Community Care
Select projects and partners include:
New Leaf Foundation is a non-profit organization that brings trauma-informed mindfulness and yoga-based tools into spaces that are least-served and often most stigmatized. Stefanie teaches yoga and wellness classes for youth in high schools and youth-serving agencies across the city of Toronto. She also facilitates mindfulness workshops focused on developing tools to cope with stress; participants include the Toronto District School Board, MLSE LaunchPad, George Brown College and Seneca Polytechnic.
Float Valley is a premium wellness centre in Markham, ON offering floatation therapy, sauna and yoga services. Stefanie has directed and coordinated several retreats, facilitating mindfulness sessions, community sharing circles and yoga classes.
University Health Network is a public research and teaching hospital network in Toronto. Stefanie completed an internship at University Health Network, collaborating with the REFRESH Employee Resilience team. She supported the creation and facilitation of wellness initiatives including yoga, meditation, and sleep management for hospital staff.
Kapwa Sanctuary is a monthly New Moon gathering for Filipinx Sacred Space and learning from a lens of decolonization. Stefanie co-founded Kapwa Sanctuary with multidisciplinary artist Tasha Jade Banate. They combine astrology insights, yoga and sharing circle with a new theme each month. Collaborations include Queering Place x ArtWorxTO, Pride is Forever x Makulay.Atbp and Slow Flow Fundraiser for The Philippines to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of back-to-back typhoons in 2020.
Retreat and Workshop offerings
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Workplace Wellness workshops
Stefanie often leads workshops for organizations looking for practical mindfulness strategies to use in a high-stress, fast-paced environment. Participants will strengthen their understanding of the mind-body connection, learn tools to cope with stress, and build team appreciation. Stefanie teaches a secular, accessible and trauma-informed introduction to mindfulness. She enjoys creating programs that are relevant to the unique context of each organization.
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Yoga classes
Stefanie combines her expertise in the mind-body connection to create classes that are thoughtful, intuitive and playful. She enjoys incorporating guided meditations and music as tools to support your practice.
Kind words
"Yoga is gentle and effective"
"Stefanie's Saturday Circle has been been a soul-saving touchpoint for me during the pandemic shutdown. The yoga is gentle and effective, but the best parts are the circle, the conversation, and the friendship with all the participants. Stefanie guides the conversations with her own insights each week and then makes it a safe circle for everyone to share. Smiles all around for this approach to an online community."
"Pivotal component of my self-care during the challenges of 2020"
"Stefanie creates a welcoming, safe, and compassionate space for those on a wellness journey seeking community in movement, mindfulness, and reflection. The weekly womxn's circle has been a pivotal component of my self-care during the challenges of 2020."
"Consistent, compassionate and creative"
"The opportunity to connect with Stefanie and the other womxn in the group has been consistent, compassionate and creative. I am grateful to have met Stefanie, as I love her approach and respect as an instructor and her facilitation of the circles have been non-judgmental because she is able to meet us where we are and we are able to come as we are. She uses great books, awesome reflective prompts, exercises and even theoretical frameworks to get us engaged and thinking/reflecting in a safe and brave way. The experience of both yoga and circle is grounding and much needed! Thank you! xo"