LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

I feel so very grateful to live and work here in Toronto (Tkaronto). I want to acknowledge with respect and gratitude that I am an uninvited settler on this land:  the territory of the Anishinaabe, Mississauga and Haudenosaunee peoples. I acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.  As a settler, I recognize that while significant, land acknowledgments alone are insufficient. I am dedicated to following the calls for action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to continuing to learn more about this land and its original inhabitants and to work towards reparations. To learn more about the land you live on, you can go to:  https://native-land.ca/

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LINEAGE

 

While my teaching has evolved to encompass a number of influences, I owe a vast deal of my learning and practice to the traditions of Yoga and Buddhism. Yoga originated in India at least 1500 years ago as a spiritual tradition that encompassed not only the practices of physical postures (asana) and breath (pranayama), but also a wide array of spiritual techniques including ethical guidelines and meditative practices.

 

Mindfulness based practices as they have been popularized in the West were originally derived from the Southeast Asian tradition of Buddhism, which is also over 1,500 years old. I have benefitted tremendously from these practices as well.

 

I endeavour to honour and give back to these traditions within my own life and teaching through a variety of means that are deeply personal to me. List of resources coming soon :)

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