Teya Alden

Teya Alden has an affinity for helping others apply uncommon common sense to their lives. 

Working with clients privately and in classes, Teya serves as a guide to find what form of practice supports people to connect with their deepest truth.  Ultimately, people discover: how you move changes how you feel, and that changes everything.

Along with being a Human Foundations Practitioner with Functional Patterns, Teya holds certifications as an ACSM Personal Trainer (American College of Sports Medicine), Restorative Exercise Specialist, AiM Practitioner and Somatic Experiencing educator.

She has completed the studies of “The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program” with Dr. John Kabot-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

With Sitara Van Block she practiced a unique form of Energy Healing recognized as effective in the field of Transpersonal Physiology in Sedona, Arizona.  And at the National Institute for Behavioral Medicine, Teya explored an in-depth study “Brain Trauma and Neuroplasticity / Mindfulness as Proven Treatment” - how preparing for death can help us participate in life. 

Her global aspirations for continued education and enlightenment have led Teya all over the world: from her studies in Toronto and London, to her retreats at Spirit Rock Monastery, Thailand and Bali.

Teya discovered Functional Patterns in 2019, when she was told by medical professionals that her chronic pain was due to Scoliosis from birth, and would only get worse with age.

Refusing to surrender to such a defeatist mindset, Teya is a walking testimonial that conventional medical professionals are not always right - people can overcome pain and immobility through the practice of biomechanics.

The pain-free life Teya lives now is the result of her ability to stay present and devote her attention to practicing Functional Patterns.  Like everyone who discovers this way of life, she wishes she would have found it sooner.

“I believe we protect what we fall in love with. Nature seduces us to fall in love with its beauty. It is my nature to see the beauty in all people, and find it in every situation. I honor the teachers who have blazed this trail before me, and with my deepest gratitude I walk this path.”