First Nations Women's Yoga Initiative announces second cohort coming Winter 2022

This initiative is in partnership between the Yoga Outreach Society and Cedar and Gold, co-directed by Jessica Barudin and Nicole Marcia. Our curriculum has been developed in collaboration with First Nations women, knowledge keepers, fluent speakers, and yoga educators. We are excited to announce that the FNWYI will commence the second cohort in February 2022!

Training, First Nations Womens YogaJessica BarudinOctober 19, 2021Yoga, Yoga Outreach Society, trauma informed

Reading List | Understanding trauma, healing and mindfulness by Indigenous & BIPOC authors

Through 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.

Research, YogaJessica BarudinJuly 24, 2021trauma informed

Yoga sequencing for trauma-informed classes | FNWYI Home Practice

Exploring 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.