Philip Beck

Certified iRest Teacher

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Hello! I have been studying iRest Yoga Nidra meditation since 2007 and am a certified teacher. I have served as the Event Staff Manager, the 10-day Silent Retreat Retreat Manager, the 5-day retreat manager at Kripalu as well as assisting in various roles at in-person and on-line retreats and trainings nationally and internationally. 

Since 2007, I have presented iRest to various groups (e.g., police, mental health professionals, low-income seniors) as well as  at  the Atlantic Yoga Conference and two International Social Work and Spirituality conferences.

From 2007 to 2009, I offered 12-week iRest courses to my yoga students in Fredericton, NB. More recently, Dr. Tatiana Melnyk and I co-taught an 8-week out-patient iRest program for chronic illness at Toronto Western Hospital for three years. During the initial months of the pandemic we offered a free iRest program online. 

Currently, I live in Toronto and offer meditation mentoring as well as 1:1 iRest dyads over videoconferencing. An iRest dyad employs the iRest protocol in a mutual guided inquiry of whatever you might be facing at this time. Dyads can be a powerful way of meeting, welcoming and as gaining insight into current circumstances and challenges. 

I am also available as a presenter for courses and workshops. I offer free and fee-based presentations and workshops for health and wellness programs and yoga studios.

For those who may be interested to know more about my background: I spent 25 years as a Speech Pathologist, mostly in medical settings, providing assessments and management for swallowing disorders, however my real life passion lay in iRest and body oriented counselling. For 14 years, I was a registered massage therapist in New Brunswick and studied Thai Massage, Cranial-Sacral Therapy, and Myo-fascial release. At the same time, I was initiated as a Reiki Master following which I offered treatments and trainings. In addition, I trained as a yoga teacher at Kripalu earning their 1000-hour designation. From 1995 - 2009 I taught at my own studio, Inner Peace Wellness, during which time I wrote 3 yoga books for my students, one of which was published. More recently, I completed a Diploma in Spiritual Psychotherapy at Transformational Arts College.

If you are interested in spiritually oriented counselling/mentoring, with an iRest approach, you can email  (DiscoverYogaNidra@gmail.com) or call  me  (647-738-4254). I look forward to sharing these precious teachings with you.

Namaste!

Philip

 

(Updated July 2023)

Teacher Specialty
Boomers
Chronic Pain
General
Sleep/Insomnia
Additional Teacher Specialty
Health Professionals