Espace Beartful

Food for thought. Emotions are all around us, and sometimes we have a hard time understanding if our emotions are affecting our behavior, or if it is the emotions of another person transferring onto us. If adults have difficulty identifying their emotions, let us pause and think about our youth in similar situations. Identification and regulation of emotions needs to be explored from a young age so that they can learn to regulate themselves when in need! Let’s mirror our emotions to the children, so that we can guide them in identifying a certain emotion that they might not know the word for.

Meet our team! Yoga Instructor Having graduated from Concordia University, with a Bachelor Degree in Sociology, Certificate in Family Life and a Bachelor Degree in ECEE, Melissa has always loved to learn. Being part of the educational system for nearly 20 years, she was looking for a means to better prepare her students for the world on a more personal level. Having already practiced yoga on and off through her life, she took a leap of faith in 2018 and followed a 220 hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training (RYS 200 Yoga Alliance) where she realized that this could benefit not only her students, but herself and all those searching for a healthier life journey.

Meet our team! Athletic Therapist Mariann Cristina Onofrio, certified athletic therapist, member of the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association (CATA) and the Corporation des Thérapeutes du Sport du Québec (CTSQ), graduated from Concordia University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science: Specialization Athletic Therapy and 2012 with a Master of Science in Exercise Science: Specialization Athletic Therapy. Throughout her career, she has worked with a multi...tude of physically active individuals, as well as teaching at Concordia University in the Athletic Therapy program, shaping future athletic therapists. As a healthcare professional, her aim is to provide her patients and athletes with the ultimate care for their musculoskeletal injuries, allowing them to return to their activities and sports without pain and with optimal function. See more

Meet our team! Art Therapist/Birth Doula Erica Nicole Onofrio, director of Espace BeARTful and member of the Art Therapy Association of Quebec and Canadian Art Therapy Association, is an art therapist who graduated from Concordia University in 2018 from the Masters of Creative Arts Therapies, Option Art Therapy. In 2020, Erica took her passion of guiding and helping individuals and studied to become a Doula with MotherWit to help empower the process of birthing. Working... with a humanistic and person-centered model, her aim is to help fulfill one's whole potential and maximize their well-being. Therefore, she aims to help her clients to develop a stronger and healthier sense of self through the process of art in order to gain an understanding of their life. The healing potential of art is the foundation to the creative journey awaiting to be taken, where the creation of a therapeutic alliance is enriched. See more