JANUARY WORKSHOPS
INTEGRATING THE PELVIS & HIPS with the Spine above and the Legs Below
This longer workshop provides the opportunity to establish new patterns of movement and awareness within the context of your yoga practice. Students will explore the relationship ofthe pelvic half to thigh bone and sacrum to spine. Learn the effects of counter movements on the sacroiliac and pubic joints. Appropriate for all students, including those with sacroiliac hip or low back concerns.
SUNDAY JANUARY 15th 10 AM- 1 PM
$50 ($45 with Mar workshop)
KID'S YOGA WORKSHOP
SUNDAY JANUARY 22ND 10 AM -11 AM
Yoga can help develop strength, flexibility, balance, and a positive sense of self. Lisa facilitates a fun-filled morning of yoga poses, breathing exercises, partner yoga, relaxation techniques and games using the yoga poses and principles. This workshop is recommended for ages 6-12. Also February 12 and March 4th.
with Lisa $10 each HST included
FAMILY YOGA (Cancelled)
SUNDAY JANUARY 29th 10:00-11:00am with Lisa G
Share an hour of yoga together as a family. Kids and adults of all ages, shapes, and abilities are invited to explore the playfulness of yoga asanas through body awareness games, breathing exercises and story. Enhance flexibility, strength, coordination and self-esteem together with your loved-ones. What a great way to connect! (Also Feb 25 and March 25th- the last Sunday of every month) $16 per adult and child $5/extra adult $2/extra child
FEBRUARY
WORKSHOPS
FEBRUARY CLEANSE
Finding Balance with Wise Effort SUNDAYS : FEBRUARY 5, 12, 19, & 26th 9:30- 11:00am
Here's a way to help bring you and your practice into balance.
This February join me in a 28 day cleanse. We will look at what in our lives has drifted to extremes and make the intention to bring them back into balance with "wise effort". We will primarily be focusing on diet, using the guidelines from Dr Joshi's book *Dr. Joshi's* *Holistic Detox*; and yoga, stretching, breathing, and meditating to re-establish a connection between body, heart, and mind.
Our Sundays together will be a time to practice and to check in and encourage each other. You can choose the length of your cleanse; one to four weeks, to suit your needs. $56 for all 4 +hst = $63 $19 for drop- ins
EMOTIONAL YOGA
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5th - CANCELLED
Yoga provides us with an incredible framework for experiencing, exploring and releasing emotions. In this workshop we will focus on awareness of our emotions and how they manifest in the body and mind. This heightened awareness often opens the door for positive changes in our emotional life. With Crystal.
Yoga for Better Bones: Part 1
Saturday February 18th (also Mar 3rd) 2:00 - 4:30pm with Jayelle
This 2-part workshop has been designed to give anyone with osteoporosis or osteopenia a yoga practice that is both strengthening and safe. Participants will learn how to avoid positions that could make them vulnerable to fracture, and how to improve their flexibility, strength and balance. No previous knowledge of yoga is required. This workshop will be approximately 2/3 movement and 1/3 lecture. Taught by a registered physiotherapist with a special interest in osteoporosis. $45 or $80 for both
DEVELOPING A HOME PRACTICE
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12th 2-4pm $25+hst =$28
A home yoga practice is a way of deeply connecting to ourselves. In this workshop we will look at sequencing of yoga poses and ways to develop or sustain a home practice. We will discuss the challenges that keep us from our mats and ways to inspire ourselves and face our resistance. All levels welcome. With Lisa.
FAMILY YOGA
MONDAY FEB 20TH 10:00-11:00am By Donation.
Share an hour of yoga together as a family. Kids and adults of all ages, shapes, and abilities are invited to explore the playfulness of yoga asanas through body awareness games, breathing exercises and story. Enhance flexibility, strength, coordination and self-esteem together with your loved-ones. What a great way to connect!
