Upcoming Events
Biosync-Rhythm and Meridian Stretching for Beauty, Balance and Wellbeing- “The New Yoga”
Dates: Feb 13, 27, Mar 13
Time: 3-5 pm
Spring dates: April 10, 24, May 8, 22, June 12, 26
Time 2-4 pm
Guiomar Campbell CST RN, blends her Biosync-Rhythm movement concept with Masunaga’s Meridian Stretching Imagery to create a healing art that integrates rhythm and sound with the energy systems of the body.
Masunaga, Zen Shiatsu master, developed these series of stretching exercises based on the pathways of energy in the body. The concept of these exercises is to focus on the sensation you get when the muscles are stretched and use breathing techniques to feel it.
Biosync-Rhythm is a fun and energizing system of learning which integrates left and right brain hemispheres through creative movement and music making. Participants learn to coordinate the left and right sides of their bodies as well as develop relaxation techniques and greater self-esteem.
The intention of this practice is to bring balance and healing to the body to achieve higher states of consciousness, healing and well-being. The movement therapy uses 4 way independence, integrating upper and lower, and left and right, sides of the body.
Meridian Stretching and Biosync rhythm combines
Elements of yoga and Sound Meditation
Meridian stretching Imagery
Brazilian drumming and rhythmic patterns for coordination and biorhythm
This class is open to anyone and is especially valuable to body workers, therapists, educators and all
interested in the healing arts.
What to bring:
Yoga mat
Wear loose comfortable clothes and bring your water.
Lifecycles Wellness
94 Cumberland St. Suite 805, Yorkville
647 428-7200
Fee: $30 single class
$100 for 4 classes
If you are interested in this workshop and wants to hear more details, send an email to guiomar@lotusshiatsutherapy.com and I will send you the registration form.
You may also register for Meridian stretching exercise by contacting HYPERLINK “mailto:info@lifecycleswellness.com”info@lifecycleswellness.com
Register NOW, Limited spaces for 8 people.
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DANCE FOR ALPHA FUNDRAISER
Tuesday Mach 23, 2010
THE LULA LOUNGE
1585 Dundas Street West
Doors open at 6:30 pm, Live Music starts at 7:00pm
SILENT AUCTION
Bodywork
Original art
Designer clothing
and more
LAST BIDS at 9.00 pm
COVER CHARGE: $10, Children $5
With music by:
Luis Mario Ochoa
Julie Michels &Kevin Barrett
Guiomar Campbell’s Afro Brazilian Jazz
and a SPECIAL PERFORMANCE by:
ALPHA kids and musicians from the ALPHA parent community
Dance to the hot beats of:
DJ BILLY BRYANS
Funds support pubic democratic free schooling at ALPHA alternative school
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/alpha
Sundays with the Muse second series on spring 2010”
Sundays with the Muse is RETURNING, Sunday, March 21, April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 16, 2010 2:30-5:30pm
Cost:
Full series, 7 workshops: $195, pre-registered (non-refundable & non-transferable)
Per workshop: $40, pre-registered ($20 non-refundable) $50 at the door REGISTER NOW WITH INDIVIDUAL FACILITATORS.
To register click the link: http://www.danceourwayhome.com/offerings/sundays-with-the-muse-spring-series
*Every workshop reserves 10 spots at half-price ($20 non-refundable), offered on a first-come-first-served basis, on an honour system. We trust that only those needing the disount will ask for one of these special spots. REGISTER NOW WITH INDIVIDUAL FACILITATORS
Come to any or all.
TO REGISTER: http://www.danceourwayhome.com/offerings/sundays-with-the-muse-spring-series
Description:
This Sundays with the Muse Spring Series is a collaborative series of experiential workshops created and lead by 7 women, dedicated to the enrichment of the body, mind, heart & soul of a woman, seeking to empower themselves and others by sharing embodied teachings.
Sundays with the Muse is a woman-centered, community-building, life-enhancing series which promises connections and experiences which will carry you past your daily circumstances and limitations, for mutual healing and growth.
Each 3 hour workshop is created to take you on a journey towards greater awareness and aliveness, based on the 7 sacred energy wheels or chakras, starting from the root of your being, upwards to your crown. Every delicious workshop will touch different realms of possibilities, from head to toe, heart to soul.
