Join me on Thursday, December 7th at 12pm EST for an experiential Lunch & Learn workshop hosted by the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council - we will discuss how the practice of Yoga, breathwork, and trauma-informed strategies may be integrated with Indigenous community wellness programming. Read more for workshop and practice video details and a registration link.
Read MoreA glimpse into the Braiding Knowledge through breath, language, and movement film, directed by Jessica Barudin featuring the trailer edit by Cody Preston. This is a short documentary that features the First Nations Women’s Yoga advisory circle and team who are sharing the parallels of yoga and Indigenous ways of being. A celebration of First Nations women and their communities who are brought together through their love of yoga, healing, and reclamation of ancestral languages and lifeways. The film features a community wellness strategy that braids cultural and spiritual knowledge systems through a trauma-informed lens.
Read MoreI was honored to be invited to speak to this topic recently on CBC Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild. If you haven’t seen the article or listened to the episode, I encourage you to check it out! Featured with Dr. Michael Yellowbird, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations in North Dakota, is the dean of the faculty of social work at the University of Manitoba, who joined us as a guest faculty lead for our First Nations Women’s Yoga initiative in Cohort 2 (2022). Also featured in the episode is Tareyn Johnson, a member of Georgina Island First Nation, the director of Indigenous affairs at the University of Ottawa.
Read MoreWe create learning and community opportunities for all people who are in solidarity with Indigenous and South Asian women. We provide training and mentorship to Indigenous individuals and communities who wish to embrace yoga alongside their reclamation and embodiment practices. We support and increase the representation of Indigenous yoga teachers in our respective communities as well as in the wellness industry.
Read MoreThrough my doctoral research, I have come across some incredible Black, Indigenous and People of Color researchers and authors. Here are some of their books I have loved to read to understand trauma, healing, and embodied practices.
Read MoreExploring trauma-informed yoga principles and approaches to yoga class sequencing. This post is a reflection offered to the First Nations Women’s Yoga cohort participants. Jessica shares some helpful tips from an Indigenous lens and offers some resources for those new(er) to teaching yoga.
Read MoreA 25-minute gentle, vinyasa yoga practice developed for women who have experienced and survived violence and trauma. This practice, Flowing with Creation connects us with the healing elements of the Ocean and the water within us. You can expect fluid flows, hip openers, ujjayi breathing to help calm and soothe the nervous system. Learn more about the Reaching Out With Yoga Project, led by Yoga Outreach in partnership with the BC Society of Transition Houses.
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