Enrollments for May 23, 2025 - May 22, 2026

Family & Systemic Constellations [WORKSHOP] with Rosina Wellmann

Sun Date: May 25 2025 From: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

We look to the future to solve all our problems. We hand ourselves over to others thinking they can solve them for us. We are looking the wrong direction. Everything that sits in us came from before. Those we come from, our ancestors and everyone in our system has a place and a purpose. Nothing started with us. It was already carried in our DNA into this system and we will play out our role according to our birth order, and entanglements that are buried in our family systems.

Only when we look at the greater dynamics of what we are carrying can we begin to disentangle from what we had no idea we were connected to. Only then can we take a deep breath and let go of this invisible tie. Ironically while we suffer our ancestors suffer more. When we are happy, successful, healthy and living our good life can they accept their suffering was not in vain. Only then can the patterns stop so our children and those still to come avoid inheriting them too. This is complex work and takes courage to step into. Once you have taken that step you will never look back and your questions will be answered. The hidden dynamics you could never see will all unfold before you setting you free to be who you are and not who you thought you should be.

Rosina has been facilitating in this field for 15 years and offers private sessions and holds group workshops.

The benefits you will take from this phenomenal therapy are:

  • Clarity and understanding of what you are unconsciously entangled with in your system.
  • Discovering hidden loyalties that keep you stuck in patterns
  • A healthy connection to your system enabling you to have richer and more fulfilling relationships.
  • Turning your past into a source of strength
  • Often instant relief with medical issues such as anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
  • Seeing life in a whole new way with more purpose and vitality.
  • The ability to lose the story of the wounded child. This sets us free from incredible burdens that were never ours to carry.
  • Transforming your blocks and self sabotage.
  • Whatever you bring with you we can look at, Family, Medical, relationships, finances, even nature.

What to Bring:

  • All you need to bring is an open heart and the courage to “see” through a whole new lens.
  • Because of the nature of this work dressing comfortably is important.
  • As a representative you may end up sitting or lying on the floor.

Investment: $175 + GST

Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In Studio Only

Unleash Your Wild - Cacao + Dance [WORKSHOP] with Kyra Newton

Fri Date: May 30 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Within you lives a wild, raw, and expressive part—desiring to be set free. As we grow from childhood to adulthood, we learn to tame our wildness, often losing touch with our natural impulses along the way. This can leave us feeling stagnant, stuck, and even depressed. But you don’t have to stay there.

In this 2.5-hour session, you'll be guided through an opening cacao ceremony paired with vocal toning and a somatic meditation ‍️ to peel back the layers of rigidity. Then, move into a somatic dance where you can fully express yourself. Through somatic movement, dance, vocalizations, and theatrical expression, you’ll be invited to journey toward inner liberation and release layers of conditioning that no longer serve your highest state of self-worth.

No experience required—come as you are!

What to Bring:Dress comfortably in layers and bring a yoga mat and a water bottle.

Investment:$55 + GST

Friday, May 30, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

In Studio only

Vibrational Therapy with 12 Crystal Bowls [WORKSHOP] may with Kimberly Mast

Fri Date: May 30 2025 From: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]
Crystal bowl music is a form of vibrational therapy that validates that all matter is based on atomic structure such as the human body is in a state of vibration and the frequency at which an object or person most naturally vibrates is called resonance.

Crystal acts as an oscillator—magnifying and transmitting pure tone. Therefore, pure silicon crystal is used in all our most advanced telecommunication systems. Like a powerful radio transmitter, the crystal bowls transmit energy, not only into the human body but into the surrounding atmosphere for planetary balancing as well.

The crystal bowls are made with 99.8% quartz silica and some of the benefits one may experience are

  • Deeper Meditation
  • Heightened Sense of Intuition
  • Improved Sleep
  • Pain Relief
  • Reduced Stress
  • Vivid Dreams
  • Visions
  • Cellular vibrancy affecting tissue and blood circulation
  • Balance brain hemispheres
  • Assist in establishing alignment with higher self
  • Clear auric field
  • Balances metabolism and endocrine system

The vibrational resonance of the “inner sound massage” with 12 crystal bowls harmonizing can open us to a field of unlimited possibilities. The focus for this event will be connecting to our hearts in preparation for the new season of growth.

Investment: PAY WHAT YOU CAN ( suggested value $40 + GST) Choose amount at time of payment. 

Friday, May 30, 2025 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In Studio Only

The Joyful Breath: Releasing Your Inner Radiance [WORKSHOP] with Lora Pesant

Sat Date: May 31 2025 From: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]
When was the last time you had a good laugh? Or felt so joyful you could barely contain your smile? In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it’s easy to lose sight of these moments. Life often feels so serious, and our responsibilities can overshadow our ability to play, laugh, and embrace the awe-inspiring wonders around us. But what if joy wasn’t just an occasional luxury, but a practice—a choice we can make every day?

In The Joyful Breath: Releasing Your Inner Radiance, we’ll reconnect with the magic of joy and the healing power of laughter. This workshop is an invitation to rediscover the playful, vibrant side of yourself that gets buried under stress and anxiety. Playfulness isn’t just for children—it’s the antidote to anxiety, a way to release tension, and a bridge to a more radiant, fulfilled life.

Together, we will:

  • Experience how cultivating joy improves our wellbeing, reduces stress, and strengthens resilience.
  • Practice simple yet powerful, playful strategies to bring more laughter and lightness into your daily routine.
  • Learn to laugh intentionally, freely and uninhibitedly to unlock your D.O.S.E. (feel good) hormones.
  • Connect with an amazing community and become each other's cheerleaders in joy, courage and self-compassion.
  • Reflect on the brilliance inside you and everyday miracles that can bring you awe and gratitude.

