Virginia Dawson is Founder of Sustainable Wellness Now, Level 3 Certified Essentrics® Instructor, Personal Trainer, Wellness Strategist and Speaker.

Virginia grew up in the Ottawa Valley and was actively involved in all sports from an early age. Virginia’s love of coaching started at the age of 16 when she coached a baseball team that her two young brothers played on.

After raising a family, experiencing unwelcomed changes to her body through accidents, having children, weight fluctuations and being too sedentary, Virginia made a decision and said, “Enough is enough.”

“I did not want to be running from doctor appointment to doctor appointment or succumb to the phrase, ‘I am just getting older,’ because I knew I had a choice.”

Virginia explored and created ways that would allow her to age well, joyfully. In 2015, she discovered Essentrics® and knew that she would be incorporating stretching into her daily life 'sometime'. Well, that 'sometime' did come in August 2019 when she had the capacity to give it a try and was immediately hooked. After being a student for a few months, she noticed how Essentrics® had begun to transform her body physically and mentally, giving her a new appreciation for health and wellbeing. In December 2019 she knew she wanted to become an Essentrics® Instructor and began her training.

In August 2020, after 8 months of training, Virginia was certified as a Level 1 Essentrics® instructor and immediately began working with women and men who had either heard about Essentrics® or were desiring to move with ease. Her students loved the results they were getting and Virginia offered classes both in-studio and live virtually on zoom. The combination of the option to be on zoom and in-studio was the perfect combination for her students to commit to the classes so they too could move with ease.

Today, Virginia is a Level 3 Essentrics® Instructor teaching women and men with a range of fitness levels looking to increase their overall mobility, strength, flexibility and to move with even greater ease. She is passionate about encouraging people to live a vibrant life through strategies, stretching and sustenance!

Virginia’s teaching style is encouraging, supportive and non-judgemental. She guides her clients to move with ease no matter what their age or what their body has experienced. For her, it is about moving with ease to live your vibrant life.

Virginia loves to ski, dance, skate, walk on the beach for hours, go for nature hikes, share her love of fitness, cuddle up with a good book by a crackling, wood fire and encourage others to find movement that brings them joy to move with ease physically, mentally, and emotionally.