OVER 19's ONLY
Plant Medicine
Yoga Session
An intentional yoga practice for somatic awareness, and exploration of self and nature through stillness and movement
Rediscover your wisdom within
You must provide your own plant medicine.
Taking of the medicine is always optional
India, the home of yoga, has a long historical relationship with cannabis in spiritual and religious practice. References to cannabis appear in ancient Vedic texts and Ayurvedic traditions.
The cannabis plant medicine, is known as Bhanga or Bhang, has been used for millennia as a plant medicine within the practices of the 8 limbs of yoga to enhance meditation, breathwork, contemplation and for expanded states of awareness
In the sacred indian text of the Atharva Veda, cannabis - Bhanga - is described as one of the five kingdoms of sacred plants and is associated with relief from suffering, happiness, and spiritual protection.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Chapter 4, Sutra 1) reference aushadhi (herbs or plant medicines) as one of the pathways through which altered states, insight, or siddhis may arise.
Ayurveda (the ancient Indian healing traditional medicine) also documents cannabis as a medicinal plant when carefully prepared and used in small amounts under guidance.
In 1985, due to increasing pressure from the rest of the world, India introduced the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, making cannabis illegal in most forms. However, bhang, and the traditional preparation of the cannabis plant, remained legally permitted for ceremonial, religious and cultural use, especially during festivals associated with Lord Shiva.
Today, as cannabis is legal in Canada,
the Plant Medicine and Yoga practice at Kathy White Yoga is offered in the spirit of ceremony. Providing a space for conscious connection and careful respect of this master plant. A yoga practice of awareness, conscious rest, breath, meditation, and embodied somatic exploration, can be powerful when cannabis is there to assist your practice.
If you are a regular cannabis user, you are invited to take a pause for a few days before attending a session, so you can enter into a sacred relationship with the plant and yoga.
Kathy White, teacher of Plant Medicine Yoga, has over 25 years of experience as a yoga teacher and psychotherapist. She has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy at Vancouver Island University.
You must be over 19.
If you have little or no experience with cannabis, it is necessary to book a private 1:1 time with Kathy to have a conversation about safe, mindful, and responsible approaches and uses of cannabis, before participating in a group practice.
You also need to attend a regular yoga class with Kathy - or be familiar with Kaiut Yoga prior to a plant medicine class.
No cannabis is provided. Participants are responsible for sourcing their own legal supply.
Sessions are not intended as medical treatment nor recreational intoxication.
Low-dose, ceremonial, intentional use only.
