About Breathe True Yoga

ABOUT:

Welcome to Breathe True Yoga- an umbrella organization based in Guelph, Ontario. I offer private and group yoga classes, sound healing sessions, meditation instruction, and conscious dance events.

I am also an expressive arts practitioner and theatre mask maker and have some unique offerings for folks interested in exploring personal archetypes and stories through this fun and deep modality.

I love creating sacred rituals for people who want to explore healing through Indigenous plant medicines. I work with two specific, heart-opening plants- cacao (sacred Mother plant) and hape (sacred Grandfather tobacco). I source my cacao directly from Guatemala & Peru, and my hape from Brazil (via Four Visions). These 1-hour-long ceremonies can be for individuals or small groups (4 max). They typically include smudging, setting intentions, working with oracle cards, meditation, prayer and journaling. Often, these gentle medicines induce euphoric feelings, inner peace, and deep, spiritual insights and alignments.

I also make and sell mindfulness products such as essential oil blend perfumes, feather smudge wands, mala bracelets, flaxseed eye pillows, and alcohol ink cards and bookmarks. My creations are designed to help you connect to your spiritual practices. Purchasing a gift card is a fun and unique way to gift a friend with something special.

Barbara is the founder and director of Breathe True Yoga located in Guelph, Ontario. She is a hatha yoga instructor (500-hour YTT), a meditation teacher, an expressive arts practitioner, a conscious dance facilitator and DJ, a sound healer, a visual artist, and a theatre mask-maker. She is a teacher and workshop facilitator and has led both short and long-term immersive retreats at different spiritual centers throughout Ontario for over 25 years.

Barbara holds an undergraduate degree in Dance and Theatre (University of Waterloo, On.) as well as a Bachelor of Education degree (York University, On.). She is also a graduate of the Expressive Arts Certificate Program at the Haliburton School of Art and Design (Fleming College, ON). Barbara also has her level 1 Reiki training and has trained with The Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

Barbara's creativity, love of learning, and eclectic background all contribute to her unique approach to living, facilitating, and self-expression.

Here at Breathe True Yoga, I believe that the most effective means of personal transformation is an experiential one. My mission is to help connect people to their deepest purpose in life. I do this by offering different modalities of spiritual and creative opportunities to help people tap into their passion and truth. Because each individual is unique, I must provide diverse approaches in my teachings and workshops.

I offer a "Pay From the Heart" option for people who are unable to pay the fixed exchange/cost for my offerings. Please email me to discuss this option. breathetrue@gmail.com

"When we stabilize ourselves enough to become aware, then we can ignite the fire that creates our world.”~ Barbara Dametto