Welcome to PranaShanti Yoga Centre

If you answered YES to any of these questions, let Richard guide you through this experiential workshop.

The focus will be, increasing body flexibility, enhancing the alignment of the spine and calming the nervous system before going to sleep. The yoga postures taught in this course will help reduce the discomfort of sore, tired and aching muscles and provide for a restful night of sleep. The added benefit of these postures is that you can use them in the morning to help energize the body. You will also learn what happens to your muscles when you become stressed and how to return to a relaxed state of body and mind.

Cost: $35.00 per person. Register early to ensure space.

About Richard:  Richard has been an educator for over 15 years and has been teaching yoga since 2007. He was introduced to yoga in Japan where he also studied Zen and Buddhist meditation. Richard has studied Hatha, Ashtanga, Yin, Iyengar and Somatic styles of yoga.

In Ottawa, Richard completed his Yoga Alliance Hatha Yoga Teacher Training and broadened his teaching through trainings with Eoin Finn, Paul Grilley, Rodney Yee, Ramanand Patel and Susan Randall. In addition to Hatha yoga, Richard also teaches Somayog, a therapeutic yoga style using the principles of somatic education. This style offers everyone the opportunity to explore the felt sense in their body and reconnect their breath with the arch and tilt of their pelvis.

Also, Richard has a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education (focusing on Sports Administration), a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s degree in Human Systems. He also has studied and practiced Somatic Experiencing, a modality for renegotiating and healing traumatic experiences in the body.