Anne Pitman (M.Sc., E-RYT-500, C-IAYT, Pain Care Yoga certified) has her masters in Kinesiology and is the Director of the Ottawa School of Embodied Yoga Therapy with over 40 years of experience in teaching somatic movement, training embodied yoga teachers and pioneering yoga therapy in Canada. She is a practicing certified Yoga Therapist at the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre and has extensive experience accompanying people who are facing cancer with compassionate listening and safe, accessible yoga practice. She teaches Mindful Aging at the University of Ottawa and has recently co-written a book, Yoga Therapy Across the Cancer Care Continuum