FILM Announcement: Braiding Knowledge through Breath, Language, and Movement ~ Trailer

A 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.

How Indigenous yogis and meditators are adapting and reclaiming 'wellness'

I 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.

Yoga, Mindfulness, MediaJessica BarudinJanuary 19, 2023Indigenous yoga, CBC Unreserved, Meditation

Indigenous Yoga Collective ~ An evolution of heart work

We 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.