Joy doesn’t have to be fleeting—it’s something you can create and sustain, even amidst life’s challenges. Join us in this uplifting workshop to laugh, play, and open your heart to a world of possibility. Relish the radiance that’s already within you and discover how embracing joy can transform your life!

WHAT TO BRING: Dress comfortably in layers and bring a water bottle.

Investment: PAY WHAT YOU CAN ($40 value suggested). You can choose your price at time of payment.

Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

In Studio Only

Bloom into Joy: A Qigong & Sound Journey to Welcome Summer [WORKSHOP] with Munira Jiwa

Fri Date: Jun 06 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]

Step into the radiance of summer with Munira Jiwa and Sharon Carne for a heart-centered evening of movement, stillness, and sound.

On Friday, June 6th, from 6:30–8:30 pm, you're invited to an immersive in-person experience that integrates mindful movement, Qigong, and sound vibration to awaken the joy within and align with the vibrant energy of the season.

This unique workshop is designed to help you:

- Gently open and energize your body through flowing Qigong movements
- Deepen your breath and calm your mind with guided mindfulness
- Feel the healing power of sound as soothing vibrations wash over you as you experience the sound bath
- Nourish your heart and spirit as you connect with your inner joy

As nature blooms all around us, this is your invitation to bloom from within. No experience is necessary—just come as you are, and allow yourself to be supported in a space of warmth, presence, and healing.

Let’s celebrate the light, the season, and the joy in your heart—together.

What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle, yoga mat, pen and notepad. Handouts will be provided.

Investment: $50

Friday, June 6, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In Studio Only

 

Sound Healing Journey with special guest Alina [WORKSHOP] with Joanna Ng

Sat Date: Jun 07 2025 From: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Please join Joanna Ng and special guest musician Alina Zhuk for an afternoon of deep relaxation and restoration with a combination of Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing. Alina offers a unique experience with rare instruments from Nepal—Tibetan singing bowls, hand pan, chimes, shamanic drum, waterfall drum and gong, while Joanna offers high vibrational sounds of Alchemy Crystal singing bowls, Planetary Gongs, Ocean Drum, Cacho shells, Language of Light and other percussion instruments. This will be a very immersive and powerful sound healing experience!


We will begin this session with a shamanic drum journey, as a powerful tool to awaken the energetic body, helping to release blockages and reconnect with your inner rhythm and primal strength.

Joanna will guide you into Restorative Yoga postures. As you rest in supported Yoga postures, Alina will offer energetic healing and elements of sound massage with the Tibetan bowls. Both facilitators will offer direct placement of the Tibetan bowls on and around your body. By applying sound vibration directly to the body, we can remove energy blockages and increase the flow of Chi (energy).

The session will end with a soothing Gong bath with Planetary Gongs, Alchemy Crystal singing bowls, Language of Light, drums, and other percussion instruments.

Alina will serenade you with her Handpan, which works with the heart’s energy to access deeper feelings—stimulating creative inspiration and intuition, leaving you with a beautifully resonant sense of inner harmony and renewal.

Please join us for this soulful union of Restorative Yoga, elements of sound massage, and vibrational healing!

Alina Zhuk is a professional violinist, Handpan player, and certified Sound Healing practitioner in Calgary. She graduated from the prestigious Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music with a degree in Violin performance. She holds advanced training in Sound Therapy, particularly sound massage techniques with Tibetan singing bowls. She has also studied meditation and subconscious healing methods from master teachers in Nepal, India and Ukraine. With over two decades of performing experience, and a deep commitment to inner well-being, Alina aims to inspire, uplift and support those she works with through the power of sound and music.

 

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the sound healing session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $55 + GST

Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Studio only

Kirtan - From Sound to Silence [WORKSHOP] with Kedar & Bhavna

Fri Date: Jun 13 2025 From: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Bathe in the vibrations of mantras! This session aims to foster a sense of inner peace and harmony through the powerful vibrations of sacred mantras.

As you immerse yourself in the gentle, melodic chants of the Kirtan singing, you will find yourself transported to a space of peace,tranquility and joy. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to mantra chanting, this session offers a welcoming space for all. There will be 90 minutes of chanting followed by 30 minutes to interact and enjoy some tea together.

Kedar and Bhavna blend soulful mantra chanting with rhythmic percussion. They volunteer with the Art of Living foundation and conduct breathwork and meditation workshops.

We look forward to sharing this uplifting and meditative journey with you.

Investment: We are offering this by donation. ($40 value suggested). You can choose your price at time of payment.

If you wish to pay cash or debit at the door please email us to register at [email protected] or call us at 403-251-9642

Friday, June 13, 2025 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In Studio Only

Clarity Breathwork Father's Day with Drum Journey by Cesar [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Jun 15 2025 From: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]
Join Daemond Mano and Cesar Balestrini for our Father's Day Breathwork Workshop. Today, we honor and appreciate the fathers in our lives, whether they were present or absent, loving or incapable of showing love, strong and vulnerable. We invite you to take this time to connect with your breath and your body, and to reflect on the lessons and experiences that your fathers have brought into your life.

Let's take a moment to acknowledge the fathers who brought us into this world. To these fathers, we say thank you for the gift of life and the opportunity to experience this world.

Next, let's bring to mind the fathers who were present in our lives, and to these fathers, we say thank you for the lessons and guidance you have provided us. We will reflect on the positive memories and experiences you have shared with these fathers.

Now, let's also acknowledge the fathers who were not present in our lives, and to these fathers, we also say thank you. Even if their absence was painful or challenging, we can acknowledge the opportunities presented for internal growth and how these have contributed to who we are today.

Let's also honor the fathers who taught us how to love, and to these fathers, we say thank you for showing us how to give and receive love. Take a moment to reflect on the ways in which these fathers have influenced your capacity for love and connection.

