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Wellness at PranaShanti

Achieving optimum wellness is as important to your daily routine as your practice of yoga…

Our aim is to provide you with the tools necessary to live a life HEALTHIER and HAPPIER than you deemed possible. We will encourage and empower you to achieve your health and wellness goals.

PranaShanti Yoga Centre is committed to providing access to Ottawa’s most fantastic practitioners of integrative, complementary and alternative healing arts, focused on various holistic perspectives of wellbeing.

Select one of the services listed below to find out more about how you can take your best next step towards your optimal health, prevent and treat chronic diseases and long-term illnesses, and overall feel the best that you can.

Booking Appointments

We accept appointment requests by telephone at 613.761.9642 (YOGA), email, in person and online. Your appointment is not scheduled until you receive a confirmation via e-mail or telephone. Please note we require 24 hours notice to verify an online booking request.

Arriving

Please arrive 15 minutes early for your appointment. This will give you plenty of time to check in, use the restroom, fill out any necessary forms and enjoy our delicious organic teas.

Cancellation Policy

Please provide a minimum of 24 hours notice or the full fee applies.

Holistic Nutrition Counseling

Session Times: 60 minutes initial meeting $85.00, 30 minute follow up $55.00, package of 5 follow up sessions (30 minutes each) $250.00
Therapist: Elizabeth Friedman

A vital diet is key to improving the quality of your life, increasing your energy, slowing down the aging process and to living a longer, more vibrant life. You will learn to love that which makes you alert, clear-headed and exhilarated. Consultations with PranaShanti’s holistic nutritionist will help you realize your vision for wholesome living and vitality. Our approach is integrative and considers the whole person in helping you reach optimal health.

Areas of focus:

  • Conscious eating, yogic diet, live foods and superfoods
  • Detoxification, heavy metal cleansing, candida cleansing
  • Digestive disorders, Celiac, IBS, intestinal diseases, gluten free diets
  • Leaky gut, food allergies, psoriasis, eczema, acne
  • Immune building & boosting, cancer support and prevention
  • Fertility, Pregnancy, Lactation, Infant Nutrition
  • Nutrition for growing children and pediatric nutrition
  • Diabetes, Hypoglycemia
  • Heart Disease support and prevention
  • Adrenal fatigue, depression
  • Healthy weight reduction

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Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy

Session Times: 60 minutes $115.00
Therapist: Lynne Cardinal

During a hypnosis session you will learn to relax through post-hypnotic suggestions in a peaceful environment. Relaxation is at the core of hypnosis. During a hypnosis session, you remain awake, and completely in control of yourself and your actions. This amazingly simple process is remarkably efficient.

During a session you get positive messages suggested to your subconscious mind. This will predominate over negative messages you may tend to have, such as “maybe I can” versus “I can!” “I will do it!” “I will stop smoking!” “I want to be healthy”.

Hypnosis helps if you struggle with the following:

  • Weight loss
  • Wish to stop smoking
  • Confidence, motivation, self-esteem
  • Fear of public speaking, giving conferences, leading workshops
  • Lack of relaxation, stress
  • Fears – of flying, travelling, social unease, etc.
  • Insomnia – sleeping and snoring
  • Pain – control of pain
  • Grief
  • Perspective on life
  • Letting go of the past
  • Create your own future, motivation
  • Relationships (ending a relationship, forgetting the past, moving forward)
  • Finding lost items
  • Clutter – house, office
  • Lack of self-confidence
  • & more!

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Sufi Spiritual Healing

Session Times: 60 minutes $85.00
Therapist: Elissar Hanna

In Sufi Spiritual Healing, the healer guides patients to discover and heal beliefs within themselves that cause ‘dis-ease’ in their lives. Through these healings patients come to know themselves and to experience the deeper states of happiness and self-realisation that come with healing in the Soul.A Sufi healer heals through love. Love heals the body, heart, soul and spirit of a person in the most gentle way. Through special Sufi prayers and mantras, the healer’s goal is to facilitate the movement of Love into patients’ places of need. In time, the healings are deeply transformational.

