health & wellness world."
-EBEHI, YOGA STUDENT
"Billie is an amazing yoga and fitness instructor. I've worked with them in a group setting as well as one on one sessions and I've never had an instructor make me feel so comfortable. I recommend the anti-diet yoga club and the anti-diet workout club. If you're more of a one on one person their private sessions are a great way to get a class tailored to your needs."
-SARAH, YOGA STUDENT
"Billie has created a place to come and be ourselves, even if that means falling apart and then picking up the pieces we want to come with us in the next chapter.
They blend yoga and self development with social justice and liberation work in a way that doesn't make it scary to stand up and stand with the things that are important to our humanity.
Here is to folks like Billie who are doing the work to make it possible for all of us to feel at home in our bodies while building a world that we all belong.
No matter your experience with movement and yoga, there is a space for you in the Rebel Movement Club."
-KATE, YOGA STUDENT
"I had been following Billie online for quite some time when a friend of mine bought me a gift certificate for classes as a birthday gift. I am late 40s, overweight and waiting for a knee replacement. Billie's classes are SO incredible for keeping me moving without causing any pain (specifically the Mobility classes and Chair Yoga classes,). She provides alternative movements and is always available for feedback and to give quick advice on modifications on movements. I highly recommend Billies classes and programs!"
-JENNY, REBEL CLUB & ON DEMAND
"Positive, kind, and varied instructions to meet you at any point in your yoga journey. Billie is a one-of-a-kind instructor who brings so much more to a class than what they teach you in yoga instructor training. I highly recommend their class if you’re looking to care for both your body AND spirit.
If you’re lucky Billie will even sing for you a bit."
-LAURA, YOGA STUDENT
"I LOVE the way Billie guides everything in her classes, including breathing. Rather than presenting variations like modifications away from the "right" way, as something to do if you can't do the "right" way, she shares them as options from which to choose because choice is great + humans have all sorts of different needs + desires when it comes to movement + breath + life!
I'm so grateful for the way Billie truly embodies her values + beliefs. It's so nice not to have to fight norms I don't buy into + in fact actively seek to disentangle from."
-CRECIA, REBEL CLUB
›
Trainings
Modo/Moksha Yoga 500 Hour YTT
Yogassage (yoga & massage)
Modo Flow (Vinyasa training)
Modo Fit (workout/group fitness class training)
Reaching In, Reaching Out (New Leaf Foundation)(75 hour inclusivity, anti-racism, queer inclusive,
trauma informed training)
Holding Brave Space for Inclusivity (Carly Stong)
Yoga Detour (workshop)
Unlearning Yoga Postures (Sage Physiotherapy & Wellness)
Mental Health First Aid (KFLA AMHS)
Trans Affirming Yoga (Trans Yoga Teacher)
*In progress:
Pre/Post Natal Coaching via Girls Gone Strong
Yoga for Spoonies (Yoga for folx with disabilities & chronic illness) via Accessible Yoga
Video version of 'about Billie' page:
