CannaCentric BC

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Cannabis

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Founder of CannaCentric BC Liv Maxwell started her journey with Cannabis in what she thought was a recreational mindset and through experience, communication, education and integration she realized that for herself and others cannabis use can never really be wholly recreational as the spirit of the cannabis plant is an extension of our beautiful Mother Earth and her incredible creations trying her hardest to ease the suffering within humanity. Liv’s mindful cannabis use started during her experience at UBC with a generalized anxiety disorder diagnosis. She did not find pharmaceutical medication at all helpful and instead fell back on Cannabis and her accompanying plant medicines. Through this discovery she found Vancouver’s grey market dispensaries acquiring her first cannabis prescription from a Naturopath. A few years later after much experimentation and research with this incredible new world of mindful cannabis use she decided it was time to get into this intriguing new industry. She got her first job at Buddha Barn Medicinal Cannabis in 2015 and her cannabis world exploded. This job taught her much about the industry, her own cannabis experience and how much this and other plant medicines are changing how people experience life, happiness, pain, suffering and loss. With her research degree from UBC in Anthropology she delved as deep into cannabis knowledge and learning and devouring any and all information she could. Learning, teaching and experiencing with her incredible peers and clients in this establishment until her intrigue became a passion. Collecting knowledge, experiencing connection and growing community within this blossoming industry has been an incredible and humbling experience and she love nothing more than discovering new ways in which this beautiful plant can help guide and heal us as individuals, societies and communities. Liv now uses medicinal cannabis to treat anxiety, chronic pain from Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, an undiagnosed autoimmune dysfunction among others through therapeutic cannabis use along with diet, mindful movement, plant medicines, yoga and meditation.

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Yoga 

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Liv started her yoga journey at a young age with her mother and has always acknowledged our intrinsic connection to movement, without which we can become stagnant and uncreative in our minds. She first experienced this disconnect in her early adult life and was brought back to yoga as she was finishing her BA in Anthropology from UBC. The realization of how devastating this disconnect can become really hit her when her chronic pain and illness came to a head making it virtually impossible to keep up with her previous yoga and movement practices; dance being a fundamental aspect of this. In navigating this experience she discovered slow, mindful movement practices that are much more accessible for those with disability and chronic pain conditions. Yin yoga is a wonderfully restorative practice in which the body has time to connect and explore the mind without the pressure of intense physical exertion. This coupled with meditation and myofascial release she has found the mind/body disconnect that often comes with illness to be lessened and more manageable alongside healthy eating habits, selfcare (an essential practice) and therapeutic cannabis use, without which none of these practices would be possible. Liv received a Yoga Alliance certified 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate from Karma Teachers led by one of her personal mentors Lucy St. John and Steve Fazzari along with a 40 hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training certificate from Karma Teachers With Ara Cusack and Lucy St. John. 

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Cannabis Centric Yin Yoga 

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Yin yoga was created as a way to slow down our movement practices, lengthening the connective tissues in our bodies-the tendons, fascia, and ligaments- leading us to inner places of stillness, rest and connection. With cannabis in mind or body this experience will be beneficial to all but especially those who feel any social stigma surrounding the use of the plant. Those who suffer from chronic illness, pain and/or fatigue will also find great relieve from this guided experience as the classes are inspired to ease chronic pain and illness. This experience will be an incredible way to take yogic principles combined with conscious cannabis use off the mat and into your daily life.
We will begin the class with tea and a candid conversation around cannabis, its uses, community and personal experience followed by a guided Yin practice and meditation to allow the cultivated stillness to settle in the mind and body. Please bring your beautiful self, a yoga mat and pillows/blankets as we may not have our props depending on location!

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Compassionate pricing available upon request. Skill trades/ exchanges encouraged :)