Bernadette Wagner
Level 1 Teacher - Regina
I am an author, editor, and community-based educator who loves working with words and language, spending time in Nature and my urban garden, as well as teaching and sharing what I’ve learned.
Growing up on a small family farm on Treaty 4 territory, the traditional lands of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation, instilled in me a deep reverence for land and all its beings. With church at the centre of our community life, I learned to pray.
In my mid-twenties, I left the church, turned my life to social justice, and discovered a passion for poetry. I missed the community of song, of voices joined together, and found myself at a six-day creative arts retreat for women in the Qu’Appelle Valley. While singing in circle, my heart cracked open, tears flowed, and spirit came forward.
Soon, I saw poetry as prayer. And, while studying the craft, I also learned to use breathwork and meditation as anchors for writing. In 2003, my formal meditation practice began in a Healing through Insight Meditation class and loved how strands of my life began weaving me into a new whole.
After a decade of practice, I sensed there was more to meditation. Shortly after the publication of my first poetry collection in 2010 I attended a Level 1 Training In Power class. Standing in my own power, in who I really am, has been the gift this spiritual work has given me. I’m so happy to be able to share this system of healing and meditation with the world.
Contact Bernadette Wagner
Bernadette Wagner's upcoming courses:
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Level 1
- July 31, 2021 - August 21, 2021
10:00 am - 1:30 pmTeacher: Bernadette Wagner
Held on 4 consecutive Saturdays starting July 31 at 10:00 am (Central Standard)
- July 31, 2021 - August 21, 2021