workshops and Events for Your Wellbeing
Upcoming Events
OT Learning Night: Intro to Concussion Assessment
Come join us at Tall Tree for a night of learning about concussion assessment tools! We'll dive deep into a thorough concussion assessment for occupational therapists. From vision and vestibular screening to cognitive testing using slick technology, then wrapping it all back to function - we've got you covered! Please bring a laptop or a notebook.
Water, tea, and light snacks will be provided!
Meet Your Instructors
Pelvic Floor Birth Prep Class (James Bay Location)
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Ways to improve pelvic health outcomes during labour
Labouring and birthing positions
Breathing and relaxation strategies
Post partum pelvic health recovery
And much more!
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Aisha Weih, Physiotherapist at our James Bay location, who specializes in pelvic floor physiotherapy. Click here to learn more.
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You don't have to be pregnant and can attend at any stage of your pregnancy.
Wear comfy clothes you can move in.
This course is meant to complement, not replace, standard prenatal courses.
Payment is required at time of registration
We supply your yoga mat for the class
Partners can attend by purchasing a separate ticket for themselves.
Please note: No refunds will be issued within 7 days of the course start date except under extenuating circumstances. Please contact education@talltreehealth.ca if you have any questions.
Level 1 Meditation: Introduction to Meditation
Learn meditation through experiential exercises, guided meditation, and group discussion. Gain knowledge and tools for daily life as we explore:
Our inherent nature
Seated practice & walking meditations
Awakening our senses
Mindfulness and working with emotions
Home practice
Cost: $150 (plus tax)
Email: cordovabay@talltreehealth.ca
Call: 250-658-9222
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We will:
Establish foundational meditation techniques including breathwork (pranayama) to support your practice
Explore the benefits of mediation, including:
Cultivate stability
Cultivate strength
Cultivate clarity of one's inherent nature
Support your home practice
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Kevin is a Registered Massage Therapist and Therapeutic Yoga Teacher with training in Meditation and Mindfulness. His interest in meditation and yoga has deepened over the years with extensive study alongside teachers, authors, philosophers, and spiritual guides, including Lama Rabten Tshering and others. Kevin is inspired by ancient traditions and the power and potential of strengthening the mind-body connection.
Physio Learning Night: Managing the Meniscus - How to Bounce Back Better
Come join us at Tall Tree for a night of learning about all things meniscus rehabilitation. We'll discuss assessment clusters, differential diagnosis, rehabilitation progressions and indications for surgical versus non-surgical management.
Meet Your Instructors
Level 2 Meditation: Contemplation & Compassion Practices
Build on your experience from Meditation Level 1. Gain tools for daily life as we cultivate your practice through experiential exercises, guided meditation, and group discussion.
Cost: $150
Email: cordovabay@talltreehealth.ca
Call: 250-658-9222
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We will:
Review and expand on Level 1 techniques.
Use breathwork (pranayama) to support practice.
Learn how contemplations help us embody our true nature.
Develop compassion practices for yourself and others' benefit.
Support your home practice.
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Kevin is a Registered Massage Therapist and Therapeutic Yoga Teacher with training in Meditation and Mindfulness. His interest in meditation and yoga has deepened over the years with extensive study alongside teachers, authors, philosophers, and spiritual guides, including Lama Rabten Tshering and others. Kevin is inspired by ancient traditions and the power and potential of strengthening the mind-body connection.
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Pelvic Floor Birth Prep - In-Person Class (Cordova Bay - [DATE])
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Ways to improve pelvic health outcomes during labour
Labouring and birthing positions
Breathing and relaxation strategies
Post partum pelvic health recovery
And much more!
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Susannah Stewart, Physiotherapist at our James Bay and Cordova Bay location, who specializes in pelvic floor physiotherapy.
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You don't have to be pregnant and can attend at any stage of your pregnancy.
Wear comfy clothes you can move in.
This course is meant to complement, not replace, standard prenatal courses.
Payment is required at time of registration
We supply your yoga mat for the class
Partners can attend by purchasing a separate ticket for themselves.
Mindfulness Series for Stress and Anxiety (Virtual 6-Week Series)
This 6-week live virtual series is meant for people looking to build more strategies and home practices to support stress management. No past experience in mindfulness is required.
What to Expect
It is the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders. That means of all the evidence on treatments for anxiety, research tells us this is the best one!
The student becomes the master! The goal of CBT is to equip you with the tools so that when another wave of difficult times arise, you can come back to those tools all on your own. These are tools for life!
What’s the catch? There’s HOMEWORK! Homework is a key component of CBT because as adults, we learn by doing. So every week, we go try out our new skill in the world and come back to share our wins and problem solve any road blocks.
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(10 min) Brief Check-in - This is your chance to share what’s gone well and any stuck points with the group as you try to implement in-the-moment and at-home practices between sessions!
(20 min)Education - Then we spend about 20 minutes going through a presentation.
(5 min) Breathwork - Each session we learn a different type of breath work that has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, and other physiological markers like blood pressure and heart rate.
(20 min)All Levels Trauma-Informed Yoga - We move through 20-minutes of yoga that is suitable for any body and level of experience. No props needed.
(10-20 min) Meditation - We try out a new meditation exercise every week, which can be experienced lying down, sitting in a chair, or sitting in the traditional cross legged position.
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Cassi Starc, Occupational Therapist, combines her background with psychotherapy, mindfulness, and yoga to bring you a special six-week series meant to deepen your knowledge and practice of yoga and mindfulness to improve your mental wellness.
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What you share is completely up to you. You can choose to have your camera on or off, to participate in discussion using the chat or speaking up to any degree that you would like.
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Yes! You are invited to try out the new breathing exercise and meditation exercise before we meet again. We also review some informal or in-the-moment practices you might try out. Video and audio resources are shared in a weekly email to support you in your home practice.
Tall Tree Speaker Series: The Future of Healthcare | Improving your Healthspan
Join oncologist, TEDx speaker, and longevity enthusiast Dr. Zia Poonja and learn simple actionable steps you can take now to live a longer, healthier life. Discover how you can use screening and metrics to gauge your own risk of disease.
See “Event Takeaways” below for more details!
Event Takeaways
Get introduced to the research around healthspan and lifespan.
Learn why many preventable diseases aren't being prevented.
Learn how you can use screening and metrics to gauge your own risk of disease.
Learn about Longevity Medicine and what the future of healthcare will look like.
Get actionable steps you can take now to improve your health to live a longer, healthier life.
Event Details
Location: Glenlyon Norfolk School (Denford Hall), 781 Richmond Ave. Victoria, BC. V8S 3Z2
Date: April 19th, 2023
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM (Doors open at 6:30PM)
Pricing:
Early Bird: $30 (ends April 7th, 2023)
Standard: $40 (April 8th, 2023 onward)
Meet Dr. Zia Poonja
Oncologist, TEDx speaker, and longevity enthusiast Dr. Zia Poonja will discuss the science of medical optimization.
As an oncologist and longevity nerd for the past seven years, Zia has fine-tuned the art of making medical research clinically applicable. Over time, Zia has realized how much more important and enjoyable it is to focus on disease prevention.
Zia treats breast and lung cancers. He is actively involved as a principal investigator in multiple clinical trials. In advocating for more aggressive screening to improve our health agency he founded Healthspan. He is also one of the founders of Prehab Rx, a tool to help people prepare better for treatment.
