• Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) since 2020​

• 900-hour PRYT Certification (2020)​

• Assistant Mentor with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (2020)​

• 300-hour PRYT Yoga Teacher Training (2019)

• 600-hour PRYT Certification (2018)​

• Pain Care Yoga Training - Shelly Prosko and Neil Pearson (2015)

• Teaching yoga since 2012, initially trained in Saskatoon with Jan Henrikson

Diversity is Honoured

• Lived experience of being immersed in the education and profession of engineering for 9 years

  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan

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• Embodied Activism Certificate – The Embody Lab (2022) - Exploring the intersection of somatics, justice, and collective healing

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• We Rise Conference (2021) – Saskatchewan First Nations Women’s Commission - Listening to Indigenous voices on healing and leadership

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• Ongoing unlearning of white supremacy culture through readings like:

  • My Grandmother’s Hands - Resmaa Menakem

  • Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad

  • White Fragility - Dr. Robin DiAngel

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• Volunteer with Global Gathering Place (2023–2025) Privilege of hearing newcomer perspectives.

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• Sitting in and facilitating Circles - Leaning into contradictions and connection.​​

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• Familiarity with Mental Illness

  • Personal experience

  • Volunteer regularly at Royal University Hospital, In-Patient Mental Health 2018-2020

  • Attending Shattering the Darkness, The Well - 2019

  • The Weight We Carry: A Workshop on Body - Image - Carry Taylor Mental Health Education - 2018

Grief Tending in Community

• Grief Tending in Community

  • ​My grief work is inspired and informed by ​​Sophie Banks and Jeremy Thres, along with their lineage of Grief Tending in Community 

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• Apprenticing to Grief Tending

  • I have immersed myself and continue to immerse myself in learning the art of grief tending in community.  I attended a one week in-person workshop on Apprenticing to Grief Tending the Fall of 2024.

  • Before that and since I have been a participant in virtual grief tendings.

  • I also continue to lean into opportunities to be part of this community and have assisted in virtual grief tendings.