Om Canada: An Intimate Glimpse at Yoga's Firsts - Softcover

Petrich, Valery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1525565249 ISBN 13: 9781525565243

Publisher: FriesenPress, 2020

Synopsis

OM Canada: An Intimate Glimpse at Yoga's Firsts is a celebration of yoga's history in Canada. Here are profiles of sixty of the country's yoga innovators-the firsts to set up a practice in their area, -start a provincial association, launch a TV show, write a book, build an ashram, open a studio, etc. These are the passionate souls who ushered in the practice of yoga in a post-war era, when contemporaries still perceived them as loners and loons. Scattered across Canada, these yoga pioneers forged their practices for personal healing and spiritual fulfilment based on conviction and despite lasting skepticism. Their efforts ushered in an age of spiritual curiosity that set the stage for yoga and meditation's acceptance as the bona fide spiritual practices and healing modalities we know today.

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About the Author

Valery Petrich is a senior yoga teacher who has taught since 1980. Many of the people she has featured in her book are long-time friends or acquaintances. Petrich lives with her partner, Tom, who is an international consultant and humanitarian, in a postcard-picture fishing village in Richmond, BC, Steveston Village. Her daughter is a yoga teacher and meditator who lives in London, UK. The book is a supplement to the Yoga Studio College of Canada Teacher Training program, which she founded in 1996. Its profusion of data about the roots of yoga in Canada make it a recommended supplement to all yoga teacher training programs across Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1525565249
• ISBN 13: 9781525565243
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184