Upcoming Events

01jun11:00 am12:00 pmWestcoast Wheelchair Adaptive Boxing featuring Leo Sammarelli11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Details

Zoom connection info is below.

SCI BC Peer, Leo Sammarelli has been boxing for 10 years and teaching adaptive boxing since June 2019. We’re excited to announce that he’s now leading an online boxing home-workout for Peers! These workouts are designed to help with physical strength and functionality in every day life, and focus on: building core strength, cardiovascular health (adaptive Tabata), range of motion and flexibility, functional breathing, coordination and joint and muscle health. Join him and other peers online for these intense and super fun workouts!

Please bring a long stick (broom stick or dowel), free weights (soup cans, etc.) and a theraband.

How to Connect to Zoom:

– From your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83073079597?pwd=a3AwSU5scnE2cFg4SE8rR3paRTZIUT09

– From your mobile phone or tablet: download the Zoom app from your app store, then use the meeting ID to get in to the meeting. Meeting ID: 830 7307 9597

– Dial-in on a landline (telephone): call +1 778 907 2071 Canada (the local number for BC), and enter the Meeting ID when prompted: 830 7307 9597

– If not in BC, find your local number here: https://zoom.us/u/acMz0fXoVA

If you’re interested in working out more often with Leo, he’s teaching two more classes each week through Westcoast Wheelchair Adaptive Boxing.
They’re held on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 11am and are $12/class. Connect with him at wwaboxing@gmail.com or 778-836-5406, if you would like to join in!

If you have any questions please contact our InfoLine at 1-800-689-2477 or info@sci-bc.ca.

Have ideas for other ReachOut! Online sessions? Contact Jenna at jwright@sci-bc.ca to share your feedback.

Time

(Thursday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Calendar GoogleCal

01jun3:00 pm4:00 pmChair Yoga for Strength and Mobility3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Event Details

Join in on this seated yoga class for strength and mobility! Expect a gentle warm up followed by stronger movements targeted to support balance, coordination and mobility. The class is wrapped up with a mindfulness practice to calm the nervous system. With traditional yoga movements, breath work and somatic practices to offer a well-rounded class each week. Chair yoga has been shown to be supportive in increased mobility, balance, resiliency to stress and improve self quality. Also shown to reduce persistent pain, fatigue and digestive distress. A yoga practice may be the practice you’ve been seeking! Expect themed classes and suggestions to build week after week. No experience in yoga needed.

Suggested props but not required; Block, Strap/Exercise band, self massage ball/tennis ball, folded towel.

Instructor Bio

Maria Brownlow began teaching in 2016 after taking her first Yoga teacher training in Nepal. With training in traditional Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga she began training in therapeutic yoga to deepen her knowledge for working with people with disability, acute and chronic health conditions, and supporting the nervous system. Her passion is how the practices of yoga can be adapted to suit the needs of anyone to promote wellbeing, health and a life filled with adventure! By learning to adapt her own practice after a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2019, her drive only grew to share supportive practices and opportunities for others. Using approaches from Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Breath-work, targeted somatic movements, and conditioning techniques from Yoga and Meditation. Maria is a trauma informed instructor, and completed her 800 Hour Yoga Therapy Program through Ajna Yoga in Oak Bay, Victoria B.C. Find out more about Maria and what offerings for groups and individuals available at https://www.mariabrownlowyoga.com/.