Workshops and Events
WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS:
Sunday Yoga and Gong Bath
October 6th & 20th, 10-11:30 am
Please join me for a series of Sunday morning yoga classes with a Paiste gong bath savasana.
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Come and enjoy a restorative, engaging, and strengthening yoga class in the comfort of my home studio in Guelph. We will start with grounding breath work to tonify the lungs, then move into deep stretching for flexibility and gradually work our way into more engaging postures to empower and strengthen our bodies. The class will end with a beautiful and relaxing extended savasana accompanied by 2 exquisite Paiste Gongs. This practice is suitable for people with some previous yoga experience.
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Please bring a yoga mat and dress comfortably. Please refrain from wearing perfume.
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Maximum 4 participants
Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
​Cost: $25 per class (preregister) email/etransfer: breathetrue@gmail.com
Sound Healing Practitioner's Weekend Course
Sat. & Sun. October 12-13th,
10 am-6 pm
This weekend course is for anyone interested in learning more about the theory and benefits of sound healing and how to design and orchestrate a sound healing experience for others. I will supply all the musical instruments, mattresses, blankets, pillows, bolsters etc
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On both days, participants will experience a deep sound journey experience to start the day.
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On Saturday, we will delve into theory:
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The History of Sound Healing
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What is Sound Healing?
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Nada Yoga & Chanting AUM
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What is Vibration?
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What is Frequency?
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What is Resonance?
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What is Entrainment?
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Listening Vs Hearing
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528 Hz Music & Solfeggio Scale
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Sound Healing & Brain Wave States
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Do Planets Vibrate?
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What is Cymatics?
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The Science of Sound (how sound promotes healing in the body)
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On Sunday, we will explore and practice:
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Playing with the Musical Instruments
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How to Plan a Sound Journey
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Which Musical Instruments to Use
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Creating a Thematic Soundscape
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Setting Intentions with Clients Before the Sound Journey
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Sound Healing Practice on Each Other
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Holding a Safe Space for Participants
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The Best Musical Instruments: What & Where to Buy
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Maximum 5 participants
Cost: $300 (includes HST)
email/e transfer: breathetrue@gmail.com​
Friday Evening Sound Bath
October 18th, 7:30-9 pm
Please join me for a relaxing 1-hour-long sound bath.
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Come and wind down after your busy week. Lie down, get comfortable, and receive healing vibrations. I will cover you with cotton blankets and support your body with pillows, bolsters, and eye coverings. For one whole, glorious hour, I will bathe you in the most exquisite, vibrational sounds created by drums, rainsticks, rattles, dulcimer, hand pan, Planetary Paiste gongs, crystal singing bowls, shruti box, vocables, chimes, tuning forks and more.
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Be prepared to drop deeply into an altered state of consciousness (theta brain state) where deep restoration and healing can occur.
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I have comfy mattresses, blankets, pillows, etc. so there is no need to bring anything. Wear comfortable clothes and please avoid wearing perfume.
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Arrive by 7:20 p.m.
Maximum 6 participants.
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Cost: $40 (preregister)
email/etransfer: breathetrue@gmail.com
Guelph Conscious Dance
Saturday, October 19th, 7:30-9 pm
Conscious dance leads participants on a movement journey of physical and emotional transformation. Through breath, sweat, and expression, participants experience themselves as pure powerful energy.
Conscious dance is not about learning steps, it’s about allowing what is invisible within us (emotions, sensations, images, impulses) to be expressed through our unique movement and style. It activates the imagination and utilizes diverse music to create an ecstatic celebration of the human spirit.
The music will follow an arc, beginning with slower, grounding music, building up to faster dance beats intended to invite release, and then transitioning back down to prayerful music. There is no right or wrong way to move. Best to simply show and "be moved".
Check out this YouTube video of me explaining conscious dance.
Arrive between 7:15-7:30 pm. Street-level doors will be locked by 7:35 pm. The dance will start at 7:30 and end at 9 p.m.
Where: 42 Quebec Street, 3rd floor, Guelph, On.
Cost: $20 cash at the door or e-transfer: breathetrue@gmail.com​​
Earth My Body, Sound My Soul
Sunday, November, 3rd, 1-4 pm
During this 3-hour workshop, participants will be guided through two unique journeys- an earth/body physical journey and a sound/soul ethereal journey.
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We will begin with a grounding body practice involving breath work, deep body stretches, and a fun, shaking earth-medicine dance.