Lastly, let's honor the fathers who taught us how to be strong, and to these fathers, we say thank you for instilling resilience and perseverance in us. At the same time, let's also acknowledge the fathers who taught us how to be vulnerable, and to these fathers,
we say thank you for showing us the importance of openness and authenticity.

For those of us who are Fathers - we can reflect on how we want to show up as Fathers - drawing from our own experiences - what we've learned - and how we want to show our love to our own children - young or mature - present with us or passed on.

Clarity breathwork is a type of breathwork that focuses on using the breath to release physical and emotional tension from the body. During this process, the body and mind are brought into a state of relaxation, allowing for greater clarity and insight.
The beauty of clarity breathwork is that it is self-regulating - it will offer you the experience that you need in that moment - no more and no less. These experiences can help us to connect more deeply with ourselves and the world around us, and to live more authentically and purposefully.

**No previous experience necessary. This offering is open to men and women**

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the breath session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $65 + GST

Sunday, June 15, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In Studio Only

Unleash Your Wild - Cacao + Dance [WORKSHOP] with Kyra Newton

Fri Date: Jun 20 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Within you lives a wild, raw, and expressive part—desiring to be set free. As we grow from childhood to adulthood, we learn to tame our wildness, often losing touch with our natural impulses along the way. This can leave us feeling stagnant, stuck, and even depressed. But you don’t have to stay there.

In this 2.5-hour session, you'll be guided through an opening cacao ceremony paired with vocal toning and a somatic meditation ‍️ to peel back the layers of rigidity. Then, move into a somatic dance where you can fully express yourself. Through somatic movement, dance, vocalizations, and theatrical expression, you’ll be invited to journey toward inner liberation and release layers of conditioning that no longer serve your highest state of self-worth.

No experience required—come as you are!

What to Bring:Dress comfortably in layers and bring a yoga mat and a water bottle.

Investment:$55 + GST

Friday, June 20, 2025, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

In Studio only

Family & Systemic Constellations [WORKSHOP] with Rosina Wellmann

Sun Date: Jul 27 2025 From: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

We look to the future to solve all our problems. We hand ourselves over to others thinking they can solve them for us. We are looking the wrong direction. Everything that sits in us came from before. Those we come from, our ancestors and everyone in our system has a place and a purpose. Nothing started with us. It was already carried in our DNA into this system and we will play out our role according to our birth order, and entanglements that are buried in our family systems.

Only when we look at the greater dynamics of what we are carrying can we begin to disentangle from what we had no idea we were connected to. Only then can we take a deep breath and let go of this invisible tie. Ironically while we suffer our ancestors suffer more. When we are happy, successful, healthy and living our good life can they accept their suffering was not in vain. Only then can the patterns stop so our children and those still to come avoid inheriting them too. This is complex work and takes courage to step into. Once you have taken that step you will never look back and your questions will be answered. The hidden dynamics you could never see will all unfold before you setting you free to be who you are and not who you thought you should be.

Rosina has been facilitating in this field for 15 years and offers private sessions and holds group workshops.

The benefits you will take from this phenomenal therapy are:

  • Clarity and understanding of what you are unconsciously entangled with in your system.
  • Discovering hidden loyalties that keep you stuck in patterns
  • A healthy connection to your system enabling you to have richer and more fulfilling relationships.
  • Turning your past into a source of strength
  • Often instant relief with medical issues such as anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
  • Seeing life in a whole new way with more purpose and vitality.
  • The ability to lose the story of the wounded child. This sets us free from incredible burdens that were never ours to carry.
  • Transforming your blocks and self sabotage.
  • Whatever you bring with you we can look at, Family, Medical, relationships, finances, even nature.

What to Bring:

  • All you need to bring is an open heart and the courage to “see” through a whole new lens.
  • Because of the nature of this work dressing comfortably is important.
  • As a representative you may end up sitting or lying on the floor.

Investment: $175 + GST

Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In Studio Only

Clarity Breathwork [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Jul 27 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

About Conscious Breathwork:

When used in specific ways, breathing allows us to release and integrate emotions, belief systems, stresses and memories which are often inaccessible through the more conventional talking therapies.

Breathing, beyond the basic need for survival, acts as a bridge between spirit, mind, and body; a bridge between the conscious and the subconscious. "Conscious Breathing" is one of the quickest ways to open our hearts to love and inner peace, and to fill our bodies with life and health. Connecting the inhale with the exhale consciously and continuously is one of the most effective ways of connecting us to ourselves, to each other, and all of us to Nature and existence. Conscious Breathing allows us to go into the deepest realities of life, to acknowledge our life processes, and to set the ground for personal transformation while reaching higher states of consciousness.

"Breathwork" involves the study and practice of breath awareness and conscious breathing for spirit, mind, and body. Breathworkers use the Breath and Breathing Techniques as tools for health, growth, therapy, and change. Breath Mastery can be used to enhance and accelerate human development and learning on all levels. Breathwork and Breathing Techniques are now being taught all over the world!

Benefits you MAY experience in Breathwork:

  • Reduces Stress and Anxiety
  • Increases Energy + Aliveness
  • Detoxifies the body
  • Release relationship/intimacy issues
  • Helps attract new relationships
  • Alleviates depression symptoms
  • Accesses expanded states of consciousness
  • Enhances creativity and expression
  • Heals the wound of your imagined separation
  • Releases birth trauma
  • Makes you feel lighter + more peaceful
  • Opens your heart so you may love everything more
  • Gives you Clarity of mind
  • More Awareness
  • Heals Inner Child
  • The Triple HHH Effect

*** Beginners Mind encouraged No previous experience required to attend ***

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the breath session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $60 + GST

Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

In Studio Only

Sound Healing Journey [WORKSHOP] with Joanna Ng

Sat Date: Aug 09 2025 From: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Please join Joanna Ng for an afternoon of deep relaxation and restoration with a combination of Restorative Yoga, Tuning Forks, and Sound Healing. As you rest in Restorative Yoga postures, Ohm Tuning forks will be applied to various Acupressure points on the body, stimulating the meridian lines while increasing the flow of Chi (energy throughout the body). Ohm is an ancient and sacred tone recognized by many throughout the world, the sound of creation. Unite with the life-supporting energy of the earth, balance your biological rhythm, entrain with the natural cycle of life. By applying sound vibration directly to the body, we can remove energy blockages and increase the flow of Chi (energy).

