We’ll offer a range of classes, workshops, and Teacher Training and special events on Zoom in 2025 as well as teaching live in the Studio (16 participants). Practising online and in person is meaningful in different ways and we hope you’ll enjoy either or both. Thank you for your continuing support in these uncertain times. And we hope you use and enjoy our pre-recorded Home Practice audios and videos.
The Studio at 390 Dupont St will be closing permanently on December 20. Our fall schedule of classes and workshops are being posted on our website now. Our winter schedule and farewell party will be announced soon. Beginning January 2026, in-person classes will take place at The First Narayever Congregation, 187 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, walkable and equidistant from the Spadina and Bathurst subway stations. There is some street parking and a Green P parking off Bloor and Borden St. Zoom classes will remain as they are. Please make sure you are signed up with your current email address in order to receive the Esther Myers Yoga Studio newsletter and stay up to date! Read the closure announcement here.
The Studio is open for in-person classes with online advanced bookings and payment in advance only. The preferred payment method is by e-transfer to info@estheryoga.com. Sorry, we cannot accept drop-ins. Credit is available with 24 hours cancellation ONLY.
Esther Myers Yoga Studio offers yoga workshops in Toronto. Each workshop is unique and allows you to focus on a specific theme. Please register in advance.
Toronto Workshops at Esther Myers Yoga Studio
Art Auction and Fundraiser
Art Auction and Fundraiser, An Update
Our Art Auction Fundraiser was a great success. Thank you to all for your support! If you are still interested in purchasing a work of art, check out what’s still available by clicking on the orange View Art button. Email us to let us know your choice.
If you would simply like to make a financial contribution in support of the Studio, and not receive an artwork, please donate by e-transfer to info@estheryoga.com.
The funds raised will go towards the cost of moving out of our Studio on Dupont St and transitioning to holding classes at The First Narayever Congregation, 187 Brunswick Ave, Toronto. Read the Studio announcement.
Thank you for all the years of practice!
Image: Diane Braun Woodberry
The Feeling and Function of Yoga
Friday, December 5, with Peter Blackaby, 1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $45
on Zoom
When we practise yoga, two main things are happening: we are moving in space and noticing the changes within. This class will look at both these aspects of practice with the aim of enabling our bodies to be more functional and also helping us feel more comfortable in our skin.
Image: Hverfisgata, Reykjavik, 1965, Johann Vilberg Arnason
Pete Blackaby is a yoga teacher and osteopath based in Brighton, UK, and the author of the book, Intelligent Yoga. His outlook and approach encompass the complex relationship among things and the way perception influences everything.
Open House for Yoga in Antigua, Guatemala, March 1-8, 2026
Saturday, December 6, 1:00pm ET, with Monica Voss, RSVP
on Zoom
Join me in a new yoga (ad)venture in Guatemala. Casa San Juan Hotel is located in the village of San Juan del Obispo, home to the 17th century monastery and palace of the first bishop to the Americas, Francisco Marroquin. It is a short 15 minute ride away from Antigua, Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a city of ‘eternal spring’.
Tucked into the middle of a village, hidden behind corrugated tin walls, in a lush garden, Casa San Juan is a charming refuge from the bustle of Antigua.
The main house, designed and built by Guatemalan architect Federico Jimenez, features outdoor patio spaces to enjoy quiet time watching the hummingbirds and butterflies that are attracted to the many exotic, flowering plants and listening to meditative, cascading water fountains in and around the house.
To capture the views of the three volcanoes — Agua, Fuego, and Acatenango — you’ll find six uniquely crafted rooms with a private bath, space for working, studying or relaxing, and either a rooftop patio or an outdoor seating area. Fuego, true to its name, frequently emits dramatic plumes of smoke.
Day trips can be arranged to local villages, markets, downtown Antigua, Mayan ruins, Lake Atitlan and more. A cooking lesson is a tempting possibility. Seek Spanish lessons in lovely Antigua in conjunction with your yoga practice.
Our host is Ginger Hooven, an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist who is available to instruct us in Ayurvedic Science. Ginger teaches regularly at Mount Madonna Centre in California.
Visit www.casasanjuan.com for more information and photos.
ALL WELCOME! RSVP. For more information check our website: https://www.estheryoga.com/events/yoga-in-antigua-guatemala/ or contact Monica Voss: monica@estheryoga.com.
Yoga and Shakuhachi Flute
Wednesday, December 10, with Tama Soble and Debbie Danbrook, 7:00pm-8:30pm, $25
at the Studio
Join Tama Soble in a reflective, end-of-day, end-of-era yoga practice as we say goodbye to our beloved space on Dupont St. Supported by the soothing sound of Debbie Danbrook’s Shakuhachi flute, an instrument designed for the sole purpose of meditation, we’ll rest, move, reach and stretch, hum and tone, filling our hall with joyous vibrations and gratitude.
