Yoga Vacation ProgramNovember 8 — 10, 2025
Becoming Your Own Nervous System Whisperer
Sarah Kinsley, RCC
How would life change if you could tune into your nervous system and support it with care?
In this experiential workshop, you will learn how your nervous system responds to stress and discover science-backed techniques to help you navigate overwhelm with greater ease. Drawing from Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Buddhist Psychology, and Trauma-Informed Yoga, this session blends insightful presentations with hands-on practices, giving you tools you can use immediately to regulate your system.
What to expect:
- Mindful movement and walking to foster presence and ease
- Guided meditations to calm the mind and body
- Journaling exercises to deepen self-awareness and reflection
- Practical tools for settling your nervous system in times of stress
Why attend?
- Gain a clear understanding of your nervous system and how to support it during stressful moments
- Learn mindfulness-based techniques you can use anytime anxiety or overwhelm arise
- Develop self-compassionate practices that allow you to befriend yourself in moments of difficulty
By the end of this workshop, you will leave with a greater sense of self-understanding and a toolkit of accessible practices to help you move through life with more resilience, balance, and ease.
Beginners welcome. Come as you are and discover how to become your own nervous system whisperer.
Offered as 1 satsang and 3 workshops (subject to change)
Extend your stay! Join Sarah for Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Stress, November 11-14, 2025.
The presentations associated with this Yoga Vacation Program begin with an 2pm workshop on the first day of the program and conclude with a 2pm workshop on the last day of the program. Click here to read more about the Yoga Vacation Program details and view the ashram schedule for yoga classes and meals during your stay. We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of your program for the optimal experience.
Sarah (she/her/hers) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and holds a MEd in Counselling from the University of Victoria, a BEd in Education from Queen’s University and a BA (Hons) in Indigenous Studies from Trent University. She is a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SETM).
Currently, Sarah teaches in Mindfulness-based programs at The University of Toronto. She accompanies people in individual counselling through First Nations Health Authority and in private practice. Sarah co-facilitates a 100-hour Yoga Teacher Training: Trauma Informed Practice: on and off the mat.
Sarah shares Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and is a graduate of the two-year Community Meditation Teacher training through Truth North Insight. She is a registered Yoga teacher for adults and children (E-RYT 500, RCYT).
Previously, she was primary school educator and the key instructor and co-coordinator for the graduate certificate in Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning (MBTL) at The University of the Fraser Valley She also helped develop and facilitated the Integrated Mindfulness Certificate at Royal Roads University (RRU) for years.
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