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Gentle Adaptive Yoga for Queer Disabled Folks
Time & Location Jun 06, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CMMN GRND, 121 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1A4, Canada About the event This gentle class blends slow and intentional movement with breathwork and meditation. Without any particular goals or destination, we will explore a meandering practice that cultivates self-awareness and well-being through calm and neutral self-observation. What to Expect: Participants have the option of practicing from a mat, chair, or wheelchair and are i

Kendra Coupland
May 30, 20231 min read


A Practice in Compassion
A practice in compassion with Kendra Coupland. Watch this compassion meditation for free.

Kendra Coupland
Dec 1, 20223 min read


5 Ways Disability Justice is Life Affirming Self Care
Self-care isn't just something we can buy at the drugstore. While taking a long hot bath can be a form of self-care focusing only on outward expressions of self-care neglects the parts of our being that require internal care - such as our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

Kendra Coupland
May 27, 20223 min read


Spring Yoga at The Gathering Place
Join Kendra for weekly Gentle Hatha yoga for all levels at The Gathering Place. All Classes are Drop-in. The Gathering Place Community Centre offers programs and services to the Downtown South community. The center primarily serves vulnerable populations, including people on a fixed income, people with disabilities, seniors, people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, the LGBTQ community, youth, and people who are under-housed or experiencing homelessness. The center provides acces

Kendra Coupland
Apr 17, 20221 min read


Herbal Bath Teas for Ancestral Self Care
Herbal Bath Tea is a traditional way of creating sacred bathing rituals that not only cleanse the body, but soothe the spirit.

Kendra Coupland
Nov 17, 20213 min read


FEATURED ON: THE NARWHAL
Kendra Coupland is featured in The Narwhal’s photo essay: ‘Purpose and power’: Meet 10 BIPOC Adventurers Challenging Ideals of Who Belongs i

Kendra Coupland
Sep 28, 20211 min read


Six Tips To Help You Maintain Your Yoga Practice
Committing to a daily yoga practice can be challenging. Here are 6 tips to help you maintain your yoga practice over the long run.

Kendra Coupland
Sep 15, 20213 min read


Yogic Wisdom for When Grief Visits
Timelines placed on grief are illusionary. Grief does not abide by them. Grief is a guest that visits with it’s own timeline.

Kendra Coupland
Jun 22, 20214 min read


Community Conversation: Accessibility In Yoga
A community conversation about creating more accessibility in yoga

Kendra Coupland
May 4, 20211 min read


Yoga During Menstruation
Most classical yoga texts like the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali or the later Hatha yoga manuals were written and transmitted by male practitioners, often ascetics.So it’s not surprising that menstruation was rarely discussed in any text; it simply wasn’t part of their lived reality.
Some practitioners may feel compelled to keep up their practice. Others may feel compelled to rest. Yoga asks us to listen to our bodies in real time, and be responsive.

Kendra Coupland
Apr 8, 20214 min read


6 Free Self Care Practices That are Actually Healing
Self-care is a radical act. Self-care is about prioritizing the things we need to not just survive, but thrive, and those things don’t need to cost a ton of money. Here are six free self care practices you can do today.

Kendra Coupland
Mar 9, 20217 min read


How You Eat Impacts Meditation (Not Just What You Eat)
Focusing exclusively on what we eat can become another form of striving. Paying attention to how we eat, however, directly trains the same qualities that meditation depends on: awareness, patience, and sensitivity to the present moment.

Kendra Coupland
Jan 6, 20213 min read


Reparations and Spiritual Integrity
To make reparations, is to repair or make right a situation in which someone has been harmed, and you have played a role.

Kendra Coupland
Jan 1, 20215 min read


What Does it Mean to Be Humble
What does it mean to be humble? Kendra Coupland, Vancouver yoga teacher, explains.

Kendra Coupland
Aug 3, 20202 min read


Six Children's Books On Mindfulness
When the teachings are short and digestible, everyone can benefit from them! Here are our six favourite children's books on mindfulness

Kendra Coupland
Apr 21, 20203 min read


DIY Upcycled Eye Pillows for Better Rest
Upcycled eye pillows are an easy and creative self care project. They do not cost a lot of money, and don’t take a lot of time to make.

Kendra Coupland
Mar 24, 20203 min read


You Benefit From Your Forgiveness
Forgiveness means you choose to understand your own, or another’s actions, because carrying around the weight of ongoing anger is too heavy a burden on your heart, and at some point you need to put the load down for your own health.

Kendra Coupland
Sep 26, 20191 min read


Safer Spaces Explained: Healing, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Safer spaces refers to spaces where folks who experience marginalization to gather, share common experiences, communicate, heal and organize

Kendra Coupland
Sep 26, 20195 min read


Mindful Living: Hearty Autumn Tomato Soup Recipe
Kendra Coupland's homemade hearty autumn tomato soup recipe, made with fresh tomatoes from the vegetable garden.

Kendra Coupland
Sep 19, 20193 min read


Why Healing Crystals Aren’t Enough To Raise Your Vibration
Are healing crystals really harmless? Explore the hidden impact of crystal mining, spiritual bypassing, and ethical ways to raise your vibration without harm.

Kendra Coupland
Sep 19, 20194 min read
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