Soul Healing Journey

Immerse yourself in an evening of soul-level energy healing and channeled guidance, accompanied by a beautiful sound bath to amplify the experience. 

You’ll start with a guided meditation, followed by introspective energy healing, all channeled through Jordana from the Akashic Records, both your own, and the collective Akashic field. This is meant to connect you to your soul’s wisdom, including any healing, messages or otherwise that you are meant to receive in the moment. Paz will accompany the healing journey with a unique blend of singing bowls and drums to enrich and expand your experience.

This experience is for anyone; no prior knowledge or practice is necessary to participate. You will be held and supported along the way, allowing you to explore what’s possible when you connect to your soul.

The magic of this event is amplified by the positive energy of everyone who chooses to join. Please step in with love and intention. 

WHAT ARE THE AKASHIC RECORDS?

The Akashic Records are an archive of your soul’s journey throughout time. Imagine a library with all the stories of your soul’s experiences. This includes childhood memories, past lives, karmic lessons, future possibilities and the ways in which you connect to collective energies and your greater purpose. Tapping into the energy of your Records allows you to receive what your soul knows you need, through healing, guidance and beyond.

THIS SESSION INCLUDES:

- Deep energy healing (similar to reiki)
- Intuitive messages, channeled from the Akashic Records
- An immersive sound bath to hold you through the healing portion
- Support in releasing what’s ready to go and creating space for what you desire
- The opportunity to connect with others and ask questions

Jordana Levine

Jordana Levine is an intuitive guide, Akashic Records reader and energy healer. She helps you learn to trust yourself and connect to your soul’s desires so you can live the life you truly deserve. She combines her knowledge as an entrepreneur, holistic nutritionist and brand strategist with energy work and intuitive guidance via 1:1 and group sessions, as well as longer-term coaching. Get to know Jordana:

https://www.rootedbyjordana.com/about-page

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey. 

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Ecstatic Dance

Step into your Sundays with movement.

Ecstatic Dance is an open floor, a space to arrive as you are and drop into the body. No choreography, no expectations, just rhythm, breath, and the freedom to move in your own way.

Guided by Paz, each session begins with a brief astrological insight into the week ahead, offering optional cues to explore through movement. From there, his Inner Wave Activation journey unfolds, inspired by 5Rhythms, moving from stillness into flow, building energy, release, creative expression, and softening back into rest.

With layered world music, electronic soundscapes, and live drumming, Paz shapes the experience in real time, creating a dynamic, full-body journey that supports both exploration and integration.

This is a non-judgemental, inclusive space. Move, rest, journal, or simply be, you choose your experience.

Dj Paz

Paz is a prolific DJ, drummer, percussionist, and multimedia event organizer. Originally from Mexico City, he has been vibing in Canada for the past 15 years. Throughout his time in Canada he has been leading and co-creating inclusive projects in the world of the arts, culture and spirituality, providing platforms for artists and creatives to emerge and share his gifts with his community. Paz is currently based in Collingwood, ON, where he hosts a variety of events. 

In his 20 years of DJing, Paz has performed in different festivals in Canada like Solstice, Future Forest, Sonic Springs, Bloom, as well as performing in a variety of clubs, underground parties and ecstatic dance events locally, in Mexico and the U.S. As a DJ he has spun and explored a variety of genres and styles.

Embodied: A Circle for Women & Femmes

We gather as women and femmes to share, to support and to remember.

Embodied is a space to slow down and listen more closely to what we feel, what we carry, what we need and what we long for.

Many of us have learned to prioritize the needs of others, keep going regardless of what we are carrying, make ourselves smaller or set aside our own feelings and needs. Within the circle, we explore how gendered expectations, relationships, culture, inherited patterns and social conditions shape the ways we respond, relate and move through our lives, without assuming that our experiences are the same.

Rooted in somatics, each gathering includes centering, body awareness, gentle movement, guided reflection, creative expression and intentional conversation. These practices invite us to listen to the wisdom within and among us, uncover deeper longings and explore how our choices and actions might come into closer alignment with what matters most.

This is not a space for fixing one another. It is a space to witness and be witnessed, connect with greater intention and bring more of ourselves into how we live and relate.

Care, consent, choice, privacy and respect for difference are central to the circle. You are welcome to participate at your own pace, with no pressure to speak, move in a particular way or share more than you choose.

No previous experience with somatics or group circles is required. This biweekly, two hour open circle welcomes 6 to 10 participants. Attend once or return regularly; each gathering stands on its own.

Disa Almeida, BSW, MSW

Disa Almeida is the creator and facilitator of Embodied: A Circle for Women and Femmes. Based on somatic practices designed to help uncover deep longings and align actions towards what you care about.  Disa is completing the Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach Certification Program and working toward an International Coaching Federation credential. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work and brings experience in community practice, crisis response, programs supporting children and families, and women’s group facilitation.

Disa’s approach is grounded in care, consent, choice, curiosity, and respect for difference. As a Latina born and raised in Canada, she understands women’s lives in context—shaped by our relationships, cultures, histories, identities, and social conditions. Through her circles, she invites women and femmes to slow down, listen to themselves and one another, and explore what they feel, carry, need, and long for.

Somatics is part of Disa’s daily life as well as her professional practice. She is committed to creating spaces where people can participate at their own pace, connect with greater intention, and bring more of themselves into how they live and relate.

Dissolve

Dissolve is a deeply calming and grounding moving meditation for quieting the mind and softening tension and expanding contraction through focused awareness. Rather than stretching, striving or forcing the body, we learn to soften from within, allowing what feels held or bound to dissolve like ice melting into water.

Drawing from practices and teachings including qigong, tai chi and yoga, Jordan uses breath, body scanning, imagery, subtle movement and exploratory communication to guide each person into their own experience. The practice responds to what is present within the individual and the room, which means no two classes are ever quite the same.

As contraction begins to release and the mind grows quieter, we become more present to sensation, movement and the spaciousness within and all around us. This can help settle the nervous system, restore a sense of groundedness and allow energy to move more freely through the body.

Dissolve is inclusive and accessible to beginners, with no previous experience needed. Each person is invited to explore the practice at their own pace and work with their body exactly as it is.

Jordan Chemerys

Jordan Chemerys is a practitioner of eastern arts through the line of notable teachers. A training journey that started in 2012, Jordan has the philosophical roots in Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and modern psychology, and embraces the variety of nature as it arises.

Through periods of deep work and focus, and periods of trial and tribulation, Jordan has come to have faith in the arts as a potent and powerful way to cultivate a patient, enduring, joyful relationship to life.  

Teaching Dissolve Arts, running a Dissolve Treatment practice, and facilitating workshops, Jordan hopes to inspire heroic mindsets, embodied resilience, expansiveness, joy, and clarity.

Men's Connection Circle

This circle is a space for men to slow down, be fully heard, and connect honestly with what is present in their lives. We work with emotional awareness, personal responsibility, and heart-based reflection in a way that supports healing and growth. This is not a fixing space. It is a witnessing space where you will safely express yourself together. 

This men’s circle is hosted by Paz Ciuk and Bernard Verkaaik, who will work with the Paz&Flow Connection to Self method, a structure that guides all participants to develop two skills: process emotions in a healthy and empowering capacity, and also practise being available to hold another person in a grounded and compassionate way. In his practice with individuals, couples and groups, Paz has discovered that this method is integral and impeccable at restoring peace, and bringing clarity as to how to proceed when connecting and communicating with others.

Paz Ciuk

Originally from Mexico City, in Canada since 2010. Paz is the visionary and creator of Resonance. His daily work entails supporting individuals, couples and groups in developing their mental and emotional intelligence, in order to deal with all circumstances of life from a positive place. Paz is a Reiki Master, Astrologer, Post-Academic, Drummer, DJ and Meditation Teacher. His methodologies and approaches always focus on providing resources for others to activate their potential and master the flow of life. 

Bernard Verkaaik

Bernard has been a facilitator of many Healers Lab gatherings and founder of Quantum Calm, a healing practice focused on grounding, emotional regulation, and heart-centered awareness.

Structure of the Evening (2 hours)

1. Welcome & Introductions (10–15 min)

2. Grounding Meditation (5–10 min)

3. Sharing Rounds (70–80 min)

4. Closing Round (10 min)

Skip the Small Talk Social Club 55+

Skip the Small Talk Social Club 55+ is a guided weekly gathering for those craving meaningful conversation, creative exploration, and a more genuine sense of community.

Each session offers a thoughtful mix of engaging prompts, shared reflection, gentle movement, and creative activities designed to spark curiosity and make connecting feel natural. There is no pressure to perform or reveal more than feels comfortable. You are invited to participate at your own pace as you listen, create, laugh, exchange ideas, and discover new points of connection.

Guided by educator, sculptor, and creative visionary Fran Bouwman, the experience engages the whole person: mind, body, heart, and spirit. Drawing from more than twenty years of teaching across art, theatre, philosophy, healthy living, and history, Fran creates an atmosphere where curiosity is welcomed, personal expression is encouraged, and every voice matters.

Whether you arrive ready to share or simply curious to see what unfolds, Skip the Small Talk offers a warm and refreshing alternative to surface-level socializing. Come as you are, meet new people, explore something different, and leave feeling inspired, supported, and a little more connected each week.

Fran Bouwman

Fran Bouwman is an educator, sculptor, and creative visionary who brings curiosity and love into every space she teaches. For over twenty years, she has inspired students in art, theatre, philosophy, healthy living, and history — helping them connect knowledge with personal expression. Blending education with artistry, Fran’s work as an educational consultant and performer celebrates body awareness, imagination, and self-discovery. She believes learning is most powerful when it engages the whole being — mind, body, heart, and spirit working together.

8 week program

Tuesdays - starting Oct. 20

Remote Viewing Level 2: Expanding Your Perception

Go deeper. See clearer. Explore further.

Remote Viewing Level 2 moves beyond individual blind targets to explore how intuitive perception can be refined, tested, and applied.

