Austin has always had a love and excitement for “the journey” as he calls it; The journey to living in total alignment with one’s passions. This started with his time performing for audiences as a competitive dancer at the age of 8 before being accepted into the Young Canadians School of Performing Arts in 2009 as a singer and dancer. This is where Austin had many exciting opportunities to expand his abilities and understand his gift of working with people as he worked and performed with personalities such as Paul Brandt, Eva Avila and Alberta Ballet as well as Choreographer - Brian Foley and Musical Director/ Executive Producer of the Opening/Closing Ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Dave Pierce. No stranger to pressure, Austin performed for the likes of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and performed nightly at Stampede each year in front of the 20,000-member audience at the Grandstand show as well as having the chance to perform on Disneyland Parks in 2013.

In the matter of wellness, it was 2011 in which Austin credits to be the year that he started to own his gift of connecting not only to the planet, Mother Earth, but also the people who call her home. Starting his journey in Energy work; he set out to become Reiki Certified, however, it was not until 2016 when circumstances changed in Austin’s life that he really began living a more authentic healer’s lifestyle and was able to properly commit. Presently, Austin has been triple certified through 3 different Reiki Masters, including a traditional month-long apprenticeship in Vietnam where he completed and organized a volunteer project for Autistic children and families affected by the chemical Agent Orange. After apprenticing in Vietnam, in 2019, Austin completed his Holy Fire III Reiki Upgrade making him a Registered Affiliate Member and Holy Fire III Reiki Master through the International Center for Reiki Training. In 2018 after being avidly involved with the yoga scene for many years, Austin completed his 200-hour yoga teacher training through Nora Maskey at Inspired Yoga Institute in Calgary, AB and has since gone on to take many other immersions and intensives in order to strengthen his practice including training with Tanis Fishman and Alan Mileham in Yin and Nidra. This culminated in the opening of his own business Ener-Ki Wellness in 2018 which provides workshops and classes across the country and sets a goal to give back to charities with each registration. Austin credits fitness for keeping him going and thriving and is currently trained in dance movement fitness, yoga, cycling and barre. He has a strong passion for sharing his unique perspectives and themes in classes across the country no matter what type of movement you crave.
During the year when Austin is not teaching he can be found at school in Calgary where he aspires to eventually become a nurse. He can also be found planning his next adventure abroad in order to continue his humanitarian work.
Austin is more than excited to join the Fit Republic squad and is looking forward to letting you live within your body and love within your heart!