We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Grounded Together Series, running on Sundays from February 8 through March 1, 8:00–10:00 AM. If you are a past participant, you’re eligible for 15% off should you wish to join us again. We’d love to have you back in circle. We welcome all people to join us and experience this virtual container dedicated to spiritual balance, community connection, and creating accountability and discipline for ourselves in every season of our lives.
Read MoreGa’walap̓a laxa̱n’s ḵa̱n’s sa̱nale’ (Help Us to Be Whole) is a community-led, trauma-informed healing initiative created with and for Kwakwaka’wakw and First Nations frontline wellness workers in Hada (Bond Sound). In partnership with Nawalakw, elders, and community leaders, we brought together frontline workers who carry the weight of grief, crisis response, and care to rest, reconnect, and heal through land-based ceremony, Kwak̓wala language, somatic practices, and circle dialogue.
Alongside the camp, we created a short film that follows this healing journey and uplifts the voices of knowledge keepers such as Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, Elder Maggie Sedgemore, K’odi Nelson, Stephanie Bernard. The film trailer offers a glimpse into the courage, tenderness, and strength of our helpers.
Building on this work, we are preparing our next Women’s Trauma Healing Camp in Hada, scheduled for June 23–26, 2026, to further deepen this circle of care.
Read MoreGrounded Together – Community Wellness Workshop is a 3-hour in-person gathering in Vancouver, BC, weaving gentle yoga, active breathwork, and healing sound into an afternoon of collective care. Hosted by Indigenous Yoga Collective and Rooted Resiliency, this event is a soft landing for anyone seeking nervous system rest, deeper connection, and decolonial approaches to wellness. Guided by Harmeet Kaur, Dr. Jessica Barudin, and JUNO-nominated artist Desirée Dawson, we’ll move, breathe, listen, and reflect together—nourished by snacks, storytelling, and community. Come as you are; leave a little more grounded.
Read MoreJoin us April 2–6, 2026 for Madre Luna, an oceanfront women’s healing retreat in Paamul, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Hosted by Indigenous, South Asian, and Mexican facilitators, this 4‑day experience weaves yoga, ceremony, breathwork, womb healing, and land‑based wellness. Designed for Indigenous women, women of colour, and supportive allies, this retreat offers deep rest, cultural connection, and transformational sisterhood. Only 15 spaces. Early Bird pricing ends November 4, 2025.
Read MoreJoin us for our first international retreat with the Indigenous Yoga Collective—a sacred journey of movement, breath, ceremony, and rest along the Caribbean coast.
Madre Luna is an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and return to the wisdom of your body and the earth. Together, we will weave ancestral practices and contemporary healing in a nurturing circle of sisterhood.
Read MoreGrounded Together: Building Your Daily Practice in Community
Join a 4-week virtual workshop series this November to establish or deepen your daily wellness practice (sadhana). Through breathwork, yoga, meditation, and journaling, you'll nurture personal growth, build resilience, and foster connection in a supportive community. Live sessions Sundays 8-10 AM PDT, with replays available. Empower yourself with sustainable tools for mindfulness and self-care.
I’m excited to share with you my Community Guide, a resource that bridges the gap between academic research and practical tools for trauma healing in Indigenous communities. Drawing from my dissertation and years of community wellness planning experience, this guide takes critical insights and turns them into actionable tools designed to foster inspiration for deep community connections and promote healing through embodiment and language learning practices.
Whether you’re a university student, faculty member, community organization, or wellness practitioner, this guide invites you to reflect on the interconnectedness of language, health, and healing in First Nations contexts. It’s a tool meant to spark reflection and action, empowering individuals and organizations to support wellness and healing in their communities.
Your purchase of the Community Guide directly supports the Indigenous Yoga Collective (IYC) and helps sustain our wellness programming.
Read MoreIt’s finally here. I’m so honoured to share the PUBLIC LAUNCH of my short documentary, Braiding Knowledge through Breath, Language, and Movement. This newly edited version marks a huge milestone in my journey—not only as a Kwakwaka’wakw scholar and community wellness practitioner, but also as a first-time filmmaker. After its original release two years ago and many powerful screenings in community settings, academic conferences, and film festivals, I’m proud to offer this film to a wider audience.
