TANYA’S STORY

I was born on an island just off the coast of Nova Scotia, called Cape Breton or Unama’ki, part of the ancestral and unceded land of the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples of the Wabanaki Confederacy. When I was young, my father moved our family to Calgary in search of work, following the economic struggles of the Maritimes. I was a sensitive redhead in Grade 5, signing out all the books on ancient Egyptian tombs, organizing a “secret society,” leading séances, and genuinely believing I could move objects with my mind.

In high school, my mom remarried a cattle farmer and we moved to rural Alberta. I traded my black lipstick for wranglers, and my ‘coven’ became the 4H club and volleyball team. I immersed myself in team sports, learned how to run a business, and trained for a career in law enforcement. I was a full-blown muggle, but there was always a quiet pull deep inside, drawing me toward something more—the mysteries and magick of life.

Fast forward to the early 2000s, my mid-twenties. I had opened a Pilates studio, was performing as a national-level bodybuilder, and was helping my then-husband build the Canadian mixed martial arts scene. One day, a client introduced me to a “new style of exercise” called yoga. I still remember the first yoga class I attended. It was a defining moment in my life. I could feel that yoga was far more than just physical exercise—it was a spiritual call I couldn’t ignore. I dove headfirst into the world of yoga and immediately started training with Rockne White and Lerrita Rubinoff at one of Calgary’s founding Yoga Studios. As tarot readers would say, this was my “Tower Card moment”.  My life changed in profound ways and when I resurfaced, I was divorced, living in a van in a new country, studying astrology, fusion bellydance, and the structures of ancient secret societies.

In 2007, I returned to Calgary to start anew. Thanks to my previous success publishing a bodybuilding book, my reputation as a personal trainer remained strong, giving me the financial stability I needed to rebuild. At this point, yoga had boomed, and studios were popping up everywhere—people were becoming more open to the spiritual side of things, so I took the risk and “came out of the closet” as an alternative trainer combining therapeutic alignment, yoga techniques, pilates, bellydance, and astrology-based personality assessments.

During this time, I worked with corporate companies to design productivity and work-life balance models based on solar and lunar cycles. I adapted these models for professional athletes, successfully using them to optimize performance and prevent overtraining. I also pioneered an idea for a piece of training equipment that eventually received a patent and funding from Dragons’ Den.

By 2014, I had developed Power Align, a fusion movement system based on the moon cycles, and launched a 200-hour yoga teacher training program that ran in Calgary for 7 years. I started to open up more about the “method behind the madness,” talking openly about astrology, cycles, and energy work. I was amazed at how many “regular people” resonated with the logic and practical application of these ancient arts and sciences.

Today, astrology is more mainstream than ever—whether it’s getting a quick birth chart reading on Snapchat or joining local non-profit witches associations. As the mystic arts have flourished, I’ve expanded and refined my studies, diving deeper into hermetic traditions, tarot, and ceremonial magick. I’m incredibly grateful for all the mentors, grandmothers, occult scholars, and modern mages who have had the courage to share their cultivated wisdom.

It feels like we’re at a pivotal moment in time when the inner arts are finally emerging from the shadows and into the light.

When the 2020 global lockdowns shut my business down, I found myself with no choice but to deepen my connection to source energy. It was in that darkness that Conjure Motion was born. Creating space for this work has been an incredible honor—it feels like the culmination of everything I love, all in one place. Conjure Motion is my legacy, my offering, and my deepest passion. It’s a practice of self-awareness, development, and self-actualization—but it’s also a team sport, growing with the connection between everyone who participates. Thank you for joining me on this adventure!

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