OUR CLASSES
Yoga at The Silver Bean Cafe
Take your practice and your mat to Millenium Park next to the Silver Bean Cafe.
All are welcome to join us. 8 week series $120, 4 week half session $65, Drop Ins $17, Kids $5 or as always pywc.
Tuesdays 1-2pm from June 4th - July 23, 2019
Yoga Socials
Being quiet in a room with others can be unsettling for some and that is why I developed a class where is fun to talk about your day, your life, your family, your friends or whatever you wish while we stretch and move our bodies creating long lasting friendsips. Sangha!
Tuesdays 7-8pm all year long
Yoga for Happiness
Trust the guru within, allow your natural confidence to blossom and you know you can be your own best friend.
A slow and gentle yoga class for self exploration and increasing self love and acceptance and sparking more happiness from within.
Thursdays 12:30pm-1:30 all year long
Yoga at Beavermead Park
There is something extra beautiful about practicing yoga near the water's edge at the spectacular Beavermead Park, Peterborough.
Classes coming Soon.
Grief Yoga
Stepping into a yoga class can sometimes be difficult but coming to your mat during grief is extra challenging and letting go does not come easy.
Yoga classes to soothe and nourish the wounded soul coming soon.
Healing After Loss
Whether your beloved pet has died or your relationship is over or you're dealing with a difficult diagnosis, healing is possible with a little attention, intention, expression and awareness.
Workshops coming soon.
ABOUT GRIEF YOGA(TM)
"There can be no transforming of darkness into light and apathy into movement without emotion."
Feelings of grief, sadness, and anger can be built up and stored in the body. When these emotions are not properly expressed, the body and the mind tend to bring on more even self suffering through resistance and negative self talk. But there is wisdom in grief and you don't have to completely remove it to feel happiness again. You can have a sad chapter in life and then decades of compassion, happiness and love. If grief we understand that we can't change the past, but we can change the way we think about it and the way we express it.
Grief Yoga (TM) uses awareness, expression and connection to allow you to begin accessing and accepting your inner wisdom through powerful heart-opening yoga asanas, breathing techniques to stimulate the brain, movement to release tension and holding patterns within the body, and the resonance of sound to connect body, mind, breath, to soothe and heal through vibration and soul.
Making time to recognize and honour your loss by acknowledging your loved one can reflect the everlasting love in your heart. You can take control of how you remember your loved one and remove resistance and all things that don't serve you and instead see happiness in your future. What if we allowed ourselves to grieve fully each and every loss? Be in the moment and move on to the next feeling that comes up. Honour grief, not sorrow.
"The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy." - Proverb
Elke Johnson Certified Grief Yoga Instructor
RECONNECT BACK TO LOVE
Awareness
The first step in the healing process is awareness.
By becoming more open to presence through breathing and movement, we can develop a deeper wisdom into what the body is telling us and enhance our intuition.
Awareness creates the space for acceptance and surrendering into the present moment allows for more peace, happiness, and ease to flow into our body.
Expression
Letting go and surrendering can be one of the most challenging practices in grief.
Tapping into your body's inner strength and awareness allows fear, anger, sadness, doubt to move through you.
Your body always speaks the truth you can release negative thoughts and feelings through the Grief Yoga exercises and techniques using movement, breath and sound.
Connection
"Connection is the energy created between people when they feel seen, heard and valued - when they can give and receive without judgement." Brene Brown
We are often in a place of struggle and suffering because we are seeking or missing connection. Connecting to your deeper inner guide through gratitude, love and appreciation of life will deepen your connection to others.
The Connection exercises will bring connection to joy, harmony and devotion to lift your spirits.