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Dawn Collins Yoga

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Dawn Collins Yoga

15 Years experience in Healing and Mystic Arts: Yoga specialized via Kripalu lineage since 2010. Dawn has been providing Reiki treatments for 6 years.

Trauma Informed for All Abilities and safe space for all identities. Dawn J Collins is a Yoga facilitator, ritual leader, reiki practionner and magician who has worked in the healing arts for over 10 years. She began her career in academia studying social development, political science, eastern philosophy and psychology. Later began to work as a: counsellor, case manager and, program facilitator with Safe Spaces Fundy Inc. and later Coverdale Centre where she received mentorship under a social worker for 3 years and trained in Cognitive Behavioural Counselling, Reality Therapy and Positive Psychology specialising in Addiction Recovery, Trauma Recovery and Support for persons in transition. Later her personal journey brought her to studies with multiple Reiki Sensei’s (lineage available by request) where she was attuned to the Second Degree Usui Reiki Practitioner Level and is currently working on her Master’s certification. Further Dawn added to her toolbox Yoga Teacher Training in 2010 with a 9 month program provided by Atlantic Yoga Teacher Training affiliated with the Kripalu School of Yoga and the Atlantic Yoga Teachers Association. For the last 4 years Dawn has taught at: Coverdale Centre, Saint John Canada Games Aquatic Centre, Natural Moves Yoga and Bellydance, Saint John Regional Correctional Centre, NSCAD, and currently in addition to Ocean Yoga at the IWK for the children’s acute mental health ward. Dawn has additionally been trained to provide Emotional Freedom Techniques and Touch Therapy alongside her other services. Today Dawn provides all of these offerings as appropriate for clients with a focus on meeting people where they are to hold a container and support them directly in processing life experiences and the attainment of their goals. You may contact dawn directly at dawnjcollins@live.ca to book an assessment, Reiki/Counselling appointments or one-on-one Yoga services at your location or at one of the Ocean Yoga locations as available. Dawn is also teaching classes as indicated on the Ocean Yoga schedule focusing on mindfulness, safe and effective practice for the achievement of personal goals in line with most current research on the effects of Yogic practices. Dawn is committed to continuous study on effective practice and assuring that alternative health care is accessible to all. Prices include a generosity policy – Pay what you can. Appropriate exchange encouraged for good Karmic balance, may include barter or alternative methods depending on the location.

06/10/2023

Fresh new class infused with my Egyptian sabbatical coming from downtown Halifax. This will be held from my precious home and a closed group jot drop in. Not only yoga, much much more. Weaving a very special offering never before seen in this part of the world. Can’t wait! Details will be shared in time. Class will begin in September.

11/13/2021

Halo, Cairo!

11/11/2021

New offerings coming in hot from Cairo, sign up to experience this quality time together asap!

10/07/2021

This colouring book from SeaStar Child and Youth Advocacy Centre is about emotions, and how our brains and bodies react when something big or scary happens. It offers ideas for simple, fun strategies that kids can use to feel calm and settled.

03/04/2021

Working on the aspects of myself that live beyond time through my body with yogi life tools. Asanas are merely one. I am ever grateful for the containers to do this work in and the beauty of the morning sun that inspires a new beginning everyday. Grateful to my highest self for shining thru and getting me to practice- be is asana or another form- everyday. I do not have a perfect body or yoga in clothes that draw too much attention to it typically. Often it’s pj’s, cuz life duh. I don’t go to classes regularly now as a teacher myself and a decade in I prefer to allow my body to tell me what comes next and when to shift. Following the breath brings me to the union I am after. My best advice to anyone anytime is ALLOW YOURSELF TO FIND THE REFERENCE POINT IN THE BODY. Often people might say it is elsewhere. It is not, it is your heart and it extends thru your whole earth suit. Part of your body tool gifts is that it is your anchor while you inhabit it, thru all the weather of living. This way everything is your teacher. If you have difficulty feeling sensation, or feeling your body...I see you. That’s not uncommon. Begin that great work to develop the access to your sensual awareness now. Or anytime is good, you are always in perfect timing, so do not worry. It can be scary to feel your body, I relate to that and am always here for you. It takes time, and gentleness and titration even. And that is a special self love to give in itself. Your body is you. And you are more than your body as well. Come home and move ever unto your self realization. These are the times.

I AM THE LIGHT
I AM THE LOVE
I AM

And so you are!

You are a reflection of me, and I of you.

In gratitude for all of my teachers human, pain, suffering, joy but especially sensation itself today!

**ra

03/02/2021

Solo playing organ beats, harmonium and singing that ego evisceration into love.

02/16/2021

Missing this! Someday again for sure: https://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/5bcf97a1b3abdf2f0007f1ba

Join instructor, Dawn J. Collins for a 1-hour introduction to traditional yoga for all skill levels.The class is trauma informed (safe for persons who have experienced effects of trauma) and accessible to differing abilities and all levels of fitness. All participation is self-directed and participa...

02/04/2021

Feeling lost? I sure have been. Working the spells a le Sanskrit to be aligned, grounded and guided to the truth anchor of who I am and the world is together. Classic chant from the yogic wisdom tradition. Really gotta work the practices lately such challenging times. This old reliable ten years strong feels like a home itself and that’s the magic of a practice. Wielding home of the self more profoundly everyday. Strong abiding centre. 💙

01/24/2021

Tanpura continues to be a partner in sounding lately. I’ve been a bit obsessed with following it’s unique sound. Here I’ve tuned the instrument based on my desire and especially laid it on the floor to get the max distortion and micro percussions it created without being muffled so much by my body. This is a departure from the traditional use of this instrument but still lends to it’s drone nature. I typically use it in devotional workings but here I’ve written a ditty. It’s quite hard to tune and keep in tune with it’s wooden pegs and the climate here doesn’t suit that at all. But I love it.

01/18/2021

Translation of the Sanskrit phonetics to English: Sun, Moon, Earth, Infinity: All that is Infinity, I am thee.

So much to be said about this sound practice. Best experienced.

Salutations to Ganesha with his bija mantra to open after a consecrating om and sending peace and love with mudra invocation to conclude.

01/17/2021

Still hitting drums on da Maqsuum wip- just a peak at some practice time during a jam sesh. Wheee

01/11/2021

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