I have interviewed coaches at every career stage, and the ones who build something lasting share a quality that is harder to name than credentials or hustle. They have a practice structure that generates feedback. Not just experience — feedback. Lisa Greenbaum is one of the clearest examples I have encountered of what that looks like over a 25-year career.
Greenbaum has been teaching group fitness and yoga in Toronto since 2001. She has completed over 1,000 hours of yoga teacher training and has taught fitness professionals across five countries. She won the canfitpro Delegates’ Choice Award for Canadian Presenter of the Year in 2018, was named to Optimyz Magazine’s 100 Health and Fitness Influencers in Canada five consecutive years, and in October 2026, her first book will be published by Human Kinetics/Lotus Books: Beyond the Pose: Lessons from the Yamas and Niyamas for Mindful, Authentic Living. She is the founder of Sangha Yoga Collective, an online membership and teacher-training platform centered on trauma-informed yoga and mental health.
Read more about her journey from live studios to online to paradise here.