Taking the full series is ideal, however, if that is not possible, enjoy those you can, as each workshop has it’s own stand-alone magic and healing
This is going to be another STUNNING Series! Tell your friends.
March 21- ‘Rooting Into the Earth; The Seeds of Our Becoming’ with Caro Cloutier
Come join this Spring Equinox Celebration and Fire Ceremony of expressive art-making, dreaming, journeying, journaling and community.
As in ancient times, we are celebrating the return to our natural cycle and honour our seeds that have been dormant in the winter’s darkness. By the thawing of our own being comes the potential for our growth to rise up again and shine in a whole new way. Come express and nurture your tender roots so they may grow strong and bold into the earth mother. Nurture your fertile soil so that you may grow the corn that you wish for yourself in your life. Bring a piece of nature representing who we are as the Divine Feminine in Human form as part of a sacred collective mandala.
Caro Cloutier B.A., dipl.EXAT, is a practicing expressive arts therapist, energy medicine practitioner, and past Board Member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists. She invokes sacredness and healing experiences by engaging participants to rekindle their sense of play, creativity and self-expression. Caro’s expressive arts therapy is inspired by drama, visual art, movement, toning or sounding, storytelling, text, symbolism, mythic mapping and ceremony. Caro has brought this work to many, including St. Joseph’s Immigrant Women’s Centre, Trinity Hospice and Gilda’s Place. For more info, contact Caro at caro@carocloutier.com 416-554-0939 www.carocloutier.com
April 4- ‘Bellylicious; She Who Flows & Feels’ with Erica Ross
Discover your own delicious flow, grace & depth of feeling through the Dance Our Way Home practice of free-style movement, relaxation and guided imagery.
This new workshop, created just for this Spring Series, honours, supports and explores the magnificent treasures of the belly’s watery realm and wisdom. In a gently guided, safe and sacred female space, come connect with yourself and others through relaxation, feeling, sensation and movement. Become more open, soft, available to change and fluid living. Wear something sensuous, bring a mat or blanket, and water bottle.
Erica Ross is a dancer, artist, DJ, mother and traveller. She has been in the arts for over 30 years. For the last 10 years she has been facilitating women’s workshops and groups; following her bliss/soul-calling to share what she knows to be true, to support women in the realization of their magnificence. Erica’s work is informed by her love of humanity, mystery, earth and the Divine Feminine. She is co-founder and director of Dance Our Way Home and co-founder of The Move Dance Collective. For more info, contact Erica aterica@danceourwayhome.com
April 11- ‘Authentic Movement’ with Gennie Brukner
Engage your power with authentic movement.
In authentic movement, you close your eyes and experience what’s going on inside of you. Then you wait for an impulse to move and/or sound. Being in a space where you can move and sound in any way you feel compelled to can be immensely freeing. There is the opportunity to come into contact with what’s alive within you below the level of your conscious awareness. Expressing it can be a great release and a relief and connect you more deeply to yourself. Being connected to yourself is essential to taking powerful action.
Gennie Brukner has trained for three years at the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley, California. She has also done some training with Ruth Zaporah in Action Theatre, Emilie Conrad Doud in Continuum Movement, Charlotte Selver in Sensory Awareness and Nina Martin in Ensemble Improvisation. Her work is always informed by her meditation practice. For more info, contact Gennie at gbrukner@gmail.com416-531-0288
April 18- ‘Sounding out your Heart’ with Wende Bartley
Opening to the transformative power of the voice.
In this workshop, you will be guided in a discovery of the expressive power of your voice and experience a deeper connection with your own true self – the heart of who you are. Your voice will become enlivened through breath and body work, group sounding, and creative vocal exercises. We will also explore our connection to the goddess through sound, diving into the heart of her sacred mysteries and the creative power of sound vibration. Bring a blanket and plenty of water.
