Classes & Workshops
The Practice Room offers a variety of classes that give attention to our bodies, minds, imaginations and overall well-being in a welcoming environment.
When in the process of preparing for and/or creating work for the stage and screen, we are able to work on a deeper level if we practice with our peers.
Class costs are determined by each facilitator sharing their practice in the space. Please look to our monthly calendar and our Instagram for the current offerings.
If you are interested in facilitating or creating a class or exploration, please email us at thepracticeroomto@gmail.com for our calendar availability and a description of what you would like to offer.
Breathwork
Class Overview:
BREATHWORK is a simple yet powerful and transformative active breathing meditation designed to move stuck energy and help you reconnect with your body and mind. The session starts with a brief introduction, followed by a demonstration. After finding a comfortable place to lie down, we’ll engage in active breathing to music for 25 minutes, followed by a 10-minute rest and recharge. We'll close the session with a thank-you and a light snack. This practice is heart-opening and grounding, bringing ease, fun, and an overall sense of well-being. It’s like a great workout for your mind, body, and spirit, allowing for deep relaxation and transformation. What to bring: Water, lip balm, yoga mat, blanket, eye mask or small towel. Dress in layers, people often get cold doing this work.
Instructor:
Marjorie Campbell (she/her) has been an artist for many years, using different mediums to express her feelings—until those feelings began to take control. Seeking more balance for her body, mind, and spirit, she discovered Breathwork in 2018 through Erin Telford. This led her to study with Telford's teacher, and since 2019, she has been assisting healers David Elliott and Julie Brinkley in New Mexico four times a year. It's rigorous work, but she loves it. Sharing Breathwork has become her life's passion, helping others connect with their senses and choose a life grounded in love. She is also a proud mom of two creative children.
Cost: $25 per session. Please send e-transfer to littleminventions@gmail.com.
How to Register: Email littleminventions@gmail.com to confirm your spot, including the dates you wish to participate. Limited spaces available!
Dates: March 4 & 11 from 7:00pm-8:15pm, March 5 from 10:00am-11:15am
Access Bars
Cost: $45 for a 50 minute, one on one session.
How to Register: Email Padma at padmapv@gmail.com with your preferred date and time.
Dates: March 15, with sessions at 12:00pm, 1:15 pm, 2:30pm and 3:45pm and March 22 with sessions at 12:00pm, 1:15pm
Class Overview:
As a licensed Access Bars practitioner, I guide you through a powerful process to release thoughts, emotions, and beliefs that no longer serve you. Access Bars are specific points on the head that, when gently touched, help clear away mental clutter, allowing you to receive without judgment.
If you’re ready to explore possibilities beyond what you’ve imagined, I invite you to join me for a session. What if now is the time to ask for the greatest possibilities you’ve never considered? Let's embark on this journey together.
Instructor:
Padma Panchapakesan is a licensed Access Bars practitioner. Access bars are points on one’s head that are used to release thoughts, emotions, ideas and beliefs that no longer serve us. It also helps us to receive without judgment. When I had my bars run for the first time, I felt as if I had an energetic massage – I felt relaxed, happy and rejuvenated, all at the same time.
Story As Medicine
Class Overview:
In its purest form storytelling is a sacred activity, bringing community together to co-create, co-imagine and process the realities in which we find ourselves. Story in its true form, can offer medicine to the individual and collective soul. During this container, participants will be guided in improvisational storytelling and somatic techniques that interweave vocal, movement and stillness to tune into the body’s wisdom. Together we will engage in playful imaginative processes that enhances connection, inner authority and collective power.
Instructor:
Auset Rose is a multi-disciplinary artist and facilitator, based in T’koronto. She is an alumni of Oya Black Arts Collective’s Scale-Up Immersive Program, whereby she was the Narrative Designer for immersive climate-Justice VR experience entitled, “Protectress VR.” She also has published short story works, such as “Antuk Healings: She Breathed into Her Body,” published in the Peak Mag. She is trained in Interplay; a technique developed by American dance artists Cynthia Henry Winton-Henry and Phil Porter). Interplay is an improvisational storytelling practice that honours the multi-dimensionality of the human being and is the foundation of her Story as Medicine series. Story as Medicine has been offered within both mental health and arts-based organizations, and has supported individuals on their journey to authentic expression. Story as Medicine series Some of her other works include her short films “Delayed Echoes” (Cinefem Official Selection), “Gaia’s Awakening,” and “Body as Technology” (Art Gallery of Mississauga and Regent Park Film Festival).
Cost: Sliding Scale, $10-$25** per session (payable via e-transfer or cash)
How to Register: Email Auset at info@ausetrose.com with the dates you wish you participate.
Dates: Mar 8, 15, 29 from 12:00pm-1:30pm
**No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Vocally Joyful
Class Overview:
A workshop where play, community, and mindfulness intertwine with each other to create a space for vocal empowerment and development. Together we’ll work on learning to be more present, grounded, and risk-taking to overcome anxieties that affect the voice and self-image. Each class will touch on the physical and mental components that are necessary for such growth. For the physical, we’ll focus on stretching, simple breath work, theatre games, and improv activities. For the mental, we’ll have discussions on how certain activities make us feel and our relationship with our sense of self or voice. This workshop is for anyone who wants to enhance their creativity and power of their performance voice and break free mental limitations in a fun and safe environment.
Instructor:
SelectaSarah (she/her) is a creative from Brampton Ontario. From a young age, she was passionate about performing, connecting with people, and immersing them in art. With her passion, she has written and directed her own play with Theatre Passe Muraille and performs her spoken word around Toronto at Peard Experiences and They go low, we go laugh. Through her time performing, she’s become enthusiastic about teaching voice skills and aims to empower and train voices and identities. She has worked with Young Peoples Theatre, NIA Centre for the Arts, City of Mississauga, Future Black Female, and the Greenprint Network to build artistic workshops based on voice pedagogy. Selecta loves music and its power to move and resonate with people. She explores those intersections through her podcast Alternative Talks. She hopes by taking up space in her creative disciplines, she will inspire others to do the same and unapologetically share their voice.
Cost: PWYC (payable via e-transfer or cash)
How to Register: Please register using this LINK
Dates: March 14, 28 from 6:00pm-7:30pm
**Please note a portion of the class will be recorded for a Masters project.
Improv
How to Register: Please email k8@kateashbyacademy.com for enquiries.
Dates: Mondays from 6:00pm-8:30pm.
Class Overview:
Most people will say they are terrified to take an improv class because they aren’t clever or funny. Improv is not about being funny, it’s a life skill that changes the way you experience the world. K8’s classes are a dynamic blend of connection, creativity, and play. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out, these classes will challenge you to connect with others through movement, group exercises, and engaging scene work. You'll stay present, embrace failure as part of the process, and most importantly—rediscover the joy in what you do. It's yoga for your brain, designed to enhance focus, foster deep partnership, and reignite your passion. Come for the growth, stay for the fun. I love what I do.
Instructor:
Kate Ashby has taught in many academic, corporate, creative and therapeutic environments across Canada, the U.S and Europe. During her 15-year tenure at Second City, Kate developed one of the Training Centre’s most successful programs; it still runs today. K8 has taught at Ryerson Theatre School, Humber College, George Brown, Sheridan College, Workman Arts (CAMH), Shaw Festival, Tarragon and Soulpepper. She is currently teaching at the Canadian Film Center and Ivy Business School in London. The Kate Ashby Academy, successfully launched in 2010 in Toronto, and has full enrolment with five unique classes where all are welcome.