A Victoria woman wants to encourage other women to rebuild their lives after she survived a life-altering accident.
Janelle Morrison was a professional Ironman-distance triathlete when she was in a near-fatal head-on collision in 2010.
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When Morrison awoke from her 10-day coma, doctors told her she would be lucky to walk, and that there would be no way she could compete again.
| After a head-on collision in 2010, Victoria athlete Janelle Morrison, sustained a broken pelvis, femur, broken vertebrae and damaged organs. Doctors told her she probably wouldn't walk. Two years later she competed in an Ironman competition and placed third in her division. Now a yoga teacher, Morrison wants to offer other women an award for rebuilding themselves after hardship (File contributed/ Janelle Morrison) |
Fast forward two years and Morrison finished an Ironman competition and came third in her division.
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While the accomplishment to most is astounding, for Morrison something was missing.
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She said what was really needed was nourishment and self-love.
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To find that nourishment Morrison turned to yoga and now teaches at the Metta Studio in Victoria. She now wants to do more to help other women celebrate their own journeys, and so she set up the GameChanger: Heart to Rebuild Award.
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The award is for any Vancouver Island woman trying to overcome something and rebuild herself.
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The $1,000 award is funded in part by tickets purchased for the all-day womenB次元官网网址檚 workshop, where the award recipient will be announced on Nov. 10. The event will include keynote speakers and yoga classes focusing on different versions of strength. The event will be at the Hotel Grand Pacific from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
People can put forward nominations until Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. at .
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