On this episode of Warrior Stories we are honoured to host Petra Pārvatī Kalla, an C-IAYT yoga therapist and physiotherapist and yoga educator. We discuss pandemic resilience, mental health, stress, persistent pain, compassion, polyvagal theory and so much more.

Connect with Petra and her work by visiting:

Sacredspine.se

Urbanom.se

Our offering this week is the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) whose mission is to educate, advocate, and litigate to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism in Ontario.

https://www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca/

Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds.

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This week we are honored to have Brandon Dawson-Jarvis as a guest.  Brandon is the founder of Grove Campus, a company that provides eco-friendly yoga mats and pay-what-you-can yoga and meditation sessions. Grove campus uses contributions to organize and execute community events and initiatives. His efforts have resulted in helping families in need with school supplies and Holiday toys, among other initiatives.

Brandon is passionate about building stronger communities and making yoga and meditation accessible to all. We discuss a wide range of topics including childhood trauma, prison, personal responsibility, the power of self study and living with intention, mental health, community support and social entrepreneurship and so much more!

Follow Brandon @grovecampus and @brandondawsonjarvis and visit their website at https://grovecampus.com/.

Our offering this week is a book! Yoga and Science in Pain Care: treating the person in pain by Neil Pearson, Shelly Prosko and Marlysa Sullivan. We also suggest staying up to date about emerging Yoga research via www.iayt.org.

This week we’re proud to have Paige Patterson on the podcast. Paige is a WY team member and yoga teacher on unseeded Algonquin Territory (Ottawa) who is passionate about making yoga and it's healing potential accessible to all, especially within Indigenous communities and to Indigenous youth.

We discuss eating disorder recovery, body positivity, the links between Indigenous culture and Yoga philosophy, ceremony and resilience.

Follow along with Paige’s work at @paper_doing_yoga.

Our offering this week is a 52 Card Affirmation Deck called "Supper Attractor" by Gabriel Bernstien.

Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds.
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In this episode we talk about how to create meaningful conversations so that the people around us can feel seen and heard. We discuss when to give advice, the power of silence, how to truly support our friends when they need us and so much more. Receive practical tips from this episode that you can try with the people around you. 

Our offering this week is a poetry book by Tonya Ingram called How to Survive Today. 

This week we’re proud to have Zelena van der Leeden on the podcast. Zelena is the founder of Full of Life Inc, a mother and Yoga teacher who is passionate about serving immigrants and older adults. 

Zelena shares about her experience with immigrating to Canada from Venezuela, how she makes the best of mixed cultures and staying positive through the divorce experience. She shares how Yoga and therapy helped her realize the life she was living was not for her, and how yoga continues to support her through life's challenges.

Connect with Zelena and her work by visiting:

www.fulloflifeinc.com/

Our offering this week is the app Calm -  Calm Is The #1 App For Sleep, Meditation And Relaxation. Calm Creates Life-Changing Audio Content To Help You Stress Less.

Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds. 
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Welcome to Warrior Stories, conversations about healing and empowerment.
Today we have Stephanie Heidemann on the show. Stephanie blends her unique background in healing and arts into her modality of “Authentic Voicework”. 
On today’s show, we are tackling topics like the psychosomatic connection between the body and the voice, why working with the voice and mantras is a healing practice as well as her personal journey towards becoming a yoga teacher. 

Connect with Stephanie Heidemann and her work by visiting:
www.authenticvoicework.com

Our offering this week is the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. 

Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds. 
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Welcome to Warrior Stories, conversations about healing and empowerment. 

Today we have the Yoga Therapist Anne Pitman on the show. Anne works integratively and compassionately with pain, mental health, disease and injuries.  She accompanies people through their cancer experience, working with fear, decision-making and side effects. In the ending of days, she helps people to die well.

Together we are tackling topics like supporting people through cancer diagnosis, treatment and the dying process.

Connect with Anne Pitman and her work by visiting:

www.embodiedyogatherapy.com
www.oicc.ca www.annesyoga.com
www.orphanwisdom.com

Our offering this week is the book Buddhas Brain - The practical neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom by Richard Hanson and Richard Mendius. 

Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds. 
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This week we are having the yoga teacher and Warrior Yoga volunteer, Anna Wong on the show. We are digging deep into the topic of what it is to teach yoga through our Karma Project and shares her experience at Cornerstone - a supportive women’s housing in Ottawa. 

Connect with Anna on Instagram  @annawongyoga or email her at annawongyoga@gmail.com 

Our offering this week is the book The Untethered Soul by Michael Alan Singer.

Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds.

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