Danchee!! Amber’s yoga journey started in 2009 with Sivananda yoga in Whitehorse with Sabu. She Completed her first Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 in the Sivananda lineage; she then went on to study Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative yoga and Ayurveda and hopes to continue learning and expanding. Amber loves to learn and teach anything about plant medicine, yoga and the history of Yukon First Nations people. Amber is a Kluane First Nations Member and belongs to the Chambers Dickson Family.
A little about myself… I did my 200hr level RYS yoga alliance Yoga teacher training in Rishikesh India in Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. I’ve done 200hr alignment-based training in Ashaya Yoga and numerous workshops focusing on mindfulness, meditation & body image at Kripalu Yoga institute in Massachusetts. I’ve taught class in Quebec and in British Columbia to all levels of practitioners.
I offer modifications and adjust my teachings based on the students’ needs and abilities, everyone is welcome to come and share breath and space.
I have practiced many types of yoga in my life. I enjoy the heat and regiment of a Bikram style hot yoga, as well as the more introspective Yin style yoga. I also love a more free flowing spontaneous practice set to music.
Yoga practice has lead me to meditation and breath work. Following a Vipassana retreat experience, I have been exploring various types of breath work, like anapana, various nostril breathing and the Wim Hof method. Every practice session is unique. Please come discover and explore with me this witnessing that is inside us all.
Having studied many modalities beginning at the age of 16 with reike and crystal healing, I draw upon years of hands-on work and study to assist your process physically, mentally or spiritually. Intuitively, messages and information mostly come visually for me but also somatically, meaning I feel and sense physical symptoms and emotions. I am a reike and Heliosol Practitioner. Please see a description of both modalities in the training section. Reiki, Heliosol, visualization, visioning and sound therapy are all used to support you in the Energy sessions. All of us have the innate ability to heal and shift ourselves into a more homeostatic or balanced state. When you are with me, I am a witness to you doing just that., with me as a listening guide.
From my RMT and body-focused training, assessment follows traditional methods of orthopaedic testing (range of motion and strength discrepancies for example). Myofascial techniques, joint play, facilitated stretching, acupressure, trigger point therapy and breathing techniques are used as massage tools to assist your central nervous system to recalibrate and start to heal. I have a particular interest in the pain science behind chronic issues and the effects of somatic treatment on our mental and emotional states.
Tuning into your body’s innate wisdom requires a dedicated approach and I am honoured to work with you.
I have deep reverence for being able to work in Dakwäkãda and share my gratitude for the people of the Champagne Aishihik Territory. The land heals us all.
Education
• Completed the 2400 hour Registered Massage Therapy course in 2005 at the International Academy of Massage Therapy in Ottawa, Ontario.
• Has been doing bodywork since 1998 beginning her studies in Canmore, Alberta with the study of chakra balancing through Reiki Level 1 and 2 and crystal gemstone healing, meditation and visualization.
• Completed 1200 hours of in depth training in the meridian system of acupuncture and shiatsu through the Saskatoon Shiatsu Association studying privately with Yuki Sugimoto, Shiatsu Master.
• Received 120 hours training in Traditional Thai massage and Thai Reflexology at the International Thai Massage School in Chiang Mai, Thailand 2005.
• Certified in Lomi Lomi massage from the Hawaii Healing Arts College and Massage Professionals in Oahu, Hawaii.
*. Certified Reike Practitioner -A Reiki treatment is a way of increasing your life energy. A practitioner will transmit Reiki ( universal energy) to the client through the hands. The hands are lightly placed on or near the body in various positions around the head, shoulders, stomach and feet. Sometimes a practitioner will also treat above the body.
* Certified Heliosol Practitioner - This system approaches the complaints a person has about their health or other aspect of life by working with that person’s inborn intelligence. The practitioner establishes a yes/no response with this intelligence and then uses The Healing Wheel and The HelioSol Master Chart to determine what needs to shift. HSS uses a series of templates that are applied to specific concerns to highlight the balancing energies required. The focus in all cases is to find the underlying concept that is causing the distortion and to bring the person’s attention to it.
• Trained in hot stone massage.
• Instructed massage students in anatomy, neurology, myology, massage treatment, massage theory and clinical assessment courses. Supervised clinical practicum offsite and onsite of hands-on massage therapy treatments in clinical, office, sports and hospice settings.
• Certified in Prohealth Movement Therapy and Yoga which focuses on anatomy, kinesiology and bio-mechanical components.