Please bring your energy and good will and we’ll celebrate 32 years of communal practice in this lovely space.
We’re having a party!
And everyone is invited. Please drop over and say goodbye to the wonderful space you have created for the practice of yoga, meditation, chanting, dancing, singing, musical events, seasonal celebration, and Qi Gong.
Please bring a memory, an impression, a story to share. There’ll be treats and drinks and perhaps a surprise or two.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2-5pm
390 DUPONT ST, STE 203
TORONTO
On the north side of Dupont between Bathurst and Spadina,
5 min from Dupont subway station.
Some parking onsite, street parking available.
(Almost) New Year’s Intensive
Saturday, December 27 – Monday, December 29, with Monica Voss
10:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-3:00pm ET, $150/3 days, $60/day, $30/half day, included in unlimited packages, bursaries available
on Zoom
Ring out 2025 with an in-house yoga “retreat”. Lighten body and heart with three full or partial days of stretching, breathing, postures, meditation and relaxation, with some end-of-year visiting. Everyone is welcome!
Image: SkyTV for Washington, 1966/2014, Yoko Ono
Circle of Light in Winter
Sunday, January 11, 2026, with Ana Bodnar, 11:30am-1:00pm ET, $30
on Zoom
Let us celebrate the winter days as we gather to reflect on the quiet beauty of nature withdrawn, and step into the darkest part of the year. It is a time of turning within to nurture our light and our strength. And a time for the deep noticing of the places of light all around us every day, no matter what the challenges. We will include meditation, visualization, chanting and poetry in our time together. All of this to nourish our souls.
Ana Bodnar is a clinical psychologist and has been a teacher of yoga philosophy and meditation for many years, both in the community and at the University of Toronto. She leads kirtan chanting events and released a meditation and chanting CD: Embracing Peace. For more information, see www.anabodnar.com.
Image: Winter Woods, Lawren Harris, 1915
Empowering the Ageing Body
Saturday, January 24 – Sunday, January 25, with Della Croteau, Kathy Felkai, Helen Kohl, Tama Soble, Shari Stein and Monica Voss, whole weekend $210, each workshop $40
on Zoom
As the population ages, teachers must inform themselves about natural changes in the body as well as common conditions such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. Changes in outlook also occur in older students as they contemplate their lives and goals. Through practice, discussion and analysis, we will explore these and other issues of ageing and create intelligent and supportive options in order to instruct older students holistically with energy, knowledge and empathy.
Empowering the Ageing Body is intended for certified and non-certified yoga and meditation teachers, teachers-in-training, health professionals, therapists, social workers and interested students of yoga.
- Della Croteau, Osteoarthritis
- Kathy Felkai, Managing Chronic Pain
- Helen Kohl, Chair Yoga
- Tama Soble, Asana and Pranayama re: Osteoporosis
- Shari Stein, Osteoporosis
- Monica Voss, Asana and Pranayama re: Osteoarthritis
Developing and Sustaining a Personal Practice
Sunday, February 15, with Monica Voss, 10:30am-1:00pm ET, $60
on Zoom
Practising yoga at home can be a refuge and a way of reconnecting to ourselves. In this workshop we will design themes for home practice, explore sequences of yoga postures, the rationale behind them and our personal responses to them. We will discuss the challenges and the joys of our time alone with yoga. Teachers and interested students of yoga are welcome to attend.
Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
Sunday, March 1, with Tama Soble
10:00am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:00pm ET, Full day $105, Half day $60.
on Zoom
Spend a full day exploring how asana, pranayama and meditation practices support the physical body, the nervous and respiratory systems, and the mind in returning to homeostasis. We will practise, write, and engage in discussion in order to reflect on how as teachers we might support those living with the challenges of anxiety and depression.
For yoga and meditation teachers, teachers in training and anyone studying and/or working in the mental health arena or interested in the topic material.
Introduction to the Yamas and the Niyamas
Sunday, March 29, with Ana Bodnar, 11:00am-1:00pm ET, $45
on Zoom
In this workshop, we will review the Yamas and Niyamas as they are outlined in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and then reflect on them using various translations, including a commentary from a women’s, heart-centred perspective. We will discuss how the Yamas and Niyamas continue to be vibrant and relevant in our current times, and how importantly they apply as guidelines for our teaching and our lives.
Please bring your translation to class along with a pen and notebook.
Introduction to Pranayama
Sunday, March 29, with Monica Voss, 2:00pm-4:30pm ET, $50
on Zoom
In this workshop, we will practise breath awareness and several traditional pranayama exercises in personal, non-traditional ways, accessing them with curiosity, enjoyment and kindness. Then we’ll assess, deconstruct and discuss how and when to introduce pranayama to beginners (and ourselves) easily and effectively.