Led by Josh Maitland, this course will help you gather clearer, more detailed impressions and better understand the unique ways intuitive information presents itself to you. Through guided exercises and independent practice targets, you will compare what you perceived with the actual outcome, using feedback to recognize patterns, strengthen accuracy, and distinguish intuitive information from imagination or analytical thought.

As the course progresses, you will experiment with predicting future news events and explore Associative Remote Viewing, a method that connects different target images to possible outcomes. You will also discover practical applications for remote viewing, including personal inner work and experiments involving financial market outcomes.

Guided classes alternate with independent practice weeks, giving you time to complete targets, observe results, and integrate each new technique before moving forward. Additional materials and a follow-up Q&A will support you as your practice continues to develop.

Your perception has more to show you.

This course is designed for those who have completed Intro to Remote Viewing with Josh Maitland or have equivalent foundational experience.

Josh Maitland

Josh Maitland is an environmental engineer, producer, bass player, and certified intuition teacher whose work brings together analytical thinking, creativity, and a lifelong exploration of consciousness.

Josh has participated in remote viewing research projects alongside highly experienced practitioners and has presented live seminars for scientists, engineers, artists, and curious minds of all kinds. His teaching is shaped by his own intuitive development journey and a desire to help others access the deeper intelligence already present within them.

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Open Minds

A place for kids to move, create, play and discover just how powerful their minds can be.

Led by educator and Open Minds founder Morgan D’Aloisio, each week brings a playful mix of yoga and movement, mindset practices, emotional freedom tapping, group games, creative expression and plenty of room to explore.

Morgan creates an environment where kids can be themselves, try new things and build confidence in who they are. Through movement, creativity and play, they’ll practice recognizing their emotions, understanding the connection between their thoughts, words and feelings, and using simple tools they can bring into everyday life.

After a full day of school, it’s time to shake things out, get creative, connect with others and have some fun.

*Cost is never a barrier. We’re open to trades and exchanges too. Reach out ahead of time and we will figure it out together.

*Want to join but can’t make every week? No problem! Reach out to us at hello@resonancecollingwood.ca and we can work out an option that fits your schedule. 

Morgan D’Aloisio

Morgan is an educator, movement facilitator and the founder of Open Minds, a youth program created to help young people build confidence, self awareness and a stronger connection to themselves and the world around them.

With a background in education and more than eight years of experience in movement, mindfulness and embodied practices, Morgan brings together tools that support the whole child. Through movement, meditation, creative exploration, conversation and hands on learning, she helps young people develop skills for navigating emotions, expressing themselves, building resilience and discovering their own strengths.

Morgan’s approach is deeply informed by her own experience as a student who struggled within traditional learning environments. Rather than seeing children through a single definition of intelligence or success, she recognizes that every child learns, communicates and connects differently. Her work encourages young people to explore what they are passionate about, understand how they learn best and develop confidence in what they uniquely have to offer.

At the heart of Open Minds is the belief that some of the most important things we can teach children extend beyond the classroom: how to understand themselves, care for their minds and bodies, connect with others, think openly and move through life with greater confidence and possibility.

Nia Movement Class

Nia is a joyful movement practice that blends dance, martial arts and healing arts into a full-body experience set to music. Moving between expressive choreography, grounded strength, playful freedom and moments of stillness, each class invites you to energize your body, quiet your mind and reconnect with yourself.

Nia is a fusion of dance (Jazz, Modern, Duncan dance), martial arts (tai chi, tae kwon-do, and aikido) and the healing arts (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and yoga), blended to create an experience which nurtures the body, the mind, the spirit and the emotions.

There is no pressure to keep up or move a certain way. You are encouraged to listen to your body, adapt each movement and find what feels good for you. The experience can be energizing, freeing and deeply restorative, offering space to build strength, mobility, balance and body awareness while rediscovering the simple pleasure of movement.

Guided by Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor Vita Wind, whose 20 years of teaching bring fluidity, warmth and plenty of laughter to every class. Vita creates a welcoming environment where movement feels less like exercise and more like a celebration.

No dance experience is needed. Come as you are and move in your body’s way.

Vita Wind

Vita Wind is a Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor celebrating her 20th year of teaching. A lifelong passion for dance and movement have motivated her to be physical all her life. With experience in Modern Dance, Tai Chi and Yoga, she energizes her classes with this passion and infuses them with fluidity and grace.

Vita’s classes are fun and full of laughter, and students say they enjoy the sense of community and the welcoming environment she creates. She takes Nia seriously and her observations in the progress of her students, combined with her ongoing studies in movement and health, have convinced her that joyful, fun movement can alleviate and sometimes eliminate, physical and mental symptoms of ill health.

“Many years ago, I joined a Nia class out of curiosity and left a convert. There was no looking back, and Nia classes became part of my weekly routine. Not only did Nia release my stress (from a corporate world), but it reconnected me to my body and helped me heal a problematic back. I loved Nia from the start, for the dance, the music, the connection to self, the connection to spirit, and the healing that I experienced both in soothing my mind and healing my body. I have met the most wonderful people through Nia, and now many of them are my true and dearest friends.”

The physical activity of Nia can be a joy and a pleasure, and when you feel joyful you become well. Why would you NOT want to be a part of Nia?

Vita has taught classes, workshops and retreats from Toronto to Grey/Simcoe to Mexico, and collaborated with teachers from many different disciplines. Vita welcomes you to any of her classes, full sessions, workshops and events.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Ecstatic Dance

Step into your Sundays with movement.

Ecstatic Dance is an open floor, a space to arrive as you are and drop into the body. No choreography, no expectations, just rhythm, breath, and the freedom to move in your own way.

Guided by Paz, each session begins with a brief astrological insight into the week ahead, offering optional cues to explore through movement. From there, his Inner Wave Activation journey unfolds, inspired by 5Rhythms, moving from stillness into flow, building energy, release, creative expression, and softening back into rest.

With layered world music, electronic soundscapes, and live drumming, Paz shapes the experience in real time, creating a dynamic, full-body journey that supports both exploration and integration.

This is a non-judgemental, inclusive space. Move, rest, journal, or simply be, you choose your experience.

Dj Paz

Paz is a prolific DJ, drummer, percussionist, and multimedia event organizer. Originally from Mexico City, he has been vibing in Canada for the past 15 years. Throughout his time in Canada he has been leading and co-creating inclusive projects in the world of the arts, culture and spirituality, providing platforms for artists and creatives to emerge and share his gifts with his community. Paz is currently based in Collingwood, ON, where he hosts a variety of events. 

In his 20 years of DJing, Paz has performed in different festivals in Canada like Solstice, Future Forest, Sonic Springs, Bloom, as well as performing in a variety of clubs, underground parties and ecstatic dance events locally, in Mexico and the U.S. As a DJ he has spun and explored a variety of genres and styles.

Skip the Small Talk Social Club 55+

Skip the Small Talk Social Club 55+ is a guided weekly gathering for those craving meaningful conversation, creative exploration, and a more genuine sense of community.

Each session offers a thoughtful mix of engaging prompts, shared reflection, gentle movement, and creative activities designed to spark curiosity and make connecting feel natural. There is no pressure to perform or reveal more than feels comfortable. You are invited to participate at your own pace as you listen, create, laugh, exchange ideas, and discover new points of connection.

Guided by educator, sculptor, and creative visionary Fran Bouwman, the experience engages the whole person: mind, body, heart, and spirit. Drawing from more than twenty years of teaching across art, theatre, philosophy, healthy living, and history, Fran creates an atmosphere where curiosity is welcomed, personal expression is encouraged, and every voice matters.

Whether you arrive ready to share or simply curious to see what unfolds, Skip the Small Talk offers a warm and refreshing alternative to surface-level socializing. Come as you are, meet new people, explore something different, and leave feeling inspired, supported, and a little more connected each week.

Fran Bouwman

Fran Bouwman is an educator, sculptor, and creative visionary who brings curiosity and love into every space she teaches. For over twenty years, she has inspired students in art, theatre, philosophy, healthy living, and history — helping them connect knowledge with personal expression. Blending education with artistry, Fran’s work as an educational consultant and performer celebrates body awareness, imagination, and self-discovery. She believes learning is most powerful when it engages the whole being — mind, body, heart, and spirit working together.

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Open Minds

A place for kids to move, create, play and discover just how powerful their minds can be.

Led by educator and Open Minds founder Morgan D’Aloisio, each week brings a playful mix of yoga and movement, mindset practices, emotional freedom tapping, group games, creative expression and plenty of room to explore.

Morgan creates an environment where kids can be themselves, try new things and build confidence in who they are. Through movement, creativity and play, they’ll practice recognizing their emotions, understanding the connection between their thoughts, words and feelings, and using simple tools they can bring into everyday life.

After a full day of school, it’s time to shake things out, get creative, connect with others and have some fun.

*Cost is never a barrier. We’re open to trades and exchanges too. Reach out ahead of time and we will figure it out together.

*Want to join but can’t make every week? No problem! Reach out to us at hello@resonancecollingwood.ca and we can work out an option that fits your schedule. 

Morgan D’Aloisio

Morgan is an educator, movement facilitator and the founder of Open Minds, a youth program created to help young people build confidence, self awareness and a stronger connection to themselves and the world around them.

With a background in education and more than eight years of experience in movement, mindfulness and embodied practices, Morgan brings together tools that support the whole child. Through movement, meditation, creative exploration, conversation and hands on learning, she helps young people develop skills for navigating emotions, expressing themselves, building resilience and discovering their own strengths.

Morgan’s approach is deeply informed by her own experience as a student who struggled within traditional learning environments. Rather than seeing children through a single definition of intelligence or success, she recognizes that every child learns, communicates and connects differently. Her work encourages young people to explore what they are passionate about, understand how they learn best and develop confidence in what they uniquely have to offer.

At the heart of Open Minds is the belief that some of the most important things we can teach children extend beyond the classroom: how to understand themselves, care for their minds and bodies, connect with others, think openly and move through life with greater confidence and possibility.

Nia Movement Class

Nia is a joyful movement practice that blends dance, martial arts and healing arts into a full-body experience set to music. Moving between expressive choreography, grounded strength, playful freedom and moments of stillness, each class invites you to energize your body, quiet your mind and reconnect with yourself.