Wende Bartley, M.Mus, is a composer, sound performance artist, and a soundhealer trained in the SoulVoice method. For over 20 years she has pursued an artistic practice dedicated to an awakening of the voice of the feminine and a reclaiming of the sacred goddess traditions. She brings her deep listening skills, creativity and knowledge of the voice into her workshops, sound circles, group rituals, and individual healing sessions. For more info, contact Wende at wbartley@interlog.com www.reverbnation.com/wendebartley
April 25- ‘Ha! Ha! Ha!: The Medicine of Laughter’ with Valerie Moysey
Ignite your joy, using playful practices from around the world and experience laughter as the sacred thread that aligns your mind, body, and spirit.
Valerie loves to laugh. Ha! Ha! Ha!: The Medicine of Laughter was borne out of a desire to share the contagiousness of silliness and laughter in community. Studies show that children laugh 300-400 times a day whereas adults laugh 10-15 times a day. If you would like to have fun and experience the healing power of laughter, then this is the workshop for you. Everyone is welcome! Exercises are inspired by meditation practices, cooperative games, and the worldwide laughter movement. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring two blankets (or blanket and yoga mat) and a pillow.
Valerie Moysey, B.A., CST, LMT has been facilitating classes, workshops, and ongoing practice groups for seven years. She places a high value on creating a comfortable and non-judgemental environment in which to explore and learn. Valerie’s workshops are ‘hands on’ as she believes that experience is the best teacher. Valerie spent ten years working in social services. She currently works at sweetgrass spa practising holistic body work, sound healing and leading workshops with an emphasis on the mind-body-spirit connection. For more info and to register, contact Valerie at vmoysey@gmail.com.
May 2- ‘Awaken Your Intuition’ with Yoga Goddess, Zahra Haji
Awaken to your Inner Guidance with kundalini yoga, meditation and the law of attraction with Yoga Goddess.
Every one of us has an inner Visionary. As we awaken our intuition, we begin to connect with our intuitive vision, giving us deeper insights and heightened awareness. Living intuitively aligns us with our higher purpose which puts us in the right place, at the right time, to take the right action.
Zahra Haji is a trained and practiced yogini inspired by the Goddess Ixchel to reconnect women to the Divine Feminine. Through the wisdom of the moon, kundalini yoga and meditation, Zahra guides women to discover the rich, treasure-filled sanctuary of inner-self. Currently Zahra is a Sessional Lecturer in the University of Toronto’s Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Program. She offers women-centred courses and retreats through her business ‘Yoga Goddess’. For more info contact Zahra at iam@yogagoddess.ca 416-901-4032www.yogagoddess.ca
May 16- ‘A Brazilian Bliss Muse Dance Celebration’ with Guiomar Campbell
Come and embody the divine feminine that ”you are” through a sacred crowning celebration of rhythm and dance.
In this last workshop of the Spring Series we arrive at the crown as Guiomar infectiously leads us in a celebration of percussive rhythms, meridian stretching, synchronized movement and dance. At the crown, we awaken the Bliss Muse within, the one who follows her bliss, flow, and deeper wisdom, truth, and joy.Through rhythm and movement we will play, relax, open our “I am presence” and surrender to our natural flow and divine guidance and pulse. Come rejoice and celebrate in community, as our heart beat vibrates and move us into more joy and power
Brazilian native Guiomar Campbell is a percussionist and singer. She leads the Toronto-based group, Parabolica, built on a foundation of Afro-Brazilian folk rhythms, bossa nova, samba and jazz. Guiomar is the creator of Biosync-rhythm movement, a technique that synchronizes body’s natural rhythms through creative dance, drumming and yoga. She is also a shiatsu therapist and acupuncturist, and runs her practice Lotus Arts and Wellness at Lifecycles Wellness Clinic in Yorkville
For more info contact Guiomar at guiomar@lotusshiatsutherapy.com 647-428-7200 www.lotusshiatsutherapy.com
TO REGISTER: http://www.danceourwayhome.com/offerings/sundays-with-the-muse-spring-series
“Dance Our Way Home second series coming soon Presents:
Sundays with the Muse”
by on AUGUST 7, 2009
Dear friends,
Q: What do you get when you gather together storytelling, dance & movement, martial art, divination, drumming, yoga, expressive art, belly laughter, meditation, shamanic ritual, divine feminine mythology, body-centered and psycho-spiritual explorations, and more?
A: You get “Dance Our Way Home Presents: Sundays with the Muse”, a collaborative SERIES of 9 experiential workshops by 9 inspirational women. (Remember the 9 Muses?)
