About

Tanya has over twenty years experience helping hundreds of people from around the world move past shame, acknowledge their strength and resilience and embody their radical boundaries. She also brings to her work deep lived experience as a survivor of traumatic abuse.

Lenses

I view well-being and healing through personal, family and sociocultural/systemic lenses. I recognize that stress and trauma can arise from relationships, intergenerational experiences, as well as social conditions of marginalization and oppression.

I am committed to engaging in ways that are:

Feminist, anti-oppressive and anti-racist
Queer and trans affirming
Neurodiversity affirming
Informed by fat acceptance and in opposition to diet culture

Training

A degree from Queen’s University in Rehabilitation Medicine, where she studied adult learning and community based rehabilitation, as well as the physiological and psychological impacts of stress and trauma
Currently in the advance year of the three year Somatic Experiencing Professional Training Certification program 2022-2025.
Post graduate training in sensory integration – the science of how our bodies use our senses to regulate our physical, mental and emotional well being
Numerous yoga teacher and yoga therapy training programs, with a love for supporting people to listen to their own bodies and hearts
Foundational Ayurvedic education and body work mentorship including Wise Earth Ayuveda’s “Japa Meditation and Vedic Chanting” and “Women’s Health and Spirituality” with Maya Tiwari, exploring the power of aligning with nature’s cycles while honouring your own inner wisdom
Several sound healing trainings, exploring sacred sound traditions from around the world, including Tom Kenyon’s Sound Healing training
The Feminine in Coaching – a foundational introduction to Soul Based Coaching
Hundreds and hundreds of hours in practice, sitting at the feet of great teachers – gurus and people in crisis, reading great books and listening to great audios.

* I feel truly blessed to have studied and worked with some of the world’s most renowned teachers in their fields. Every experience has taught me something profound. In these times, I feel it prudent to acknowledge that while I deeply honour the power of the teachings I have received, there are several instances where I now do not align with the political stances or conduct otherwise of some of the teachers themselves. If you follow my social media and my email newsletter, you will clearly see my political leanings. My mention of these experiences is not an endorsement of the programs or the teachers.

Experience

community-based rehabilitation in post war Bosnia Herzegovina – participated in rebuilding the public and private rehabilitation systems in various communities – letting each community define their own needs and supporting culturally sensitive strategies.
infant and family consultant – supporting new mothers as they navigate the unique and difficult journey of parenting a child with medical or developmental needs
co-facilitating residential advanced yoga teacher training with Akhanda Yoga in Rishikesh India – supporting students in an intensive training program as they adapt to the local culture and process their own healing far from home.
offered in person and online healing circles and group healing journeys

Hi there, I’m Tanya (she/her).

More about me:

In my travels, I have been initiated into the sacred traditions of India, Tibet, Egypt and beyond, but ultimately I have had to learn the path for me is listening to my own body, mind and heart and discovering the medicines right in front of me.

I prefer chocolate and cheese to chia, and when it comes to beverages, it is strong roasted dandelion root tea or nettle infusion for me.

I love urban wild crafting.

I am deeply involved in my neighbourhood’s grassroot gift economy and spend a lot of spare time upcycling and giving new life to objects – unless it involves sewing. I cannot get a hang of sewing :).

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While my services are offered virtually, I acknowledge that I am working and living on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Anishaabe Algonquin people. I am deeply grateful for their historical and ongoing care and protection of the land, water and peoples of this region.