Health and Wellness Institute
Services
Vivasvan helps you better understand your body, adjust your lifestyle habits and develop a yoga practice suited to your needs.
Consultations, training and mentoring offer guidance to help you make informed choices, cultivate attention and bring movement, breathing and meditation into your daily life.
For practitioners, teachers and those in training, mentoring also offers a way to deepen their understanding of yoga and refine how they practise or teach.
Consultations & private yoga · Training & mentoring · Events and corporate services
Consultation or individual session
Support at your own pace, grounded in listening, discussion and practice, with guidance suited to your circumstances to help you gradually develop your autonomy.
Naturopathy consultation
Support to help you better understand your needs, your habits and what influences your day-to-day balance. Together, we explore nutrition, sleep, stress management and your daily rhythms to identify simple adjustments suited to your circumstances. The approach centres on listening and health education, offering practical guidance to help you make informed choices with greater autonomy.
Private yoga session
Yoga as a practice of self-observation.
The session draws on the eight-limbed path of yoga presented in Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra. Postures and breath become supports for directly observing sensations, the movement of thoughts and our reactions to effort, ease or discomfort.
Precise guidance helps you engage your body, notice what you feel and adjust the practice. Periods of silence and meditation allow this observation to deepen. Also informed by Vanessa’s experience of meditation, this approach invites us to recognize the changing nature of our experience and cultivate equanimity: staying present with what we experience without being automatically swept up in our reactions.
Understanding the philosophical foundations of the practice and exploring them for yourself helps you refine your perspective with discernment and self-respect. This work with attention and the mind carries into everyday situations.
Chairs and props help adapt the practice to your experience and physical condition. Depending on your needs, a therapeutic approach and sound-based practices can be included in the session.
Sessions in Montréal or online.
Let’s choose a session and time that suit you.
Training & mentoring
Spaces for study, practice and sharing knowledge to get to know yourself better, improve your quality of life and develop habits suited to your circumstances. Depending on your path, these can focus on naturopathy, yoga or how they complement one another: taking care of yourself, exploring yoga beyond postures or refining how you teach.
Training
Courses and workshops in naturopathy and yoga to deepen your understanding, your practice or the way you teach. Depending on the topic, they explore how the body works, lifestyle habits or the philosophical and practical foundations of yoga.
Study offers points of reference; practical exploration helps you understand how they apply. The teachings are considered in context, questioned and related to experience. Guided practice, observation and discussion support this learning, with time to integrate it and discern what has a place in your daily life or teaching.
Personalized mentoring
Ongoing support that can draw on naturopathy, yoga or both. We begin with your questions and what you would like to understand or change: lifestyle habits, nutrition, personal practice, your relationship with yourself or teaching.
Sessions bring together clear guidance, practices and dialogue shaped by your observations. You explore what supports you, what you find challenging and the habits that shape your reactions. The process aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of your experience and ways to support yourself in daily life, with greater clarity, discernment and kindness towards yourself.
The pace and format are decided together, according to your needs and goals.
Events and corporate services
Yoga and naturopathy gatherings to learn, explore and bring new understanding into your daily life. Each offering is adapted to the audience, setting and needs of the group.
Workshops and retreats
Time to deepen your understanding of a topic, explore yoga practice and get to know yourself better. Practice, teachings and discussion invite you to make connections with your own experience and carry what you learn into daily life.
Naturopathy talks
Talks to help you better understand the connections between lifestyle habits and health. Nutrition, sleep, stress or daily rhythms: topics are tailored to the audience, with accessible explanations and practical guidance to inform your choices.
Workplace classes and workshops
Yoga sessions and workshops tailored to your team and its work environment. Through movement, breathing and attention, these sessions offer time to pause and simple practices to incorporate throughout the day.
Contact and booking requests
An appointment, a workshop or a question? Send us your request. We will reply personally to confirm availability and arrangements.
3400, rue Fullum, no 1
Montréal (QC) H2K 1E4