Our Team

Tina Haskim

A Certified Health & Life Coach, Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Personal Trainer and Yoga Instructor who has been in the Health, Fitness and Wellness Industries for over 17 years.

She is an energetic & fun-loving coach who is passionate about beautiful beaches, travel, kiteboarding & helping people live their healthiest and happiest lives.

She believes in you, even when you don’t!  When your actions aren’t in alignment with your goals, she is going to lovingly reign you in and remind you to respect yourself and your desires! -After all-achieving your desires is what will deliver you to personal freedom & happiness!  She knows this from personal experience, understands the process and inspiringly coaches it!

The foundation of her coaching is based in psychology, neuroscience, human behaviour, habit change and life experience.  She focuses on improving your brain & mood health first, so you can have the energy and peace of mind you need to do all the things you love.

She delivers results to her clients by helping them cut through the clutter and “Tune-in” with themselves and their needs so they can start leading healthy, wealthy, happy & whole lives.

Brenda Thomas, CNP, ROHP

Personal Training Specialist (2010)
Certified Nutritional Practitioner (2011)
Detox/Colon Hydrotherapist (2017)

Brenda has been working at Tina’s Fitness Studio since 2011 and is the head personal trainer and fitness instructor. Brenda has a passion for fitness and teaching classes. She believes there is no better feeling in the world than a good hard sweat!

She studied at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Mississauga, Ontario where she became certified as a Nutritional Practitioner. She has a true appreciation for food and a joy of cooking. Her vision is to provide clients with practical means to achieve a balanced life through proper nutrition, physical activity and positive lifestyle choices. 

Most recently Brenda added the detox component to her list of services by completing training as a colon hydrotherapist using the Angel of Water. Colon hydrotherapy is effective in aiding in weight loss as well as improving digestion, absorption of nutrients as well as overall increasing energy.  

Monika Eberhard

Monika graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree and upon moving back to Parry Sound she began her fitness journey as a personal training client of both Tina’s and Brenda’s. Over years with having Tina and Brenda as mentors she developed a passion for fitness and started working at the studio in 2014.

Out of a desire to continue her education and expand her knowledge of health and fitness, specifically the physiology of the human body and proper training practices, she decided to complete the CanFit Pro course to become a Certified Personal Training Specialist. She is excited to have started her work as a personal training specialist and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and passion for fitness and wellness one on one with her clients and at the studio! 

Viktorija Beaucage

About 4 years ago I started doing yoga. Up until then physical exercise was not part of my lifestyle. I was busy surviving, and taking care of my family. I started feeling stronger and more flexible. I fell in love with yoga. I fell in love with it so much that I decided to become a yoga instructor after a few months of practicing. I started teaching just after one year of practicing. It happened so naturally. Very quickly I discovered that teaching yoga was my passion. I was meant to do it. I attended various trainings and workshops because I wanted to learn about yoga as much as I could and share that knowledge with others. And I still continue learning.

I have a 100 hour YTT(advanced) with Krishnamacharaya’s student Srivatsa Ramaswami and 200 hour YTT with Happy Jack. I am very excited to share my knowledge with the students. I teach various styles of yoga: yin, restorative, Vinyasa, pranayama, and even some kundalini. I also have Reiki level II certificate and I am passionate about the chakra system. What makes my classes unique is that no class is ever the same. I keep growing and evolving and I hope my students are too.

Claire Henry

Claire recently graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Kinesiology, which she used to become a Certified Personal Trainer with the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology.

She has taught fitness classes at the Smith School of Business for the past 2 years, in addition to working in rehab settings with the Victorian Order of Nurses and Revved Up Kingston where she worked with individuals with various physical and cognitive disabilities to improve strength and fitness. She has a passion for health and fitness which shows in her classes as well as in her one on one training sessions.

Mike Cooper

My name is Mike Cooper, I am a proud father of 3, with a passion for exercise and creating connections with people. I am a results-driven trainer that thrives on helping others achieve their goals.

I have been a certified personal trainer for 7+years. I have had the privilege of training people of all ages and abilities with all different types of goals. Training people prepping for a fitness competition to people looking at recovering range of motion in certain extremities i.e. shoulder, knee hip, to working with people looking to gain overall strength,improved cardiovascular ability, pre and post op hip and knee replacement or just to have accountability to exercise.

I am a results driven trainer that firmly believes that hard work can not only allow one to grow physically but psychologically as well.

Wendy Grater

Wendy has been practicing yoga for 6 years, and a regular at Tina’s Studio. She’s a Level I YogaFit Instructor, and enjoys the sense of well being that a yoga workout brings. Wendy is also a keen athlete, competing at the world master’s level in cross country skiing. She is an avid outdoorsperson and canoeist. Wendy owns and operates Black Feather – the Wilderness Adventure Company, Canada’s premiere outfitting business offering canoeing, sea kayaking and hiking trips in Canada’s wilderness.

Sue Pilling

I first became interested in Yoga around 1989 after meeting a 70 year old woman who moved around on the beach like she was a teenager. She said she was a yoga instructor, so I said, “That’s for me” and started to join yoga classes. I began to practise yoga more seriously after completing Yoga Teacher Training in 2003 (YTT200hr, Classical Ashtanga and Hatha at Saltspring Centre of Yoga, BC). I continued teaching about 1 class per week at Vinyasa Studio or the YMCA in North Bay, on and off from 2004 to 2010. I completed my YTT500 training through East to West Yoga, Toronto, and Mount Madonna Yoga Centre in California in 2010. Since then I’ve continued my own practise, attended yoga classes in Parry Sound with some excellent teachers, and participated in workshops and retreats. I look forward to being involved with instructing on a small scale, here in Parry Sound, to help Tina out while she’s away. You’ll never guess how old I am… J (guess young ok?)

Mandy Vankoughnett

I started practicing yoga in February of 2007 when Tina first started teaching in Parry Sound. I immediately fell in love with the link of breath with flow of poses, and the metal and physical benefits that yoga provided. I have followed Tina as she has developed and grown her business, taking classes at the studio for years. I am teacher by day and am passionate about teaching and getting my students excited about learning. It was only a natural progression for me to move from client to an instructor at the studio and get other studio clients excited about yoga and healthy practice. I am continuously working on developing my practice and growing as an instructor. I have CPTIN yoga specialist, prenatal yoga certification and Mad Dog spin instruction.