{"id":16,"date":"2023-09-04T23:05:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:28:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1acb090 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1acb090\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae064bc\" data-id=\"ae064bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc6609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcc6609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3886d78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3886d78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3da9cd3\" data-id=\"3da9cd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4914c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4914c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yoga is my anchor.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3866698 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3866698\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f314fb\" data-id=\"5f314fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69747af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69747af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since completing my 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in 2016, I have attended workshops and trainings to deepen my knowledge, completed energy exchange programs in spiritual communities and a three month Karma Yoga stay at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram Bahamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I pull from these experiences when preparing my classes. My approach is light hearted, yet informative and educational. Beginners are always welcomed and I encourage questions and requests.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-882fe64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"882fe64\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57bbb44a\" data-id=\"57bbb44a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31538eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31538eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\">How it started:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My experience with yoga started over 12 years ago. I had just started university and was looking for a way to multitask my wellness (Oh, the irony!). I wanted to work out, but I needed to calm my scattered and active mind. My mother had practiced yoga in our household, so I had been exposed to it before, but never experienced it myself. I started doing a 20 minute instructed yoga podcast daily,&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">and it quickly became a profound connection.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">I &nbsp;became fascinated with the intricate elements that make up each Asana (pose) and found the yogic philosophy to be a refreshing perspective. I began to apply these teachings to my life and slowly, it put me on a path to self acceptance, self discovery and most importantly, self reliability. My practice also helped me manage health symptoms that once governed my every decision, living in constant fear and anxiety of how my next move would affect my physical health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Yoga helped me understand myself better. It gave me the tools to balance my mind and body. It did not discriminate. No matter how I felt, I could always roll out my mat and find space for myself. That itself &#8211; just showing up &#8211; was an act of self love and increased my confidence.&nbsp; Mental clarity and a calm nervous system are only a couple ways that yoga helped me heal myself &#8211; and this health autonomy is what I want to share with others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Taking it farther:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I incorporated yoga into all of my school projects. Luckily, this meshed with the Sports, Leisure and Tourism undergrad program I was taking. It felt like I finally had a direction for my career at this point, but I still had no idea where I&#8217;d end up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10 Months after undergrad, I flew to Costa Rica to complete an intensive 200 hour Hatha &amp; Yogic Therapy Teacher Training Course. This was the pinnacle of embracing yoga as a philosophy for me. It allowed me to go deep into the practice for the first time and as cliche as this may sound, it transformed me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>It has all lead me here:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">A few months later, I started working full time at a beautiful wellness centre in my hometown of Moncton, NB. I taught weekly yoga classes and also had an administrative roll that exposed me to the wellness space as a whole.&nbsp; I learned a lot &#8211; including about Ayurveda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">After some time, the call of travel was too loud not to ignore. I decided to leave Moncton to travel for 7 months. Eventually I made my way to the West Coast of Canada in 2019. I taught yoga rarely during the next 4 years because of the pandemic, so I used this time to work on my personal practice and to brainstorm how I was going to make my goal of studying Ayurveda a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I first moved to Big White, I thought it was only a 6 month gig &#8211; and it was. Until I came back the next season. That was 2 years ago, and I&#8217;ve been here ever since! I&#8217;ve recently started an Ayurveda course and am taking all my courses online so that I can continue to have the best winter ever &#8211; time and time again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc5b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6dc5b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-857\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC04576-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d91f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d91f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bolder;\">Check out my services\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nowexhale.ca\/?page_id=21\">here<\/a>\u00a0&amp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bolder;\">join me to discover the versatility of yoga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\">Raquel Doucet<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Yoga is my anchor. 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