The Holding Space

Hey Friends! I’ve started a new insta over .r.a.c.e_and_g.r.i.t I’ll be sharing what I’m up to in my mostly professional world over there. Anything to do with where I’m teaching prenatal yoga and Mom and Baby yoga and where and when you can sign up for the Orillia postpartum support group. I am open for business in the birth doula world and looking for a client for the spring. Offering private group and individual yoga sessions in your home or for an event. Please give me a follow to stay connected. ~ Rebecca

Hey all! Looking for a little something for the kiddos to do? Mal is offering kids yoga next week. Sign up and pay via TheHoldingSpace.ca

I’ll be teaching kids’ yoga at Mariposa Folk Festival at 10am and offering a deep opening class for all you grownups at 11am to ease those dancing hips and hearts.

Dear Friends,

I have made the hard decision to let The Holding Space go. I am so grateful you all came to let her hold you. I am sad to leave the space, but as we all know most endings lead to new beginnings. I am hopeful I will be able to continue offering to the community when I have regained some strength and courage and will once again hold space for you all within my heart whenever I am. Please be patient with me as I navigate leaving her walls. The schedule is sparse right now as my energy and capacity to give is slim. But I hope you will come and use up your passes with what I am offering through the summer. We will be offering classes until the end of September.

Mel will be offering a pop up kids class July 15 and 16 and a potential 4 week season in August, prenatal yoga begins July 16th through to the end of August and Monday night gentle stretch will run from the 15th through to the end of September. Keep an eye out for more offerings through the summer and September.

Hope to see some of you this weekend at Mariposa Folk Festival. I’ll be teaching once again at the interactive stage at 10am, Saturday and Sunday morning.

In gratitude,

Rebecca

Happy Monday everyone! I’m riding the high of coming off a weekend having offered a beautiful, mindful based practice with the women who attended Unplugged with and , a retreat to disconnect to connect. Our theme was permission to arrive. To be here now. We acknowledged that it is actually work. That it can feel uncomfortable to be still. That it takes time to settle and that we are not broken if sitting still causes feelings of wanting to get up and run. We are so conditioned to strive, to achieve and to prove our worth that slowing down, unplugging and allowing the discomfort to settle feels like a failure when in fact it is a huge win. When we finally do settle, there is peace, calm and a remembering of our true nature, joy. Let’s carry this over into the week. I hope to see you on the mat this week to settle into some stillness. 💗💗💗

Schedule reminder for the week. 💗

Come join Melissa for kids yoga for the month of June! Ages 2-5 Monday nights and 10 and under Tuesday mornings. If you have a home school group or are homeschooling yourself, this class is for you. We are thrilled to have kids yoga back on the schedule. 🤗

BIG, EXCITING NEWS!!!!! Kids yoga is back this June!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meet Mel! Mel will be teaching a toddler class on Monday evenings and a school aged class on Tuesday mornings for our homeschool friends. Registration is open and ready to receive you. Link in bio!! ☝🏻

I am still basking in the glow of a perfect spring/Mother’s Day weekend.
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I reflected on the number of women in our community who I have had the honour of witnessing cross the threshold into Motherhood. I am so grateful to be part of your mothering journeys.
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I hope you were all able to take the time to acknowledge what a beautiful paradox it is. Losing yourself, finding yourself, feeling empty, feeling fulfilled, being soft, being strong. A constant dance. It is so beautiful to see you all.
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Now come hang out with me this week on the mat so I can snuggle your babies and give you a chance to move your bodies. 🤱🏼💗✨

With Mother’s Day on the horizon, I’m feeling nostalgic and grateful for all the Mothers, babes and kiddos that I have had the honour of serving at The Holding Space, many of whom have come to mean so much to me. Hope to see you on the mat one way or another this week. Reminder that prenatal yoga begins this week. xo Rebecca



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Oops. I said in my last post that the next prenatal yoga session begins tomorrow. It does not. It begins next week. May 7th! So there is still time to sign up!! 🤗

Happy Monday my beautiful friends! I’ve just returned from an epic family holiday where I thoroughly soaked up the sun, ate incredibly fresh avocados and mangos none stop, was reminded of the beauty and vastness of the ocean’s power and just spent time with my family and friends, watching our kiddos bond and take in another culture. I can’t wait to see you back on the mat this week with some renewed energy to give. ✨💗🙏🏻