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Fertility Health & Yoga: A Naturopathic approach

4/23/2019

A fun event combining fertility yoga and nutrition information

FRI JUNE 7TH
7:00PM - 8:30PM

A fun 90 mins free event for anyone on their fertility journey, partners included.

Join us for an evening filled with fertility yoga and education in our beautiful studio. You will be guided through a 45 minute fertility yoga class designed to help you melt away stress, and to focus your intentions with a beautiful meditation led by Yoga Mamas Community Manager, Michelle Righetti. Movement will be focused on encouraging optimal conditions for fertility by reducing stress, relieving tension and promoting circulation. Guests will also learn some soothing poses that you can perform alone, or with a partner for ultimate bonding and stress relief.

Directly afterwards you will enjoy complimentary tea and a 30 minute workshop on prenatal nutrition led by our Naturopathic Doctor, Nikita Sander. There will also be a Q&A period for guests to ask their own nutrition and supplementation questions.

You will leave:

Feeling restored and relaxed, and ready for a deep sleep
Understanding how naturopathic medicine, nutrition and supplementation can support you in your fertility journey
Knowing prenatal and preconception basics: supplementation for healthy reproductive system, optimizing your body's environment for pregnancy, and answers to common questions
With a free gift to help you on your journey.

This event is open to anyone hoping their fertility journey, and partners are encouraged to attend.

Join us for a restorative evening

Wear:
Anything that you feel comfortable moving in.

Bring:
Just yourself and perhaps a notepad and pen. Yoga mats, bolsters, blocks, water and tea will be provided.

Mama Glow: An Evening of Yoga & Meditation

4/22/2019

FRIDAY MAY 10TH 7:00PM - 8:30PM

We are celebrating you beautiful mama and your hard working, soul filling, body exhausting, radiant journey within motherhood. With an evening filled with flowing yoga and guided meditation, the focus will be on self love and self care. Movement will be intentional warming up the body and restoring the spirit. Guided meditation and special acupressure points will be woven throughout softening your shoulders, calming your mind and filling up your heart.

This special class is open to prenatal and postnatal mamas. The sequence led will be safe for both.

Each mama will leave with a small pretty gift in celebration of Mother's Day.

Our Mama Glow Event Leaders:

Jamie Kalynuik: Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Instructor

Jamie is the founder of Yoga Mamas, Toronto's leading prenatal and postnatal wellness centre. Jamie is a certified yoga instructor specializing in pregnancy and postnatal movement. She brings a blend of strengthening and stretching poses into her classes, while also focusing on the importance of the breath and relaxation.

Jamie is a DONA trained birth doula and has supported many women during their pregnancies. Both on the mat and during labour, she encourages women to focus on the moment, invite challenges in for exploration, and embrace all experiences with compassion. Jamie takes great joy in leading her business, is passionate about working with women on their pregnancy journeys, and welcomed her first baby in February.

Cathy Keenan: Movement & Chinese Medicine Educator

Cathy is a registered acupuncturist, meditation leader and yoga instructor who loves discovering creative ways of integrating both modalities into her practice. Yin yoga is the perfect marriage, weaving the wisdom and practice of yoga and the theory of Chinese medicine and acupressure therapy. Having been introduced to yoga by her father (then Buddhist priest) in 1999, Cathy soon recognized this was a relationship she wanted to grow old with.

In 2006 Cathy studied with Paul Grilley where for the first she was introduced to the concept of combining yoga and Chinese medicine. This was the beginning of a deeply rich and life changing understanding of body-mind medicine. Having completed over 2600 hours of study in acupuncture and 10 years of teaching yoga, Cathy successfully combines these two powerful therapies offering students a unique perspective on their health and wellbeing. Cathy teaches an annual yin yoga teacher training in Toronto, facilitates workshops, talks and retreats and is a regular speaker at Toronto's annual Yoga Conference.

Body Tone 4 Week Bootcamp

4/16/2019

Sweat, sculpt and stretch in our new 4 Week Body Tone Bootcamp.
Enjoy a 75 min full body workout that starts with an energizing bootcamp session led by Trainer Justine Keyserlingk and ends with a renewing yoga sequence led by Yoga Mamas' founder Jamie Kalynuik.

