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Community Resources
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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 • Dr Marianne Teitelbaum – Ayurveda • JAI Wellness – Ayurveda and Yoga Yoga and Meditation YouTube • Yoga Therapy Toronto • Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram – Chennai, India • BK Shivani – Pune, India • Plum Village – France • Indriya Yoga – Toronto SkillBuilding 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 • 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 Accessible Yoga Study • Yoga for All Mini-Course – Body Positive Yoga • Buddha Body Yoga • Accessible Yoga Training School Fatphobia • Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong |
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 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** 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) |
Support
Online Mental Health • Bounce Back Ontario • ConnexOntario • MindBeacon • TogetherAll 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 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 |
