CELIA McBRIDE

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Yoga!

I trained with the Sivananda Organization and many other teachers over the years to develop a style I call “Gentle Yoga”. We chant OM, I do an inspirational talk, we rest in savasana at the beginning and end of classes. We do Hatha postures that are suitable for all levels and I modify postures for all ages and abilities.

Classes are at Toe Beans Cat Café.

Click this link to reserve your spot.

Saturday, May 11 10:30-12

Saturday, June 15 10:30-12

 

About the Retreats

Between 2008 and 2011, under the banner Inspiring Works, I developed and led uniquely designed workshops called Cultivate Your Courage and Grounding the Body: Creating a Dynamic Performance.

Using gentle practices such as body prayer, free-flow writing, silence, improvisation and one-on-one and group sharing, participants of all practices and faiths were able to make deep connections with themselves and one another, which then inspired them to seek meaningful change in their daily lives.

After completing my training as a Spiritual Director with the Pacific Jubilee Program in 2015, these workshops evolved to become healing retreats called Soul Care and Your Faith Has Healed You.

Eventually, all of the above merged into Being Enough, a retreat that starts with the premise that we are already enough. The focus is on transformation through self-acceptance and the understanding that Everything we Are Searching for we Already Are.

Today, I continue to accompany groups and individuals on these retreats as I follow my own healing path and live the spiritual journey. I also provide one-on-one spiritual direction.

TESTIMONIALS from PARTICIPANTS

“Being Enough was an opportunity to reflect, with loving guidance and acceptance, on what it might mean to ‘be enough’ for others and for myself—to consider its power, its beauty. I feel like I have begun a conversation with myself and am excited to think of where it might lead …”

“The Being Enough workshop was a deep dive into the heart space, an instant antidote to my feelings of isolation, helplessness and ‘never enough.’ With news around the world of unfathomable cruelties and suffering, it is vital to remember the tender, sincere and loving impulses within us and all around us. Thank you, Celia, for making a safe space where our true natures could surface and be shared.”

“I’ve participated in various iterations of this retreat with Celia over 14 years. It’s always an enriching, illuminating and nourishing experience. With disarming, self-effacing humour and candor, simple journalling exercises and guided meditation, Celia manifests a safe and brave space for participants to explore what ‘being enough’ and ‘not enough’ look like for each of us. Coming together and sharing our feelings of ‘not-enoughness,’ offering compassion to one another and ourselves, being seen and truly seeing ourselves, is deeply healing.”

“A lovely group of people from ‘far and wide’ sharing their challenges, pain, and ‘successes,’ and empathizing with each other, facilitated by a sensitive and caring leader.”

“The Being Enough retreat was a very powerful place to be where I was able to deeply connect to a part of me I don’t often look at. It is very empowering to witness others, and others to witness me, as our group went through this experience together. Celia led this workshop from a very warm and welcoming place, I loved it!”

Celia’s retreat truly brings out a part of me that definitely needs to be addressed–that battle in my world/head that seems to always find reasons to tell me “I’m not enough” … I truly enjoyed being with like-minded individuals and having the opportunity to challenge my the lies in my head.”

“Celia’s guidance, spiritual intelligence, cool and fun nature is a treasure to all of us who get to experience it.”

“Souls of desire passion and fire
Exposed and fragile on a broken shelf
Webbed by coloured binding threads
We belong to one another….we are enough”

“I have participated in countless retreats over the years and Soul Care was by far the very best one I have ever been on. Celia is incredible.”

“Your Faith Has Healed You was the most amazingly transformative retreat.”

“Thank you for leading a wonderful retreat… I sure did enjoy it! I feel we touched on some significant spiritual insights. It was filled with your warmth, inspiration, knowledge, humor and creativity. I keep thinking of our chat about our personal “blocks” in the light of them being our Divine Spirit’s “pacing” system for us …. how cool! I feel it invites us to treat ourselves in a more kind and gentle way as we journey through our infinite quest to get closer to our higher power and the spirit world. This makes me feel good!”

“Celia’s workshops are tons of fun, playful and profound. Powerful stuff.”

“The Cultivate Your Courage workshop was thought-provoking, graceful, intuitive, and professional.”

“After Celia’s retreat I felt hopeful, rejuvenated, happy and bold.”

“Celia helped me shed my inhibitions. I gained a real sense of achievement and accomplishment.”

“Cultivate Your Courage is an inspiring and motivating workshop led by an extraordinary presenter.”

“At the end of the workshop I felt a combination of excitement, achievement, and just sheer joy!”

“Celia’s gifted presentation enables participants to dig deep underneath the flowerbed, touch the roots, and find the pulsing heartbeat of life. This type of profound teaching is a gift beyond gratitude.”

“I really enjoyed the workshop, and that’s a big deal, because sometimes I’ve found “self development” to be a little somber and mirthless. So, when I found myself actually have tons of fun at your workshop, it was a happy surprise. I love being surprised and being affected in ways I didn’t think I would be. I suppose your fears can be your friends if you give them a chance.”

“You did a fantastic job facilitating the retreat. You were honest and open and compassionate without being too earnest or flaky. I’m happy to report that my intuition was right and you are someone we could all trust with our vulnerabilities.”

“Celia is a great guide and very humble about her purpose.”

“The balance of yoga, writing/thinking, dancing and improv was great!”

“Celia doesn’t so much help us conquer our fears as provide tools we can utilize to move through the fears we have.  Her workshops are an opportunity to spend a full day with our fear and understand it better.”

“I can only say good and wonderful and encouraging things about Celia’s workshop. She is absolutely the most perfect person to do a course like this.”

“I thought it was an amazing workshop. I’m certainly more hopeful about working through some of my “stuff”. Everything flowed very nicely and the different segments of the workshop ran together effortlessly. It was great, fun, uncomfortable – which meant it pushed some of my boundaries – which of course is a wonderful thing!”

“Thanks Celia for the wonderful opportunity to reflect. I certainly gained some insight as to what was blocking me.  It was also a great stress reliever!  Those improv scenarios were great!”

“I have been thinking a lot over the last few weeks about the workshop and how much it really got me thinking.  What you brought out in me thru your inspiring words and your inspiring aura has certainly made me want to follow thru on my dreams, goals and passion.”

“I really, really enjoyed the day and feel that you personally have really helped me.  Your calming influence has made me feel like I can “do it”.  How can I cultivate my courage to make the choice to follow my passion.”

“I found your workshop most worthwhile and fun.  It was like a breath of fresh air.”

“Thanks for fearless transparency.”

“I loved Celia’s seminar. It was so meaningful.  She was able to create a safe and open atmosphere for each of us to feel comfortable to shine a light on our fear — what an accomplishment!!  Celia has a true gift. She has found work that is transformative and will make a real difference in people’s lives.”