Health and Wellness
- For the work environment - for the family - for the community - most important - for self
STATEMENT OF INTENT
Karen's early career started in the early 80's with Health and Wellness, at Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centres, Women's Crisis care, Child and Family, as well as Youth Services where her role and responsibilities included:
- Culturally sensitive program planning;
- Crisis intervention for women and children at risk;
- Community awareness, education and promotion of healthy/balanced, and traditional roles and relationships;
- Counselling; and
- Researching and addressing the underlying mental/emotional issues that contribute to violence and dysfunction.
Currently she works as a community educator to bring a body, mind, spirit awareness to self and one's environment, such as facilitating group workshops to bring proficient, proactive, professional practices to the work environments.
As a pledge to contribute to a new and stronger sense of identity, she studied and took recluse in the Kootanay Mountains of British Columbia, at one of North America's select Ashram's to experience the transformative power of yoga on a comprehensive journey of self-discovery and achieving her teacher certification in Yoga.
She initiates Health and Wellness awareness through her unique style of providing Yoga principles and practice from an Indigenous worldview. As well, she is an established and renown Jingle Dress dancer, drawing on her cultural knowledge to bring a balance to her Yoga teaching. Karen's scope and diverse cultural experience's has brought invitations to lead class's at distinguished Aboriginal Arts programs such as the Banff Centre of the Arts (Alberta), The Centre for Indigenous Theatre (Toronto), Debajehmugig Native Theatre Company (Manitoulin Island), En'owkin Centre (Penticton B.C.) and Native Women in the Arts (Toronto). As well, she has served as Cultural Programmer for the University of Toronto, First Nations House and for the Wikwemikong Heritage Organization. Karen, as an Anishnaabe Kwe and Nokomis (grandmother) feels blessed to be able to bring these health and wellness session's to your conference, weekend retreats and community wellness intervention programming.
WHATS IS YOGA?
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Yoga is an ancient Indian practice, dating back to 2500 BCE, possibly even earlier. It is a scientific system designed to bring the practitioners health, happiness, and a greater sense of self. In Yoga, the body and mind are linked to create a state of internal peacefulness and integration, bringing the individual from a state of separation to a self-unity that is flexible, accepting and whole. At the practical level, and included in the contemporary definitions of Yoga, are the actual physiological/mental techniques themselves. These techniques concentrate on posture and alignment, as well as creating a higher consciousness. Yoga utilizes stretching postures, breathing, and meditation techniques to calm the emotional state and the mind, and tone the body. |
Hatha Yoga focuses on your complete well-being health.
- It strives to improve your physical and mental well-being through specific poses (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayamas), and meditation (dhyana).
- Hatha Yoga works to increase your awareness of how your mind and body can work together in harmony by engaging every aspect of your being. In addition, the focused energy you exert in completing the techniques helps you retreat from your daily stresses.
- Hatha Yoga offers you an active yet relaxing way to release your tensions and improve your health.
- The techniques of Hatha yoga develop strength, flexibility, and balance in body and mind, creating inner peace and harmony.
What we will do occur during a Hatha Yoga class by Karen J. Pheasant.
Join us for a systematic and thorough introduction to the practice of levels one and two Hatha yoga. You1ll receive instruction on classical postures (asanas) and breathing practices (pranayama) of Hatha yoga, personalized attention, and a suggested practice routine, as well as tips on: developing your own personal at-home practice; structuring a balanced, complete practice with preparations and modifications of postures as well the benefits of regular practice.
Benefits of Yoga can provide you with many benefits to both your physical and mental health. Some of the benefits you may experience include the following:
- reduced stress level
- improved harmony between mind and body
- increased physical and mental strength and flexibility
- enhanced awareness of state of well-being ability to respond and move in new ways greater understanding of health benefits from asana poses
- Individualized coaching in small classes from a certified Yoga teacher
The Intelligent Moving Body: Body Conditioning and a cultural approach to body-minding and diabetes, with Yoga.
Taking care of your instrument is essential at any stage of life. Participants will be offered practical and a cultural approach on how to be mindful for your most important lodge-your body. This workshop provides hands on tools to create awareness and knowledge for prevention of diabetes and complications associated with diabetes, through the successful approach of yoga, which brings a body/mind/spirit approach to well-being. Preventative measures and specific yoga plans will be presented for those affected with diabetes and/or other health related concerns.
Currently, as an introductory special to bring the gift of Yoga practice, creating Health and Wellness awareness; Karen is offering complimentary Yoga sessions for your conference attendee's. Your choice of a.m./mid-day and end of day sessions at no charge. Conference attendees will be gently guided through a series of introductory level of stretching and breathing exercises.
Contact for further information.
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7 a.m. /7 p.m. Bring Kindness, Joy and Passion to your Body, Mind and Spirit Complete your day with gentle stretching and awakening of your inner source Join Karen J. Pheasant-through a series of breathe and asanas to achieve your focal point and self-discipline. No experience needed, only the presence of your body/mind and spirit Please wear comfortable clothing, no special attire needed www.karenjpheasant.com |