The benefits of tuning forks include promoting a deep state of relaxation, improving mental clarity, increase your physical energy and concentration, relieve stress, brings your nervous system into balance.

You will also receive a healing and Grounding Sound Bath with Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, Planetary Gongs, various percussion Instruments, and Language of Light. The language of light is a vast and powerfully transformative vibrational communication which comes straight from source. Known as the language of the soul, it activates love, light, cosmic connection, and your DNA.

Mercury planetary gong assists the opening of your voice and communication. The Sound of Creation Gong has its own extraordinary sound character. The sound offers a wide range of harmonics, which creates more depth for emotional sensations and feelings. Planetary Gongs offer a powerful way to release physical and emotional blocks while stimulating circulation. The vibrations of the Alchemy Crystal singing bowls significantly reduce stress, anxiety, stimulates the immune system, supports pain relief, deep relaxation, clears the energy channels, calms overactive adrenals, increases emotional and mental clarity.

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the sound healing session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $50 + GST

Saturday, August 9, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Studio only

Clarity Breathwork [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Aug 24 2025 From: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

About Conscious Breathwork:

When used in specific ways, breathing allows us to release and integrate emotions, belief systems, stresses and memories which are often inaccessible through the more conventional talking therapies.

Breathing, beyond the basic need for survival, acts as a bridge between spirit, mind, and body; a bridge between the conscious and the subconscious. "Conscious Breathing" is one of the quickest ways to open our hearts to love and inner peace, and to fill our bodies with life and health. Connecting the inhale with the exhale consciously and continuously is one of the most effective ways of connecting us to ourselves, to each other, and all of us to Nature and existence. Conscious Breathing allows us to go into the deepest realities of life, to acknowledge our life processes, and to set the ground for personal transformation while reaching higher states of consciousness.

"Breathwork" involves the study and practice of breath awareness and conscious breathing for spirit, mind, and body. Breathworkers use the Breath and Breathing Techniques as tools for health, growth, therapy, and change. Breath Mastery can be used to enhance and accelerate human development and learning on all levels. Breathwork and Breathing Techniques are now being taught all over the world!

Benefits you MAY experience in Breathwork:

  • Reduces Stress and Anxiety
  • Increases Energy + Aliveness
  • Detoxifies the body
  • Release relationship/intimacy issues
  • Helps attract new relationships
  • Alleviates depression symptoms
  • Accesses expanded states of consciousness
  • Enhances creativity and expression
  • Heals the wound of your imagined separation
  • Releases birth trauma
  • Makes you feel lighter + more peaceful
  • Opens your heart so you may love everything more
  • Gives you Clarity of mind
  • More Awareness
  • Heals Inner Child
  • The Triple HHH Effect

*** Beginners Mind encouraged No previous experience required to attend ***

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the breath session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $60 + GST

Sunday, August 24, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In Studio Only

Qigong [WORKSHOP] with Munira Jiwa

Fri Date: Sep 05 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]

Discover the transformative power of Qigong with Munira Jiwa in this two-hour workshop.

**What You'll Experience**
- **Gentle Qigong Movements**: Learn qigong exercises to release tension, improve circulation, and boost energy flow.
- **Healing Sounds**: Practice chanting specific sounds that harmonize and nurture organs systems
- **Guided Meditation**: Relax into a deeply restorative meditation to cultivate inner peace and balance.

Join us for this heart-centered evening of movement, mindfulness, and connection

What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle, pen and notepad. Handouts will be provided.

Investment: $45 + GST

Friday, September 5, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In Studio Only

Sound Healing Journey [WORKSHOP] with Joanna Ng

Sat Date: Sep 13 2025 From: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Please join Joanna Ng for an afternoon of deep relaxation and restoration with a combination of Restorative Yoga, Tuning Forks, and Sound Healing. As you rest in Restorative Yoga postures, Ohm Tuning forks will be applied to various Acupressure points on the body, stimulating the meridian lines while increasing the flow of Chi (energy throughout the body). Ohm is an ancient and sacred tone recognized by many throughout the world, the sound of creation. Unite with the life-supporting energy of the earth, balance your biological rhythm, entrain with the natural cycle of life. By applying sound vibration directly to the body, we can remove energy blockages and increase the flow of Chi (energy).

The benefits of tuning forks include promoting a deep state of relaxation, improving mental clarity, increase your physical energy and concentration, relieve stress, brings your nervous system into balance.

You will also receive a healing and Grounding Sound Bath with Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, Planetary Gongs, various percussion Instruments, and Language of Light. The language of light is a vast and powerfully transformative vibrational communication which comes straight from source. Known as the language of the soul, it activates love, light, cosmic connection, and your DNA.

Mercury planetary gong assists the opening of your voice and communication. The Sound of Creation Gong has its own extraordinary sound character. The sound offers a wide range of harmonics, which creates more depth for emotional sensations and feelings. Planetary Gongs offer a powerful way to release physical and emotional blocks while stimulating circulation. The vibrations of the Alchemy Crystal singing bowls significantly reduce stress, anxiety, stimulates the immune system, supports pain relief, deep relaxation, clears the energy channels, calms overactive adrenals, increases emotional and mental clarity.

