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Once again I am looking forward to offering a new series of classes at the Wallis Massage Therapy Clinic in Brampton. These classes cater to the unique needs of women in the community. The small class size allows for individual attention and instruction to help you develop and refine your practice.
Register online today! Be one of the first 10 to enter the code FreeSukun! during checkout and receive a voucher for $10 off your next series!
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining forces with Avdeep Bahra, BSc, MSc (OT) to co-facilitate a evening wellness retreat on June 10th, 2016.
Have you ever felt like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done? Feeling frustrated that frustrated and lost in your life? Do you feel guilty or judeged for putting your own needs first?
Join us Friday, June 10th @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM in the Wallis for Wellness Education Room and learn strategies to create more peace in calm in our lives, establish better self-care, and reconnect with our passions. Every participant will receive a complimentary self-care package.
Register NOW to take advantage of this limited time offer. I’ll be holding free community prenatal classes on March 19th & April 2nd from 10:00AM – 11:00AM. Experience all the benefits of prenatal yoga with no obligations.
Regular practice can help:
You must pre-register in advance to confirm your free class. There are limited spots available in each class. Only one free class per person. To register, email [email protected] or call the clinic at 905-840-3486.
Beginning in March 2016, I’ll be partnering with the talented team of professionals at Wallis for Wellness (WoW) to bring prenatal yoga to their multidisciplinary holistic wellness clinic. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be taking this step with the WoW team! Wallis for Wellness is owned by my dear friend Margaret Wallis-Duffy.
I first met Margaret Wallis more than 15 years ago, when I attended one of her infant massage workshops with my infant daughter. This was my first sojourn down the road of holistic healthcare. As a new mom, I was very appreciative of the wonderful programming hosted at the clinic, from the infant massage workshops to the weekly Morning Teas that exposed me to a whole range of reliable natural parenting and health care alternatives I had previously been completely unaware of.
This is not our first collaborative project. Margaret and I produced the original WoW website in 2001. WoW has come a long way since those humble beginnings. In 2006, Margaret provided labour support for the unmedicated homebirth of my 3rd daughter and in 2010, she narrowly escaped attending the birth of my son. He was determined not to wait for her. Over the years, she has been a wonderful friend and mentor and has generously shared her knowledge and experiences with me.
Now it’s time for me to give back. I am extremely excited to begin offering prenatal yoga classes in the Wallis for Wellness education room. I love talking and interacting with pregnant women. There is a saying that “it takes a village to raise a child,” but I think it’s also true that it takes a village to raise a mother. I look forward to joining the WoW “village” to do my part to help empower expecting mothers and provide them with the tools and strategies necessary to achieve their best possible pregnancy and child birth experiences.
As a young woman in my teens and twenties, I was invincible. There was nothing I couldn’t do. I was relatively health conscious and active; firmly on the right path. Then reality took me down a notch. Marriage. Corporate job. Four kids. A busy life. There was no time. It was go, go, go…and my 30s were gone before I knew enough to miss them. I’m not complaining; I enjoyed my 30s for the most part…maybe a little too much. As my 40s approached, I got my first wake up call in the form of abnormal test results from a routine physical. All of a sudden, my cloak of invincibility disappeared in a puff of smoke. It’s amazing the impact a small glimpse of mortality can have on your perspective.
As my body declared a full scale mutiny, I was forced to consider how I envisioned the my quality of my life in 10…20…30 years. And what was I prepared to do about it? It is my belief that the quality of life of our senior years is the direct result of our actions in our formative ones. In retrospect, while I didn’t do a horrible job in my 20s and 30s, I certainly could have done a better one. As the mother of 3 daughters (and one son), I wanted to better for my kids. I wanted to provide a better example. And…I wanted better for myself.
Studies have shown that we are better able to affect real, positive, long-term changes in our health and wellness when we partner up with other individuals with similar goals. Mutual support, encouragement, and motivation are a key factors to success. This, coupled with a desire to spare others the disadvantages of my mistakes, led me to begin organizing fitness programs for the women in my community. I networked with fitness professionals to bring to our community centre women’s boot camp, pilates, and kickboxing classes, as well as girls’ badminton classes. But every time I tried to organize a yoga session, the arrangements always fell through. Personally, I love yoga. I love the way it makes me feel refreshed and renewed physically. I love the feeling of centredness I feel after class, the increased patience, and the renewed calmness of mind. I wanted to share that experience with the women of my community as well, but it seemed as if the universe was set against me! Until I realized that this wasn’t an obstacle, but rather an opportunity.
In 2013, I made the decision to begin my training as a yoga instructor. Teaching yoga is an incredibly rewarding experience. I love to watch my students grow stronger and more confident in their practice. I love when they take a moment to share with me the positive impact their practice has had on their lives off the mat. And I love the impact each of them has on my own growth and development as a teacher…and I feel honoured that they choose to keeping coming back to share this experience with me, class after class after class.
What is Sukūn Yoga? Sukūn means peace. Sukūn Yoga is my attempt to invite others to rediscover themselves, to realize their potential and to bring an increased sense of peace and tranquility into their lives through the practice of yoga. My mobile yoga studio provides on-site yoga classes to women and girls in Mississauga & Brampton. I offer private individual & small group yoga instruction at your location. Don’t have a space to host your group? Contact me about 3rd party hosting options.
Welcome to Sukūn Yoga. I hope to see you on the mat!