Freyja Spence

Freyja’s passion for teaching and movement stems from her years in classical ballet that started at the age of two and continued to a pre-professional level. In an attempt to gain strength and rehabilitate her own injuries and health challenges, she began exploring a myriad of other forms of movement to include Olympic weightlifting, Kettlebells, gymnastics, Strongman, swimming, rock climbing, cycling, and trail running, and continues to compete in cycling endurance races alongside her family.

While at the University of Guelph, she had the unique opportunity to work for the Health and Performance Centre, thus beginning her involvement with fitness testing, athletic programs for kids, injury rehabilitation, pre & post-operative care, pain management, and athletic development through strength training.  She has since worked for one of Canada’s largest Sports Medicine Clinics, using functional training to return clients to a strong and pain-free day-to-day life. Her clients range from young athletes, adults seeking counterbalance from desk jobs, to Olympic or World level athletes all of whom share the common goal of better health & pain-free movement. Freyja was also a lead instructor for 7 years for DTS Fitness Education, a Canadian company delivering courses to fitness professionals across the country.

Freyja believes strongly that everyone has the ability to be their own hero when it comes to health & fitness. She takes pride in continuing education and is always striving to empower clients to live stronger, healthier and injury-free lives.

Current Certifications and Training:

• HBSc Human Kinetics, University of Guelph
• Animal Flow L1 & L2 Master Instructor
• Animal Flow Head of Standards
• CPTS (Canfitpro Personal Training Specialist)
• CPR & AED Certified
• Functional Range Assessment (FRA by FRS)
• Functional Range Conditioning (FRC by FRS)
• Functional Range Systems Internal Strength Model (FRS-ISM)
• Certified Running Specialist
• Barefoot Training Specialist Level 1
• ISI Functional Nutrition
• DNS Exercise I
• Healing Touch Level 1
• Strong First KB
• ELDOA L1
• Agatsu Upper & Lower Body Mobility
• Former DTS Level 1 Instructor, KB Fund & Adv
• DTS Low Back Fundamentals