Owner & Founder​

As a retired elite athlete and a lifelong advocate for wellness and recovery, The Grounded Edge has been my passion project turned company over the past three years and I can’t wait to share it with you.

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I was a National Champion, National Medalist, and Canadian International Team Member throughout my 27 years as a figure skater, and was identified as a High Performance Athlete by Skate Canada at the age of 11. From an early age, I was trained in strength, conditioning, and power, but the missing piece was always recovery: taking care of the mind, body, and spirit while performing under intense internal and external pressure.

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In my later years as an athlete, I struggled with chronic back and knee injuries, and maintaining mental resilience became increasingly difficult. I finished my career pivoting to coaching figure skating and power skating with the next generation, and it was then that I realized something essential was missing in athlete development: the integration of mental and physical recovery, and mental support alongside physical training.

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As I navigated entering the corporate world, I noticed the same missing piece: the glorification of pushing yourself until you break, leaving nothing to emotionally regulate yourself after a long workday, and returning home to your family completely drained. The world we live in today celebrates productivity and progress, often at the expense of balance, stillness, and self-care. This is exactly what I want my company to bring to you; support, tools, and creating space to prioritize yourself, no matter where you are in your life.

 

Having navigated my own challenges with depression and mental health throughout my life, and feeling that there were few supports to turn to as I progressed in my adult years, I felt called to create something that provided the kind of support I needed to be taught as a young person; a space that values recovery, reflection, and balance as much as physical strength and performance.

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The Grounded Edge was born from that vision: a fusion of my athletic and educational backgrounds, and a place to teach, learn, and practice tools for both physical recovery and mental wellness. My goal is to help both athletes and individuals of all ages, in athletics and in the workplace, create space to recover, reset, and find balance amid the grind so that recovery becomes just as routine as warm-up and training. 

 

This company was created from personal experience, a love for teaching, and a deep desire to redefine performance and what creating space for ourselves looks like; to prioritize a healthy body and mind in the pause between the push. I’m so excited to work with you and help you move toward a more grounded, authentic, and full life.

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 With Love,​

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Alyxandra