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A Bit About...
...Tracey Currie.  
Tracey had her first few yoga class experiences as a teenager then many years later took up the practice more seriously.  She has now practiced regularly for over 14 years and has been teaching in the City of Toronto for the past 10 years.   Tracey completed the inaugural 350 hour Teacher Training program with Kathryn Beet and Marla (Meenakshi) Joy at the Yoga Space in Toronto.  She has since gone on to complete studies with Hart Lazer, Darby, John Friend, Todd Norian and Anne Green, Janice Clarfield, Dharma Mittra, Mark Finch, Mark Whitwell and Aadil Palkhivala to name a few.

Tracey is also a Teacher and long time Practitioner of Thai Yoga Massage.  These teachings, historically derived from the combination of yogic tradition and Buddhism, are a constant source of inspiration for Tracey.  Her approach and teaching style have been greatly influenced by one guiding principle of this work – the spirit of metta (unconditional loving-kindness/compassion).  As she has worked to cultivate this principle into her own life, it has also enabled her to guide, communicate and connect with many students over the years.

This combination of work has taken her to the Yoga Conference & Show in Toronto for the past five years.  Tracey has been interviewed about pre/postnatal yoga for local print media and appeared with Breathe Yoga Studio on City TV's Breakfast Television.  Check out her most recent interview about Thai Yoga Massage in the Eye Weekly newspaper:  www.eyeweekly.com/style/wellness/article/63378.

A Bit About...

...Mettā - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mettā (Pāli: मेत्ता) or maitrī (Sanskrit) has been translated as "loving-kindness," "friendliness," "benevolence," "amity," "friendship," "good will," "kindness," "love," "sympathy," and "active interest in others." It is one of the ten pāramitās of the Theravāda school of Buddhism, and the first of the four Brahmavihāras. The mettā bhāvanā ("cultivation of mettā") is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism.

The object of mettā meditation is loving kindness (love without attachment). Traditionally, the practice begins with the meditator cultivating loving kindness towards themselves, then their loved ones, friends, teachers, strangers, enemies, and finally towards all sentient beings. Commonly, it can be used as a greeting or closing to a letter or note.

Some favourite quotes, expressions or prayers:

Om Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu ~ May all beings experience the blessings of great happiness.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish caught will we realize we cannot eat money. ~ Southern Cheyenne 1909

Aum Trayumbakam Yajamahe Sughandhim Pushti Vardanam Urvar-ukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Muksheeya Mamritat ~ Sanskrit mantra

It is not the shape of your body that matters, what matters is the shape of your life. ~ Aadil Palkhivala (in-class quote)