Nia is a fusion of dance (Jazz, Modern, Duncan dance), martial arts (tai chi, tae kwon-do, and aikido) and the healing arts (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and yoga), blended to create an experience which nurtures the body, the mind, the spirit and the emotions.

There is no pressure to keep up or move a certain way. You are encouraged to listen to your body, adapt each movement and find what feels good for you. The experience can be energizing, freeing and deeply restorative, offering space to build strength, mobility, balance and body awareness while rediscovering the simple pleasure of movement.

Guided by Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor Vita Wind, whose 20 years of teaching bring fluidity, warmth and plenty of laughter to every class. Vita creates a welcoming environment where movement feels less like exercise and more like a celebration.

No dance experience is needed. Come as you are and move in your body’s way.

Vita Wind

Vita Wind is a Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor celebrating her 20th year of teaching. A lifelong passion for dance and movement have motivated her to be physical all her life. With experience in Modern Dance, Tai Chi and Yoga, she energizes her classes with this passion and infuses them with fluidity and grace.

Vita’s classes are fun and full of laughter, and students say they enjoy the sense of community and the welcoming environment she creates. She takes Nia seriously and her observations in the progress of her students, combined with her ongoing studies in movement and health, have convinced her that joyful, fun movement can alleviate and sometimes eliminate, physical and mental symptoms of ill health.

“Many years ago, I joined a Nia class out of curiosity and left a convert. There was no looking back, and Nia classes became part of my weekly routine. Not only did Nia release my stress (from a corporate world), but it reconnected me to my body and helped me heal a problematic back. I loved Nia from the start, for the dance, the music, the connection to self, the connection to spirit, and the healing that I experienced both in soothing my mind and healing my body. I have met the most wonderful people through Nia, and now many of them are my true and dearest friends.”

The physical activity of Nia can be a joy and a pleasure, and when you feel joyful you become well. Why would you NOT want to be a part of Nia?

Vita has taught classes, workshops and retreats from Toronto to Grey/Simcoe to Mexico, and collaborated with teachers from many different disciplines. Vita welcomes you to any of her classes, full sessions, workshops and events.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Ecstatic Dance

Step into your Sundays with movement.

Ecstatic Dance is an open floor, a space to arrive as you are and drop into the body. No choreography, no expectations, just rhythm, breath, and the freedom to move in your own way.

Guided by Paz, each session begins with a brief astrological insight into the week ahead, offering optional cues to explore through movement. From there, his Inner Wave Activation journey unfolds, inspired by 5Rhythms, moving from stillness into flow, building energy, release, creative expression, and softening back into rest.

With layered world music, electronic soundscapes, and live drumming, Paz shapes the experience in real time, creating a dynamic, full-body journey that supports both exploration and integration.

This is a non-judgemental, inclusive space. Move, rest, journal, or simply be, you choose your experience.

Dj Paz

Paz is a prolific DJ, drummer, percussionist, and multimedia event organizer. Originally from Mexico City, he has been vibing in Canada for the past 15 years. Throughout his time in Canada he has been leading and co-creating inclusive projects in the world of the arts, culture and spirituality, providing platforms for artists and creatives to emerge and share his gifts with his community. Paz is currently based in Collingwood, ON, where he hosts a variety of events. 

In his 20 years of DJing, Paz has performed in different festivals in Canada like Solstice, Future Forest, Sonic Springs, Bloom, as well as performing in a variety of clubs, underground parties and ecstatic dance events locally, in Mexico and the U.S. As a DJ he has spun and explored a variety of genres and styles.

Embodied: A Circle for Women & Femmes

We gather as women and femmes to share, to support and to remember.

Embodied is a space to slow down and listen more closely to what we feel, what we carry, what we need and what we long for.

Many of us have learned to prioritize the needs of others, keep going regardless of what we are carrying, make ourselves smaller or set aside our own feelings and needs. Within the circle, we explore how gendered expectations, relationships, culture, inherited patterns and social conditions shape the ways we respond, relate and move through our lives, without assuming that our experiences are the same.

Rooted in somatics, each gathering includes centering, body awareness, gentle movement, guided reflection, creative expression and intentional conversation. These practices invite us to listen to the wisdom within and among us, uncover deeper longings and explore how our choices and actions might come into closer alignment with what matters most.

This is not a space for fixing one another. It is a space to witness and be witnessed, connect with greater intention and bring more of ourselves into how we live and relate.

Care, consent, choice, privacy and respect for difference are central to the circle. You are welcome to participate at your own pace, with no pressure to speak, move in a particular way or share more than you choose.

No previous experience with somatics or group circles is required. This biweekly, two hour open circle welcomes 6 to 10 participants. Attend once or return regularly; each gathering stands on its own.

Disa Almeida, BSW, MSW

Disa Almeida is the creator and facilitator of Embodied: A Circle for Women and Femmes. Based on somatic practices designed to help uncover deep longings and align actions towards what you care about.  Disa is completing the Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach Certification Program and working toward an International Coaching Federation credential. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work and brings experience in community practice, crisis response, programs supporting children and families, and women’s group facilitation.

Disa’s approach is grounded in care, consent, choice, curiosity, and respect for difference. As a Latina born and raised in Canada, she understands women’s lives in context—shaped by our relationships, cultures, histories, identities, and social conditions. Through her circles, she invites women and femmes to slow down, listen to themselves and one another, and explore what they feel, carry, need, and long for.

Somatics is part of Disa’s daily life as well as her professional practice. She is committed to creating spaces where people can participate at their own pace, connect with greater intention, and bring more of themselves into how they live and relate.

Dissolve

Dissolve is a deeply calming and grounding moving meditation for quieting the mind and softening tension and expanding contraction through focused awareness. Rather than stretching, striving or forcing the body, we learn to soften from within, allowing what feels held or bound to dissolve like ice melting into water.

Drawing from practices and teachings including qigong, tai chi and yoga, Jordan uses breath, body scanning, imagery, subtle movement and exploratory communication to guide each person into their own experience. The practice responds to what is present within the individual and the room, which means no two classes are ever quite the same.

As contraction begins to release and the mind grows quieter, we become more present to sensation, movement and the spaciousness within and all around us. This can help settle the nervous system, restore a sense of groundedness and allow energy to move more freely through the body.

Dissolve is inclusive and accessible to beginners, with no previous experience needed. Each person is invited to explore the practice at their own pace and work with their body exactly as it is.

Jordan Chemerys

Jordan Chemerys is a practitioner of eastern arts through the line of notable teachers. A training journey that started in 2012, Jordan has the philosophical roots in Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and modern psychology, and embraces the variety of nature as it arises.

Through periods of deep work and focus, and periods of trial and tribulation, Jordan has come to have faith in the arts as a potent and powerful way to cultivate a patient, enduring, joyful relationship to life.  

Teaching Dissolve Arts, running a Dissolve Treatment practice, and facilitating workshops, Jordan hopes to inspire heroic mindsets, embodied resilience, expansiveness, joy, and clarity.

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

Join us to tune into the energy of this special day and connect in community with the love and wisdom of our ancestors.

This Día de los Muertos will be an honouring and celebration of life. (Please read the whole event description so you're aware of all the possibilities at play.)

Paz has organized and produced multiple events to commemorate this special date for many years, in different contexts. This time around, the event will introduce some to this Mexican tradition that has gained much attention on the planet, and will offer a unique perspective to those who already know and love this yearly ritual.

The vibe for this event will be loving, mindful, playful, intentional, co-creative and inclusive. The space will be fully decorated for the occasion. Arrive, connect with the altar, and send a message through the portal of this special day. We'll begin with a storytelling open mic to settle into the vibe of this celebration, then meditate to connect with the loving and creative energy of our amazing selves, and finally dance to integrate this whimsical experience in our bodies through a joyful live performance featuring an outstanding Latin American band playing traditional Mexican songs for the occasion. Healthy, locally-made, delicious snacks will be provided for the experience!

Get your tickets in advance — this event sells out every year. See ticket prices below: the earlier you get your ticket, the more you support us with logistics, and the lower the price.

*No one will be rejected for lack of funds — we're always open to exchanges and trades, so reach out in advance if this is your situation, at hello@resonancecollingwood.ca

Special pricing for children, yes, they are invited and welcomed to attend!

Costumes in the spirit of Día de los Muertos are encouraged. Not sure what to wear? Just wear black or white to represent the play of the two forces of light and dark, and paint your face! Try to keep it simple so it's easy to dance and groove around.

There will be an altar inspired by the traditional Mexican one, using some of its elements as well. The altar will be interactive, so you'll be able to contribute to its presence. Alongside the altar, the installation will include different activities to engage with and learn more about this special day.

*Storytelling: if you're interested in sharing a 2–5 minute story, anecdote, or anything in relation to honouring your ancestors/loved ones, working with the energy of letting go, or recognizing and shining a light on something you weren't aware of before — the possibilities are endless. We do ask that you keep to the loving, respectful energy of the event. If you have any questions, let us know. Sign up via email for storytelling early, before the slots fill up — if your sharing has a title, please include it along with the expected duration. Send your submission to hello@resonancecollingwood.ca

Cassava Latin Band will be playing traditional Mexican music for this special event. Check their bio for more details — this is a truly talented band you don't want to miss! Link to Bio

Sound for the beginning and ending of the event will be curated by Dauri Cems. Music will mainly be from Latin America, including old and new sounds. Dauri Cems has more than 15 years of experience performing across a variety of festivals, ecstatic dances, clubs and other events. Check out Dauri Cems here: mixcloud.com/dauricems/forest-summer-time-prep-2022/

Feel free to email us if you have any questions, or if you feel inspired to contribute something else to the event

Please share this event with others who may benefit or find it nourishing for their being.

Much love and light! Very excited to share this experience with you soon!

Men's Connection Circle

This circle is a space for men to slow down, be fully heard, and connect honestly with what is present in their lives. We work with emotional awareness, personal responsibility, and heart-based reflection in a way that supports healing and growth. This is not a fixing space. It is a witnessing space where you will safely express yourself together. 

