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Meet Erin

Hi, my name is Erin Ewing (they/them). I am a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT)* and Yoga Teacher with over 1000 hours of registered training, as well as a year of classical study and practice in India and Nepal. I fell in love with yoga in 2012 and it has been an incredible anchor and guiding path in my life ever since. 

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I presently serve on the DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) Committee with IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists). I also serve as adjunct faculty on DEIA topics for Essential Yoga Therapy's yoga therapist training program. 

Education Credentials

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  • 800-Hour Diploma in Yoga Therapy, Ajna Yoga, Victoria, BC (2019)
     

    • Includes 300-Hour Certificate of Advanced Teacher of Yoga (2018)
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  • 200-Hour Certificate of Yoga Teacher Training, JungleYoga (now Swara Yoga Academy), Koh Phangan, Thailand (2016)
     

  • Bachelor of Social Work, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB (2012)
     

  • BA High Honours in Women's & Gender Studies and Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (2010) 

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Why I Do What I Do

 

With a background in anti-oppressive social work and environmental and social justice activism, I have always been passionate about reaching underserved communities and I am motivated by a deep commitment to support people on healing journeys.

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I love that yoga therapy is a holistic practice that considers and meets each person as a unique individual moving through interconnected physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual experiences. I really enjoy getting to know each person I work with and the creative process of tailoring meaningful and transformative practices just for them. I am committed to creating and holding a safe container for my clients to explore, experience, learn, rest, build strength and confidence, and heal at their own pace. 

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What I Do Most

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While my scope of practice is broad, areas of yoga and yoga therapy in which I have more niched experience include:

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  • Yoga with Older Adults 

  • Trauma & Mental Health

  • Chronic Pain & Fatigue​

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  • Chair Yoga

  • Guided Meditation

  • Restorative Yoga

As a Person​

 

People often describe my presence as calming, grounding, and empathetic. In my personal life, I am a quiet introvert who loves to be in nature; as a yoga therapist and teacher, I hold space with presence, compassion, and a focus on accessibility. As a human, I identify as queer and nonbinary, am descended from primarily Celtic ancestry, am neurodivergent and a survivor of complex trauma, and have moved in and out of both physical and mental health disability multiple times over my life. I am committed to my own journey of yoga, healing, and ongoing learning and growth.

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I humbly and respectfully acknowledge that the land I live and practice on is the unceded territory of the Pentlatch, K'ómoks, and Tla'amin peoples, and that I formerly lived and practiced on the unceded territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and lÉ™k̓ʷəŋən peoples as well. I humbly and respectfully acknowledge the deep traditional and ongoing relationships of these and neighbouring Indigenous peoples to these lands, and the complicated reality of my presence as an uninvited settler. I further humbly and respectfully acknowledge that yoga is an ancient spiritual and wisdom tradition gifted from India and South Asia, and that it is often misappropriated and misrepresented in Western culture. I am committed to ongoing listening, learning, and action in healing the countless harms of colonization, to preserving the intactness and authenticity of yoga to the best of my knowledge, and to participating in healthier relationship with my Indigenous neighbours, with the source cultures from which yoga emerged, with the land, and with all my relations.

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Butterfly Tree Yoga is rooted in the principles of loving kindness, respect, compassion, accessibility, and anti-oppression. I have a strong commitment to welcoming and serving all people with respect and acceptance, regardless of gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, neurotype, ethnicity, colour, nationality, cultural or religious background, citizenship status, age, health status, economic circumstance, family or marital status, or body size or shape. If there are ways I can remove barriers and better serve you, I welcome you sharing these with me. 

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Butterfly Tree Yoga is an LGBTQ2SIA+ Positive Space. 

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