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Yoga is an ancient and well-known health practice. It can help exercise control over physical and emotional well-being by combining movements, breathing, stretching, body poses and meditation practice. Wellspring Yoga is specifically for patients who are in the process of regaining their general health and wellness, as well as for caregivers of cancer patients. It is designed to provide a fulfiling yoga experience while also transferring skills and techniques to support self-managed yoga practice outside of Wellspring. The program includes the demonstration of various yoga poses that use meditation and breathing techniques and members can follow along only to the extent they are able.

In these sessions, the leaders suggest the use of the following household props, if possible, to provide support and added comfort for various poses:

• Bolsters & Blankets. You can use pillows, cushions or rolled-up blankets, or thick towels or throws that can be rolled or layered
• Blocks. You can also use large books, large tin cans, a small, plastic step stool or upside-down garbage can or waste-paper basket.
• Belts. Or you can use a bathrobe.

You must register for these sessions.

Mondays

Marlee Giannone will lead the Monday sessions. Marlee has dedicated herself to the practice, study and teaching of yoga since discovering the joys and benefits in 2012. She’s trained in the disciplines of Kinesiology, Lymphedema Therapy and Restorative Movement. Combining a blend of movement modalities, Marlee’s classes incorporate present moment awareness, breath and alignment principles. Her playful, welcoming manner, and creative movement sequencing is well suited to leading students of all levels.

Wednesdays

Beeta Senedjani will lead the Wednesday evening Yoga sessions. Beeta received her yoga teacher training certification from Kula Annex in 2015, and has since taught a variety of groups all over the GTA. Beeta is passionate about making yoga accessible to everyone. She hopes to encourage stress reduction, mindful presence, and a deeper connection with one’s body and breath.She is trained in trauma-informed teaching practices from New Leaf Foundation, restorative yoga from Octopus Garden, Thai yoga massage from House of Yoga, and has completed 40 hours of teaching mentorship through YYoga. Beeta is committed to a lifelong process of learning, growth and healing, and she is grateful to share these practices with others. Her class teaching style is gentle progressive flow.

Fridays

Jillian Cook will lead the Friday Yoga sessions. Jillian has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and teaching with Wellspring for the past 13 years. Jillian’s classes will emphasize yoga postures which can be modified and adapted to suit the needs of the participants, as well as the benefits of breathing and relaxation techniques to aid in the healing and recovery of cancer patients and the support of their caregivers.

You may wish to consider joining the session a couple of minutes before the session to ensure that you can successfully join the session.

Thank you for your support and understanding during this time and we will strive to communicate as best we can during this time of uncertainty.

Registration or Appointment Required: This program requires a commitment to attend all sessions.

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