This men’s circle is hosted by Paz Ciuk and Bernard Verkaaik, who will work with the Paz&Flow Connection to Self method, a structure that guides all participants to develop two skills: process emotions in a healthy and empowering capacity, and also practise being available to hold another person in a grounded and compassionate way. In his practice with individuals, couples and groups, Paz has discovered that this method is integral and impeccable at restoring peace, and bringing clarity as to how to proceed when connecting and communicating with others.

Paz Ciuk

Originally from Mexico City, in Canada since 2010. Paz is the visionary and creator of Resonance. His daily work entails supporting individuals, couples and groups in developing their mental and emotional intelligence, in order to deal with all circumstances of life from a positive place. Paz is a Reiki Master, Astrologer, Post-Academic, Drummer, DJ and Meditation Teacher. His methodologies and approaches always focus on providing resources for others to activate their potential and master the flow of life.

Bernard Verkaaik

Bernard has been a facilitator of many Healers Lab gatherings and founder of Quantum Calm, a healing practice focused on grounding, emotional regulation, and heart-centered awareness.

Structure of the Evening (2 hours)

1. Welcome & Introductions (10–15 min)

2. Grounding Meditation (5–10 min)

3. Sharing Rounds (70–80 min)

4. Closing Round (10 min)

Skip the Small Talk Social Club 55+

Skip the Small Talk Social Club 55+ is a guided weekly gathering for those craving meaningful conversation, creative exploration, and a more genuine sense of community.

Each session offers a thoughtful mix of engaging prompts, shared reflection, gentle movement, and creative activities designed to spark curiosity and make connecting feel natural. There is no pressure to perform or reveal more than feels comfortable. You are invited to participate at your own pace as you listen, create, laugh, exchange ideas, and discover new points of connection.

Guided by educator, sculptor, and creative visionary Fran Bouwman, the experience engages the whole person: mind, body, heart, and spirit. Drawing from more than twenty years of teaching across art, theatre, philosophy, healthy living, and history, Fran creates an atmosphere where curiosity is welcomed, personal expression is encouraged, and every voice matters.

Whether you arrive ready to share or simply curious to see what unfolds, Skip the Small Talk offers a warm and refreshing alternative to surface-level socializing. Come as you are, meet new people, explore something different, and leave feeling inspired, supported, and a little more connected each week.

Fran Bouwman

Fran Bouwman is an educator, sculptor, and creative visionary who brings curiosity and love into every space she teaches. For over twenty years, she has inspired students in art, theatre, philosophy, healthy living, and history — helping them connect knowledge with personal expression. Blending education with artistry, Fran’s work as an educational consultant and performer celebrates body awareness, imagination, and self-discovery. She believes learning is most powerful when it engages the whole being — mind, body, heart, and spirit working together.

8 week program

Tuesdays - starting Oct. 20

Remote Viewing Level 2: Expanding Your Perception

Go deeper. See clearer. Explore further.

Remote Viewing Level 2 moves beyond individual blind targets to explore how intuitive perception can be refined, tested, and applied.

Led by Josh Maitland, this course will help you gather clearer, more detailed impressions and better understand the unique ways intuitive information presents itself to you. Through guided exercises and independent practice targets, you will compare what you perceived with the actual outcome, using feedback to recognize patterns, strengthen accuracy, and distinguish intuitive information from imagination or analytical thought.

As the course progresses, you will experiment with predicting future news events and explore Associative Remote Viewing, a method that connects different target images to possible outcomes. You will also discover practical applications for remote viewing, including personal inner work and experiments involving financial market outcomes.

Guided classes alternate with independent practice weeks, giving you time to complete targets, observe results, and integrate each new technique before moving forward. Additional materials and a follow-up Q&A will support you as your practice continues to develop.

Your perception has more to show you.

This course is designed for those who have completed Intro to Remote Viewing with Josh Maitland or have equivalent foundational experience.

Josh Maitland

Josh Maitland is an environmental engineer, producer, bass player, and certified intuition teacher whose work brings together analytical thinking, creativity, and a lifelong exploration of consciousness.

Josh has participated in remote viewing research projects alongside highly experienced practitioners and has presented live seminars for scientists, engineers, artists, and curious minds of all kinds. His teaching is shaped by his own intuitive development journey and a desire to help others access the deeper intelligence already present within them.

This 8 week series has already begun, sign ups are closed now, stay tuned for the next one!

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Open Minds

A place for kids to move, create, play and discover just how powerful their minds can be.

Led by educator and Open Minds founder Morgan D’Aloisio, each week brings a playful mix of yoga and movement, mindset practices, emotional freedom tapping, group games, creative expression and plenty of room to explore.

Morgan creates an environment where kids can be themselves, try new things and build confidence in who they are. Through movement, creativity and play, they’ll practice recognizing their emotions, understanding the connection between their thoughts, words and feelings, and using simple tools they can bring into everyday life.

After a full day of school, it’s time to shake things out, get creative, connect with others and have some fun.

*Cost is never a barrier. We’re open to trades and exchanges too. Reach out ahead of time and we will figure it out together.

*Want to join but can’t make every week? No problem! Reach out to us at hello@resonancecollingwood.ca and we can work out an option that fits your schedule. 

Morgan D’Aloisio

Morgan is an educator, movement facilitator and the founder of Open Minds, a youth program created to help young people build confidence, self awareness and a stronger connection to themselves and the world around them.

With a background in education and more than eight years of experience in movement, mindfulness and embodied practices, Morgan brings together tools that support the whole child. Through movement, meditation, creative exploration, conversation and hands on learning, she helps young people develop skills for navigating emotions, expressing themselves, building resilience and discovering their own strengths.

Morgan’s approach is deeply informed by her own experience as a student who struggled within traditional learning environments. Rather than seeing children through a single definition of intelligence or success, she recognizes that every child learns, communicates and connects differently. Her work encourages young people to explore what they are passionate about, understand how they learn best and develop confidence in what they uniquely have to offer.

At the heart of Open Minds is the belief that some of the most important things we can teach children extend beyond the classroom: how to understand themselves, care for their minds and bodies, connect with others, think openly and move through life with greater confidence and possibility.

Nia Movement Class

Nia is a joyful movement practice that blends dance, martial arts and healing arts into a full-body experience set to music. Moving between expressive choreography, grounded strength, playful freedom and moments of stillness, each class invites you to energize your body, quiet your mind and reconnect with yourself.

Nia is a fusion of dance (Jazz, Modern, Duncan dance), martial arts (tai chi, tae kwon-do, and aikido) and the healing arts (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and yoga), blended to create an experience which nurtures the body, the mind, the spirit and the emotions.

There is no pressure to keep up or move a certain way. You are encouraged to listen to your body, adapt each movement and find what feels good for you. The experience can be energizing, freeing and deeply restorative, offering space to build strength, mobility, balance and body awareness while rediscovering the simple pleasure of movement.

Guided by Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor Vita Wind, whose 20 years of teaching bring fluidity, warmth and plenty of laughter to every class. Vita creates a welcoming environment where movement feels less like exercise and more like a celebration.

No dance experience is needed. Come as you are and move in your body’s way.

Vita Wind

Vita Wind is a Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor celebrating her 20th year of teaching. A lifelong passion for dance and movement have motivated her to be physical all her life. With experience in Modern Dance, Tai Chi and Yoga, she energizes her classes with this passion and infuses them with fluidity and grace.

Vita’s classes are fun and full of laughter, and students say they enjoy the sense of community and the welcoming environment she creates. She takes Nia seriously and her observations in the progress of her students, combined with her ongoing studies in movement and health, have convinced her that joyful, fun movement can alleviate and sometimes eliminate, physical and mental symptoms of ill health.

“Many years ago, I joined a Nia class out of curiosity and left a convert. There was no looking back, and Nia classes became part of my weekly routine. Not only did Nia release my stress (from a corporate world), but it reconnected me to my body and helped me heal a problematic back. I loved Nia from the start, for the dance, the music, the connection to self, the connection to spirit, and the healing that I experienced both in soothing my mind and healing my body. I have met the most wonderful people through Nia, and now many of them are my true and dearest friends.”

The physical activity of Nia can be a joy and a pleasure, and when you feel joyful you become well. Why would you NOT want to be a part of Nia?

Vita has taught classes, workshops and retreats from Toronto to Grey/Simcoe to Mexico, and collaborated with teachers from many different disciplines. Vita welcomes you to any of her classes, full sessions, workshops and events.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Ecstatic Dance

Step into your Sundays with movement.

Ecstatic Dance is an open floor, a space to arrive as you are and drop into the body. No choreography, no expectations, just rhythm, breath, and the freedom to move in your own way.

Guided by Paz, each session begins with a brief astrological insight into the week ahead, offering optional cues to explore through movement. From there, his Inner Wave Activation journey unfolds, inspired by 5Rhythms, moving from stillness into flow, building energy, release, creative expression, and softening back into rest.

With layered world music, electronic soundscapes, and live drumming, Paz shapes the experience in real time, creating a dynamic, full-body journey that supports both exploration and integration.

This is a non-judgemental, inclusive space. Move, rest, journal, or simply be, you choose your experience.

Dj Paz

Paz is a prolific DJ, drummer, percussionist, and multimedia event organizer. Originally from Mexico City, he has been vibing in Canada for the past 15 years. Throughout his time in Canada he has been leading and co-creating inclusive projects in the world of the arts, culture and spirituality, providing platforms for artists and creatives to emerge and share his gifts with his community. Paz is currently based in Collingwood, ON, where he hosts a variety of events. 

In his 20 years of DJing, Paz has performed in different festivals in Canada like Solstice, Future Forest, Sonic Springs, Bloom, as well as performing in a variety of clubs, underground parties and ecstatic dance events locally, in Mexico and the U.S. As a DJ he has spun and explored a variety of genres and styles.

Circle Blessings

Circle Blessings is an intentional, light, meaningful, and fun creative workshop devoted to one of the most powerful shapes we know: the circle.