This class is for postnatal mamas. Come alone or bring your baby.

If you're looking for strengthening movement to tone your muscles, but also love the stretching and grounding of yoga - this 4 week series is for you!

SPRING SESSION

MAY 13TH - JUNE 10TH
MONDAYS FROM 1:45PM - 3:00PM
NO CLASS ON MAY 20TH

Spring Meditation for Mamas-To-Be

4/9/2019

Spring is on its way Mamas! The chilled air will soon give way to languid breezes and the frozen earth will soften as April showers encourage new growth. Springtime is a special season for Mama-to-be; as Mother Nature prepares to blossom with life, so too do you. This season is buzzing with anticipation, preparation, and eagerness as we emerge from the long winter months, and no one understands anticipation like an expectant Mama. This is a time of year when the beauty of nature holds a mirror to your life’s journey.

Today we’re offering a special spring meditation for Mamas—an inspiring visualization exercise to help you connect with Babe and harness the transformational power of the season. Not only are you preparing your Little One for life beyond the womb, but you are also blossoming into motherhood.

To get started, you’ll need to make yourself comfortable. Roll out your yoga mat in a quiet space. If the weather is nice, you might like to try this meditation outdoors. Have a light blanket, and a few pillows close by. Sit tall with your legs crossed; a pillow can be used to elevate your hips. The reading portion of this exercise will take about 5 minutes, but we encourage you to linger in meditation for as long as feels good to you. Feel free to lie down once the reading portion is complete, using your pillows and blanket to settle into complete ease for the duration of your meditation.

Take several deep breaths in and out. Let each breath greet your body with complete kindness. Welcome your body and mind into this moment. Here you are safe, supported, and at ease. (Pause) Let the next several breaths greet your Babe with love. Welcome your Babe into this moment with you. Within your body, Babe is safe, supported, and at ease.

You are sitting in a sprawling meadow surrounded by pale gold grass. The long months of winter are melting away. A soft breeze moves across the meadow and it sweeps through the grass like a gentle wave. You sit and listen to the whispering grass. The soft rush comes, and then goes. As you breath in and out you become as vast as the sprawling meadow. Your body feels spacious and free.

You place your hands on your growing belly. No one knows the many months of work you will do in preparation for Babe to be born, but Mother Nature understands. Within the sleeping ground life is stirring. You feel the potential of the earth beneath you and welcome the radical change of spring.

The sun is growing stronger. It warms your face, your neck, and your shoulders. The sun softens the ground in preparation for seedlings, saplings, and sprouts to push through. Leaning forward you plant your palms on the ground. Spring’s transformational energy travels through your hands into your body—a gift from your Mother. As you breath in and out you are connected to the rhythm of this season. Your body feels infinite and mighty.

All around you, the golden meadow begins to change. Fresh green seedlings begin to reach towards the sky. The sprawling meadow becomes lush and alive, filled with colourful flowers of every shape and size—yellow daisies on swaying stalks, delicate lily of the valley, and vibrant tulips of orange, purple, and pink. The air smells sweet and new. You hear the hum of bees and ladybugs dancing from bloom to bloom.

Take a deep breath in, and out. Everything in this place is filled with life. You are connected to everything around you, from the glowing sun above, to the rich soil below. Rest in this beautiful meadow. Lie down and continue to notice the sights, sounds, and smells for as long as you like. Your body feels peaceful and at ease.

When you are ready to wake up your mind and body bring your attention back to the space you are in. Wake up your muscles by opening and closing your hands, shrugging your shoulders, and wiggling your toes. Open your eyes and sit quietly for a moment. Remember that as a Mama-to-be the power of spring is within you! Throughout your journey to motherhood, you may notice how often nature is a reflection of your changing body. Connecting with the rhythm of the seasons is a way to live in harmony with Mother Nature, and trust in the wisdom of your own body.

For a fun and kid-friendly visualization exercise, try our Beach Meditation for Kids.

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