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Lifestyle Coaching

Session Times: 60 minutes initial meeting $85.00, 60 minute follow up $65.00
Therapist: Richard Hudspith

Are you looking to make a change in your life or career and not sure where to start? Or are you just unhappy with what you have and dream of a different life? A session with a lifestyle coach can help align yourself on the path you truly desire while realizing your dreams.

We look at your process, the HOW of what you do, and design strategies to overcome self-defeating behaviour while building positive and empowering behaviour patterns and belief systems in your life. The process works in 2 parts: first we get clear on what has brought you to this current place and second, create a new way of being for you that matches what it is that you desire. The most important aspect to this work is that it is a process, which means it takes time and commitment to reach your ultimate goal.

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Numerology

Session Times: 60 minutes $108.00
Therapist: Devinder Kaur

Numerology is the study of the symbolism of numbers. It is used to determine a person’s personality, strengths and talents, obstacles to be overcome, inner needs, emotional reactions and ways of dealing with others.

Everything in the universe vibrates at its own particular frequency. By finding the vibration rate of any object, you can establish the qualities and energies associated with it. By applying the principles of numerology—and using only the name and birth date as the basic data—you can determine the major frequencies of different people. A numerological analysis of the calculated frequencies provides significant information on these people’s personalities and character.

During the reading you can ask as many questions as you like. A printed written copy of the reading is provided for you to take home.

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Shiatsu

Session Times: 60 minutes $95.00, 90 minutes $130.00, 2 hours $160.00
Therapists: Jan Vincent

Shiatsu is a unique, non-invasive therapy designed to stimulate the body’s inherent ability to heal itself. Literally translated, the Japanese word shiatsu means “finger pressure.” Shiatsu therapy involves the systematic application of manual pressure to the body in order to assess and treat a variety of conditions. Shiatsu treatments have a regulatory influence on the autonomic nervous system, thereby improving organ function and reducing muscle tension.

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Lymphatic Massage

Session Times: 60 minutes $95.00, 90 minutes $130.00, 2 hours $160.00
Therapists: Jan Vincent

Lymphatic massage is a massage technique that is designed to stimulate the lymph’s circulation in order to speed up the removal of waste from the body. It is helpful for the nervous system as it reduces sympathetic nervous activity, allows para-sympathetic activity, stimulates the defenses of the immune system, and increases the flow and volume of the lymph fluid. The technique involves the use of gentle, rhythmic strokes and pumping movements towards the direction of the lymph nodes on the body.

Lymphatic massage is helpful for scars, stress, cellulite, stretch marks, detoxification, chronic fatigue, weight problems, arthritis, neurological disorders, pregnancy, pain, and overall wellbeing.

The benefits of lymphatic massage include:

  • improving circulation, in turn increasing the metabolic rate
  • helping with weight loss
  • reducing fluid retention
  • eliminating toxins, thus aiding detoxification
  • reducing cellulite fat in the body
  • improving immunity
  • helping with sinus congestion and allergies
  • fibromyalgia
  • hormonal imbalances

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Registered Massage Therapy

Session Times: 60 minutes $90.00, 90 minutes $120.00, and 2 hours $150.00
Therapists: Guy Tardif, RMT

Swedish massage is the most popular massage in the US and Canada. It involves the use of hands, forearms and elbows to manipulate the muscles, tendons and ligaments. Active or passive movement of the joints may also be part of the massage. Swedish massage has relaxing and therapeutic effects, and can be done as light or as deep as the clients wishes. Registered Massage Therapy is covered by most extended health care plans.

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Thai Yoga Massage

Session Times: 90 minutes $120.00
Therapist: Courtney Holmes, Guy Tardif, RMT

Thai Massage is appropriate for any and all. The practitioner customizes each massage to suit the needs of the receiver, taking into account physical limitations, injuries and emotional state. The practitioner takes the fully clothed body through a series of passive stretches and postures while applying pressure to vital energy lines found throughout the body. Thai Massage is often described as “having yoga done to you”. This work improves circulation of blood and lymph, improves energy flow and leaves the receiver feeling looser, stronger, nourished and extremely relaxed. Thai Massage is an ideal practice for all as it works on the physical and energetic layers of the body.

