Heart Centered Life

Practitioner Bio

Heart Centered Life. When the heart leads and the head follows…

What does this mean? It means that life is made up largely of repeating patterns we call stories. In neuro-psychology this is the heads realm. These stories are based on the conditioning we pick up through life. Some of our conditioning is deliberate and intentional such as training for a marathon or reaching peak performance and some of our conditioning is stale and outdated, yet still powerfully influential in our daily life. The heart is a spacious opening with the potential to lead beyond our conditioned mind.

In a time such as now, when we are experiencing a world pandemic, we quickly begin to see our stories through the repetition of our thoughts, mind states and our behavior. This shows up in tangible ways such as over or under eating, poor sleep, chronic physical symptom flare ups, mood dis-regulation or addictions etc...

I use yoga, meditation and insight writing to mentor and teach stress less forms of living. Stress less may be physical, mental/emotional or spiritual. It can be felt as a peaceful, pain-free presence in the body-mind.

Together we take specific measurable steps out of the minds lifeless story realm and into the direct potential for something new.

Heart Centered Life was inspired by my own transformation from head to heart in 2007. At that time I was trying to put an end to my migraines and unwittingly created a Kundalini release. In Eastern medicine Kundalini is described as the subtle body energy of the chakra's and nadi's. The subtle body directly relates to the nervous system and therefore all aspects of the physical body. The Kundalini release I experienced allowed me to see my own "story mind" with clarity and insight. In seeing this for the first time my conscious-awareness shifted from what I refer to as "head"(conditioned) to the "heart (not conditioned)." This experience of seeing story mind for the first time has been invaluable to me in helping others move from limiting and stressful Self states and stories in mind, body, spirit to living lives that thrive.

My interest in health followed traditional routes for many years. It began with a BSc in Neuro-psychology from the University of Alberta and a Healthcare Leadership Diploma from Grant Macewan. From there I worked in Western Health Care (home, primary and acute) and various area’s of training, development & management for twenty years.Since then I’ve completed numerous training’s, certifications, retreats and self study hours including Heart & Gaitri Yoga, Yin Yoga, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy, Pre-natal Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness and New Life Story Coaching.

Now, having taught over 4000 yoga & meditation classes and over 30,000 bodies, I believe these modalities are opportunities for every-body and all ages. The classes I teach have ranged in size from 1-60. My own daily practice of meditation & yoga start each day so that I can step into life wholeheartedly.

I believe the heart is our personal gateway to the fullest, most vital, unique, genius of a life we can imagine. It is a rose blooming where there was once only stark branches (necessary but not interesting, unique or beautiful).

I’m interested in teaching and mentoring people who want to live their best life through the self integration of mind-body-spirit. People who want to make mind-body connections in their life and choose health and vitality over pain and limitation. People who want to put in the work to leave life-less stories, habits and repeating patterns.

Changing the neuro-conditioning of limiting self states and stories takes courage, effort, dedication and time. It is a practice that becomes your best medicine. Life often seems to kick start this process with a powerful event (such as a pandemic) before there is enough motivation for deep change. We don’t need to wait for crisis to align with the heart. We each have unique lives and gateways to living a Heart Centered life.

It is my pleasure and my passion to connect beyond limiting self stories and states. Beneath the mask of stress lives a peaceful, pain free vitality. I'll meet you there.

Cancellation Policy

24 hours notice

Hours

Sunday	12pm - 3 PM
Monday	closed
Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Friday	10am - 7pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm