brad davis MEd., E-RYT200, RYT500
brad davis has spent a lifetime working as a transformative educator in Canada and internationally, from facilitating university leadership social justice programs to teaching river paddling, storytelling and performing in popular theatre productions, advising and mentoring adult learners, to leading community workshops and educator training programs. He began integrating yoga and meditation into his work while living beside the Salish Sea on Vancouver Island. He presently lives in London, Ontario beside the Thames River, or Deshkan Ziibi (Anishinaabemowin for Antler River) continuing a life long practice of bicycling most places, seeing the world through nature’s lenses, working in uncomfortable spaces and creating relationships of deep listening.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
*Pearson Seminar on Youth Leadership (Pearson College, BC) *Yoga Teaching inc.500hr Teacher Training Program (Moksana Yoga Center, BC) *Audubon Expedition Institute: BA./M.Ed. in Ecological Leadership and Education (Lesley University, USA)now Expedition Education Institute *Living Routes Study Abroad in Ecovillages: BA.Program in Auroville, India (University of Massachusetts, USA) *Sustainable Calgary Society: Community workshops *Adult and Community Education Certificate: Adults as Learners, Diversity and Adult Learning (University of Calgary, AB)
RYT500 Yoga Teaching, Semperviva Yoga, Vancouver, BC (2018)
B.C. Yoga Magazine (December 2015) - Cover and insert images for Moksana Yoga Studio profile article
RYT200 Yoga Teaching, Moksana Yoga, Victoria, BC (2012)
Master of Education (MEd), Adult and Community Education, University of Calgary (U of C), Calgary, AB (1996)
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WRITINGS
Musings on Nature, Mindfulness and Leadership
Dragonfly Vision PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, July 2022)
Turtle Log PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, June 2022)
Spiralling through the Blossoms PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, April 2022)
Endings PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, January 2022)
Salmon Dance PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, November 2021)
Puddle Dancing PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, May 2021)
Small Sparkles PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, February 2021)
Endings PDF (Published in Yin Space.b Newsletter, January 2022)
Discovering the Richness of Ebb and Flow PDF (Published in Moksana Yoga Center Newsletter, September 2020 Online)
Butterfly Garden PDF (Published in Moksana Yoga Center Newsletter, June 2020 Online)
Practice of Hummingbird PDF (Published in Moksana Yoga Center Newsletter, May 2020 Online)
Surrounded by Cherry Blossoms PDF (Published in Moksana Yoga Center Newsletter, April 2020 Online)
PUBLICATIONS
Creating Equitable, Inclusive, Life-Affirming Community Through the Practice of Yoga (Spring 2014) PDF
Free transformative Education Resource created through Community Research Grant funding from the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, University of Victoria
“Eco-Theatre: Celebrating Our Connection to the More Than-Human World,” Trumpeter Journal 14.2 (1997): p.1-9. Print.
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