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the sound healing session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $50 + GST

Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Studio only

Equinox Ceremony with Breathwork + Live Cello [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Sep 21 2025 From: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]

As the Fall Equinox arrives, we are invited to harvest the abundance of the lessons we learned over summer and shift our consciousness from one of lack to one of prosperity and gratitude through ritual and ceremony. Utilizing the invisible force that connects us all, the breath, we will tap into our innate wisdom and power to manifest our visions for the season ahead. When we become quiet, we can listen to what is trying to be seen from within us. This is the time of year to go within and empty out space, composting our old ideas and using the energy they hold to make fertile soil for new creativity and matured visions. When we clear our internal ground in the fall, we make space for something fresh to emerge. We will connect with the energies of the cosmos, both within and without, to forge our path forward from a place of solid ground and insight.

In this session, Dorothy Bishop will play live cello throughout, enhancing your journey and guiding your cells back into resonance. The enchanting, rich, and soothing sounds of the cello help to deepen your connection to the present moment and the transformative energy of the equinox.

Breathwork will be led by Daemond Mano assisted by Anne Cox

About Breathwork:

Clarity breathwork is a type of breathwork that focuses on using the breath to release physical and emotional tension from the body. During this process, the body and mind are brought into a state of relaxation, allowing for greater clarity and insight.
The beauty of clarity breathwork is that it is self-regulating - it will offer you the experience that you need in that moment - no more and no less. These experiences can help us to connect more deeply with ourselves and the world around us, and to live more authentically and purposefully.
 
Dorothy Bishop's Bio:
A cellist for most of her life, Dorothy loves to bring meditative music to her listeners. Her solo album, Cello Dreams, is filled with original music for relaxation and transformation. She is currently working on a collaboration with Tona Ohama, who is combining the sounds of her cello to create a multi-ambient soundscape.
Dorothy has practiced energy healing since the early 1980s. She has studied Huna, Reiki, Quantum Touch, Polarity Therapy, Qi Gong, Thought Field Therapy, Tibetan Energy Release, working with archangels, and shamanism. As a Reiki master and certified Quantum Touch instructor, she has taught hundreds of students, including several prominent Calgary Reiki masters. She also taught Listening Hands and Chakra Meditation through Wild Rose College. As a holistic therapist/herbalist, she published The Musician as Athlete: Alternative Approaches to Healthy Performance.
Dorothy practiced her unique combination of Reiki and other energy work modalities professionally from 1990 till 2017, at both Wild Rose Clinic and her own healing/meditation space. Though she still loves doing energy work, her main focus is on music and using the sound of the cello for healing.

Benefits you MAY experience in Breathwork:
  • Reduces Stress and Anxiety
  • Increases Energy + Aliveness
  • Detoxifies the body
  • Release relationship/intimacy issues
  • Helps attract new relationships
  • Alleviates depression symptoms
  • Accesses expanded states of consciousness
  • Enhances creativity and expression
  • Heals the wound of your imagined separation
  • Releases birth trauma
  • Makes you feel lighter + more peaceful
  • Opens your heart so you may love everything more
  • Gives you Clarity of mind
  • More Awareness
  • Heals Inner Child
  • The Triple HHH Effect

**No previous experience necessary**

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the breath session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $65 + GST

Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In Studio Only

Qigong [WORKSHOP] with Munira Jiwa

Fri Date: Oct 03 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]

Discover the transformative power of Qigong with Munira Jiwa in this two-hour workshop.

**What You'll Experience**
- **Gentle Qigong Movements**: Learn qigong exercises to release tension, improve circulation, and boost energy flow.
- **Healing Sounds**: Practice chanting specific sounds that harmonize and nurture organs systems
- **Guided Meditation**: Relax into a deeply restorative meditation to cultivate inner peace and balance.

Join us for this heart-centered evening of movement, mindfulness, and connection

What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle, pen and notepad. Handouts will be provided.

Investment: $45 + GST

Friday, October 3, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In Studio Only

Family & Systemic Constellations [WORKSHOP] with Rosina Wellmann

Sun Date: Oct 05 2025 From: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

We look to the future to solve all our problems. We hand ourselves over to others thinking they can solve them for us. We are looking the wrong direction. Everything that sits in us came from before. Those we come from, our ancestors and everyone in our system has a place and a purpose. Nothing started with us. It was already carried in our DNA into this system and we will play out our role according to our birth order, and entanglements that are buried in our family systems.

Only when we look at the greater dynamics of what we are carrying can we begin to disentangle from what we had no idea we were connected to. Only then can we take a deep breath and let go of this invisible tie. Ironically while we suffer our ancestors suffer more. When we are happy, successful, healthy and living our good life can they accept their suffering was not in vain. Only then can the patterns stop so our children and those still to come avoid inheriting them too. This is complex work and takes courage to step into. Once you have taken that step you will never look back and your questions will be answered. The hidden dynamics you could never see will all unfold before you setting you free to be who you are and not who you thought you should be.

Rosina has been facilitating in this field for 15 years and offers private sessions and holds group workshops.

The benefits you will take from this phenomenal therapy are:

  • Clarity and understanding of what you are unconsciously entangled with in your system.
  • Discovering hidden loyalties that keep you stuck in patterns
  • A healthy connection to your system enabling you to have richer and more fulfilling relationships.
  • Turning your past into a source of strength
  • Often instant relief with medical issues such as anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
  • Seeing life in a whole new way with more purpose and vitality.
  • The ability to lose the story of the wounded child. This sets us free from incredible burdens that were never ours to carry.
  • Transforming your blocks and self sabotage.
  • Whatever you bring with you we can look at, Family, Medical, relationships, finances, even nature.

What to Bring:

  • All you need to bring is an open heart and the courage to “see” through a whole new lens.
  • Because of the nature of this work dressing comfortably is important.
  • As a representative you may end up sitting or lying on the floor.

