Movement Classes

About the Instructor

Tim’s love of movement began with dance, and has since grown to encompass yoga, cycling, swimming, cross-country skiing, calisthenics, stand-up paddleboarding, and cross fitness. As someone who pushes his body to it’s edge, Tim has a deep appreciation for safe movement, mobility, breath, and recovery to allow our bodies to keep doing what they do best.

Tim is a graduate of Allie Chisholm-Smith’s 600hr Yoga Teacher Training (2019), a Qualified Aerial Yoga Instructor (2022 & 2024), and a Certified Animal Flow L1 Instructor (2023).

Additionally, Tim has immersed himself in Calisthenics and Handstands with his handstand mentors Dimitris Kostopoulos and Aggeliki Giannouli at Body Challenge Gym in Athens, Greece and has also attended specialized trainings with Yuvol on Hands, Strongnastics, Yogi Flight School, Vinnie Llorenand and Kazam Gymnastics.

Ready to progress your handstands?

Handstand Workshop Series

Play with gravity, ground deeply, and explore new dimensions of strength, balance, and confidence in a supportive practice environment.

In Tim’s workshops, you will:

  • Build basic comfort upside-down and learn various forms of handstand entries.
  • Learn and embody the proper gymnastic handstand form (letting go of banana-backs and counter-balancing legs).
  • Explore head stands and arm balances, building a well-rounded sense of balance and grounding.
  • Practice a variety of drills and progressions designed to train your alignment and challenge your form.
  • Practice calisthenics, mobility flows, and bodyweight exercises that will build your strength and mobility for handstand work.
  • Progress towards advanced hand-balancing forms & shapes, and apply your work to hs walks and hs push ups.
  • Receive 1:1 spotting, personalized feedback, and learn how to spot and practice with a partner.

What to Expect:

Each 90-minute workshop includes:

  • Strategic Warm-Up – Engage key muscles and prep for inversions.
  • Calisthenics Drills – Grounded flow work to boost strength, flexibility and control.
  • Inversion Drills – Headstands, crow transitions, forearm stands, bridge, and more.
  • Handstand Drills – Handstand drills and progressions for all levels – against the wall, free-standing, and partner-supported.
  • Cool-Down & Reset – Anchoring stretches to unwind and integrate your practice.

Workshops are friendly for both beginners and experienced hand-balancers, with progressions and skills to explore for all levels.

Upcoming Sessions

As a workshop series, this program is designed for progression: Each session will include some new and some repeated drills, so there is benefit to attending whenever you can:

Saturday, Dec 6: 10am – 11:30am
📍 Fitness 705, North Bay, Ontario.
Free for members of Fitness 705, drop-in rate available. Contact Fitness 705 to register.

📆 First Monday of each month, 6:30 – 8pm
📍 Grounded Studios, North Bay, Ontario.
$35 / session. Contact Grounded Studios to register: 705.472.4444 or info@groundedstudios.ca

One-off custom workshops are also available for your community! Contact Tim to make arrangements.

“Tim is a wonderful instructor: knowledgeable, encouraging + capable! This class not only helps build confidence in going upside down, it also teaches you great tools you can use on your own to practice + improve your handstand abilities. Plus…it’s heaps of fun!”
Kelly Holinshead CrossFit Instructor & Handstand Club Participant
“Tim’s class was exactly what I was looking for.He is a very welcoming and personable teacher. Because of his targeted exercises I progressed quite quickly in being able to do a handstand in only a few sessions.I also enjoyed how each class varied a little bit with new exercises. Looking forward to more classes!”
Jori MorrisonHuntsville Handstand Club Participant
“Tim’s classes brought me from a place of feeling out of shape to a place where my core strength was much improved. This gave me confidence to progress in my handstand and headstand skills and I had fun through the whole process!”
Frank BergHuntsville Handstand Club Participant
“It doesn’t matter your experience, Tim is always able to show you options to find the best things that work for you on your handstand journey! It’s always fun and rewarding!”
Lauren SaundersHuntsville Handstand Club Participant
“Tim is a great instructor! He really helped me develop my handstand and I look forward to more sessions with him in the future.”
Heather GibbonsCrossfitter & Handstand Club Participant
Available for groups:

Aerial Yoga Class

Float, stretch, and flow with Aerial Yoga! Using a silk anchored to the ceiling for support, this class blends yoga, strength, and playful movement to build flexibility, core stability, and confidence.

  • Want to deepen your stretches and explore inversions safely?
  • Looking to build strength and mobility in a fun, supportive way?
  • Excited to try something new and uplifting?

Beginner-friendly, with progressions for all levels.

📍 Tim hosts Aerial Yoga classes at Northern Edge Algonquin, in a spacious studio for up to 13 participants. Tim occasionally announces special days/times for this class, and also makes it available for private groups. Contact Tim for more info.

Available for Private Sessions:

Animal Flow L1

Move with power, control, and fluidity in Animal Flow! This dynamic, grounded bodyweight practice blends elements of yoga, calisthenics, and martial arts to improve strength, mobility, and coordination—all while moving like an animal.

  • Want to build strength and flexibility without equipment?
  • Looking for a fun, challenging, and creative way to move?
  • Excited to explore ground-based movement patterns?

📍 Animal Flow is available for private 1:1 sessions and small groups. Contact Tim for more info.

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