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Yoga

Yamikani started teaching in May 2017 in Ottawa after finding that most yoga spaces did not reflect the communities that they were a part of. They are a movement based practitioner who works at the intersections of gendered and racial violence. Yami weaves ancestral teachings, decolonial practices and movement to support connection to space and place. Yami is a member of Brown Girls Yoga and Restore Collective. In 2017 Yami founded SEEDS Yoga for those affected by sexual harm.

Yoga Education

2017 - Hatha Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) | with Laurie Howe, 200+ hours, Pranashanti Yoga Centre, Ottawa, ON

2018 - Yoga For All Teacher Training | with Dianne Bondy & Amber Karnes

2019 - Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga Teacher Training | with Zabie Yamasaki

 
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Seeds Yoga

SEEDS is a yoga class specifically designed for survivors/victims/those affected by sexual and gender based violence. This yoga class is grounded in trauma-informed / healing-centred yoga practices that seek to empower the participants using different yoga forms. The class focuses on three main themes community care, (em)powerment and consent.

SEEDS is often taught within the four - six week series, often participants of SEEDS have little to no experience with Yoga, and that’s okay! The premise of SEEDS is to come as you are, so what works for you and share spaces with other folxs who have been impacted by sexual or gender based violence. SEEDS yoga classes are taught in accessible way, that takes into account trauma informed and practices of healing centred engagement.

class topic breakdown

  • Week 1: Orientation & Building Practices of Consent

  • Week 2: Safety

  • Week 3: Boundaries 

  • Week 4: Trust 

  • Week 5: Accountability

Want to host a series of seeds or book Yami for a private yoga event?

Fill out my Contact Form at the end of the page!

 
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Yoga for Black Grief

In June 2020 after the death of Breonna Taylor, Regis Korchinski Paquet, George Floyd and Tony McDade, I knew our communities were in pain and didn’t know how to offer support. So in true millennial fashion, I put a call out for folks to join a movement session that would centre healing for Black bodies. It was a space just for black folks to connect and know that their feelings of grief could and would be held. I find too often that black folks are forced to push our feelings aside and to “keep going”. Part of this conditioning is a direct result of oppressive anti-Black conditions of the world that normalize black pain and grief. Thus Yoga for Black Grief strives to build a container where black communities can move through the stages of grief and honour that grief because grief in my opinion is a form of love.

Yoga for Black for Black Grief is a healing space for folks directly impacted by anti-black racism-- a space of community healing, connection and release.

The third cycle of Yoga for Black Grief ran from Feb 7th 2021- March 28th 2021.