Warrior Stories

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 [http://sacredspine.se/] Urbanom.se [http://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/ [https://www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca/] Thank you to Sam Winter for doing the editing and producing the sounds. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Follow us on Instagram: @warrior.yoga or explore our website at www.warrioryoga.network [http://www.warrioryoga.network/]

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/ [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 [http://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. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Follow us on Instagram: @warrior.yoga or explore our website at www.warrioryoga.network [http://www.warrioryoga.network]

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 [https://tonyaingram.com/pages/buy-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/ [https://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. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Follow us on Instagram: @warrior.yoga or explore our website at www.warrioryoga.network [http://www.warrioryoga.network/]