Healing and Yoga
Healing and Yoga
Healing and Yoga is an eight week integrated yoga program for individuals with a cancer diagnosis. It is a guided class that incorporates mindfulness meditation, therapeutic yoga, and individual reflections and contemplations.
Upcoming Program Information for Phase 1:
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First Program: January 21st - March 3rd
Second Program: March 24th - May 12th
Saturdays, 4-5:30pm
6156 Quinpool Rd. Suite 202, Halifax, NS
Personal Investment: $60 (bursaries available if needed)
For further information or to Register, please email: leanne@growalotus.com
Phase 3 - weekly webcasted Yoga Sessions
Starting in January, available everywhere
Stay tuned for more
About the Program:
Dr. Rob Rutledge and Dr. Timothy Walker have been offering practical and integrated methods of approaching a cancer diagnosis for over 10 years. They skillfully weave the best of the scientifically-proven medical care and combine it with wisdom-based healing practices to offer a unique perspective and connection on the mind, body, and spirit. The intention is to transform the experience of illness to a journey towards wholeness.
Healing and Yoga is a medium to this unique approach to wholeness. Dr. Timothy Walker and Dr. Rob Rutledge have collaborated with a team of yoga professionals to create a broad curriculum of healing and overall sense of well being. The practice of yoga, combined with mindfulness meditation, is a medium used in helping individuals reduce stress, decrease fatigue, and improve one’s overall quality of life.
Students and the supported friends or family who partake in the class will be led through mindfulness meditation, a therapeutic yoga class, along with group facilitation and personal reflections with the option to share and hear each other's experiences and support the community and circle of healing.
The Curriculum:
The Healing and Yoga Program and Curriculum is a combination of vast professionals who have weaved their knowledge and expertise into a unique curriculum designed for the daily understanding and practical application for individuals and their families with a cancer diagnosis. The curriculum uses elements from the Yoga Thrive, a therapeutic yoga program for cancer survivors and their support persons based out of the University of Calgary, adaptations from yoga therapy guided by Jnani Chapman's student Sheryl Gray, and the fusion of experience from the Healing and Cancer Foundation Team.
Dr. Timothy Walker’s uses his studies of Contemplative Psychotherapy, Mindfulness Meditation, and vast knowledge and wisdom of Tantric applications embodying body, mind and spirit.
Leanne Whiting integrates her studies of Therapeutical Anusara Yoga and Non-Dual Tantra philosophy, into practical yoga poses using Universal Principles to align each individual optimally, leaving students of all levels and abilities with a sense of empowerment.
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Sheryl Gray applies her studies with Jnani Chapman of Yoga Therapy and Cancer to ensure safety and practical modifications specific to individuals and their personal and medical needs.
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