Yoga
We offer trauma-informed yoga sessions designed to support your well-being. Whether you're looking for personalized one-on-one yoga therapy or the energy of a supportive group class, our sessions focus on relaxation, movement, and mindfulness. Some of our offerings may even be covered under the naturopath section of your insurance, making holistic wellness more accessible.
instructors
Maria Hillier, C-IAYT
Maria Hillier is a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT, International Association of Yoga Therapy), a Naturopath (N.D., ACNN) and an experienced Yoga Teacher (500RYT, Yoga Alliance) with foundational training in Hatha and Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra, Chair Yoga and Pain Care Yoga.
As Yoga Therapist, Maria is dedicated to helping individuals with mental, emotional and physical health challenges using evidence-based and trauma-informed practices. Her approach integrates a variety of Yoga Therapy techniques, including gentle yoga and mindful movement, breath awareness and regulation, guided relaxation, meditation and mindfulness, visualization and restful restorative yoga. Maria’s approach is one guided by fostering calmness and peace and facilitating self-compassion and kindness. Maria has experience working with individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, chronic and persistent pain, along with other health challenges.
Within her sessions, Maria’s goal is to help clients explore the practices offered in a way that suits their unique needs, challenges and goals in an accessible, inclusive and welcoming atmosphere. Everyone is welcome to Yoga Therapy; no prior yoga experience is required. Prerecorded video and audio of the Yoga Therapy tools and techniques covered in sessions are made available to individuals to support your practice at home.
The fee for a 60 minute session with Maria is $100+HST and sessions may be covered by insurance under naturopathy. Please note that Blue Cross, Industrial Alliance and Equitable Life do not cover Maria’s services. If you are covered by one of these insurance companies or do not have health insurance, please reach out about sliding scale options.
Email admin@calmplace.ca to inquire.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a quality of alert, open awareness. It can be defined as paying attention to present moment with curiosity and acceptance. Mindfulness is best strengthened by a regular meditation practice. This practice invites us to slow down, breathe, and observe our inner experience. Practicing mindfulness can give us the tools we need to stay calm, remain focused, and reduce distracting stressors and negative thoughts. Mindfulness helps us to learn to view unwanted thoughts and feelings as merely passing mental events. With over 10 years of formal training to identify how mindfulness practices can be used as instruments of change, our programs draw from dimensions of spirituality, science, and social behaviour. Grounded in education and elevated by experience, our methodology is built on evidence-based practice.
Mindfulness Teachers
Emily Lewis, MSc Psychology
Emily holds a Master of Science in Mindfulness-Based Interventions (Psychology) from University College Dublin. She has extensive experience teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to diverse populations and a stellar reputation of creating an inviting, engaging, and safe learning environment for her clients. Her work is rooted in compassion and in the passionate conviction that each human being has the capacity to reach their full potential. Connecting with her clients and sharing their ‘human-ness’ together is the magic that supports them both! She is completing an accreditation in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness through David Treleaven (TSM) and is member of the Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (MTAI) where she regularly attends meditation retreats, teacher trainings, and supervision. Through learning evidence-based mindfulness exercises, clients learn how to re-wire their brain, change their inner dialogue, and create more space in their lives. Emily is trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Emily offers group classes as well as one-to-one sessions. The fee for a 50-minute session with Emily is $130+tax. Email admin@calmplace.ca to inquire. Sessions may be covered by insurance under naturopath services.
Reiki
Reiki is a complementary health approach in which practitioners place their hands on or just above different areas of the body. Reiki therapy is a way of guiding energy throughout the body to promote the recipient’s self-healing abilities. Reiki is a spiritual practice, in the way meditation is a spiritual practice, centering around mindfulness, intention and relaxation.
Reiki Practitioners
Adriannah Miller, BSc
Adriannah holds Reiki Master Practitioner status under Usui style Reiki, her Level I, II and advanced training have been completed under the guidelines of the Canadian Reiki Association. Adriannah’s approach to Reiki sessions is client-oriented with an emphasis on holding space. Sessions are fluid and can vary in focus to include mind, body and soul.
Adriannah has worked with clients experiencing physical ailments, mental health struggles, general life stressors, as well as spiritually focused sessions. During Reiki sessions Adriannah’s main focus is to provide a safe space for healing, growth and relaxation to occur for her clients, with a compassionate undertone to all work she provides.
In her time at Memorial University Adriannah completed Bsc. in Psychology which aids in therapeutic debriefs at the end of each session. Debriefs are one of Adriannah’s favourite parts of a session as they can tie together what was felt during each session and often leave clients with clarity. Noticing the difference in clients’ energy from the minute they walk into her office and out is her other favourite as you can often see a tangible shift in their body language and expressions.
E-mail adriannah@calmplace.ca to inquire.