About Val Petrich

Valery took her first yoga class in 1975 in Edmonton to stop smoking. She was led to study with Swami Radha at Kootenay Bay, B.C. and BKS Iyengar in India and began teaching in 1980. She founded the Yoga Studios of Calgary in 1996 along with David McAmmond followed by the Yoga Studio College of Canada YSC which is still active today.