Candace Marie

Candace is a certified yoga instructor and the founder of Phases of Healing. She joined The Elizabeth collective in June, 2025. It is her passion to provide a safe space for self-care and mind-body connection through the practice of yoga. 

Candace believes that women empower women.  She understands that women and teens deserve to feel comfortable in any and every yoga pose. She currently offers women’s yoga classes which provide the space to meet women’s needs and build community. As an instructor who teaches from the lived experience of a larger body, Candace offers body positive and body inclusive practices. She strives to offer safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment and cultural humility in every practice.

After finding nervous system care through trauma-informed yoga, Candace became dedicated to sharing this practice with women in our community. She received her 200-hour yoga instruction certification as well as an Associates Degree with a women’s studies focus, from Portland Community College. She continued her education and received her trauma-informed training and certification from the Transcending Trauma Through Yoga Organization. 

When she is off the mat, you can find Candace on adventures with her family, volunteering as a victims advocate, shopping for rocks, beads and plants, and listening to Taylor Swift.