Lisa Paterson Movement and Meditation

Hi there and Welcome! I'm so glad you're here.

Life can be really tough, and I don't think we're meant to do it alone.

Here in this online space, I help people learn to rest, and learn to move in ways that work for them.

I work with lots of folks who are living with cancer or other chronic conditions (including post-concussion syndrome), and I also work with many therapists (psychotherapists, yoga therapists, somatic therapists) who know that they need  time to pause, to reflect, to rest, and to restore themselves.

I do this by offering slow, gentle, and non-insistent classes and special events that are informed by my knowledge of nervous system function, somatics, yoga therapy, psychotherapy, and meditation.

I hope that you'll find good support and useful resources here in my online studio, and in my newsletter as well.

Sending love and courage for these wild days,

Lisa.xo.

The Summer Library 2024:

Over 70 recorded movement and meditation classes.

Purchase the Summer Library here, and enjoy access to full-length movement and meditation classes, along with some 10-minute Greet the Day practices - yours to practise with until September 30th.

The Slow Movement Membership Fall 2024:

Sign up for Lisa's newsletter to get all the details of the fall season. Watch for a newsletter in early September; livestream classes will begin at the end of September!

Here, in this online studio space, you'll find movement classes, meditation classes, and other special events that are slow, gentle, and non-insistent.

Welcome - I'm Lisa. I'm a yoga therapist, a movement educator, and a meditation teacher. I'm also a retired psychotherapist, and a mother.

I've been teaching meditation practices for over 30 years, and movement practices (including yoga and somatics) for over 20 years. I believe in creating time and space to pause and notice.

I help wellness practitioners (and so many others) to stop and rest, and to find sustainable and enjoyable ways to move.

Whether you're living with a chronic condition or you're trying to find your way through other challenges and transitions in life, you'll find support here. 

Lisa Paterson, M.Ed., C-IAYT, E-RYT, (she/her), has a master's degree in Counselling Psychology from McGill University, 800+hours Yoga Therapy training with the School of Embodied Yoga Therapy, a certification with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and 500+ hours of yoga teacher training with schools in New York City, Ottawa, and Montreal. Her work is inspired by many good humans, including Anne Pitman, Michelle C. Johnson, Lisa's mother Pauline, Cole Arthur Riley, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and many other living things, including the Ottawa River, the Atlantic Ocean, trees, bugs, sunflowers, earth. She lives in the Ottawa area, where the traditional custodians of the land are the Algonquin Anishinaabe peoples.

For any questions, collaborations, or mentoring requests, reach out to Lisa here.