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Next, we will settle into a heart-opening meditation supported by drinking sacred cacao medicine.
We will then transition into an expansive, sacred sound bath that will take us deep into our vibratory nature and beyond. Sacred sound can easily instil the theta brain wave state (a deeply relaxed state of mind) where there's a strong connection to our creativity, memories, intuition, and dreams. Theta brain wave states are akin to deep qualities of meditation, prayer, and spiritual awakening experiences.
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Enjoy the healing sound frequencies of Paiste Gongs, crystal singing bowls, Auracle hand pan, frame drums, rattles, ocean drums, shruti box, chimes, tuning forks, vocal toning, and more. Leave feeling resonated, rested, and restored.
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Please bring a yoga mat and water bottle (I have blankets and cushions) and wear comfortable clothes. Maximum 6 people.
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Maximum 5 participants
Cost: $75
etransfer: breathetrue@gmail.com​​
Sound Healing Practitioner's Chakra Training Course
Sunday, Nov. 10th, 10 am-5 pm
This one-day workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about the ancient Hindu chakra system and how it relates to sound and vibration. I will tailor this course for people who are already working in the healing arts profession and want to embellish their existing practice with more information regarding sound healing and the chakras.
We will learn how the 7 centres relate to our bodies and psychology. We will explore these energies through movement, chanting, and sound healing.
Participants will experience a group chakra sound bath followed by a discussion of the sound healing techniques and musical instruments used to invigorate each of the 7 centres. We will then practice playing the musical instruments and create a chakra sound healing journey for each other.
I'm happy to advise participants on what musical instruments they need to offer their chakra sound journeys and where to purchase them.
This will be a practical, hands-on, experiential workshop and you will leave with new information and skills to enable you to facilitate a similar sound journey for others. I will supply all the musical instruments, mattresses, blankets, pillows, bolsters, etc
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Maximum 5 participants
Cost: $150 (includes HST)
email/etransfer: breathetrue@gmail.com​​​​
Shaluha-Ka
On-Going
Shaluha-Ka is both a healing technique and a meditation practice based on the ancient Kabbalah Tree of Life. It was taught to me by Chaty Secaira, founder of Las Pyramides Meditation Centre in San Marcos, Guatemala. I have embellished this healing modality to include sacred cacao, intention setting with animal spirit guides, auric cleansing of the 4 elements in the body, and sound healing.
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Kabbalah, an ancient mystical tradition rooted in Judaism, offers a profound lens through which to perceive the universe and the human experience. The Tree of Life is a symbolic diagram representing the divine structure of creation (the language of the branches) and the interconnectedness of all existence.
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In this 2-hour, private session, I will take you through a series of beautiful, insightful practices to help you relax, clear your energy field, and gain personal clarity. Through intention-setting and guided meditation, the 10 Sefirots (energy intelligences) are superimposed over the body through the use of high-vibrational gemstones, tuning forks, and Reiki.
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Cost: Pay From the Heart breathetrue@gmail.com​​
Private Tailored Yoga Class
On-Going
Tell me what kind of yoga class you want and any physical needs you might have and I will design a class just for you! I will teach it to you, provide a PDF copy and be available for questions and clarifications. Private tailored yoga classes can be delivered in person or via Google Meet. Both options greatly further and deepen your yoga practice and understanding.
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Private tailored classes are approximately 2 hours long.
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Cost: $120 breathetrue@gmail.com
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"Barbra tailored my very own personal yoga flow, she was very helpful with making sure the yoga poses and breathing techniques were done properly to avoid any injuries. Thank you for opening up your space, I greatly appreciated it."
Monique Young
Private Sound Healing
On-Going
Sound healing penetrates a person's mind, emotions, and body to help bring them to states of deep relaxation. If you suffer from insomnia, anxiety, depression, or grief, this modality can help you to release and restore. Sound healing is also a wonderful way to simply treat yourself to a beautiful experience where you are bathed in drones, musical instruments, vocal toning, and vibrational frequencies that are known for their restorative qualities.
I offer several different thematic sound healing sessions. All are beautiful, deep, and extremely relaxing.
Typically, a session takes 1.5 hours and the person leaves feeling rested and restored.
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Where: My home studio in Guelph, ON.
Cost: $120 breathetrue@gmail.com
"Barbara (Eva) has delivered her sound healing sessions at a number of my meditation retreats. She has a refined intuitive ability to know what soundings have the greatest healing effect on participants. I highly recommend her sessions." Russell Scott.