Delivered by our talented team of Beyond Yoga Studio experts, our Staff Development Workshops are presented virtually or in-person and can accommodate up to 100 participants online.
Current Workshops Include:
- Breathe Easy: Breathing Better
- Level Up Your Life with Boundaries
- Introduction to Meditation
- Yoga at Your Desk: Introduction to Chair Yoga
- Guided Relaxation & Sound Bath Experience
For more details and pricing please contact Glenda Rodriguez, Program Manager at grodriguez@beyondyogaottawa.com or reach us at in-studio at (613) 591-9642.
Breathe Easy: Breathing Better with Sylvie Gouin
This online workshop is for anyone who wants to improve the quality of their breath. As one of the greatest sources of energy, diaphragmatic breathing helps reduce stress and tension while increasing energy and calm.
This interactive workshop includes:
- A short presentation on the anatomy of the breath;
- How to remove obstructions on the breath; and
- How to gradually improve the quality of the breath.
Sitting techniques are done in a chair or on a meditation cushion.
Standing techniques are done barefoot or with flat comfortable shoes.
About your Instructor:
Sylvie Gouin: As a Holistic Lifestyle Specialist, her expertise are expressed in her skills as a Yoga Teacher and Therapist, a Reiki Master, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Specialist, and Astrologer. With these being interrelated practices, the more we understand and integrate one, the better we understand and can integrate another. This is why her lifestyle, teachings, and consulting services bring all of them to life. She loves working with people of all ages and all walks of life in both private and group settings. Her 20+ years of experience have allowed her to teach and consult with people who want to benefit from these holistic practices for personal well-being, as well as for healing or managing a particular issue. She also offers certification programs for aspiring teachers and provides training for current teachers who want to delve into the deeper dimensions of yoga and Ayurveda for personal growth or to better share their knowledge with their students or clients. She is a regular contributor to magazines and online publications and the author of Inspired Living a Guided Yoga Journal. Her website is: www.inspiredlivingwithsylvie.com
Level Up Your Life with Boundaries with Julia Rose
Do you want to live a more fulfilling life, focusing on what you love to do and letting go of the things that are weighing you down? Boundaries are the answer. Learning what boundaries are and how to define and manage them are a vital way to take care of yourself and experience more happiness and freedom in your life.
Boundaries affect both our personal and professional lives. Establishing healthy boundaries creates honesty, trust, and better communication in all of our relationships, both at home and in the workplace. In this workshop, you will learn how to set healthy boundaries in all areas of your life: career, family, friendships, relationships, and with children.
In this interactive workshop, you will learn:
- What healthy boundaries look like
- Signs you are losing or have lost your boundary
- The difference between a boundary and a barrier
- How to shift from people-pleasing to being true to yourself
- How to give yourself space to make the right decisions for you
- Vocabulary for setting boundaries
About your Instructor:
Julia Rose: As a professional coach, Julia is passionate about helping others live their best lives, and supporting them with their healing, growth, and transformation. Over the past 15 years, Julia has worked as a leader, mentor, and coach in the corporate world; inspiring others to realize their full potential, get unstuck from limiting beliefs, and achieve their goals. Julia is a certified coach with Integral Coaching Canada, a yoga/meditation instructor, and Reiki therapist. Visit her website at www.renewyourlife.ca.
Introduction to Meditation with Cathy Nolan
This workshop offers an engaging and experiential introduction to meditation including:
- the benefits of meditation,
- an exploration of various forms of meditation with guided mini-practices,
- a framework to successfully begin to integrate meditation into your employees’ lives.
Looking for a follow-up series to our intro to meditation session?…
4-Week Meditation Series: 30 minute Meditation Break with Cathy Nolan
Developing a regular meditation practice has a cumulative positive impact on physical, mental and emotional health.
Practice and experience a 30-minute guided meditation break which will increase your mental strength and clarity, improve your self awareness, enhance your focus and concentration and improve overall health and wellness.
Each week a different meditation and hand mudra will be offered.
Week 1: Prana / Mantra Meditation
Week 2: Body Scan Meditation
Week 3: Visualization Meditation
Week 4: Chakra Meditation
About Your Instructor:
Cathy Nolan: Cathy has been a fitness enthusiast her entire life and teaches a variety of fitness, Pilates and yoga classes. Cathy starting practicing yoga in 2005 to compliment her fitness regime and quickly discovered the wonderful benefits of being on a yoga mat. It brought a sense of peace and calmness to her mind, body and soul which led her wanting to know more. In 2017 Cathy completed her 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Bahamas under the direction of Swami Brahmanada and continues on the path of learning, evolving and growing.
Other certifications include: Yoga Nidra through the California College of Ayurveda, Yin Yoga and Gentle Yoga for Active Aging at Beyond School of Yoga, Pilates Mat Instructor through East to West and Group Fitness Specialist through CanFit.
She encourages curiosity and exploration of body and mind and looks forward to sharing her love and knowledge of yoga with you.
Yoga at Your Desk: an Introduction to Chair Yoga with Alison Tait
This 45 to 60 minute virtual workshop provides employees with a fun and functional approach to simple postures and movements designed to release tension and boost energy at their desk – at home or at the office!
- Learn and experience the benefits of a chair yoga practice including improving your balance, building strength, boosting energy, and increasing flexibility.
- Seated and standing postures integrating the use of a chair.
- Grounding and simple breathwork exercises to move from feelings of stress to an enhanced state of well-being and mental focus.
- Guided relaxation and short meditation.
About Your Instructor:
Alison’s passion for yoga began over 15 years ago. She is a certified RYT 500 hour teacher and has been teaching Hatha Yoga for several years in the workplace, community centres, corporate lessons and studios in Ottawa. She believes that a regular yoga practice contributes not only to strength and flexibility, but also to an overall sense of well-being and inner peace both on and off the mat. Alison’s goal is to make the practice of yoga accessible and enjoyable to people of all ages. She is a trained practitioner and teacher of Chair Yoga and Balance for those who, despite limited mobility or injury, or sit at a desk all day, wish to receive the many benefits of yoga.
Guided Relaxation & Sound Bath Experience with Glenda Rodriguez
Sound baths are an innovative way to relieve stress and help employees feel at ease in their workplace. Sound Baths achieve this by immersing the participants in soothing sounds that help to promote the body’s natural relaxation response. This experience has been found to reduce anxiety and stress and help people to find balance and harmony. We make it easy to bring sound baths onsite at your workplace as an attractive addition to your corporate wellness program. Or treat your staff to an immersive experience at our beautiful wellness centre, conveniently located off the Queensway 417 Eagleson exit in Kanata.
Some benefits of offering sound baths include:
- Stress reduction
- Enhanced focus & creativity
- Reduction in anxiety
- Helps in team building and connection
- Increase in listening ability
- Brings a more peaceful environment to the workplace
- Helps alleviate stress and tension in the workplace
Our corporate sound baths include a guided relaxation, sound bath and a short information guide on the benefits of sound baths.
About Your instructor: Glenda is an experienced yoga and meditation instructor and certified crystal bowl practitioner with the Sound Healing Academy (2017) and graduate of the Sacred Sound Healer training program under Rebecca White Raven (2023). She has studied extensively with teachers in sound therapies with the crystal bowls since 2015 and enjoys bringing this modality into her classes and workshops.
For more information and pricing, please contact:
Glenda Rodriguez – Program Manager
(613) 591-YOGA (9642) x507
grodriguez@beyondyogaottawa.com
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