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\u2015 B.K.S. Iyengar<\/p>\n

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Registered Yoga Therapy Practitioner<\/span>
\nEducator & Teacher & Guru<\/span><\/h3>\n

By happenchance of attending a Buddhist meditation group and training in yoga, I discovered I was born with a meditative mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Years after, I became interested in yoga training after opening a yoga and martial arts centre in Port Moody, BC. My interest in yoga grew to train in kripalu, chakra, classical, traditional, and therapeutic yogas in Canada and India.<\/span><\/p>\n

At my centre, other yoga schools and in the community, in France, the UK, the USA, and Canada, I taught various yoga styled classes, workshops, and yoga therapy for many years.<\/span><\/p>\n

This experience showed me that people wanted and needed a more therapeutic approach and began a Registered Yoga Therapy Practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

I find compassion and humour centre my approach to teaching yoga. You can unlock your potential by learning ancient wisdom and gain freedom, new perspectives, and clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want you to ignite a reawakening of your innate nature and grounding to the earth while practising all aspects of yoga to strengthen the interconnection of your body, mind, and spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching methods offered are cognitive, touch, physical, oral, audio, intuitive and nature\u2019s perspective for a comprehensive understanding of yourself and yoga.<\/span><\/p>\n

I write on yoga, teach voice, and understand how to become content through \u2018simply being\u2019 meditation and chanting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Discovering the term<\/span> ‘Meditat<\/span>ion’<\/span><\/h3>\n

From a young age, I remember playing a \u2018simply be\u2019 game of silence. In my mind, I was silent for hours, sometimes days. Words were not present unless I wanted to daydream. I could hear people and listen. I spoke when I was told to and listened to people as needed \u2013 otherwise, I quietly listened to the universe. My mind always seemed vast, limitless. I knew the most amazing sounds, knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was about 12, I told my mother my game. She was perturbed, telling me I had to have words in my head; I imagined it, \u201cSo stop it\u201d, she\u2019d say. A puzzle I didn\u2019t\u2019 understand for years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Intrigued about Buddhism, I found a meditation group in Britain to learn about meditation. \u2018Ah\u2019. I am an innate meditator born with a meditative disposition and mindfulness, and the challenge I\u2019d find is \u2018not to forget\u2019. Through the years, I understood this to be true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buddhism, drawn from yoga, so I read the yoga sutras \u2013 the exact verse escapes me, but it said that some are natural-born with an innate prominence to meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Practicing<\/b> Buddhism – S\u014dt\u014d Zen Reflection Meditation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC), founded in the UK, has priories worldwide. I practice with Reading Buddhist Priory, the UK and the Lions Gate Buddhist Priory in Vancouver\/Lytton, BC, for 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Becoming a Lay Buddhist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At Shasta Abbey, I took part in Jukai \u2013 taking the Buddhist Precepts a week-long ceremony to welcome people into the history and fold of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Practicing<\/b> Meditation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Learning about types of meditation, I discovered I naturally practiced transcendental and astral projecting meditation, both conducive to healing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vipassana Meditation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Vipassana, which means seeing things as they are, is India\u2019s most ancient meditation technique. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. Vipassana Meditation is taught at ten-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am attending ten-day silent retreats at the Vipassana Meditation Centre in Merritt and the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

Astral Projecting Meditation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Astral projection enables the individual to explore the world in the astral body, almost detached from the physical body.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructing Meditation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I teach beginners to experts in yoga meditation and mindfulness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Simply Be\u2019 Meditation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For those who want to expand their focus, I offer a multi-level meditation that transcends one from an outward view to an inward view of themselves, connecting to their world and the outside world. The focus becomes integrated, acute, and more substantial with serenity, calm, balance and new perspectives to living a natural life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Formal & Self-Directed Research<\/span><\/h3>\n

Through observations of a person\u2019s movement and mobility, I see their character, thinking, perspectives, challenges, and abilities emerge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through first-hand experience and research, I offer yoga therapy for persons with the following abilities in the three stages of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Arthritis & Joint Challenges<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Asthma<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Anxiety, Depression<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Chronic Pain<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Cognitive challenges; birth, injuries, traumas, or experiences<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Deaf and the Hard of Hearing<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Herpes & STDs<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Injuries; Cognitive and Physical<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Legally Blind and Partially Sighted<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Missing Or Non-Useable Limbs<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Pregnancy: natal, natural and caesarian care<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Qualifications” tab_id=”yoga-education-certificates”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” gap=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1556394754470{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1632529373468{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Professional Development<\/h3>\n

Grace Brockington, BSYT
\n(British School of Yoga Teacher)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n