Investment: $175 + GST

Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In Studio Only

Sound Healing Journey [WORKSHOP] with Joanna Ng

Sat Date: Oct 11 2025 From: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Please join Joanna Ng for an afternoon of deep relaxation and restoration with a combination of Restorative Yoga, Tuning Forks, and Sound Healing. As you rest in Restorative Yoga postures, Ohm Tuning forks will be applied to various Acupressure points on the body, stimulating the meridian lines while increasing the flow of Chi (energy throughout the body). Ohm is an ancient and sacred tone recognized by many throughout the world, the sound of creation. Unite with the life-supporting energy of the earth, balance your biological rhythm, entrain with the natural cycle of life. By applying sound vibration directly to the body, we can remove energy blockages and increase the flow of Chi (energy).

The benefits of tuning forks include promoting a deep state of relaxation, improving mental clarity, increase your physical energy and concentration, relieve stress, brings your nervous system into balance.

You will also receive a healing and Grounding Sound Bath with Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, Planetary Gongs, various percussion Instruments, and Language of Light. The language of light is a vast and powerfully transformative vibrational communication which comes straight from source. Known as the language of the soul, it activates love, light, cosmic connection, and your DNA.

Mercury planetary gong assists the opening of your voice and communication. The Sound of Creation Gong has its own extraordinary sound character. The sound offers a wide range of harmonics, which creates more depth for emotional sensations and feelings. Planetary Gongs offer a powerful way to release physical and emotional blocks while stimulating circulation. The vibrations of the Alchemy Crystal singing bowls significantly reduce stress, anxiety, stimulates the immune system, supports pain relief, deep relaxation, clears the energy channels, calms overactive adrenals, increases emotional and mental clarity.

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the sound healing session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $50 + GST

Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Studio only

Pelvic Floor Health Yoga [WORKSHOP] with Sherry Norman

Sat Date: Oct 25 2025 From: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[HYBRID] Please choose IN STUDIO or VIRTUAL at time of registration. [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]
The pelvic floor is a group of muscles that form the basis of our core stability and support for the pelvic organs. Like other muscles in the body, it is not uncommon to experience tightness or weakness in this area. Both hypertonicity and hypotonicity have been associated with a number of health conditions. The most significant issue for women is incontinence (stress and urge), which can greatly impact on the quality of life.
This workshop is designed as an introduction to pelvic floor health from a yoga perspective. Students will have an opportunity to evaluate and discover imbalances within their pelvises. We will also explore the importance of posture and breathing in pelvic health and have an opportunity to practice specific yoga poses for common issues.
 
Yoga experience is an asset but not necessary. At this time the workshop is for women only. Should there be enough interest, a similar workshop for men could be offered.
Sherry Norman is a Yoga Therapist and Pelvic Floor YogaTM Certified.
 
Interested students from this workshop will be able to continue to build on their pelvic floor health practice in a registered class at the Marda Loop location that begins May 8, 2025.
To register go to:
 
What to Bring:  Please bring a water bottle and notebook. Dress comfortably in layers.

Investment: $55 + GST

Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

As a courtesy, we record our live classes and aim to provide the recording within 7 days, with access available for 1 week.

Clarity Breathwork [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Oct 26 2025 From: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

About Conscious Breathwork:

When used in specific ways, breathing allows us to release and integrate emotions, belief systems, stresses and memories which are often inaccessible through the more conventional talking therapies.

Breathing, beyond the basic need for survival, acts as a bridge between spirit, mind, and body; a bridge between the conscious and the subconscious. "Conscious Breathing" is one of the quickest ways to open our hearts to love and inner peace, and to fill our bodies with life and health. Connecting the inhale with the exhale consciously and continuously is one of the most effective ways of connecting us to ourselves, to each other, and all of us to Nature and existence. Conscious Breathing allows us to go into the deepest realities of life, to acknowledge our life processes, and to set the ground for personal transformation while reaching higher states of consciousness.

"Breathwork" involves the study and practice of breath awareness and conscious breathing for spirit, mind, and body. Breathworkers use the Breath and Breathing Techniques as tools for health, growth, therapy, and change. Breath Mastery can be used to enhance and accelerate human development and learning on all levels. Breathwork and Breathing Techniques are now being taught all over the world!

Benefits you MAY experience in Breathwork:

  • Reduces Stress and Anxiety
  • Increases Energy + Aliveness
  • Detoxifies the body
  • Release relationship/intimacy issues
  • Helps attract new relationships
  • Alleviates depression symptoms
  • Accesses expanded states of consciousness
  • Enhances creativity and expression
  • Heals the wound of your imagined separation
  • Releases birth trauma
  • Makes you feel lighter + more peaceful
  • Opens your heart so you may love everything more
  • Gives you Clarity of mind
  • More Awareness
  • Heals Inner Child
  • The Triple HHH Effect

*** Beginners Mind encouraged No previous experience required to attend ***

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the breath session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $60 + GST

Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In Studio Only

Qigong [WORKSHOP] with Munira Jiwa

Fri Date: Nov 07 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]

Discover the transformative power of Qigong with Munira Jiwa in this two-hour workshop.

**What You'll Experience**
- **Gentle Qigong Movements**: Learn qigong exercises to release tension, improve circulation, and boost energy flow.
- **Healing Sounds**: Practice chanting specific sounds that harmonize and nurture organs systems
- **Guided Meditation**: Relax into a deeply restorative meditation to cultivate inner peace and balance.

Join us for this heart-centered evening of movement, mindfulness, and connection

What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle, pen and notepad. Handouts will be provided.