Across cultures and eras, the circle has symbolized wholeness, unity, protection, infinity, cycles, the womb, the sun and moon, community, ritual, and return. In our own lives, the circle can also represent something deeply personal: a portal, a promise, a healing space, a new beginning, or a gentle coming back to ourselves.

Through painting, poetry, and visualization, we will honour the Circle as a sacred symbol—exploring what this shape represents, and its significance universally and individually—and then bring that meaning into form through an intentional creation process.

Join Chantal Wolf and Paz Ciuk for a warm, supportive creative experience where you’ll learn the deeper meaning of the circle while also using it to create a piece of art you’ll bring home with you.

In this 2-hour journey, you can expect:

• A welcoming opening circle to arrive, set intentions, and learn about this powerful shape and its possibilities.

• A guided visualization to connect with the circle as symbol and teacher

• A beginner-friendly intentional painting and writing process using the circle as your foundation

• Optional sharing in a non-judgmental, supportive space

• A closing blessing to seal what you’ve created and reflect on what it means for you

This workshop isn’t about “being good at art.” It’s about letting the circle guide you—and allowing creativity to become a portal for reflection, release, and renewal.

What you’ll take home

• A finished (or beautifully started) circle-inspired art piece with a shor piece of original poetry (or text that feels true and alive)

• A felt sense of wholeness, clarity, and creative momentum—plus a simple practice you can return to anytime: circle as a manifestation technology!

All materials are included in the ticket price. We’ll provide watercolors, markers, and liquid gel pens, so you can simply arrive as you are and create.

This workshop is for you if you want:

• A nourishing, uplifting creative experience that’s gentle and intentional

• A way to reconnect with yourself through art and words

• A guided space to explore meaning, symbolism, and personal insight

• A “soft reset” moment—without pressure, performance, or perfection

All levels welcome—from first-time painters/writers to experienced creatives.

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Open Minds

A place for kids to move, create, play and discover just how powerful their minds can be.

Led by educator and Open Minds founder Morgan D’Aloisio, each week brings a playful mix of yoga and movement, mindset practices, emotional freedom tapping, group games, creative expression and plenty of room to explore.

Morgan creates an environment where kids can be themselves, try new things and build confidence in who they are. Through movement, creativity and play, they’ll practice recognizing their emotions, understanding the connection between their thoughts, words and feelings, and using simple tools they can bring into everyday life.

After a full day of school, it’s time to shake things out, get creative, connect with others and have some fun.

*Cost is never a barrier. We’re open to trades and exchanges too. Reach out ahead of time and we will figure it out together.

*Want to join but can’t make every week? No problem! Reach out to us at hello@resonancecollingwood.ca and we can work out an option that fits your schedule. 

Morgan D’Aloisio

Morgan is an educator, movement facilitator and the founder of Open Minds, a youth program created to help young people build confidence, self awareness and a stronger connection to themselves and the world around them.

With a background in education and more than eight years of experience in movement, mindfulness and embodied practices, Morgan brings together tools that support the whole child. Through movement, meditation, creative exploration, conversation and hands on learning, she helps young people develop skills for navigating emotions, expressing themselves, building resilience and discovering their own strengths.

Morgan’s approach is deeply informed by her own experience as a student who struggled within traditional learning environments. Rather than seeing children through a single definition of intelligence or success, she recognizes that every child learns, communicates and connects differently. Her work encourages young people to explore what they are passionate about, understand how they learn best and develop confidence in what they uniquely have to offer.

At the heart of Open Minds is the belief that some of the most important things we can teach children extend beyond the classroom: how to understand themselves, care for their minds and bodies, connect with others, think openly and move through life with greater confidence and possibility.

Foundations of Drumming

An introduction to hand drumming technique, rhythm, coordination, and musical foundations.

Designed for both complete beginners and experienced drummers, this series focuses on the core techniques and rhythmic foundations that support all drumming and music. Through hand drumming, participants develop coordination, timing, muscle memory, stamina, and control while building a stronger relationship with rhythm from the ground up.

Starting with guided exercises that activate and strengthen the supporting muscle groups used in drumming, participants will build dexterity, endurance, and proper technique while learning foundational rhythms and time signatures. The series also explores listening skills, consistency, and the ability to stay grounded and focused within layered rhythmic environments.

For newer drummers, this class offers a strong technical foundation. For more experienced players, it provides an opportunity to refine technique, unlearn limiting habits, and strengthen the fundamentals that support greater fluidity, precision, and growth over time.

Rooted in repetition, coordination, and active listening, this is a practical, hands-on approach to developing rhythm, focus, and musical confidence within a supportive group environment. As participants build comfort with foundational rhythms, the series also creates space for creative exploration and improvisation, offering opportunities to both hold the rhythm and explore their own voice within it.

Please bring a drum if you have one. A limited number of drums will be available for those who need them.

This class is ‘pay what you can’ with a suggested donation of $25

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player.

Nia Movement Class

Nia is a joyful movement practice that blends dance, martial arts and healing arts into a full-body experience set to music. Moving between expressive choreography, grounded strength, playful freedom and moments of stillness, each class invites you to energize your body, quiet your mind and reconnect with yourself.

Nia is a fusion of dance (Jazz, Modern, Duncan dance), martial arts (tai chi, tae kwon-do, and aikido) and the healing arts (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and yoga), blended to create an experience which nurtures the body, the mind, the spirit and the emotions.

There is no pressure to keep up or move a certain way. You are encouraged to listen to your body, adapt each movement and find what feels good for you. The experience can be energizing, freeing and deeply restorative, offering space to build strength, mobility, balance and body awareness while rediscovering the simple pleasure of movement.

Guided by Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor Vita Wind, whose 20 years of teaching bring fluidity, warmth and plenty of laughter to every class. Vita creates a welcoming environment where movement feels less like exercise and more like a celebration.

No dance experience is needed. Come as you are and move in your body’s way.

Vita Wind

Vita Wind is a Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor celebrating her 20th year of teaching. A lifelong passion for dance and movement have motivated her to be physical all her life. With experience in Modern Dance, Tai Chi and Yoga, she energizes her classes with this passion and infuses them with fluidity and grace.

Vita’s classes are fun and full of laughter, and students say they enjoy the sense of community and the welcoming environment she creates. She takes Nia seriously and her observations in the progress of her students, combined with her ongoing studies in movement and health, have convinced her that joyful, fun movement can alleviate and sometimes eliminate, physical and mental symptoms of ill health.

“Many years ago, I joined a Nia class out of curiosity and left a convert. There was no looking back, and Nia classes became part of my weekly routine. Not only did Nia release my stress (from a corporate world), but it reconnected me to my body and helped me heal a problematic back. I loved Nia from the start, for the dance, the music, the connection to self, the connection to spirit, and the healing that I experienced both in soothing my mind and healing my body. I have met the most wonderful people through Nia, and now many of them are my true and dearest friends.”

The physical activity of Nia can be a joy and a pleasure, and when you feel joyful you become well. Why would you NOT want to be a part of Nia?

Vita has taught classes, workshops and retreats from Toronto to Grey/Simcoe to Mexico, and collaborated with teachers from many different disciplines. Vita welcomes you to any of her classes, full sessions, workshops and events.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Ecstatic Dance

Step into your Sundays with movement.

Ecstatic Dance is an open floor, a space to arrive as you are and drop into the body. No choreography, no expectations, just rhythm, breath, and the freedom to move in your own way.

Guided by Paz, each session begins with a brief astrological insight into the week ahead, offering optional cues to explore through movement. From there, his Inner Wave Activation journey unfolds, inspired by 5Rhythms, moving from stillness into flow, building energy, release, creative expression, and softening back into rest.

With layered world music, electronic soundscapes, and live drumming, Paz shapes the experience in real time, creating a dynamic, full-body journey that supports both exploration and integration.

This is a non-judgemental, inclusive space. Move, rest, journal, or simply be, you choose your experience.

Dj Paz

Paz is a prolific DJ, drummer, percussionist, and multimedia event organizer. Originally from Mexico City, he has been vibing in Canada for the past 15 years. Throughout his time in Canada he has been leading and co-creating inclusive projects in the world of the arts, culture and spirituality, providing platforms for artists and creatives to emerge and share his gifts with his community. Paz is currently based in Collingwood, ON, where he hosts a variety of events. 

In his 20 years of DJing, Paz has performed in different festivals in Canada like Solstice, Future Forest, Sonic Springs, Bloom, as well as performing in a variety of clubs, underground parties and ecstatic dance events locally, in Mexico and the U.S. As a DJ he has spun and explored a variety of genres and styles.

Embodied: A Circle for Women & Femmes

We gather as women and femmes to share, to support and to remember.

Embodied is a space to slow down and listen more closely to what we feel, what we carry, what we need and what we long for.

Many of us have learned to prioritize the needs of others, keep going regardless of what we are carrying, make ourselves smaller or set aside our own feelings and needs. Within the circle, we explore how gendered expectations, relationships, culture, inherited patterns and social conditions shape the ways we respond, relate and move through our lives, without assuming that our experiences are the same.

Rooted in somatics, each gathering includes centering, body awareness, gentle movement, guided reflection, creative expression and intentional conversation. These practices invite us to listen to the wisdom within and among us, uncover deeper longings and explore how our choices and actions might come into closer alignment with what matters most.

This is not a space for fixing one another. It is a space to witness and be witnessed, connect with greater intention and bring more of ourselves into how we live and relate.

Care, consent, choice, privacy and respect for difference are central to the circle. You are welcome to participate at your own pace, with no pressure to speak, move in a particular way or share more than you choose.

No previous experience with somatics or group circles is required. This biweekly, two hour open circle welcomes 6 to 10 participants. Attend once or return regularly; each gathering stands on its own.

Disa Almeida, BSW, MSW

Disa Almeida is the creator and facilitator of Embodied: A Circle for Women and Femmes. Based on somatic practices designed to help uncover deep longings and align actions towards what you care about.  Disa is completing the Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach Certification Program and working toward an International Coaching Federation credential. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work and brings experience in community practice, crisis response, programs supporting children and families, and women’s group facilitation.