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Private Yoga and/or Meditation Session

Session Times: 60 minutes $60.00
Therapist: Devinder Kaur, Elizabeth Eaton

In a private class you have individual attention that will ensure every posture is tailored to your individual needs. The one-on-one, detailed adjustments and personal guidance provide the opportunity to clarify any questions or concerns you may have about your own yoga asana, pranayama (breathing) or meditation practice.

Offered in 60 minute segments, you will learn at your own pace focusing on the aspects that of yoga and or meditation that will best support you.

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Healthy Movement Therapy

Session Times: 60 minutes $85.00
Therapist: Richard Hudspith

Healthy Movement Therapy (HMT) is a style of yoga that will reduce the amount of pain and stress in the body and create a greater sense of relaxation. The sessions are booked in 4 to 8 weeks classes so as to build up muscle memory in the body and to rewire the brain’s ability to teach muscles to move more functionally.

What makes HMT distinct is its distinct series of movements and how each posture is performed. All HMT exercises are practiced slowly, actively and without force. The intent behind moving slowly is so a person can, with awareness, feel how the muscle contracts and relaxes, as well as recognizing other muscles that also contract to assist that specific muscle.

Because the movements in HMT are slow and deliberate, they are healing and restorative. Using these exercises, you can develop a greater awareness of how your muscles function as well as a deeper feeling of relaxation and comfort.

It is important to remember that the process of aging is an adaptive process. We learn through our experiences how to be in our bodies and anyone can use the practice of HMT to learn to be in their body in a way that is functionally healthier and more alive. This the value HMT brings to daily living.

Benefits of a HMT practice include any of the following:

  • Feeling more relaxed and holding less tension in the body
  • Reduced pain or inflammation in the body (back, shoulder, hip and neck)
  • Feeling more centered and open in the upper back and shoulders
  • Feeling more awareness in the pelvis, spine and hips
  • Your thought process being clearer/being more productive at work

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Therapeutic Yoga

Session Times: 60 minutes $85.00
Therapist: Richard Hudspith

Therapeutic yoga is ideal for clients living with chronic conditions, pain or limited mobility. It is a gentle and intelligent introduction to the practice of yoga in a way that is respectful and appropriate for each body and situation and will help you to actively heal and re-educate your body in daily movement and positioning.

Each session gradually builds postural alignment and stress management skills, including traditional yoga techniques such as breathing, meditation and gentle exercises to awaken a sense of aliveness and well-being. Using supports of chair, wall, floor, pillows, cushions and other aids, this program bridges students’ yogic practice from a therapeutic approach to the more general open-level yoga classes we offer.

The private sessions allows for personalized care and are led by experienced yoga instructors with additional training and unique understanding of anatomy and appropriate posture modifications for specific pathologies and individual needs.

An initial assessment is an essential part for our greater understanding of how to attend your needs appropriately, safely and with maximized comfort. Initial assessment of each new therapeutic yoga student helps our teachers to consider the student’s specific needs in an effective and informed manner and to strategize opportunities for personalized instruction.

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Usui Reiki

Session Times: 30 minutes $45.00, 60 minutes $85.00
Therapist: Courtney Holmes

In a Reiki session the practitioner places their hands either lightly on or slightly above the body. The practitioner proceeds to replenish the energy lost or depleted by a variety of factors such as stress, injury, trauma, food, environmental pollutants etc. The receiver experiences a deep state of relaxation while energy and balance are restored to the physical, emotional, and energetic layers of the body, thereby bringing the body back into balance.