Investment: $45 + GST

Friday, November 7, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In Studio Only

Sound Healing Journey [WORKSHOP] with Joanna Ng

Sat Date: Nov 08 2025 From: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Please join Joanna Ng for an afternoon of deep relaxation and restoration with a combination of Restorative Yoga, Tuning Forks, and Sound Healing. As you rest in Restorative Yoga postures, Ohm Tuning forks will be applied to various Acupressure points on the body, stimulating the meridian lines while increasing the flow of Chi (energy throughout the body). Ohm is an ancient and sacred tone recognized by many throughout the world, the sound of creation. Unite with the life-supporting energy of the earth, balance your biological rhythm, entrain with the natural cycle of life. By applying sound vibration directly to the body, we can remove energy blockages and increase the flow of Chi (energy).

The benefits of tuning forks include promoting a deep state of relaxation, improving mental clarity, increase your physical energy and concentration, relieve stress, brings your nervous system into balance.

You will also receive a healing and Grounding Sound Bath with Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, Planetary Gongs, various percussion Instruments, and Language of Light. The language of light is a vast and powerfully transformative vibrational communication which comes straight from source. Known as the language of the soul, it activates love, light, cosmic connection, and your DNA.

Mercury planetary gong assists the opening of your voice and communication. The Sound of Creation Gong has its own extraordinary sound character. The sound offers a wide range of harmonics, which creates more depth for emotional sensations and feelings. Planetary Gongs offer a powerful way to release physical and emotional blocks while stimulating circulation. The vibrations of the Alchemy Crystal singing bowls significantly reduce stress, anxiety, stimulates the immune system, supports pain relief, deep relaxation, clears the energy channels, calms overactive adrenals, increases emotional and mental clarity.

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the sound healing session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $50 + GST

Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Studio only

Clarity Breathwork [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Nov 23 2025 From: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

About Conscious Breathwork:

When used in specific ways, breathing allows us to release and integrate emotions, belief systems, stresses and memories which are often inaccessible through the more conventional talking therapies.

Breathing, beyond the basic need for survival, acts as a bridge between spirit, mind, and body; a bridge between the conscious and the subconscious. "Conscious Breathing" is one of the quickest ways to open our hearts to love and inner peace, and to fill our bodies with life and health. Connecting the inhale with the exhale consciously and continuously is one of the most effective ways of connecting us to ourselves, to each other, and all of us to Nature and existence. Conscious Breathing allows us to go into the deepest realities of life, to acknowledge our life processes, and to set the ground for personal transformation while reaching higher states of consciousness.

"Breathwork" involves the study and practice of breath awareness and conscious breathing for spirit, mind, and body. Breathworkers use the Breath and Breathing Techniques as tools for health, growth, therapy, and change. Breath Mastery can be used to enhance and accelerate human development and learning on all levels. Breathwork and Breathing Techniques are now being taught all over the world!

Benefits you MAY experience in Breathwork:

  • Reduces Stress and Anxiety
  • Increases Energy + Aliveness
  • Detoxifies the body
  • Release relationship/intimacy issues
  • Helps attract new relationships
  • Alleviates depression symptoms
  • Accesses expanded states of consciousness
  • Enhances creativity and expression
  • Heals the wound of your imagined separation
  • Releases birth trauma
  • Makes you feel lighter + more peaceful
  • Opens your heart so you may love everything more
  • Gives you Clarity of mind
  • More Awareness
  • Heals Inner Child
  • The Triple HHH Effect

*** Beginners Mind encouraged No previous experience required to attend ***

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the breath session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $60 + GST

Sunday, November 23, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In Studio Only

Qigong [WORKSHOP] with Munira Jiwa

Fri Date: Dec 05 2025 From: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [BOWNESS LOCATION]

Discover the transformative power of Qigong with Munira Jiwa in this two-hour workshop.

**What You'll Experience**
- **Gentle Qigong Movements**: Learn qigong exercises to release tension, improve circulation, and boost energy flow.
- **Healing Sounds**: Practice chanting specific sounds that harmonize and nurture organs systems
- **Guided Meditation**: Relax into a deeply restorative meditation to cultivate inner peace and balance.

Join us for this heart-centered evening of movement, mindfulness, and connection

What to Bring: Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle, pen and notepad. Handouts will be provided.

Investment: $45 + GST

Friday, December 5, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In Studio Only

Sound Healing Journey [WORKSHOP] with Joanna Ng

Sat Date: Dec 13 2025 From: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)

[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]

Please join Joanna Ng for an afternoon of deep relaxation and restoration with a combination of Restorative Yoga, Tuning Forks, and Sound Healing. As you rest in Restorative Yoga postures, Ohm Tuning forks will be applied to various Acupressure points on the body, stimulating the meridian lines while increasing the flow of Chi (energy throughout the body). Ohm is an ancient and sacred tone recognized by many throughout the world, the sound of creation. Unite with the life-supporting energy of the earth, balance your biological rhythm, entrain with the natural cycle of life. By applying sound vibration directly to the body, we can remove energy blockages and increase the flow of Chi (energy).

The benefits of tuning forks include promoting a deep state of relaxation, improving mental clarity, increase your physical energy and concentration, relieve stress, brings your nervous system into balance.

You will also receive a healing and Grounding Sound Bath with Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, Planetary Gongs, various percussion Instruments, and Language of Light. The language of light is a vast and powerfully transformative vibrational communication which comes straight from source. Known as the language of the soul, it activates love, light, cosmic connection, and your DNA.

Mercury planetary gong assists the opening of your voice and communication. The Sound of Creation Gong has its own extraordinary sound character. The sound offers a wide range of harmonics, which creates more depth for emotional sensations and feelings. Planetary Gongs offer a powerful way to release physical and emotional blocks while stimulating circulation. The vibrations of the Alchemy Crystal singing bowls significantly reduce stress, anxiety, stimulates the immune system, supports pain relief, deep relaxation, clears the energy channels, calms overactive adrenals, increases emotional and mental clarity.

