Greenwood Summer 2025 Health and Wellness Workshop Series with Diana Perez (physiotherapist/yoga therapist): Practices that foster Nervous System Regulation, Emotional Resilience and Wellness

Life has become increasingly complex, stressful and insecure in many ways. Many of us are suffering from anxiety, depression, chronic pain, poor sleep/insomnia and numerous other chronic health problems. Fundamentally all of these conditions, whether mental or physical, have in common an underlying cause: dysregulation of the nervous system.

More than ever we can lean heavily into the yoga and mindfulness practices to regulate our stressed nervous systems and develop both physical and emotional resilience and well-being. These workshops will allow you to explore various techniques that can be used towards this aim: gentle somatic movement,  breathing practices, meditation, mindfulness, chanting, mudras, etc.

Saturdays from 10:00-11:15 am

June 14 ;  July 5 ; Aug 9, Weather permitting

Diana Perez PT, B.Sc., M.Sc., Fellow Pht (OPPQ), Lifetime Member Award (CPA) Physiotherapist / Sports Physiotherapy / Yoga Therapist / Yoga Teacher Functional Medicine & Wellness Consultant

Diana is a physiotherapist, yoga therapists and yoga teacher that has been working in the wellness and health care space for over 45 years. She is passionate about empowering people with information and tools that will help them to be healthier of body, mind and spirit.

She is a graduate of McGill University (1985: PT B.Sc.; 1993: M.Sc. Rehab. Science; Faculty of Medicine) and has been a practicing clinical physiotherapist since 1985. She has also done various formal trainings/certifications in the areas of Health and Wellness, Nutrition, Naturopathy, Ayurvedic Medicine, Functional Medicine and Acupuncture.

As a nationally certified sports physiotherapist, Diana has worked with various elite and professional athletes, national teams and sporting organizations, and was a member of the Canadian Medical teams for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, 2002 Commonwealth Games, 1987 Pan American Games, and various Maccabiah Games, World Cup and World Championship events.

She has been teaching yoga since 2004 and has certifications in Hatha & Ashtanga (YTT-RYA), Accessible Yoga, Pain Care Aware Yoga, Pranayama and additional trainings in Anusara, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Therapeutic Yoga. She is also certified as a Professional Yoga Therapist.

She has developed and teaches a curriculum of courses to health care professionals on functional medicine approaches to health care delivery and on how to integrate yoga into clinical practice (Medical Yoga Therapy). She is also a faculty member of various Yoga Teacher Training Programs. She continues to teach yoga classes and workshops to the public at Modo West Island (Montreal) and Muv (Hudson) and runs numerous annual local and international yoga retreats and workshops.