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Conferences, Workshops and Professional Development for Early Learning Professionals 

Teach kids yoga

Do you want to integrate movement and mindfulness into your classroom, preschool, dayhome, daycare or out of school care? Do you want to know more about how to use classroom management and programming to create a curriculum the children in your classroom want to participate in? Using yoga, child care practitioners and teachers can integrate age appropriate and interest-based programming to teach these important skills. During this workshop Asha will teach educators how to use yoga to get students moving and laughing. 

 

ABCs for Calm Kids 

Helping to teach children to self regulate and calm down in anxious moments can help to reduce social anxiety, separation anxiety and stress.  As an early learning facilitator, you will learn techniques to help children self-calm, focus and regulate their emotions.  Included in these techniques will be the use of the acronym ABCDE (Affirm, Breath, Connect, De-stress and Elevate) in which we will look into appropriate practices to help children feel empowered, learn how to calm fears and anxiety.

Calm Teachers, Calm Kids 

Teaching and working with young children can be the most rewarding and satisfying job; yet can also be the most stressful and time consuming. Often teachers put their entire heart, soul and time into creating rich programming leaving themselves as educators drained and stressed out. This workshop will teach early learning professionals and teachers the basics of meditation, breathing techniques, gentle chair yoga, useful yoga postures for stress release and personal care approaches to be the best versions of themselves for their students.

Create a Workshop

Using content, experience and passion, Asha can create engaging and supportive workshops to benefit any workshop you are offering. Please feel comfortable approaching Asha to create an exciting and supportive workshop that reflects your topics.

I acknowledge, as a third- generation settler with mixed ancestry from Bukovina, Ukraine, and Ireland, and that my practice is situated on Stolen Land, which is within Treaty 6 territory, in amiskwacîwâskahikan ( ᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ Beaver Hills House in Cree); ti oda, (Many Houses as per Nakota Sioux); and Amakowsis, or omahkoyis (Big Lodge from Niisitapi). It is possible that the fort was known by other names as well, in languages which have yet to be revitalized- but is most recently referred to as Edmonton, AB. This land is the traditional lands of the First Nations, including nêhiyaw, Cree, Dené, Anishinaabe Saulteaux, Nakota Isga Nakota Sioux, and Niitsitapi Blackfoot peoples, the Métis’ homeland and the home of one of the largest communities of Inuit, South of the 60th parallel.

 

For these Nations, intuitive and inner wisdom always was, and still is deeply rooted in their birthing practice shared by their Knowledge Keepers and Elders. Much of the education here in the Western world of Birth Work is stolen and sold to people such as myself, from Indigenous people all over Turtle Island and other parts of the world. This is why I will continue to fight along side Indigenous communities for Peace, Justice, and Sovereignty. I offer services at low or no price to First Nations people, as well as continue to donate time and money to causes which bring injustices to the First Nations, Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people. I welcome any and all support and feedback to do better, at this time.

I call upon the Canadian Gov't to continue to work with the 94 call to Reconciliation and will continue to personally do my best work towards being a better ally and care taker of this land, while committing to support the agency and autonomy of Indigenous peoples in revitalizing and participating in traditional, contemporary, and future manifestations of their heritage and culture.

I strive to offer a family practice, inclusive of all people, with equity, inclusion and diversity offered and honoured. These priorities include, but are not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin. an act of reconciliation, I will continue to work towards creating inclusion, equity and diversity within my Birth Work.


If you identify as a member of the 2SLGBTQ and/or BIPOC community please let me offer you an appropriate exchange of services / fee for the services I offer, with the above acknowledged as a way to thank you..

Edmonton, Treaty 6 territory amiskwacîwâskahikan

AB, Turtle Island / Canada

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