“Sundays with the Muse”, created by Erica Ross, is a series of workshops for women being held on 9 consecutive Sundays this fall (October 4 – November 29) at the Dovercourt House, 3rd floor, from 2:30-5:30pm. This series is a new collaborative model of women sharing authentic wisdom and exquisite experiences, as well as building beautiful community for personal & collective healing, growth & celebration. I am proud to say that I will am 1 of the 9 facilitators, offering a special workshop designed just for “Sundays with the Muse”. (Please see below)
Each 3 hour workshop will stand alone and can be taken individually, however, if you choose to come to most or all of the workshops, you will receive the benefits of a balanced, beautifully woven journey touching all realms of possibilities, from head to toe, heart to soul. And, you are going to love this —- each workshop is valued at $60; however, you get to ‘Pay-What-U-Want’ at the end of each workshop, with absolutely no minimum and no maximum. This is as good as it gets!
To register and reserve a spot for each workshop, you must contact the individual workshop facilitator. I suggest you register ASAP if you want a spot. This is a series not to be missed! I hope to see you there.
Blessings,
Guiomar Campbell
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“Dance Our Way Home Presents: Sundays with the Muse”
October 4 ‘Moon Goddess’ with Yoga Goddess, Zahra Haji
Celebrate the magic of being a woman with meditation, yoga and the wisdom of the moon.
Moon Goddess is a yoga and meditation class like no other. You will learn a simple and gentle practice that will add vibrancy to your life, help you improve your relationships, enhance your physical and spiritual wellbeing, and connect with the Divine Feminine. Come play with the Goddess energies of the maiden, mother, enchantress and wise-woman – energies that will encourage self-love, creativity, joy and serenity in your life – not to mention that gorgeous yoga glow!
Zahra Haji is a trained and practiced yogini inspired by the Goddess Ixchel to reconnect women to the Divine Feminine. Through the wisdom of the moon, kundalini yoga and meditation, Zahra guides women to discover the rich, treasure-filled sanctuary of inner-self. Currently Zahra is a Sessional Lecturer in the University of Toronto’s Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Program. She offers women-centred courses and retreats through her business ‘Yoga Goddess’. For more info and to register, contact Zahra atiam@yogagoddess.ca 416-901-4032 www.yogagoddess.ca
October 11 ‘An Introduction to Authentic Movement’ with Gennie Brukner
Explore a practice of embodied presence that will help you become deeply connected with yourself through the use of movement and sound in the presence of a witness.
You will be invited to close your eyes and open up to your inner landscape of experience; then to move and sound spontaneously (which can include stillness and silence) out of this relatedness to yourself. Authentic movement can be great fun, deeply moving, and powerfully restorative. It can help you to shake off the bindings of inhibitions and self-consciousness, whether inherited or self-imposed, and free you up to commune with your essential self.
Gennie Brukner has trained for three years at the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley, California. She has also done some training with Ruth Zaporah in Action Theatre, Emilie Conrad Doud in Continuum Movement, Charlotte Selver in Sensory Awareness and Nina Martin in Ensemble Improvisation. Her work is always informed by her meditation practice. For more info and to register, contact Gennie at gbrukner@gmail.com 416-531-0288
October 18 ‘Biosync-Rhythm for Balance and Wellbeing’ with Guiomar Campbell
Balance your body, mind, heart and spirit in playful and relaxing explorations of meridian stretches, yoga, Brazilian drumming, biodance and self massage.
Guiomar will take you on a fun, relaxing and uplifting journey of instrument playing, yoga, mantras, affirmations, self-massage and creative dance. You will learn techniques and tools for self-observation of your internal rhythm as well as for the overall improvement of your health. This workshop is designed to bring balance to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels of your body. Bringwater, yoga mat, paper and pen, and a positive attitude.
