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Community Resources

Vedic Study

Yoga Texts + Philosophy
• Yoga Sūtra-s–free online translations:
   – TKV Desikachar
   – Rami Sivan
   – various compiled (chapter 1)
   – AshtangaYoga.Info
   – To download–various authors
​   – Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (in Tamil)
​• Bhagavad Gita – Swami Mukundanada
• Yoga Yajñavalkya – AG Mohan
• Introduction to Mimamsa E-Book
• Introduction to Nyāya E-Book

Vedanta
• Advaita Vedanta – Rupert Spira 
• Discover Vedanta
• Rami Sivan – The Basics of Vedanta Philosophy E-Book 

Yoga Organizations
• Svastha Yoga (Mohan's) – Chennai, India – YogaKnowledge
• Paul Harvey, UK – YogaStudies.org 
​• Indu Aurora 
• Introduction to Sanskrt

Chanting and Mantra
• Blue Mountain Centre of Meditation (Eknath Easwaran) – Meditation and Mantra 
• Ante and Felicia Pavlovic, Saraswati Vasudevan – Chanting the Yoga Sūtra-s 
• Shantala Sriramaiah, Belgium – Veda Studies
​• Bramharishi School of Yoga– Philosophy, Sanskrit, chanting
• Rami Sivan – Introduction to Vedic chanting E-Book

Ayurveda
• The Ayurvedic Institute – Vasant Lad
• Dr Marianne Teitelbaum – Ayurveda
• JAI Wellness – Ayurveda and Yoga

Yoga and Meditation YouTube
• Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram – Chennai, India
• BK Shivani – Pune, India
​• Plum Village – France
• Indriya Yoga – Toronto

SkillBuilding
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Thich Naht Hahn Resources
• Conflict Resolution Guide
• 14 Mindfulness Trainings
• Starting a Sangha
• Mindfulness Teachings

Indigenous Education
• Native Land Territory Acknowledgement
• Who's Land
• Developing Land Acknowledgements
• Living in Indigenous Sovereignty
• Toronto Indigenous Land Stewarship 
• Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples – Backgrounder
• Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
• Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
• Violence on the Land, Violence on Our Bodies

Indigenous History Toronto
• First Story
• Indigenous Environmental History of Toronto by Jon Johnson
• Toronto Aboriginal Eco Tours

Decolonizing Yoga
• Yoga Suffers when taken out of its Indian Context – Nrithya Jagannathan
• How to Decolonize Your Yoga Practice
​• Here You Are - nisha ahuja
• 8 Signs Your Yoga Practice is Culturally Appropriated (and why it matters)

Racial Advocacy
• Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice
•The Black Lives Matter Canada Syllabus
• Showing up for Racial Justice​
• Kim Katrin Milan

2SLGBTQ+ Advocacy
• An Opportunity to Lead: Caring for Gender and Sexually Expansive Communities – Stevie Inghram
• Fundamentals of Yoga Therapy for Gender and Sexually Expansive Communities – Stevie Inghram
• Representation Matters: Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community in Ayurveda – Stevie Inghram & Anuradha Gupta
​• My Pronouns• Out At School Podcast – Dr. Tara Goldstein
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Fatphobia
• Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong 
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Services

GTA Community Health Centres (Free healthcare and groups)
• Davenport Perth Community Health Centre  – Serving residents of Bloor to St Clair, Ossington to Dundas
• EdgeWest HealthCare for Youth  – Serving residents of Bloor to Eglinton, Islington to Bathurst, youth with mobility disabilities regardless of where they live
• Four Villages Community Health Centre – Serving residents of St Clair to lake, Humber River to Roncesvalles
• Queen West Community Health Centre – Serving OHIP insured clients between Dovercourt to University, College to Lake // Serving non-insured (non-status) clients from Dovercourt to Yonge, Dupont to Lake
• Parkdale Community Health Centre – Serving residents of Bloor to Lake, Parkside to Ossington
​• The Anne Johnston Health Station – Serving residents of Highway 401 to Bloor, Bathurst to Bayview
• Stonegate Community Health Centre – Serving residents of Humber River to Kipling, Eglington to Evans 
• Sherbourne Health Centre – Serving LGBTQ+, homeless, underhoused, and newcomer residents
• Women's Heath in Women's Hands – Serving racialized women in Toronto
• Skylark Children, Youth & Families
• Artists Health Centre
• Street Health
• Inner City Health Associates
• Hospice Toronto

Online Medical Resources
​• Ontario Virtual Care Clinic
• Pain BC
​• Anxiety Canada
• Addiction Group 

