Thriving Lives - a breathwork fundraiser in support of the Parkdale Food Centre

Name: Thriving Lives - a breathwork fundraiser in support of the Parkdale Food Centre
Start: 2025-10-10T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-10T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Churchill Seniors Centre

Schedule

Fri Oct 10 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Churchill Seniors Centre | Ottawa, ON

Join us for a heart-centered gathering, breathwork ceremony and fundraiser in support of the Parkdale Food Centre.
The intention is to bring together two essential rights: access to clean, healthy food, and access to support, effective self-care and deep, healing & expression through guided breathwork.
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Why This Event Matters
Parkdale Food Centre’s Vital Work
• Provides low-barrier access to nourishing, culturally appropriate, safe food — making sure people are met with dignity.

• Operates a Community Advocacy Program that helps neighbours navigate systems, supports collective action, and works toward systemic change in food security and poverty.
• Runs youth programs like Growing Futures, offering young people hands-on experience in growing food, learning about sustainable food, and becoming involved in community food justice.
• Hosts community building/team building workshops that includes cooking skills & advocacy discussions about food security.
• Stands for food sovereignty and the belief that healthy, clean, nutritious food is a basic human right. They challenge inequality and move toward justice and wellbeing for all.
Why Breathwork with Conches Matters
• Robin and Erica from Conches will open a supportive space for participants to receive deep care and access an effective practice of self healing and cathartic release through guided Conscious Connected Breathwork.
• Especially valuable for caregivers, community members experiencing stress, tension, or overwhelm — to reconnect with yourself so you can keep showing up for others.
• In times of economic, social, global transformation and crisis, our collective stress and depleted resources call for embodied practices that offer release, clarity, and grounding.
*the style of conscious connected breathwork that Robin and Erica guide is very gentle and accessible to almost anyone at any stage of life. Please reach out with any questions or concerns regarding this practice.
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What to Expect
• Welcome + Community Conversation about food sovereignty, human rights, advocacy, and how food + breath connect for wellbeing.
• Sharing from Anna March about the magic Parkdale Food Centre offers the community — what foods, programs, and justice work are making a difference.
• Guided Breathwork Session with Conches (Robin & Erica) — a safe, held space for release, connection, rejuvenation, and coming home to yourself.
• Time to connect with neighbors, share stories, support each other.
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Event Details
Friday October 10th | 7pm - 9:30pm
Churchill Seniors Centre
We are asking for a minimum donation of $45 - please donate more to support the important work of the PFC. All proceeds will be donated.
To register follow this link; https://tidycal.com/conches/thrivinglives
Followed by the e-transfer of your donation to [email protected]
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Let’s gather, breathe, learn, nourish ourselves and each other. In offering this shared space, we strengthen our community, uphold the dignity that belongs to everyone, and reclaim the right to thrive.