Brazilian native Guiomar Campbell is a percussionist and singer. She leads the Toronto-based group, Parabolica, built on a foundation of Afro-Brazilian folk rhythms, bossa nova, samba and jazz. Guiomar is the creator of Biosync-rhythm movement, a technique that synchronizes body’s natural rhythms through creative dance, drumming and yoga. She is also a shiatsu therapist and acupuncturist, with a clinic in Yorkville called Lotus Shiatsu Therapy. For more info and to register, contact Guiomar atguiomar@lotusshiatsutherapy.com 647-428-7200 www.lotusshiatsutherapy.com
October 25 ‘Awakening Aphrodite’ with Erica Ross
Awaken the pleasure and joy of being female through the Dance Our Way Home practice of free-style movement, relaxation and guided imagery.
Aphrodite, Goddess of love and devotion, was born from the sea of creation. This workshop is a rare opportunity to dance an awakening of your own inner Aphrodite, in a gently guided, safe and sacred female space. Connecting with Her essence is a pathway to inspiring more fluidity, delight, sensuality, vitality and emotional healing and trust. Come find pleasure and power in your body, soften your heart and mind, share your joy, and become Aphrodite embodied! Wear something sensuous, bring a mat or blanket, and water bottle.
Erica Ross is a dancer, artist, DJ, mother and traveller. She has been in the arts for over 30 years. For the last 10 years she has been facilitating women’s workshops and groups; following her bliss/soul-calling to share what she knows to be true, to support women in the realization of their magnificence. Erica’s work is informed by her love of humanity, mystery, earth and the Divine Feminine. She is co-founder and director of Dance Our Way Home and co-founder of The Move Dance Collective. For more info and to register, contact Erica at erica@danceourwayhome.com 416 538-8408 www.danceourwayhome.com
November 1 ‘Honouring the Wisdom of Our Ancestors’ with Caro Cloutier
Claim your ancestral gifts as an exquisite resource, in a sacred ceremony of expressive art-making, dreaming, journeying, journaling and sharing.
Would you appreciate reconnecting to your Self, the earth and to your ancestors, in a safe and sacred space? As medicine for the SOUL, Caro will expertly and lovingly guide you in a ceremony where you will reconnect with the untold wisdom of your ancestors. You will unearth and bring to light the gifts held for you as a way to access more understanding of your soul’s journey. This is an opportunity to claim and embody these ancestral treasures as a resource for wholeness, healing and radiant truth.
Caro Cloutier B.A., dipl.EXAT, is a practicing expressive arts therapist, energy medicine practitioner, and past Board Member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists. She invokes sacredness and healing experiences by engaging participants to rekindle their sense of play, creativity and self-expression. Caro’s expressive arts therapy is inspired by drama, visual art, movement, toning or sounding, storytelling, text, symbolism, mythic mapping and ceremony. Caro has brought this work to many, including St. Joseph’s Immigrant Women’s Centre, Trinity Hospice and Gilda’s Place. For more info and to register, contact Caro at caro@carocloutier.com416-554-0939 www.carocloutier.com
November 8 ‘BellyLaugh: The Yoga of Laughter’ with Valerie Moysey
Ignite your joy, using playful practices from around the world and experience laughter as the sacred thread that aligns your mind, body, and spirit.
Valerie loves to laugh. BellyLaugh: The Yoga of Laughter was borne out of a desire to share the contagiousness of silliness and laughter in community. Studies show that children laugh 300-400 times a day whereas adults laugh 10-15 times a day. If you would like to have fun and experience the healing power of laughter, then this is the workshop for you. Everyone is welcome! Exercises are inspired by meditation practices, cooperative games, and the worldwide laughter movement. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring two blankets (or blanket and yoga mat) and a pillow.
Valerie Moysey, B.A., CST, LMT has been facilitating classes, workshops, and ongoing practice groups for six years. She places a high value on creating a comfortable and non-judgemental environment in which to explore and learn. Valerie’s workshops are ‘hands on’ as she believes that experience is the best teacher. Valerie spent ten years working in social services. She currently works at sweetgrass spa practising holistic body work, sound healing and leading workshops with an emphasis on the mind-body-spirit connection. For more info and to register, contact Valerie at vmoysey@gmail.com 416-538-9222 (please call before 9pm)
November 15 ‘Boundaries: A Psycho-Spiritual Exploration of the Divine Feminine’ with Nan Keyser
Discover your inner resources and wisdom through mythology, healing sound, journalling, story sharing and body-centered practices.
