Resources for well-being
Some of my recommended people to visit, listen to, and read from.
The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci K. Haines
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
When The Body Says No by Gabor Mate
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
Embrace Yogaβs Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice by Susanna Barkataki
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee
Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation by Dalia Kinsey
Quit Like A Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker
Fern Aarsen (Yoga Life 124st, Friday Evening HAPPY HIPS Class)
Atma Yoga (West End Yoga Studio)
Hana Uiri (Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes Online)
Yoga with Adriene (Gentle, genuine exploration of what feels good in your body)
Zenith Wellness CoΒ (College Plaza Central)
Elementum (Calgary Trail South)
Iava Wellness (East End)
UV.Alchemy (Lauren Stensrud at Iava Wellness)
Katt Topoloniski (Unscript Yourself, Somatic Healing and Reiki Practitioner)
Golden Lotus Center (Krystle Ash, Reiki and Pranic Healing, Reiki Teacher)
Elevation PhysiotherapyΒ (Katelyn Rennie, West End)
All-Sports Health (Lenny, Chiropractor and Active Release, Downtown)
RTP Health (Ory Baron, Manual Osteopath, South Side)
Mental Health Co-Pilot Β (they are a free Edmonton-based service that helps you connect with a mental health provider that is a good fit for you)
Transcend Psychology (College Plaza)
Blossom Counselling (College Plaza)
12 Step Recovery meetings for all types of recovery:
8th&PoppyΒ (Adrienne, permission based astrology)
Spirit Energy Medicine (Ria-Mae, Alchemist, Spirit Healer, and Teacher. Accessible priced self-paced courses on astrology, sacred space, and moon alchemy)
Here are some extra folx I love to follow and learn from!
Grae (hypermobile, chronic pain, neurodivergent embodiment teacher)
Fanny Priest (The Trauma Witch, Fat, Queer, Austistic Witch)
Marika (The Energetic Ecologist, Earth-based healer, teacher, birth attendant, and mother)
Kai (Hawaiian healer)
Nadia Lune (Pleasure Witch)
David (Movement & Flexibility Coach)
White Woman Whisperer (Educator, Undoctrinating via Questianity)
Dayna Lynn Nuckolls (Peoples Oracle, Divination for Liberation)
Maintenance PhaseΒ (Wellness and weight-loss debunked and decoded)
You’re Wrong About (Candid conversations about an event, person or phenomenon thatβs been miscast in the public imagination)
Love and Light Confessionals (An insider exposΓ© podcast on the new-age, coaching & wellness worldβs most bizarre antics)
Sounds Like A Cult (The modern day cults we all follow)