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Sacred Childbirth with Reiki

Session Times: 60 minutes $100.00
Therapist: Courtney Holmes

This technique helps women to prepare themselves for the amazing journey of pregnancy and birth. The practitioner engages the receiver in open, confidential dialogue about any and all aspects of their pregnancy and anticipated birth. The practitioner then guides the release and transmutation of any energies that are not being of service to the body such as fears, anxieties, past birth trauma, physical discomfort and negativity. These frequencies are released gently using light Reiki touch and energetic techniques involving visualization and the breath.

This work makes room both energetically and physically in the body for grounded, peaceful, empowered birthing energy to flow. The receiver leaves the session feeling lighter, excited and energized with a renewed confidence in their body’s innate wisdom to bring their baby safely into the world.

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Infrared Sauna Therapy Detoxification

Session Times: 30 minutes $30.00 + HST
(Total time 60 minutes: 15 minutes prep. and post, 30 minutes in sauna)

Sauna Packages:
5 Visits $135.00 + HST ($15 savings)
10 Visits = $260.00 + HST ($40 savings)
Infrared Sauna Therapy + 1 Drop In Class = $38.50 + HST

Energy emitted by an infrared sauna offers an astounding range of possible therapeutic benefits and effects according to research studies conducted around the world.

Infrared saunas are ideal in their design as they operate as safer, lower temperatures compared to conventional steam-based saunas. This feature makes breathing more comfortable and is considered safer making infrared sauna therapy a better alternative for a greater variety of individuals. Although an infrared sauna operates at only 110o F to 140o F, compared to a conventional sauna which operates at 180 F to 210 F, radiant heat from an infrared sauna can help the body produce two to three times more sweat.

Radiant heat is also very therapeutic for your overall well being. It helps to support your body’s natural “defense” system to easily ward off harmful contaminates. An infrared based system can warm your body to a much greater degree and in a much more efficient manner than a conventional sauna. The energy output from the infrared sauna is primarily used to convert energy directly inside the body and not to create excessively hot air which then only superficially heats the skin. This radiant heat is absorbed by your body to a depth of over 1.5 inches below the skin. The effect will increase your heart rate and metabolism burning 300-900 calories per session. These crucial differences help to explain why the health benefits available through infrared therapy are not attainable through the use of a conventional sauna.

Some of the benefits of Infrared Sauna treatments:

  • Ease Joint Pain and Stiffness – Infrared energy can penetrate up to 1.5” deep into muscle tissue. By heating muscle tissue vasodilatation of peripheral blood vessels occur reducing muscle spasms, joint stiffness and pain. Infrared sauna therapy can alleviate discomfort due to conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Improve Injury Healing – Infrared sauna therapy used 24-48 hours post injury can reduce overall injury healing time for sprains and strains and reduce muscle tension of chronic soft tissue conditions. Stretching heated tissue allows for superior treatment when working with ligaments, tendons, fascia and joint capsules that have become scarred, thickened or contracted. Lengthening and flexibility is increased and maintained long after your treatment.
  • Weight Management – During an infrared sauna session, your body works hard to maintain a constant core temperature by increasing peripheral blood flow and by sweating consequently using energy. A single infrared sauna session can burn 300-900 calories. Water and waste trapped in fat cells break down and are eliminated through sweating decreasing the appearance of cellulite.
  • Improve Blood Circulation – Blood flow, circulation, and oxygenation are stimulated as the capillaries expand in the body during your infrared sauna session.
  • Cardiovascular Conditioning – Asodilatation of peripheral blood vessels increases your heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate providing a workout for your heart as the body attempts to cool itself by diverting blood from the internal organs to the extremities and skin.
  • Skin Care – Increased blood circulation to the skin brings fresh nutrients improving skin tone, texture and elasticity. Sweating assists in removing toxins that accumulate deep in the pores such as make-up, dirt, and lotions.
  • Enhance Immune System – As your core body temperature rises, your immune system inducing an “artificial fever” killing many viruses and bacteria. A fever is the body’s natural mechanism to strengthen the immune system.

Shower facilities are available in the Sauna Room.

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“Our intention is to provide an oasis in the city. Slip through our doors and feel an ease in the air. A home that heals your body, calms the mind and strengthens the spirit.”