About
Jenn has been intrigued, inspired & drawn to the studies of health and wellness for as long as she can remember. Her passion and interest led her towards studies in human anatomy, physiology, psychology, various modalities of exercise and fitness, nutrition, yoga and pilates. She holds a diploma in Exercise & Health Sciences, is a Medical Rehab Specialist, Master Personal Trainer, Stott trained Pilates Instructor, Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Instructor and Registered Holistic Nutritionist.
Jenn currently practices at Simplicity Yoga & Fitness Therapy Studio which she created and opened in September of 2010. She teaches on average 13+ yoga and pilates classes per week and works with clients individually focusing on Nutrition, Women’s Wellness, Pediatric Nutrition and Body Movement. Jenn is the Elite Holistic Nutritionist for Yoga Rockstar Sadie Nardini with whom she created the Metabolic Fire-Starter program. Watch for them in 2012 as they begin to teach this workshop at National Yoga Conferences; check them out at the Toronto Yoga Conference 2012 March 29th. She is also an Ambassador for Lululemon Athletica and The Simply Bar as well as an Instructor for YogaSource’s & Ann Green’s Shine Om Teacher Training program. Jenn created the 30 hour Nutrition program for Shine Om’s Teacher Training and will begin offering the full 270 hour + 30 hour Nutrition Shine Om Teacher Teaching program at Simplicity in November 2012.
Jenn is the founder of the Women’s Wellness Group in York Region and presents on various health related topics both corporate and publicly.
She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.
To contact Jenn or book an appointment email her at balancingbodies@rogers.com or phone 905.476.9200.




I have been watching Sadi Nardini on YouTube and getting my at home practice going. I have two small kids like you. I let yoga go because of the work/family schedule. I realized I was miserable and getting more and more unhealthy. So I got back on the band wagon about a month ago. I am working on making diet changes as well. Thanks for all the posts I bought a bunch of the ingredients and am going to be working on changing one day at a time. Working on getting rid of the processed food. My big crutches are caffeine and diet coke. So as I baby step my self through this. When it comes to coffee. I like mine with creamer and Stevia. The creamer is the CoffeeMate Natural Bliss. Am I any better off? Or if I am going to do this should I go cream and sugar?? With the diet coke I am currently like 4-8 a day. So without major headaches and complete craziness on my family I think stepping down slowly is the best. So I have to ask when making life changes like this is slow ok? I feel like I can tackle the exercise and commit to that everyday. The food is going to be harder.
Elizabeth McDermott
February 20, 2012
Hi Elizabeth
Congrats to you on your at home practice, you couldn’t have picked a better yogi then Sadie!!!
I know with small kids and the rest of life moving around us it can be quite the challenge to get exercise and healthy eating in, but it is always the better choice and you will ALWAYS feel BETTER:)
Okay so in regards to your coffee the stevia is fine but the creamer needs to go. I would love for you to try the Coconut Milk creamer in French Vanilla and then add no extra sugar/stevia and see what you think? If you still need a bit of sweetness then you can add a tiny bit of stevia. Please keep your caffeine to 1 per day and the Diet Coke Elizabeth, it needs to go NOW!
Chemical neurotoxin sweeteners are one of the things I am most passionate about completely eliminating from the diet. I know this will be hard but this is a 100% must Elizabeth. Please get down to 2 per day right away with 2 liters of water daily and your one coffee.
If you need support please let me know, I will be here for you:) Do you take any B vitamins or magnesium? they may help with your headaches and withdrawl but so will the water and exercise.
You are doing AMAZING, please keep up the good work and keep me posted!!!
jennpike
February 28, 2012