What to Bring: Bring a water bottle and a yoga mat. Dress comfortably in layers. We have a lot of props to make yourself comfortable including zabutons, bolsters, and blankets. You are welcome to bring your own blanket or pillow to ensure your comfort during the sound healing session, which is typically done lying down.

Investment: $50 + GST

Saturday, December 13, 2025 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In Studio only

Winter Solstice with Breathwork, Cacao & Live Music [WORKSHOP] with Daemond Mano

Sun Date: Dec 21 2025 From: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
[IN STUDIO] [MARDA LOOP LOCATION]
 
Deepen and expand with us by joining in the Sacred Cacao, Live Music and Breathwork Ceremony with Daemond Mano, Anne Cox, Trevor Uruski and Dorothy Bishop

Come join us through this introspective heart opening journey - following the wisdom of ceremonial grade Cacao and the live music including Cello + Didgeridoo. As we enter into the shortest days in the northern hemisphere through this intentional ceremony, we will take refuge in the darkness and prepare ourselves to welcome back in the light.

Cacao is a heart-opening plant medicine that has been used in ceremony for hundreds of years and its symbiosis with sound healing and breathwork offers potential for deep healing and ecstatic states of consciousness. This will be led much like a medicine ceremony with lots of live music and guidance.

About Ceremonial Cacao:
Cacao, known as Theobroma cacao ("The Food of the Gods" or "Gods' food"), works on many levels with our bodies; spiritually, mentally, physically as well as emotionally. Every aspect gets addressed, which is what few other plant medicines can say. Through gentle guidance, using shamanic tools such as meditation, breath and sound, powerful shifts can occur as we recognize what blocks us and prevents us from living our full potential.

About Conscious Breathwork:

When used in specific ways, breathing allows us to release and integrate emotions, belief systems, stresses and memories which are often inaccessible through the more conventional talking therapies.
Breathing, beyond the basic need for survival, acts as a bridge between spirit, mind, and body; a bridge between the conscious and the subconscious. "Conscious Breathing" is one of the quickest ways to open our hearts to love and inner peace, and to fill our bodies with life and health. Connecting the inhale with the exhale consciously and continuously is one of the most effective ways of connecting us to ourselves, to each other, and all of us to Nature and existence. Conscious Breathing allows us to go into the deepest realities of life, to acknowledge our life processes, and to set the ground for personal transformation while reaching higher states of consciousness.
"Breathwork" involves the study and practice of breath awareness and conscious breathing for spirit, mind, and body. Breathworkers use the Breath and Breathing Techniques as tools for health, growth, therapy, and change. Breath Mastery can be used to enhance and accelerate human development and learning on all levels. Breathwork and Breathing Techniques are now being taught all over the world!

Dorothy Bishop's Bio:
A cellist for most of her life, Dorothy loves to bring meditative music to her listeners. Her solo album, Cello Dreams, is filled with original music for relaxation and transformation. She is currently working on a collaboration with Tona Ohama, who is combining the sounds of her cello to create a multi-ambient soundscape.
Dorothy has practiced energy healing since the early 1980s. She has studied Huna, Reiki, Quantum Touch, Polarity Therapy, Qi Gong, Thought Field Therapy, Tibetan Energy Release, working with archangels, and shamanism. As a Reiki master and certified Quantum Touch instructor, she has taught hundreds of students, including several prominent Calgary Reiki masters. She also taught Listening Hands and Chakra Meditation through Wild Rose College. As a holistic therapist/herbalist, she published The Musician as Athlete: Alternative Approaches to Healthy Performance.
Dorothy practiced her unique combination of Reiki and other energy work modalities professionally from 1990 till 2017, at both Wild Rose Clinic and her own healing/meditation space. Though she still loves doing energy work, her main focus is on music and using the sound of the cello for healing.

Trevor Uruski Bio:

Trevor is a didgeridoo performer, Teacher and Sound Therapist. Soundscape and vocal artist, spiritual poet, friend and guide. Spiritual aspirant of several years now sharing the fruits of his labor through music, presence, word and sound. Seeker and collaborator for individual and social healing projects and spiritual awakening.

When we combine these three medicines and join our intentions as a community, we enter the limitless potential of existence.

***We encourage you to show up with a beginners mind, all levels welcome. ***

What to Bring: We encourage everyone who is coming to wear white and bring an item for the altar. Also whatever you need to be comfortable lying down like yoga or camping mat, pillow, blanket etc. 

Investment:  $77 + GST
Sunday, December 21, 2025 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
In Studio Only

Mexico Retreat [RETREAT] with Daemond Mano

Thu Date: Jan 22 2026 - Jan 27 2026 From: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: YogaMcc (Yoga & Meditation Centre Calgary)
MAJESTIC MEXICO INCLUSIVE RETREAT
WITH DAEMOND MANO & JERI TOURAND

AWAKEN IN CANCUN AND ELEVATE YOUR ESSENCE OF BEING AT THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL RETREAT

Are you ready to transcend stagnation and embrace innovation, taking a quantum leap into your most authentic self?
Prepare to ignite your inner power, leading with courage and love during this transformative time.
Embark on a journey to deepen your connection to your innate gifts and align with your unique purpose.

If you’re on a journey of awakening and wish to tap into a deeper well of inspiration and vitality, then this retreat is for you!

Join us for an unforgettable six-day transformative experience in the lush jungle of Cancun!

Imagine yourself nestled in a serene rainforest sanctuary, surrounded by vibrant jungle canopy, birdsong, and the grounding presence of ancient trees. This hidden retreat invites you to step away from the noise of everyday life and reconnect with nature’s rhythm—awakening your spirit, calming your mind, and reigniting your passion for life.

Initiations ~ Breathwork ~ Excursions ~ Zen Trilotherapy

Ho'Oponopono ~ Meditations ~ Family Constellations ~ Celebrations

January 22 to 27, 2026

For more details go here:

https://www.yogamcc.com/mexico