Disa’s approach is grounded in care, consent, choice, curiosity, and respect for difference. As a Latina born and raised in Canada, she understands women’s lives in context—shaped by our relationships, cultures, histories, identities, and social conditions. Through her circles, she invites women and femmes to slow down, listen to themselves and one another, and explore what they feel, carry, need, and long for.

Somatics is part of Disa’s daily life as well as her professional practice. She is committed to creating spaces where people can participate at their own pace, connect with greater intention, and bring more of themselves into how they live and relate.

Dissolve

Dissolve is a deeply calming and grounding moving meditation for quieting the mind and softening tension and expanding contraction through focused awareness. Rather than stretching, striving or forcing the body, we learn to soften from within, allowing what feels held or bound to dissolve like ice melting into water.

Drawing from practices and teachings including qigong, tai chi and yoga, Jordan uses breath, body scanning, imagery, subtle movement and exploratory communication to guide each person into their own experience. The practice responds to what is present within the individual and the room, which means no two classes are ever quite the same.

As contraction begins to release and the mind grows quieter, we become more present to sensation, movement and the spaciousness within and all around us. This can help settle the nervous system, restore a sense of groundedness and allow energy to move more freely through the body.

Dissolve is inclusive and accessible to beginners, with no previous experience needed. Each person is invited to explore the practice at their own pace and work with their body exactly as it is.

Jordan Chemerys

Jordan Chemerys is a practitioner of eastern arts through the line of notable teachers. A training journey that started in 2012, Jordan has the philosophical roots in Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and modern psychology, and embraces the variety of nature as it arises.

Through periods of deep work and focus, and periods of trial and tribulation, Jordan has come to have faith in the arts as a potent and powerful way to cultivate a patient, enduring, joyful relationship to life.  

Teaching Dissolve Arts, running a Dissolve Treatment practice, and facilitating workshops, Jordan hopes to inspire heroic mindsets, embodied resilience, expansiveness, joy, and clarity.

Men's Connection Circle

This circle is a space for men to slow down, be fully heard, and connect honestly with what is present in their lives. We work with emotional awareness, personal responsibility, and heart-based reflection in a way that supports healing and growth. This is not a fixing space. It is a witnessing space where you will safely express yourself together. 

This men’s circle is hosted by Paz Ciuk and Bernard Verkaaik, who will work with the Paz&Flow Connection to Self method, a structure that guides all participants to develop two skills: process emotions in a healthy and empowering capacity, and also practise being available to hold another person in a grounded and compassionate way. In his practice with individuals, couples and groups, Paz has discovered that this method is integral and impeccable at restoring peace, and bringing clarity as to how to proceed when connecting and communicating with others.

Paz Ciuk

Originally from Mexico City, in Canada since 2010. Paz is the visionary and creator of Resonance. His daily work entails supporting individuals, couples and groups in developing their mental and emotional intelligence, in order to deal with all circumstances of life from a positive place. Paz is a Reiki Master, Astrologer, Post-Academic, Drummer, DJ and Meditation Teacher. His methodologies and approaches always focus on providing resources for others to activate their potential and master the flow of life.

Bernard Verkaaik

Bernard has been a facilitator of many Healers Lab gatherings and founder of Quantum Calm, a healing practice focused on grounding, emotional regulation, and heart-centered awareness.

Structure of the Evening (2 hours)

1. Welcome & Introductions (10–15 min)

2. Grounding Meditation (5–10 min)

3. Sharing Rounds (70–80 min)

4. Closing Round (10 min)

8 week program

Tuesdays - starting Oct. 20

Remote Viewing Level 2: Expanding Your Perception

Go deeper. See clearer. Explore further.

Remote Viewing Level 2 moves beyond individual blind targets to explore how intuitive perception can be refined, tested, and applied.

Led by Josh Maitland, this course will help you gather clearer, more detailed impressions and better understand the unique ways intuitive information presents itself to you. Through guided exercises and independent practice targets, you will compare what you perceived with the actual outcome, using feedback to recognize patterns, strengthen accuracy, and distinguish intuitive information from imagination or analytical thought.

As the course progresses, you will experiment with predicting future news events and explore Associative Remote Viewing, a method that connects different target images to possible outcomes. You will also discover practical applications for remote viewing, including personal inner work and experiments involving financial market outcomes.

Guided classes alternate with independent practice weeks, giving you time to complete targets, observe results, and integrate each new technique before moving forward. Additional materials and a follow-up Q&A will support you as your practice continues to develop.

Your perception has more to show you.

This course is designed for those who have completed Intro to Remote Viewing with Josh Maitland or have equivalent foundational experience.

Josh Maitland

Josh Maitland is an environmental engineer, producer, bass player, and certified intuition teacher whose work brings together analytical thinking, creativity, and a lifelong exploration of consciousness.

Josh has participated in remote viewing research projects alongside highly experienced practitioners and has presented live seminars for scientists, engineers, artists, and curious minds of all kinds. His teaching is shaped by his own intuitive development journey and a desire to help others access the deeper intelligence already present within them.

This 8 week series has already begun, sign ups are closed now, stay tuned for the next one!

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Open Minds

A place for kids to move, create, play and discover just how powerful their minds can be.

Led by educator and Open Minds founder Morgan D’Aloisio, each week brings a playful mix of yoga and movement, mindset practices, emotional freedom tapping, group games, creative expression and plenty of room to explore.

Morgan creates an environment where kids can be themselves, try new things and build confidence in who they are. Through movement, creativity and play, they’ll practice recognizing their emotions, understanding the connection between their thoughts, words and feelings, and using simple tools they can bring into everyday life.

After a full day of school, it’s time to shake things out, get creative, connect with others and have some fun.

*Cost is never a barrier. We’re open to trades and exchanges too. Reach out ahead of time and we will figure it out together.

*Want to join but can’t make every week? No problem! Reach out to us at hello@resonancecollingwood.ca and we can work out an option that fits your schedule. 

Morgan D’Aloisio

Morgan is an educator, movement facilitator and the founder of Open Minds, a youth program created to help young people build confidence, self awareness and a stronger connection to themselves and the world around them.

With a background in education and more than eight years of experience in movement, mindfulness and embodied practices, Morgan brings together tools that support the whole child. Through movement, meditation, creative exploration, conversation and hands on learning, she helps young people develop skills for navigating emotions, expressing themselves, building resilience and discovering their own strengths.

Morgan’s approach is deeply informed by her own experience as a student who struggled within traditional learning environments. Rather than seeing children through a single definition of intelligence or success, she recognizes that every child learns, communicates and connects differently. Her work encourages young people to explore what they are passionate about, understand how they learn best and develop confidence in what they uniquely have to offer.

At the heart of Open Minds is the belief that some of the most important things we can teach children extend beyond the classroom: how to understand themselves, care for their minds and bodies, connect with others, think openly and move through life with greater confidence and possibility.

Foundations of Drumming

An introduction to hand drumming technique, rhythm, coordination, and musical foundations.

Designed for both complete beginners and experienced drummers, this series focuses on the core techniques and rhythmic foundations that support all drumming and music. Through hand drumming, participants develop coordination, timing, muscle memory, stamina, and control while building a stronger relationship with rhythm from the ground up.

Starting with guided exercises that activate and strengthen the supporting muscle groups used in drumming, participants will build dexterity, endurance, and proper technique while learning foundational rhythms and time signatures. The series also explores listening skills, consistency, and the ability to stay grounded and focused within layered rhythmic environments.

For newer drummers, this class offers a strong technical foundation. For more experienced players, it provides an opportunity to refine technique, unlearn limiting habits, and strengthen the fundamentals that support greater fluidity, precision, and growth over time.

Rooted in repetition, coordination, and active listening, this is a practical, hands-on approach to developing rhythm, focus, and musical confidence within a supportive group environment. As participants build comfort with foundational rhythms, the series also creates space for creative exploration and improvisation, offering opportunities to both hold the rhythm and explore their own voice within it.

Please bring a drum if you have one. A limited number of drums will be available for those who need them.

This class is ‘pay what you can’ with a suggested donation of $25

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player.

Nia Movement Class

Nia is a joyful movement practice that blends dance, martial arts and healing arts into a full-body experience set to music. Moving between expressive choreography, grounded strength, playful freedom and moments of stillness, each class invites you to energize your body, quiet your mind and reconnect with yourself.

Nia is a fusion of dance (Jazz, Modern, Duncan dance), martial arts (tai chi, tae kwon-do, and aikido) and the healing arts (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and yoga), blended to create an experience which nurtures the body, the mind, the spirit and the emotions.

There is no pressure to keep up or move a certain way. You are encouraged to listen to your body, adapt each movement and find what feels good for you. The experience can be energizing, freeing and deeply restorative, offering space to build strength, mobility, balance and body awareness while rediscovering the simple pleasure of movement.

Guided by Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor Vita Wind, whose 20 years of teaching bring fluidity, warmth and plenty of laughter to every class. Vita creates a welcoming environment where movement feels less like exercise and more like a celebration.

No dance experience is needed. Come as you are and move in your body’s way.

Vita Wind

Vita Wind is a Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor celebrating her 20th year of teaching. A lifelong passion for dance and movement have motivated her to be physical all her life. With experience in Modern Dance, Tai Chi and Yoga, she energizes her classes with this passion and infuses them with fluidity and grace.

Vita’s classes are fun and full of laughter, and students say they enjoy the sense of community and the welcoming environment she creates. She takes Nia seriously and her observations in the progress of her students, combined with her ongoing studies in movement and health, have convinced her that joyful, fun movement can alleviate and sometimes eliminate, physical and mental symptoms of ill health.

“Many years ago, I joined a Nia class out of curiosity and left a convert. There was no looking back, and Nia classes became part of my weekly routine. Not only did Nia release my stress (from a corporate world), but it reconnected me to my body and helped me heal a problematic back. I loved Nia from the start, for the dance, the music, the connection to self, the connection to spirit, and the healing that I experienced both in soothing my mind and healing my body. I have met the most wonderful people through Nia, and now many of them are my true and dearest friends.”