FAMILY YOGA
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25th 10:00-11:00am
Share an hour of yoga together as a family. Kids and adults of all ages, shapes, and abilities are invited to explore the playfulness of yoga asanas through body awareness games, breathing exercises and story. Enhance flexibility, strength, coordination and self-esteem together with your loved-ones. What a great way to connect! $16/adult &child $5/extra adult $2/child
MARCH WORKSHOPS
YOGA FOR BETTER BONES part 2
Saturday March 3rd 2:00-4:30 pm with Jayelle
This 2- part workshop has been designed to give anyone with osteoporosis or osteopenia a yoga practice that is both strengthening and safe. Participants will learn how to avoid positions that could make them vulnerable to fracture, and how to improve their flexibililty, strength and balance. No previous knowledge of yoga is required. This workshop will be approximately 2/3 movement and 1/3 lecture. Taught by a registered physiotherapist with a special interest in osteoporosis. (Participation in part 1 is not required to attend part 2) $45
KID'S YOGA WORKSHOP
Sunday March 4th 10:00-11:00am with Lisa $10 hst included
Yoga can help develop strength, flexibility, balance, and a positive sense of self. Lisa facilitates a fun-filled morning of yoga poses, breathing exercises, partner yoga, relaxation techniques and games using the yoga poses and principles. This workshop is recommended for ages 6-12.
CHAKRA YOGA
SUNDAY MARCH 4th 2:00-5:00pm with Lisa. $35 + hst = $40
Opening the chakras with our yoga practice is a way to bring
more balance and ease into our lives. We will explore the
seven main energy centers of the body using yoga poses,
breathing exercises, sounding, and meditation. Improving
the flow of energy through the chakras will leave you feeling
more joyful and energized. For anyone who wishes to deepen
their yoga practice and explore the inner body.
INTEGRATING THE NECK & SHOULDERS
SUNDAY MARCH 11th 10 AM- 1 PM
Discover new patterns of movement in this three hour long workshop . Students will explore the connections between the collar bones and shoulder blades, between the base of the skull and the vertebrae below it. Release old patterns of tension and chronic pain with micromovements guided from inner awareness.
Suitable for all levels of student including those with chronic headache, neck or shoulder pain.
$50 ($45 before MARCH 6)
YOGA FOR THE LOW BACK
SUNDAY MARCH 18TH Time 2-4pm Cost $25 + hst = $28
Learn to develop a strong support system for your lower back by discovering the pelvic floor and deep abdominals. Simple focused exercises taken from both Yoga and Pilates will develop strength, flexibility and awareness of this amazing keystone of the body.
INSIDE OUTSIDE, UPSIDE DOWN: INVERSIONS!
Sunday March 25th 9:30-11:30am $25+ hst = $28
Find your inner alignment and its relationship to the outward
force of gravity in inversions. We will be focusing on
building a safe and dependable foundation in headstand
and handstand by strengthening and releasing the wrists,
shoulders, pelvis, and legs. All levels welcome! With Jacqueline.
YOGA FOR CHILDBIRTH
SUNDAY MARCH 25th 6:00-8:00 PM $28per person/$45 per couple (includes hst)
This workshop is a wonderful way to prepare both you and your birth partner for the journey ahead. The workshop will provide a holistic approach to breathing, toning, partner-assisted yoga postures, relaxing & supportive massage and meditation practices to help with labour. Birth partners will learn valuable tools to assist their loved one through pregnancy and childbirth. Most important of all, it will be a fun and loving time to bond with each other and your unborn baby. Yoga creates greater awareness and flexibility, enhances pregnancy, optimizes health, and prepares you for the birth experience. Recommended for second and third trimesters of pregnancy. With Claudia
FAMILY YOGA
SUNDAY MARCH 25th 10:00-11:00am
Share an hour of yoga together as a family. Kids and adults of all ages, shapes, and abilities are invited to explore the playfulness of yoga asanas through body awareness games, breathing exercises and story. Enhance flexibility, strength, coordination and self-esteem together with your loved-ones. What a great way to connect! $16/adult &child $5/extra adult $2/child
