| Sequoia's Biography 
- Sequoia Henning is a well traveled, open-minded, spiritual being who follows her heart, and lives a life based on faith, integrity and truth. Sequoia began her spiritual practice consciously in her teenage years while searching for a deeper answer by attending meditations, and classes on spiritual development. Sequoia continues to cultivate and expand her knowledge for Yoga, holistic healing and self realization.
Some of her influences are reflected with the philosophy of Buddhism, Yoga and her First Nations ancestry. Knowing we are here to learn and grow from all of our experiences in life which helps awaken our consciousness to simply re-remember our God/Goddess self. When you can see this within your self then you can easily see it in others.
Enriching Experiences
- Volunteering in a Indian village for 4 months helping construct a Homeopathic dispensary, studying homeopathic medicine.
- Volunteered in Sri Lanka for 5 months helping to facilitate a water project in a remote village.
- Being a regular visitor to India, studying the Yogic philosophy, Mantras, Pranayama, Nada yoga and patience.
- Diagnosed with Crohns / Colitis, Sequoia was told by the medical profession she would have to have surgery and be on medication for the rest of her life.Knowing that the power is within she healed herself with the practice of Pranayama,(breathing) visualization, affirmations, sound healing, and having the courage to face her emotions and loving herself.
- Sequoia spends holiday seasons in a Buddhist monastery, or ashram to deepening her meditation practice and self-reflection.
- Visiting and connecting to sacred sites throughout India, Sri Lanka, U.S.A. and Canada, and attending many forms of Sacred Ceremonies
Certification
Sequoia holds certification in Sound healing, Aromatherapy, Massage, Reflexology, Ayurvedic Yoga massage, level 1 & 2 chair massage, level 1 & 2 Reiki, level 1 Acutonic tuning forks, Shiatsu , sound healing ,and Hatha Yoga teachers training , intuitive healing course. Yoga studies My Yoga journey started 1993 while in north India . Needing some discipline I went to an ashram situated along side the Sacred Ganges river in Rishikesh, where I studied Iyengar yoga in the evening from Guru Swami Gi, and in the morning I would go over to the Shivanada Center and study Hatha yoga from Swami Krishna a 82 young man who had more energy then I witnessed among most children. After Six weeks of these combined classes my life completely changed. I stopped smoking after 10 years, and my life has never been the same.
I have practiced yoga with various teachers and have found the deeper I grow into it, the more I realize its not just a class but a way of life. Hence the word yoga means yoke or Union , to be in union with everything always. Its a gradual process beyond the physical asana and bridging the whole philosophy into ones life. This requires great devotion and discipline.
I have explored various styles of yoga with kudalini, Ashtanga, VIni yoga.
I finally received my yoga teachers training in 2007 at the Chakra Yoga center in Thailand based on the Hatha yoga tradition. I visit India regularly to further my studies of yoga, Pranayama and knowledge of Sanskrit Mantras.
Yoga of Sound ( Nada Yoga)
My knowledge has been an interwoven ongoing evolution of expansion taking bits and pieces from various workshops from such teachers as Tom Kenyon, Mitch Nuir, Lisa Murphy, Gina Sila , Uma Gi, Sadhvi Abha Saraswati ( Mataji) and other teachers in India. Experimenting first hand with the use of sound on my own body, as it was also one of my tools for healing my self of illness, combined with reading many books, and cultivating a daily practice with the use of Nada Yoga. I continue to dove tail the teachings all together and I am always reminded how every thing and every one is so connected to this unseen yet deeply felt energy of vibration. The more in harmony we are the easier it is to feel it around us.
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