December 2016

Guest blog post today from Brittany Ann one of our student Yoga instructors in Moose Cree First Nation on teaching yoga classes to young women in her community:

Today I had the most rewarding experience teaching yoga to 14 young women from grades 6-8 at a First Nations public school. Initially, I was nervous because this was only my second ever yoga class that I instructed. I am still in awe about how respectful the girls were to each other’s yoga experience.

… Read more Yoga for Youth in Moose Cree First Nation

Métis Cookbook and Guide to Healthy Living is available for download and filled with great tasting and healthy recipes.  Available for free to download.  Check it out.

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… Read more Métis Cookbook Available for Download

SOADI recently hosted YES 1 (Yoga Exercise Specialist) yoga training at SOADI head office.  This training gives line front line workers and chance to be able to provide their communities safe Hatha Yoga classes for a variety of groups.  The trainees will return in a few months to finish their practical work, complete their teaching hours and write an exam. Congratulations on completing your first step in becoming Yoga instructors.

… Read more YES Yoga Training at SOADI Head Office

Congratulations to SOADI’s most recent graduates from our YES Yoga instructor program. They will now be able to teach in their home communities, a safe Hatha Yoga class accessible to many fitness levels.

Congratulations on four months of study and training, passing your final teaching practical work and written exam!

From L to R.  Julie Virgoe, Joanne Mitchell, Michelle Nadhee, Sarah Smith, Miriam Beatty and Elaine Issacs

Thorold YES (Yoga Exercise Specialist) graduates

… Read more Congratulations to SOADI's YES 2 Graduates

Great article about sharing stories in this weeks Two Row times.  Click on over and check it out.

… Read more Sharing stories at SOADI: our way, our issues, our matter, our culture

There is a lot of talk and information about the positive effects of a regular meditation practice.  Meditation has been shown to help people manage their blood sugar levels, help with management of stress hormones and can also help people to manage their diet.  So with all these benefits why don’t people practice meditation more often? Our ancestors had many different forms of contemplative and meditative practices as a part of their regular ceremonies and rituals.  

… Read more April Webinar: Finding Peace Through Meditation – With Carolina Lipinski

The hunter-gatherer’s dinner is front page news these days. Drawing from the writings of Dr. Boyd Eaton and Professor Loren Cordain, experts in the so-called Paleolithic diet, columnists and reporters are spreading the word about the health benefits of a diet rich in protein and high in fiber from a variety of plant foods 1,2. It’s actually amusing to see what the modern food pundits come up with as examples of the “Paleolithic Prescription.” Jean Carper offers a Stone Age Salad of mixed greens,

… Read more Guts and Grease: The Diet of Native Americans

SOADI recently completed YES 1 training in Moose Factory and now the participants are continuing their Yoga education by practice teaching in their community.  Congratulations ladies on completing YES 1!

… Read more YES Yoga Training in Moose Factory

I have been a Diabetes Prevention Coordinator at SOADI since 2009. Not long after I started with SOADI and having just played in a World Cup for women’s lacrosse (Team Haudenosaunee) in June of 2009, I was contemplating the status of my lacrosse career. At the time of the World Cup, I was 32 years old and had been playing since the age of 16.

At some point in 2012, and after having not played since 2009, I had a conversation with my co-worker Mitch Baird that opened my eyes to the concept of ‘longevity’.

… Read more The Gift of Yoga – By Crystal Bomberry

7 Generations GDM Prevention Program had the opportunity to travel to Vancouver for the biannual UBC Interprofessional Conference: Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies. During the engaging two day conference, 300 +health professionals came together as collective to discuss the many triumphs and struggles of working in the maternal health field. Both keynote and breakouts had many common themes surrounding the present and future of pregnancy care. In addition to the concurrent sessions, 7 Generations presented a poster on the program and was able to connect and network with professionals from various communities/organizations across Canada.

… Read more 7 Generations Travels to Perinatal Services Conference, Vancouver B.C