Read MoreJoin me on Thursday, December 7th at 12pm EST for an experiential Lunch & Learn workshop hosted by the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council - we will discuss how the practice of Yoga, breathwork, and trauma-informed strategies may be integrated with Indigenous community wellness programming. Read more for workshop and practice video details and a registration link.
Read MoreIt’s official! I am pleased to share I have successfully written and defended my doctoral thesis this past August 29th, 2023 to a committee of reviewers and supervisors. You can now read my thesis, titled": “Braiding Knowledge through breath, language, and movement: culturally rooted, trauma-informed Yoga for First Nations Women”
Read MoreBreathwork is an experiential tool and process that is as ancient as humanity itself. At its core, breathwork is a conscious and intentional breathing practice that taps into the natural rhythm of our breath to promote overall well-being and introspection.
This blog post will delve into the essence of breathwork, explore its numerous benefits, provide some precautions, and outline what to expect from a one-on-one session guided by the transformative 3-Part Active Breathwork technique.
Read MoreA glimpse into the Braiding Knowledge through breath, language, and movement film, directed by Jessica Barudin featuring the trailer edit by Cody Preston. This is a short documentary that features the First Nations Women’s Yoga advisory circle and team who are sharing the parallels of yoga and Indigenous ways of being. A celebration of First Nations women and their communities who are brought together through their love of yoga, healing, and reclamation of ancestral languages and lifeways. The film features a community wellness strategy that braids cultural and spiritual knowledge systems through a trauma-informed lens.
Read MoreI was honored to be invited to speak to this topic recently on CBC Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild. If you haven’t seen the article or listened to the episode, I encourage you to check it out! Featured with Dr. Michael Yellowbird, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations in North Dakota, is the dean of the faculty of social work at the University of Manitoba, who joined us as a guest faculty lead for our First Nations Women’s Yoga initiative in Cohort 2 (2022). Also featured in the episode is Tareyn Johnson, a member of Georgina Island First Nation, the director of Indigenous affairs at the University of Ottawa.
Read MoreWe create learning and community opportunities for all people who are in solidarity with Indigenous and South Asian women. We provide training and mentorship to Indigenous individuals and communities who wish to embrace yoga alongside their reclamation and embodiment practices. We support and increase the representation of Indigenous yoga teachers in our respective communities as well as in the wellness industry.
Read MoreI am excited to be invited to present at the annual Accessible Yoga Conference Online, October 14-17, 2021. The theme for this year’s conference is Elevating Voices, Embracing Change. My interactive workshop will share experiences developing a unique program alongside community partners, knowledge keepers, yogis, artists, and scholars that integrates trauma-informed strategies and foundations in yogic and Indigenous knowledge systems.
Read MoreThis initiative is in partnership between the Yoga Outreach Society and Cedar and Gold, co-directed by Jessica Barudin and Nicole Marcia. Our curriculum has been developed in collaboration with First Nations women, knowledge keepers, fluent speakers, and yoga educators. We are excited to announce that the FNWYI will commence the second cohort in February 2022!
Read MoreThrough my doctoral research, I have come across some incredible Black, Indigenous and People of Color researchers and authors. Here are some of their books I have loved to read to understand trauma, healing, and embodied practices.
Read MoreWhat are the thoughts, behaviours, and actions you would like to heal and reconcile with your body? Sharing a journaling prompt and entry I wrote in 2019 while participating in the Girlvana Yoga training in NYC. This is a powerful exercise to help us understand and connect with how we feel about our bodies.
Read MoreExploring trauma-informed yoga principles and approaches to yoga class sequencing. This post is a reflection offered to the First Nations Women’s Yoga cohort participants. Jessica shares some helpful tips from an Indigenous lens and offers some resources for those new(er) to teaching yoga.
Read MoreA 25-minute gentle, vinyasa yoga practice developed for women who have experienced and survived violence and trauma. This practice, Flowing with Creation connects us with the healing elements of the Ocean and the water within us. You can expect fluid flows, hip openers, ujjayi breathing to help calm and soothe the nervous system. Learn more about the Reaching Out With Yoga Project, led by Yoga Outreach in partnership with the BC Society of Transition Houses.
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