Seeking peace and respite? Try Modo Yoga

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This article was published 19/02/2022 (1338 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Karen Beauchemin and Lise Mireault are more than sisters-in-law and members of my community. I have recently come to know and appreciate them as passionate and invested practitioners and teachers after attending one of their yoga, meditation, and sound healing sessions at Modo Yoga’s Waverley studio.

For Karen, the path to meditation and sound healing as therapy was informed by her own journey through the medical system. It was a journey so emotionally and physically draining that it compelled a second journey of examining life choices made and being made, supported by an exploration of holistic healing modalities. 

As Karen’s meditation practice broadened, she noticed a reduction in the level of stress and anxiety she was experiencing which afforded some important personal insight. In 2018, Karen’s exploration of sound healing began. It wasn’t long before she knew she had something valuable to offer to those who were navigating stressful lives, which for many was only exacerbated by the presence of a global pandemic.  

Lise reconnected with her practice in 2011, subsequently retiring in 2014 from a 29-year career supporting at-risk students to explore teaching yoga. Certified in modo yoga and modo calm, and with extensive experience in restorative yoga, yin yoga, and mindfulness meditation, she can wonderfully articulate the value of regularly making time to pull back from overstimulation and the frenzy of everyday life. I value the hour I spend with her each week in restorative practice.

Karen and Lise ultimately teamed up to offer folks an opportunity to decompress, get some healing, and try something new. They wanted to start locally and did so with a successful first class of restorative yoga, meditation and sound healing at Dakota Community Centre in May 2021, where Lise is a long-time yoga instructor.

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The hot room at Modo Yoga  Waverley is their new location and where I experienced the warm, calming, relaxing and restorative impact of the joining of their experience and backgrounds.

Skeptical of giving it a try? Karen and Lise would encourage you to keep an open mind. At the absolute least you will come away listening to some beautiful music, feeling more relaxed and less stressed. At best you will have had a new experience that you’ve enjoyed and may want to take part in regularly, met some like-minded people, and expanded your perspective and understanding. 

For more information on these classes, you can reach Karen and Lise at beauch@mymts.net. Lise teaches Wednesday to Friday at Dakota C.C.

Sandy Nemeth is a community correspondent for River Park South and a Louis Riel School Board trustee. Email her at snemeth8@mts.net

Sandy Nemeth
River Park South community correspondent

Sandy Nemeth is a community correspondent for River Park South, chairperson of the Louis Riel School Division, a director at Dakota Community Centre and past-president of the Manitoba School Boards Association. 

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