Use this guided somatic meditation and sound therapy practice for dropping into your body during times when you feel disconnected or dysregulated. You can also use this meditation to lean into sensations that you are noticing in your body and as a way to connect to the present moment.

This practice allows you to experience the beauty of this powerful work, taking you on a complete journey through the 5 Element Phases of a complete Somatic Yoga Therapy Session. Intended for beginners and for those hoping to feel the work and see if it resonates, this is a beginner level practice that can be experienced standing, on the floor, or seated in a chair.

***Somatic Yoga Therapy is a psychosomatic yoga therapy practice that creates space for body-centered wholistic healing through the 5 layers of the self, referred to as Kosha: physical, emotional, energetic, spiritual, and wisdom. Offered as an accredited 1,000-HR Yoga Therapist Training, Somatic Yoga Therapy honors the original teachings of yoga, sharing authentic Somatic knowledge that has its origins in Ayurveda, Thai Yoga Massage, and the yoga lineage of Krishnamacharya. Modern and western information is taught in parallel so that the teaching is shared in a safe, ethical, and trauma-informed manner.

***Mandorla Yoga Institute offers Somatic Yoga Therapist Training through hybrid learning. Students enrolled in each module complete the majority of their coursework online with 2 in-person trainings that occur in Calgary, AB, once each Fall and Spring. We also provide foundational training for those who do not have a yoga background that can be completed entirely online. Acceptance in the program occurs over each Spring/Summer.

***For those who are curious, you can speak with course creator, and director of teacher training, Stefani Wilton by booking a free discovery call or can attend one of our monthly masterclasses or specialized courses. You can also request to speak with a current student or graduate about their experience with the program.

*1,000-HR Yoga Therapy Modules:

*200-HR Embodiment Yoga Teacher Training - ONLINE - includes Embodied Practice for those interested in their own somatic healing and who don't wish to teach

*300-HR Somatic-Emotional Yoga Therapy - ONLINE & 2 in-person modules in Calgary, AB over Fall and Spring - includes 300-HR certification for RYT 500-HR designation

*300-HR Somatic-Energetic Yoga Therapy - ONLINE & 2 in-person modules in Calgary, AB over Fall and Spring - includes 300-HR certification for RYT 500-HR designation

*200-HR Mentorship & Praticum - ONLINE - for attaining 1,000-HR Somatic Yoga Therapist designation

*** Stefani Wilton is a Somatic Therpist living in on Treaty 7 land in Calgary, AB, Canada. An IAYT certified yoga therapist and registered massage therapist, Stefani trained in Thai Yoga Massage in Thailand and has been sharing Embodiment Yoga with others since 2001. She is the creator of Somatic Yoga Therapy and Embodiment Yoga and is the founder of the Mandorla Yoga Institute, where she provides Yoga Therapist and Thai Yoga Massage Training and operates a private therapy practice for neurodivergent individuals and those who are healing from trauma and anxiety. She is mother to a beautiful human and one fur baby, sharing her home with her partner for life, Richard.

May we be protected together

A short 3 minute opportunity to connect with your body and your breath

A short meditation for helping you to find a glimmer of hope and ease within your body.

This short practice is to help you shift out of a negative thought space and into one of kindness.

This brief 3 min practice teaches you to slow your racing mind using the power of your breath.

This is a short practice for inviting regulation during those times when it isn't available to do a longer practice. Involving some gentle movement and breathwork, this can be completed anywhere.

This recording of the Ganesh mantra is recorded for you intentionally with a recitation of the mantra 12 times. This is how I personally chant Ganesh Mantra, pausing each time after 12 recitations to reflect and add my own prayer. I do this full cycle nine times in a row so that the chant is recited a total of 108 times. Please complete with the chant OM Shanti Shanti to close. This is a powerful chant for moving through your own personal obstacles. My personal reflection that I integrate within this chant is the following phrase, open doorways for me and remove the obstacles from my path. I chant this mantra every year at the start of winter solstice for a period of 40 days, but you can also so this at the onset of the summer solstice. ☀️