This workshop is a unique opportunity to explore your personal boundaries*, and tap into the source of body-soul wisdom within. Be inspired by the archetypal mythology of the Goddess to explore your inner resources of compassion,
strength and protection. Through an exploration of journalling, story sharing, body-centered practices and healing sound, this workshop will offer an introduction to understanding and mapping your personal boundaries. *A boundary is the energetic, emotional, physical, and psychic space between you and others.
Nan Keyser M.Ed, OSP is a psychotherapist in private practice who has been a compassionate facilitator of the healing and expressive arts for over 15 years. She is a clinical member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists has trained in body-centered modalities such as bioenergetics, sensorimotor psychotherapy, movement, chanting, and yoga. Nan is co-founder of Dance Our Way Home and The Move Dance Collective. For more info and to register, contact Nan at nankeyser@gmail.com 416 534-0655www.expressivehealing.com
November 22 ‘Introduction to Capoeira for Women’ with Lang Liu (Professora Estrelinha)
Experience the beauty and exuberance of the Afro-Brazilian art form capoeira, an intriguing blend of dance, martial art, music and ritual.
This workshop is a gentle introduction into the fascinating and rich world of the Afro-Brazilian martial art, capoeira. With origins reaching back to the brutal world of slavery in colonial Brazil, capoeira incorporates elements of African, Indigenous and European cultures. The hypnotizing and joyful music, the camaraderie of the circle, the circular and powerful movements, all lead the body and senses to an experience that is both grounded and deeply spiritual.
Lang Liu has been practising capoeira for over 13 years. She has taught capoeira in Toronto for over 7 years and recently founded the ‘Filhos de Bimba Toronto’ school of capoeira, whose mother school is based in Brazil under the guidance of Master Nenel, son of legendary Master Bimba. Lang is currently writing a thesis at the University of Toronto based on her experiences of capoeira as an embodied form of knowledge with the potential to transform lives. For more info and to register, contact Lang atlangmliu@hotmail.com www.baviaarts.com
November 29 ‘Diving for Love’ with Michelle Tocher
Recover the magic of storytelling for spiritual health and artistic growth.
Travel with an enchanting storyteller to the mythical islands off the coast of Hawaii, and listen to the poignant fairy tale of Hiku and Kewelu—a love story about the loss and recovery of the feminine soul, which is also at the root of the practice of the lomi lomi massage. Michelle Tocher will guide you into the undersea world of the story, where you will dive between the lines for your own soulful insights. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to be fed by the power of a tale richly told. Bring a journal to write in, and anything you might have that invokes the magic of Hawaii.
Michelle Tocher is an author whose writing and storytelling courses help people to find meaning and healing through imagination, metaphor, fairy tales and myths. Her many books include How to Ride a Dragon: Breast Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories, Brave Work: A Guide to the Hero’s Journey at Work, and most recently, The May Queen, a poignant novel about love, life, and fairy tales. For more info and to register, contact Michelle at michelle@michelletocher.com 416-516-6644 www.michelletocher.com
Womens are Gathering… Everyone is welcome! Lifecycles Wellness open house
We are swinging open the doors and inviting you in to our open house!
Participate in our demonstrations and workshops or just sit back and enjoy some healthy snacks and live music.
Lifecycles Wellness Open House
Thursday, September 24, 6-9pm
94 Cumberland Street, Suite 805
Yorkville, Toronto, ON Bay Street Subway Station
647.428.7200
CHECK OUT the women’s health workshop schedule at: www.lifecycleswellness.com
Junction Arts Festival- Look for Lifecycles Wellness tent
We are going to participate in the junction festival on Sep 12, 13 from 11- 10pm and 11-6pm
We will be offering Tune up massages, tongue and pulse diagnosis, Guia’s Life Blends oils Try on,
Demos and more!
PRIDE Week Event at Lifecycles Wellness
June 17, 2009
Hi dear friends join us in celebration of Pride week. This workshop will bring you nourishment to your heart, spirit and your intimate self. It was designed to help you love and be intimate with yourself just the way you are. I am very happy to join Sherap Winn in this class.
Blessings to all.