The physical activity of Nia can be a joy and a pleasure, and when you feel joyful you become well. Why would you NOT want to be a part of Nia?

Vita has taught classes, workshops and retreats from Toronto to Grey/Simcoe to Mexico, and collaborated with teachers from many different disciplines. Vita welcomes you to any of her classes, full sessions, workshops and events.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Ecstatic Dance

Step into your Sundays with movement.

Ecstatic Dance is an open floor, a space to arrive as you are and drop into the body. No choreography, no expectations, just rhythm, breath, and the freedom to move in your own way.

Guided by Paz, each session begins with a brief astrological insight into the week ahead, offering optional cues to explore through movement. From there, his Inner Wave Activation journey unfolds, inspired by 5Rhythms, moving from stillness into flow, building energy, release, creative expression, and softening back into rest.

With layered world music, electronic soundscapes, and live drumming, Paz shapes the experience in real time, creating a dynamic, full-body journey that supports both exploration and integration.

This is a non-judgemental, inclusive space. Move, rest, journal, or simply be, you choose your experience.

Dj Paz

Paz is a prolific DJ, drummer, percussionist, and multimedia event organizer. Originally from Mexico City, he has been vibing in Canada for the past 15 years. Throughout his time in Canada he has been leading and co-creating inclusive projects in the world of the arts, culture and spirituality, providing platforms for artists and creatives to emerge and share his gifts with his community. Paz is currently based in Collingwood, ON, where he hosts a variety of events. 

In his 20 years of DJing, Paz has performed in different festivals in Canada like Solstice, Future Forest, Sonic Springs, Bloom, as well as performing in a variety of clubs, underground parties and ecstatic dance events locally, in Mexico and the U.S. As a DJ he has spun and explored a variety of genres and styles.

Exploring the Akashic Records

Looking for greater clarity, direction or a deeper understanding of yourself? The Akashic Records are often described as an energetic record of the soul, offering insight into your experiences, patterns and potential.

Join Akashic Records reader, energy healer and intuitive coach Jordana Levine for an engaging introduction to this ancient practice. Discover what the Akashic Records are, how you can work with them, and the many ways they can support healing, self-discovery and personal growth. You'll also experience a guided meditation to connect with the energy of the Records, with the opportunity to ask questions and deepen your understanding in a welcoming, supportive space.

Bonus: One or more participants will be randomly selected to receive a live mini Akashic Records reading, offering everyone a chance to witness the process and experience its insights firsthand.

Jordana Levine

Jordana is an Akashic Records reader, energy healer, intuitive coach and holistic nutritionist. She helps you learn to trust yourself and connect to your soul’s desires so you can live the life you truly deserve. Jordana combines her experience as a corporate brand strategist and entrepreneur with holistic wellness, energy work and intuitive guidance. In the process, you are able to follow what's meant for you and get where you need to go.

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Foundations of Drumming

An introduction to hand drumming technique, rhythm, coordination, and musical foundations.

Designed for both complete beginners and experienced drummers, this series focuses on the core techniques and rhythmic foundations that support all drumming and music. Through hand drumming, participants develop coordination, timing, muscle memory, stamina, and control while building a stronger relationship with rhythm from the ground up.

Starting with guided exercises that activate and strengthen the supporting muscle groups used in drumming, participants will build dexterity, endurance, and proper technique while learning foundational rhythms and time signatures. The series also explores listening skills, consistency, and the ability to stay grounded and focused within layered rhythmic environments.

For newer drummers, this class offers a strong technical foundation. For more experienced players, it provides an opportunity to refine technique, unlearn limiting habits, and strengthen the fundamentals that support greater fluidity, precision, and growth over time.

Rooted in repetition, coordination, and active listening, this is a practical, hands-on approach to developing rhythm, focus, and musical confidence within a supportive group environment. As participants build comfort with foundational rhythms, the series also creates space for creative exploration and improvisation, offering opportunities to both hold the rhythm and explore their own voice within it.

Please bring a drum if you have one. A limited number of drums will be available for those who need them.

This class is ‘pay what you can’ with a suggested donation of $25

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Embodied: A Circle for Women & Femmes

We gather as women and femmes to share, to support and to remember.

Embodied is a space to slow down and listen more closely to what we feel, what we carry, what we need and what we long for.

Many of us have learned to prioritize the needs of others, keep going regardless of what we are carrying, make ourselves smaller or set aside our own feelings and needs. Within the circle, we explore how gendered expectations, relationships, culture, inherited patterns and social conditions shape the ways we respond, relate and move through our lives, without assuming that our experiences are the same.

Rooted in somatics, each gathering includes centering, body awareness, gentle movement, guided reflection, creative expression and intentional conversation. These practices invite us to listen to the wisdom within and among us, uncover deeper longings and explore how our choices and actions might come into closer alignment with what matters most.

This is not a space for fixing one another. It is a space to witness and be witnessed, connect with greater intention and bring more of ourselves into how we live and relate.

Care, consent, choice, privacy and respect for difference are central to the circle. You are welcome to participate at your own pace, with no pressure to speak, move in a particular way or share more than you choose.

No previous experience with somatics or group circles is required. This biweekly, two hour open circle welcomes 6 to 10 participants. Attend once or return regularly; each gathering stands on its own.

Disa Almeida, BSW, MSW

Disa Almeida is the creator and facilitator of Embodied: A Circle for Women and Femmes. Based on somatic practices designed to help uncover deep longings and align actions towards what you care about.  Disa is completing the Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach Certification Program and working toward an International Coaching Federation credential. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work and brings experience in community practice, crisis response, programs supporting children and families, and women’s group facilitation.

Disa’s approach is grounded in care, consent, choice, curiosity, and respect for difference. As a Latina born and raised in Canada, she understands women’s lives in context—shaped by our relationships, cultures, histories, identities, and social conditions. Through her circles, she invites women and femmes to slow down, listen to themselves and one another, and explore what they feel, carry, need, and long for.

Somatics is part of Disa’s daily life as well as her professional practice. She is committed to creating spaces where people can participate at their own pace, connect with greater intention, and bring more of themselves into how they live and relate.

Dissolve

Dissolve is a deeply calming and grounding moving meditation for quieting the mind and softening tension and expanding contraction through focused awareness. Rather than stretching, striving or forcing the body, we learn to soften from within, allowing what feels held or bound to dissolve like ice melting into water.

Drawing from practices and teachings including qigong, tai chi and yoga, Jordan uses breath, body scanning, imagery, subtle movement and exploratory communication to guide each person into their own experience. The practice responds to what is present within the individual and the room, which means no two classes are ever quite the same.

As contraction begins to release and the mind grows quieter, we become more present to sensation, movement and the spaciousness within and all around us. This can help settle the nervous system, restore a sense of groundedness and allow energy to move more freely through the body.

Dissolve is inclusive and accessible to beginners, with no previous experience needed. Each person is invited to explore the practice at their own pace and work with their body exactly as it is.

Jordan Chemerys

Jordan Chemerys is a practitioner of eastern arts through the line of notable teachers. A training journey that started in 2012, Jordan has the philosophical roots in Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and modern psychology, and embraces the variety of nature as it arises.

Through periods of deep work and focus, and periods of trial and tribulation, Jordan has come to have faith in the arts as a potent and powerful way to cultivate a patient, enduring, joyful relationship to life.  

Teaching Dissolve Arts, running a Dissolve Treatment practice, and facilitating workshops, Jordan hopes to inspire heroic mindsets, embodied resilience, expansiveness, joy, and clarity.

Men's Connection Circle

This circle is a space for men to slow down, be fully heard, and connect honestly with what is present in their lives. We work with emotional awareness, personal responsibility, and heart-based reflection in a way that supports healing and growth. This is not a fixing space. It is a witnessing space where you will safely express yourself together. 

This men’s circle is hosted by Paz Ciuk and Bernard Verkaaik, who will work with the Paz&Flow Connection to Self method, a structure that guides all participants to develop two skills: process emotions in a healthy and empowering capacity, and also practise being available to hold another person in a grounded and compassionate way. In his practice with individuals, couples and groups, Paz has discovered that this method is integral and impeccable at restoring peace, and bringing clarity as to how to proceed when connecting and communicating with others.

Paz Ciuk

Originally from Mexico City, in Canada since 2010. Paz is the visionary and creator of Resonance. His daily work entails supporting individuals, couples and groups in developing their mental and emotional intelligence, in order to deal with all circumstances of life from a positive place. Paz is a Reiki Master, Astrologer, Post-Academic, Drummer, DJ and Meditation Teacher. His methodologies and approaches always focus on providing resources for others to activate their potential and master the flow of life. 

Bernard Verkaaik

Bernard has been a facilitator of many Healers Lab gatherings and founder of Quantum Calm, a healing practice focused on grounding, emotional regulation, and heart-centered awareness.

Structure of the Evening (2 hours)

1. Welcome & Introductions (10–15 min)

2. Grounding Meditation (5–10 min)

3. Sharing Rounds (70–80 min)

4. Closing Round (10 min)

8 week program

Tuesdays - starting Oct. 20

Remote Viewing Level 2: Expanding Your Perception

Go deeper. See clearer. Explore further.

Remote Viewing Level 2 moves beyond individual blind targets to explore how intuitive perception can be refined, tested, and applied.

Led by Josh Maitland, this course will help you gather clearer, more detailed impressions and better understand the unique ways intuitive information presents itself to you. Through guided exercises and independent practice targets, you will compare what you perceived with the actual outcome, using feedback to recognize patterns, strengthen accuracy, and distinguish intuitive information from imagination or analytical thought.

As the course progresses, you will experiment with predicting future news events and explore Associative Remote Viewing, a method that connects different target images to possible outcomes. You will also discover practical applications for remote viewing, including personal inner work and experiments involving financial market outcomes.

Guided classes alternate with independent practice weeks, giving you time to complete targets, observe results, and integrate each new technique before moving forward. Additional materials and a follow-up Q&A will support you as your practice continues to develop.

Your perception has more to show you.