​Anger Management Tools 
• AngerManagementResources.com

Sliding Scale Complementary Healthcare
• The Herbal Clinic and Dispensary
• Six Degrees Health
• Oncology Acupuncture
• Nighthawk Medicine (herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture)

Ayurveda – Toronto
• Vaidya Nitin Shah – Good Life Ayurveda 
• Centre for Ayurveda & Indian Systems of Healing
• Janeen Yusuf
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Ayurveda – Missisauga
• SevAyu 
• Chaitanya Health Services

Vedanta – Toronto
• Vedanta Society Toronto

Food Security – Toronto
• Foodshare – affordable fresh food boxes, community, and school programs
• Feed it Forward – Pay-What-You-Can Grocery Store – Junction, Toronto
• Feed the Future – $5 chef-prepared meals delivered to Queens Park Circle

Developmental Disability Support – Toronto
• Community Living Toronto

Brain Injury
• Love Your Brain
• BIST (Brain Injury Association of Toronto) 
• OBIA (Ontario Brain Injury Association)

Eating Disorders
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre (Canada)
• National Eating Disorders Association (USA)
• Alliance for Eating Disorders

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Courses
• Back to the Breath **insurance reciepts given**
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Fitness 
• Decolonizing Fitness 
• Queer Gyms // Queer Personal Trainers
​• Fitness by Sarah Taylor
(Etobicoke, Christie Pitts)
• Body Positive Fitness (King West)
• Queer and Trans Yoga @ Union Yoga

Trauma
• Jane Clapp–Movement for Trauma

Free Condition Specific Yoga Programs
• Love Your Brain (brain injury)

​Accessible Yoga Study
• Yoga for All Mini-Course – Body Positive Yoga
• Buddha Body Yoga
• Accessible Yoga Training School
Support
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Online Mental Health
• Bounce Back Ontario
• ConnexOntario
• MindBeacon
• TogetherAll
• Sanctuary in the City (Support for Black folks)

Addiction Rehab Support
• Addiction Rehab Toronto
• Alcohol Rehab Help 
• Drug Rehab (addiction recovery)

​Abuse Resources and Support
• Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
(Serving women who have experienced violence/abuse)
• Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Centre @ Women’s College Hospital
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LGBTQ+ Resources
• Affective Consult 
• LGBTQ+ Charities in Toronto

Free Therapy : Trauma Specific : Women
• Women’s College Hospital – WRAP (Women Recovering from Abuse) Program
• Parkdale Community Health Centre–Women’s Connection Program 
• Barbara Schliffer Commemorative Clinic
 
Free Therapy : Trauma Specific : Men
• Sherbourne Health Centre – TREE Program – Priority given to GBTQ Black, Indigenous, and POC
 
Free Therapy : Trauma Specific : All Genders
• Women’s College Hospital  **need primary healthcare provider referral**

Free Therapy: Youth 18-25 + Family
• Blake Boultbee

Sliding Scale Therapy
• ​Hard Feelings

Youth Support
• YouthSpace.ca // 778-783-0177 
• Youthdale Crisis Services
• Central Toronto Youth Services
// 416-924-2100
•YouthLine // 1-800-268-9688 call // 647-694-4275 text
• Kids Help Phone // 1-800-668-6868
• Woods Homes // 1-800-563-6106

Legal Aid
• Legal Aid Ontario (legal assistance for low income people. 13 clinics in Toronto)

Phone Support
• In an emergency call 911.
• Assaulted Women’s Helpline
416-863-0511 // 1-866-863-0511 – Provides 24/7 crisis counselling over the phone to women in 154 languages. Use of a TTY line also available for deaf women.
• Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
416-597-8808 // crisis@trccmwar.ca – Provides 24/7 crisis counselling over the phone. Counsellors also answer emails. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Open to all genders.
• Toronto Distress Centres
– Crisis intervention, suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. Suicide and Homicide Support Groups and Therapy.   416-408-4357  //  741741 – Text chat

Telephone Crisis Services
Central Toronto — Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200
Scarborough: 416-289-2434
Etobicoke, North York and East York: 416-498-0043
Aboriginal Crisis Management Program: 416-891-8606
Peel Region: 905-278-9036
York Region: 310-COPE (2673) from 905 area only​

Homeless Population Support – Toronto
• Here are the Things Toronto's Homeless Could Really Use This Winter
• Drop Ins
• Emergency Shelters
• 24-7 Respite Sites

Associations

Yoga and Accessibility – Canada
• Yoga Service and Accessibility Canada

Yoga and Accessibility – USA
• Accessible Yoga 
• International Chair Yoga Association
• Yoga Service Council
• Bending Toward Justice
• Off the Mat

Yoga and Accessibility – International
​• International Chair Yoga Association