Guiomar Campbell
Workshop description
This intimacy workshop will help you get in touch with your intimate self and access some of the skills you already have for intimacy, self love and expression. We will begin by cultivating our self- awareness and presence within our bodies through practicing mindfulness meditation. We will then explore breathing techniques and exercises, acupressure points and movement to enhance your creative and intimate self.
By the end of the workshop you will:
• know a mindfulness meditation technique that you can practice daily
• have explored self- touch and intimacy
• have expanded your ability to communicate and create self awareness
• know breathing techniques and exercises to open and circulate your sexual energy
• bring your female energy into balance
This workshop is open to LGBTQ women and straight women who embrace sexual diversity.
Beginners and advanced level practitioners will both benefit from this workshop.
Cost: Donations are welcome.
Location: Lifecycles Wellness, 94 Cumberland Street, Suite 805, Yorkville, Toronto, ON
Time: 7:00 pm
Workshop facilitators
Sherap Winn, a second generation Shambhalian Buddhistb with a degree on Women`s Studies. Sherap is a psychotherapis and metidator instructor with tremendous experience working in various woman abuse shelters and women’s issues.
Guiomar Campbell, is a holistic medical practitioner with a background in nursing obstetrics and midwifery and in native healing traditions of her native Brazil. Guiomar was trained in the art of shiatsu and acupuncture at the Shiatsu School of Canada where she worked for 5 years as an instuctor in the diploma program. Her focus is on women’s reproductive health and wellness. Guiomar is also a performing artist and workshop leader in the style of biosync- rhythm and movement.
For more information and to register, contact:
guiomarcampbell@gmail.com and sherap.winn@gmail.com
Spring Promotion
Spring celebrates new life, it symbolizes fertility, love and joy. It is time to renew, recharge and rejuvenate yourself!
Lotus Shiatsu Therapy is offering you a special gift of 40% discount on your introductory treatment. A $50 value!
The introductory treatment includes:
1 1/2 hour session that combines:
-Shiatsu massage
-Acupuncture
-Thai massage
-Aromatherapy
-Special gift from Guia’s Life Blend massage oils, specially designed for your acupressure points and handcrafted for your needs.
Call to book your appointment at 647 428-7200
or email: guiomar@lotusshiatsutherapy.com
Fertile Sisters
Empowered with information and inspirations
These workshops are intended to educate women and introduce simple tools that can be used to balance their physical, mental and spiritual bodies before thinking of conceving. You will learn how to understand your period and ovulation signs, get your body fit and fertile with proper diet and exercise as well as to increase your sexual drive. We welcome women of all ages, gender and background who wants be healthy, vibrant and in charge of your own body.
Course outline
Thursday March 19, 7-9 pm - Yoga, Stretching and Self-Massage for Fertility
Explore your meridian system, pelvic holding patterns and ways to relax and open up your womb to improve your reproductive body.
Thursday April 23, 7-9 pm - Herbs and Supplements for Fertility
Confused by conflicting information and shelf after shelf of herbs and supplements with extraordinary claims? Come learn factual, down-to-earth, experiential advice to navigate your health food store for you and your baby.
Thursday May 21, 7-9 pm - Aromatherapy and Acupressure Massage for Fertility
Essential oils are simple to use and powerful medicine for fertility. Find out which ones would be useful for you and how to apply them on your body and in your environment.
Thursday June 18, 7-9 pm - Awakening Female Sexuality
So often when trying for a baby, couples find sex becomes more of a chore and less of a joy. Learn practical tips on bringing the fire back to the bedroom and the importance of the spirit of conception.
Thursday July 23, 7-9 pm – Fertility Diet
You are what you eat. And so is your reproductive system!
Learn what foods to eat and which to avoid for optimum fertility and how to apply Chinese Medicine principles in your kitchen for you and your baby.
Our workshops are packed with experiential exercises grounded in evidence-based information to provide inspiration for your body and mind and improve your fertility naturally.
Take home valuable workshop material and some free samples! Healthy snacks and tea provided.
Single workshop drop-in $25, package of all 5 workshops $100.
Join us in any month, the workshop series is ongoing!
Please contact Tanya or Guiomar at 647.428.7200 or
guiomar@lotusshiatsuttherapy.com for more information or to register.
Lifecycles Wellness, 94 Cumberland Street, Suite 805, Yorkville, Toronto