This course is designed for those who have completed Intro to Remote Viewing with Josh Maitland or have equivalent foundational experience.

Josh Maitland

Josh Maitland is an environmental engineer, producer, bass player, and certified intuition teacher whose work brings together analytical thinking, creativity, and a lifelong exploration of consciousness.

Josh has participated in remote viewing research projects alongside highly experienced practitioners and has presented live seminars for scientists, engineers, artists, and curious minds of all kinds. His teaching is shaped by his own intuitive development journey and a desire to help others access the deeper intelligence already present within them.

This 8 week series has already begun, sign ups are closed now, stay tuned for the next one!

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Lights Up!

At Lights Up!, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to be creative, take risks and discover their unique voice. We value confidence over perfection, teamwork over competition and creating an environment where every student feels supported, encouraged and celebrated.

Theatre gives young people a place to express themselves, connect with others and discover what they are capable of. It can help a quiet child find their voice, give an imaginative child room to shine and turn individual strengths into something exciting created together.

Led by experienced theatre educator Greg Gibson, whose energy, expertise and ability to connect with young performers make every rehearsal engaging, this 12 week program introduces the fundamentals of singing, acting and movement through musical theatre repertoire, games, improv, character development and ensemble work. Students will receive individual coaching and learn from professional guest instructors in acting and choreography.

With plenty of time to learn, create and rehearse, participants will build confidence, communication skills, teamwork and stage presence before celebrating their accomplishments in a fun, low pressure family showcase. The group may also have opportunities to perform at future Resonance events.

No previous theatre experience is required.

• No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If cost feels like a barrier, please reach out. We’ll work it out together.

Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson is a pianist, music director, conductor, and educator with more than twenty-five years of professional experience in musical theatre and live performance. Since 1996, he has worked on more than fifty productions across Canada and the United States, bringing energy, musical clarity, and a collaborative spirit to rehearsal rooms and stages alike.

Greg spent nearly fifteen years performing around the world at sea. From 2010 to 2019 he served as a Band Leader and Pianist for Holland America Line before joining Norwegian Cruise Line’s Broadway-at-Sea program in 2019. There he worked as Music Director/Keys for the Tony Award–winning musical Jersey Boys (over 250 performances), and went on to music direct additional Broadway productions including Kinky Boots and Beetlejuice: The Musical.

Over the course of his career, Greg has collaborated with theatre companies across Canada and the United States, including Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People/YPT, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Theatre Kingston, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Muskoka Summer Theatre, Theatre by the Bay, and The Weston Playhouse. He is also a respected vocal coach, accompanist, and adjudicator.

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Greg holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, with a focus on Music Education and Piano/Vocal Performance.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Heart Beat Flow

Heart Beat Flow brings yoga, intuitive movement, meditation, and live percussion together in an experience shaped by the energy in the room.

The journey begins with a grounding meditation led by Paz Ciuk, creating space to arrive fully in your body. Karen Steele then guides a flowing movement practice that blends yoga with free, embodied expression, responding to the needs and rhythm of the group as they emerge. Alongside her, Paz creates a live soundscape of drums and percussion, allowing movement and music to build, shift, and breathe together.

As the energy settles, the class moves into restorative postures accompanied by soothing and resonant sounds. A closing meditation brings the experience to completion, leaving you grounded, open, and deeply connected to your body.

Heart Beat Flow is not a choreographed class set to a playlist. It is a living exchange between movement, rhythm, and the people in the room. Led by two experienced facilitators who share a deep respect for the body’s wisdom, each session unfolds differently while offering space for release, restoration, and transformation.

No previous yoga or movement experience is needed. Heart Beat Flow is a practice for every body, with space to move, rest, and participate in the way that feels right for you.Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body's wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. 

Paz Ciuk

Paz is a lifelong drummer and percussionist with over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of contexts: drum circle leader, ceremonial drumming leader, professional drummer, drums and percussion teacher, and hand percussion player. As a meditation teacher, he has been teaching and guiding weekly meditations in Spanish and English for the past 5 years in person, online, at retreats, festivals and larger events. Paz also creates sound for wellness purposes, so expect him to use a variety of healing sounds to support you in going deeper into this journey.

Embodied: A Circle for Women & Femmes

We gather as women and femmes to share, to support and to remember.

Embodied is a space to slow down and listen more closely to what we feel, what we carry, what we need and what we long for.

Many of us have learned to prioritize the needs of others, keep going regardless of what we are carrying, make ourselves smaller or set aside our own feelings and needs. Within the circle, we explore how gendered expectations, relationships, culture, inherited patterns and social conditions shape the ways we respond, relate and move through our lives, without assuming that our experiences are the same.

Rooted in somatics, each gathering includes centering, body awareness, gentle movement, guided reflection, creative expression and intentional conversation. These practices invite us to listen to the wisdom within and among us, uncover deeper longings and explore how our choices and actions might come into closer alignment with what matters most.

This is not a space for fixing one another. It is a space to witness and be witnessed, connect with greater intention and bring more of ourselves into how we live and relate.

Care, consent, choice, privacy and respect for difference are central to the circle. You are welcome to participate at your own pace, with no pressure to speak, move in a particular way or share more than you choose.

No previous experience with somatics or group circles is required. This biweekly, two hour open circle welcomes 6 to 10 participants. Attend once or return regularly; each gathering stands on its own.

Disa Almeida, BSW, MSW

Disa Almeida is the creator and facilitator of Embodied: A Circle for Women and Femmes. Based on somatic practices designed to help uncover deep longings and align actions towards what you care about.  Disa is completing the Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach Certification Program and working toward an International Coaching Federation credential. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work and brings experience in community practice, crisis response, programs supporting children and families, and women’s group facilitation.

Disa’s approach is grounded in care, consent, choice, curiosity, and respect for difference. As a Latina born and raised in Canada, she understands women’s lives in context—shaped by our relationships, cultures, histories, identities, and social conditions. Through her circles, she invites women and femmes to slow down, listen to themselves and one another, and explore what they feel, carry, need, and long for.

Somatics is part of Disa’s daily life as well as her professional practice. She is committed to creating spaces where people can participate at their own pace, connect with greater intention, and bring more of themselves into how they live and relate.

Dissolve

Dissolve is a deeply calming and grounding moving meditation for quieting the mind and softening tension and expanding contraction through focused awareness. Rather than stretching, striving or forcing the body, we learn to soften from within, allowing what feels held or bound to dissolve like ice melting into water.

Drawing from practices and teachings including qigong, tai chi and yoga, Jordan uses breath, body scanning, imagery, subtle movement and exploratory communication to guide each person into their own experience. The practice responds to what is present within the individual and the room, which means no two classes are ever quite the same.

As contraction begins to release and the mind grows quieter, we become more present to sensation, movement and the spaciousness within and all around us. This can help settle the nervous system, restore a sense of groundedness and allow energy to move more freely through the body.

Dissolve is inclusive and accessible to beginners, with no previous experience needed. Each person is invited to explore the practice at their own pace and work with their body exactly as it is.

Jordan Chemerys

Jordan Chemerys is a practitioner of eastern arts through the line of notable teachers. A training journey that started in 2012, Jordan has the philosophical roots in Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and modern psychology, and embraces the variety of nature as it arises.

Through periods of deep work and focus, and periods of trial and tribulation, Jordan has come to have faith in the arts as a potent and powerful way to cultivate a patient, enduring, joyful relationship to life.  

Teaching Dissolve Arts, running a Dissolve Treatment practice, and facilitating workshops, Jordan hopes to inspire heroic mindsets, embodied resilience, expansiveness, joy, and clarity.

Men's Connection Circle

This circle is a space for men to slow down, be fully heard, and connect honestly with what is present in their lives. We work with emotional awareness, personal responsibility, and heart-based reflection in a way that supports healing and growth. This is not a fixing space. It is a witnessing space where you will safely express yourself together. 

This men’s circle is hosted by Paz Ciuk and Bernard Verkaaik, who will work with the Paz&Flow Connection to Self method, a structure that guides all participants to develop two skills: process emotions in a healthy and empowering capacity, and also practise being available to hold another person in a grounded and compassionate way. In his practice with individuals, couples and groups, Paz has discovered that this method is integral and impeccable at restoring peace, and bringing clarity as to how to proceed when connecting and communicating with others.

Paz Ciuk

Originally from Mexico City, in Canada since 2010. Paz is the visionary and creator of Resonance. His daily work entails supporting individuals, couples and groups in developing their mental and emotional intelligence, in order to deal with all circumstances of life from a positive place. Paz is a Reiki Master, Astrologer, Post-Academic, Drummer, DJ and Meditation Teacher. His methodologies and approaches always focus on providing resources for others to activate their potential and master the flow of life. 

Bernard Verkaaik

Bernard has been a facilitator of many Healers Lab gatherings and founder of Quantum Calm, a healing practice focused on grounding, emotional regulation, and heart-centered awareness.

Structure of the Evening (2 hours)

1. Welcome & Introductions (10–15 min)

2. Grounding Meditation (5–10 min)

3. Sharing Rounds (70–80 min)

4. Closing Round (10 min)

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.

Alma Corazón

Alma Corazón is Karen Steele’s signature movement class: a fiery fusion of yoga-inspired sequences, cardiovascular conditioning, and strength-based practices that challenge the body, build power, and ignite energy from within.

This is a full-bodied, sweat-building workout rooted in Karen’s belief that the body holds profound wisdom. As the intensity builds, movement becomes a way to push through limitations, release stored emotion, and connect with the strength beneath it all.

Powerful, energizing, and deeply embodied, Alma Corazón works more than the muscles. It strengthens confidence, awakens inner fire, and leaves you feeling grounded, capable, and fully alive. Karen created the practice as both a personal expression and part of something larger: a movement toward greater empowerment, transformation, and collective change.

Everyone is welcome, with modifications offered so you can work at your own pace and honour what your body needs.

Karen Steele

Karen is a registered massage therapist and movement instructor devoted to emotional and spiritual transformation through the body. She believes in the body’s wisdom, and movement as a powerful tool for healing, empowerment and transformation. Alma Corazón is her signature class.