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Mindfulness Meditation

OHIP Covered Group Therapy in Burlington / Waterdown

  • with referral by family doctor
  • MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION
  • 10-week psycho-educational group meditation program
      • 10 x 3 hour sessions weekly with additional 5.5 hour “retreat day”
    • OHIP covered with support by family doctor
    • For more information & the registration process, please click HERE
  • Programs are offered September, January & April. 
    • If you are interested in participating, kindly send an email to jackie@kealaliving.com. 

Workshops

  • SANCTUARY: A HEALING JOURNEY 
    Saturdays every month from 7:00 – 8:30 PM
    In-studio at The Yogashala Wellness Centre 

    • Welcome to your Sanctuary. Join Laura Stefankiewicz and Jackie Ang for this monthly journey to creating healing and balance through movement, meditation and sound bath.
    • Come enjoy a soothing yoga practice with Reiki, guided meditation and extended savasana, all accompanied by the sounds of the crystal singing bowls. Give yourself a Friday evening, once a month to relax and reconnect with your centre. Retreat from the world and come home to you.
    • This class is open to all experience levels.
    • Cost: $33 

Education / Trainings

  • Sensory Awareness + Yoga –> The Missing Link for Trauma
    Offered with Barb Leese & Yogashala Wellness Centre once a year

    Saturday Nov 23 + Sunday Nov 24 from 12:00 – 6:00 pm  // in-studio + live online

    • Learn how and why yoga and sensory awareness are powerful tools to heal, support and resolve the effects of stress and trauma. Discover a trauma-informed approach to yoga that promotes healing, fosters agency and empowers you and others you are supporting.

    • In this training you will:

      • Understand the science of trauma and how it impacts all human beings through the effects it has on our body, mind and nervous system.

      • Understand the benefits of yoga through the lens of contemporary neuroscience and psychotherapy

      • Experience body-based tools from yoga and somatic therapy to support the effects of stress on the nervous system

      • Learn how to embody a trauma-informed approach in your practice and teaching

    • Format: This is an interactive workshop combining education and experiential practices. We will explore a range of techniques including yoga, breathwork, meditation, somatics and self-inquiry.

    • Who Is This Training For?

      • We believe this training is relevant for any human being who experiences stress while navigating the ups and downs of life. Trauma is not an event, but a lasting response of the nervous system when we face an experience that overwhelms us.
      • Whatever your role – yoga practitioner, instructor, clinician, parent, friend or otherwise, this workshop will offer you a foundational understanding of how the trauma response shapes us and our life experience. As we begin to understand and identify the effects of traumatic stress on our own being, we become better able to support ourselves and others dealing with the impact of stress on our lives. 
      • This workshop is Part 1 of a trauma-informed yoga teaching certification, but this module is geared towards all audiences, with a focus on the self-awareness required to facilitate trauma-informed practices. Continuing Education Credits are available for Yoga Alliance registered teachers. 
        To register, visit Yogashala Wellness Centre
  • 25-hour TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TEACHING CERTIFICATION
    Offered with Barb Leese & Yogashala Wellness Centre once a year

    • 2 weekends: Jan 31/Feb 1, 2025 & Feb 21/22, 2025
  • Trauma-Informed Yoga: Beyond Calm To Resilience
    This 25-hour training offers an embodied exploration of how trauma impacts all human beings, and the role of sensory awareness and body-based interventions in supporting its resolution. Trauma and its aftereffects will be explored through the lens of yoga and Ayurveda, modern neuroscience, somatic therapy and sensorimotor psychology. This certification is a continuation of the “Sensory Awareness: The Missing Link to Trauma” training and completion of any of the previously offered Sensory Awareness Modules is required to participate.
  • In this training you will:
    • Understand how the experience of daily stress and traumatic events can impact the nervous system, leading to chronic physical, mental and energetic patterns
    • Discover how to utilize yoga asana, somatic techniques, breath/pranayama + meditative techniques to balance symptoms of over-activation (excess rajas) and freeze/shut-down (excess tamas)
    • Deepen your ability to support yourself in states of excess sympathetic (hyperarousal) and parasympathetic (hypoarousal) activity in ways that expand resilience
    • Learn how to utilize trauma-informed language, anchoring and presence-ing to support and address trauma responses when they arise in self, group and individual settings.
  • This is not a certification teaching you how to heal trauma (This is best approached in a holistic, multi-disciplinary, requiring different scopes of practice). Rather, you will come to recognize how the aftereffects of trauma can show up in our everyday responses and the ways that yoga, somatics and one’s own embodied presence can be a resource to a challenged nervous system.
  • This training is particularly relevant for yoga instructors, healing arts professionals and facilitators, who will meet trauma in both group and individual settings and will cover approaches that can be applied to self-guidance, one-on-one settings and group environments.
  • 20-hour RESTORATIVE + YOGA NIDRA TRAINING
    Offered with Jane Fryer  & Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort
  • July 25 – 28 2025 in Nosara, Costa Rica 

Retreats

  • July 20-25, 2025 –> RESTORATIVE RHYTHMS RETREAT/IMMERSION at Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort in Costa Rica – register here
  • UPCOMING:
    • SANCTUARY DAY RETREAT: May 24, 2025 at Yogashala Wellness Centre
    • SILENT WEEKEND RETREAT IMMERSIONS: Jan & Oct 2025 –> email for details/save the dates
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Yoga Nidra Mindfulness 

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