Friends of Bliss
Many people have helped make Follow Your Bliss come alive.
Please support them!
* Aangen Community Centre.
Aangen is the Sanskrit word for the front yard of a home where community members gather to give each other comfort, support, and nurturing. Aangen is a non-profit Community Centre that provides educational workshops that are easily affordable and promote self-reliance, independence, and community-building. I have been affiliated with Aangen for nearly two years, and I consider it to be Bliss's sister.
Gurbeen: info@aangen.com, www.aangen.com
* Anarres Natural Health.
Let the Revolution begin in your senses! - Tracey TieF's centre for natural health includes aromatherapy, qi stone therapy, Thai and lymphatic body work, reflexology, reiki, polarity and qi drop therapy, chakra balancing, hypnotherapy for health, and wholistic healing, as well as activism, the production of wholesome health and beauty products, environmentally-friendly alternatives to plastic, and more! - I've been seeing Tracey for a few months and she really makes her products and services accessible to all through pay-what-you-can-afford days, barter, and negotiation. All while maintaining high ethical and environmental standards. Amazing!
Tracey: annareshealth@gmail.com, www.annareshealth.ca
* Ayurvedic Touch: The Andrea Olivera Centre for Ayurveda.
Andrea integrates ancient Vedic principles of spirituality, psychology, and healing into her luxurious customized spa treatments. She was my Ayurveda teacher, and I highly recommend that you take a course or receive a treatment with her. She brings Ayurveda – the science of life – into contemporary urban life. Plus, she's a pure joy!
Andrea Olivera: info@ayurvedictouch.com, www.ayurvedictouch.com
* Billy J. Gekas (Ganesha)
Billy is the founder of Liberatingsadhanas.com, a space to promote the practices of Ayurveda & Yoga, along with other holisitc traditions, to develop a social consiousness about what it means to practice these paths in order to live sustainably in the world, harmonize our relationship to the body, mind and spirit, and our relationship with all others as we walk our unique path in life. He and a team of practitioners offers Ayurveda treatments and consultation, Reiki, Qi-Gong, and teaches Yoga classes and philosophy. Billy and I did our Yoga Teacher Training together, and he is my spiritual brother. Please contact Billy for private classes, large/small group classes, corporate classes, workshops/seminars, lectures, and retreats.
Billy Geckas: www.liberatingsadhanas.com, wjgeckas@hotmail.com
* Gary Justice REVsound music and meditation
Gary and I have become friends in the past year or so. He leads amazing sound and vocal explorations and is a warm, amazing person to be around and work with.
* I AM YOU: Align. Design. Shine.
Salimah is a Ten-Body Kundalini Yoga teacher based in Toronto. For Salimah, love of life involves commitment, courage, movement and service. Her work includes Energy Medicine, Space Healing, and Laughter Yoga. Her Yoga for Prosperity course propelled Follow Your Bliss into reality. I highly recommend it!
Salimah Kassim-Lakha: love@iamyou.ca, www.iamyou.ca
* Karim H. Ismail
Karim’s two-day workshop helped me to define and refine my goals. He doesn’t believe that any of my dreams are too ambitious. He’s supportive, authentic, and full of energy. Creating my life blueprint with him helped me to see what I want and what I need to do go get it. His workshop is one of the main reasons why I took the leap of faith and started Follow Your Bliss!
* Roxanne Mastromatteo.
Roxanne and I took the Yoga Teacher Training course at Sananda together, and she's opened an Ayurvedic massage space from her home near Runnymede station, where she'll be giving Ayurvedic treatments, teaching yoga classes, and leading reading/writing workshops. She is a gifted and loving teacher and healer, who is giving all Follow Your Bliss students a 20% discount off massages and courses! - Please email her for more information, and to set up an appointment.
Roxanne: rmastromatteo@hotmail.com
* Sananda: One Love. The Art of Yoga and Self-Evolution.
Sananda recognizes and honours the Divine in each individual and supports the impulse of Personal Spiritual Awakening and Unfoldment of Higher Consciousness as the means to Planetary Healing and Transformation. The aim of Sananda is to provide Teachings, Counselling, Healing, and Support, merging both Eastern and Western Sacred Teachings and Art Forms to transform Humanity's Life Patterns of Separation and Suffering into Universality and Equanimity.
I did my Yoga Teacher Training at Sananda, under Xenia Splawinski (Ananda Shakti Saraswati), who encourages her students to embody “Bhuktimuktikarnika,” or enlightenment through experience. If you're considering a Yoga Teacher Training course, or would like to receive your Core Pattern (past life) reading, I recommend that you contact Xenia.
Xenia Splawinski: xenia@sananda.ca, www.sananda.ca
* Stephen D'Amico
Stephen is a modern teacher of enlightenment who experienced a complete awakening at age 22. He shares the reality of his experience and offers his presence and guidance freely to all. I have been attending events with Stephen for a few years, and I find him to be one of the most authentic and gifted spiritual teachers that I have encountered.
Stephen D'Amico: info@stephendamico.com, www.stephendamico.com.
* Virtu-Tech
If you're looking to create a website to promote your yoga or healing arts, my partner's brother's company makes amazing, easy-to-update websites (just like this one!) Their rates are reasonable, and he is offering a discount for anyone who mentions they are a member of 'Follow Your Bliss!'
Please visit www.virtu.in or send a mail to contact@virtu.in for more information!