A Restorative Retreat for Health Professionals
Resilient Bodies
Follow-up Resources
GENTLE YOGA VIDEOS | DIGITAL RESOURCES
Gentle Yoga with Farah
(30 min)
Active Yoga Practices with Nicole
(20 min)
Visualization with Corrine
(20 min)
HEARTBEAT PODCAST
Listen to an interview with family physician, Xochitl Hanson Pastran who speaks about how to deliver health care with a compassionate heart and bring the qualities of openness, connectedness, inter-connectedness and vulnerability into the service of medicine.
Listen to an interview with geriatrician Sheri-Lynn Kane and program director of an internal medicine residency in London, Ontario. Sheri-Lynn speaks about her trategies for managing pandemic stresses and her hopes for how to keep the joy of medicine alive amidst the current health care challenges.
How can you bring your whole self to the workplace? What does it mean to show up authentically and be vulnerable when you care for others? What is courage and what fuels courage to spark difficult conversations in healthcare?
Listen to a podcast with palliative and hospice nurse Joan Trinh Pham.
YOGA FOR SLEEP RESOURCES
Yoga for Sleep (20 minutes)
Progressive Relaxation (18 minutes)
Full Body Relaxation (15 minutes)
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