Health and well-being

through yoga and our body’s whispers.

Recovery and healing are possible

Gentle movement, ease, awareness with connection to our breath and body’s whispers can reduce pain and promote well-being.

Connect with your innate healing potential.

Let’s work together

MY OFFERINGS

Personalized sessions tailored to your unique needs, health goals and personal conditions.

Yoga Therapy

A research based gentle & integrative approach to improving mobility, movement and reducing pain.

Designed for your body’s unique needs.

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A community yoga class for people with Traumatic Brain Injuries

Healing Yoga &
Brain Health

A supportive community with science based practices for well-being and those dealing with traumatic brain injuries.

Caregivers welcome, too.

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Mindfulness & Meditation

A gentle, grounded introduction exploring how to relate differently to our thoughts, emotions and inner pressures.

Ancient teachings adapted for today’s fast-moving, overwhelming world. 

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Deep Rest & Reset
(Yoga Nidra / NSDR)

A safe, supportive guided journey into deep relaxation of the body and mind  cultivating greater ease and health.

Learn to notice your body's messages and signals

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Hi, I’m Barbara

Yoga Teacher in the Forest with prayer hands, Yoga in Nature, Vancouver Canada

Supporting health and well-being at all stages of life including healing from sports injuries, accidents or age-related ailments with a holistic approach structured for positive change & your personal needs.

My yoga journey started in 2010, and since dealing with injuries, four traumatic brain injuries and a desire to regain health, well-being and cognitive functioning I searched for positive healthful opportunities. After various treatments, I found the most powerful, impactful and long lasting options included yoga therapy, healing yoga / breathwork, stillness and yoga nidra!

Exploration and trust lead me to nurturing, gentle, somatic, wellness based opportunities. My teachers taught me how to settle and relax my ‘drive to fix things and myself’. It took about 6-8 months for my body and mind to finally relax and trust me. It was during this time that I started listening to my body’s subtle messages and my inner innate healer.

Read more about my journey

It would be my pleasure to support you

Release stress/anxiety, sleep better, and increase clarity, health and awareness by down-regulating your body’s nervous system through breath and deep relaxation with Deep Rest & Reset (guided Yoga Nidra / Non-Sleep Deep Rest practices);

Connect with ease, acceptance and presence to release stress, tension and befriend ‘mind chatter’ through Mindfulness & Meditation;

Through symptom management and self care this focuses on growing resilience in your brain injury healing journey through science based research and experience through Healing Yoga & Brain Health;

Release pain and regain ease of movement, strength and recovery with Yoga Therapy.

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  • "I had no idea how to listen to ‘my body’s whispers’ and certainly didn’t understand why ‘more isn’t better until I slowed down, trusted the process, understood and experienced slow, easeful, granular movement and the positive changes, reduced pain and improved mobility / strength by working with Barbara. Powerful and long-lasting improvements!!!"

    -Bruce H.

  • "Barb delivers! Working with her exclusivity was such a gift. She supported me and my needs, and through her experience, gentle guidance and grace I learned and experienced deep relaxation and transformative healing."

    -Elke H.

  • “… to share her knowledge from a felt experience makes her a unique and amazing teacher… Barbara’s experience to overcome her own brain trauma gives her an amazing point of view in the process of healing brain fog, headaches, fatigue and more. Yoga, meditation, breathwork have become a way of life to maintain health for Barbara and her ability to share her knowledge from a felt experience makes her a unique and amazing teacher. She truly cares for her students and is a dedicated yoga teacher.”

    - Jody & Pat (Owners, Healing Movement Yoga Centre, and 500-hour YTT instructors)

  • “Healing reset … allowing layers of tension to melt away … I have seen numerous benefits while attending Barbara’s Restorative Yoga classes. Her kind warmth and gentle presence exudes healing, coupled with her passion for teaching and sharing her knowledge - bringing a full experience into my yoga practice. I feel my nervous system gets the healing reset it needs. Her restorative postures sink me deep into relaxation allowing layers of tension and holding patterns to melt away. Barb is the total package. I am so grateful every time I have attended her sessions as I leave feeling so much better than when I came. Her classes leave a lasting presence. This speaks volumes to me.”

    - Hasina

  • “Anxiety & stress eased; helps release pain and improve sleep/energy … I suffer from anxiety, lack of sleep and some health challenges. Working with Barb gives me the ability to reflect inward and value self-care fully - physically, emotionally and spiritually. I feel heard, supported and nourished. Guiding me to connect with the ease and power of my breath allows the noise of life to give way to quiet moments when I can feel my body and mind in synchronicity. It gives me ease, peace and clarity. Working with Barb has helped me tremendously with my anxiety and has improved my sleep quality which has improved my energy, healthy eating and reduce daily stresses. Using her calming techniques and the ability to focus inwards has given me a new strength I didn’t have before. As I have some mobility issues with my legs, practicing with Barb helps me to release pain and discomfort, and refreshes me.”

    — Irene

  • “…a very passionate, patient, caring and supportive teacher with a very calming and reassuring voice. Barbara’s deep passion for therapeutic yoga, its healing benefits and mindful meditation is clearly shared and experienced during our sessions together. Her voice is calming and reassuring. As a novice yoga student, I found her to be very patient, caring and supportive.”

    — Gwen

  • “Always feel refreshed, renewed, relaxed and cared for … Barb has a gift for helping me de-stress, release tension and expertly guide me into deep relaxation. I always leave her classes feeling refreshed, renewed, relaxed, cared for and grateful. She truly is a gift. I highly recommend her and her amazing classes for some much needed self-care and relaxation.”

    - Lindsay

  • “Passionate, dedicated, calming … I have had the pleasure of both learning alongside and participating in classes Barb has led. Barb is both passionate and dedicated to her craft. She has a calming nature and soothing voice that make her classes a safe, welcoming and enjoyable experience.”

    — Nancy