Themed Yoga Classes

We’ll offer a range of classes, workshops, and Teacher Training and special events on Zoom in 2024 as well as teaching live in the Studio (14 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 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-insCredit is available with 24 hours cancellation ONLY.

Please check this space for updates or send us an email if you have questions. Take good care – we look forward to welcoming you back to the Studio.

Themed Classes explore unique topics through yoga, meditation, qi gong, and other creative offerings over a single class, a week or a few weeks on Zoom or at our Studio in downtown Toronto.

Themed Yoga Classes Online and In Person

Incense Qi Gong

Incense Qi Gong

Mondays, March 11 – April 1, with Donna Oliver, 5:00pm-6:00pm, $72/4 classes, $21/class
at the Studio

Incense Qigong is made up of 15 movements and is reported to have tremendous health benefits. This form is very rare and one that I much prefer to the standard forms that are more popular. As the name suggests, you may experience fragrant odours while practising and the set may enhance your sense of smell. Our focus will be on correct body movement and health benefits.

*NB, there is no use of incense in the class.

Feet First

Feet First

Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22, with Tama Soble, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

We rely on our feet to ground us physically and mentally and move us through our lives. Yet often they are neglected and ignored leading to misalignment, discomfort and instability throughout the entire body.  Using asana, movement and massage, we can recover the potential power, flexibility, and resilience in our feet that we had in childhood and still hold in our physical memories. We’ll explore foot release and its impact on our skeletal and soft tissue structures, our breathing and our peace of mind. Let’s spend a week putting our feet first and see where it leads.

Meditation, Pranayama and Yoga Nidra

Meditation, Pranayama and Yoga Nidra

Monday, March 25 – Friday, March 29, with John Campbell, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

A morning practice – pranayama, guided and silent sitting meditation, finishing with yoga nidra. Start your day here, right here. Energized, grounded, present, free, easy, infinite capacity. Everyone is welcome – both those new to meditation and experienced meditators.


Deepening Cellular Consciousness

Deepening Cellular Consciousness

Monday, April 1 – Friday, April 5, with Mariko Tanabe, 8:00am-9:15am ET,  $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

Explore the dynamic microcosm of your cells. All living beings are made of cells that have their own intelligence, ability to communicate, breathe, move, digest, heal and reproduce. They are the fundamental unity of life that we have in common with all life in the natural world, and the foundation of our primordial essence. 

Through movement, meditation, breath, anatomy and dialogue, experience the essential and fundamental support they provide for your breath, movement, presence, and grounding.

All are welcome to participate at their own level of experience and comfort.

Photo by Tabitha Turner

“Mariko

Mariko Tanabe is a Certified Teacher of Body-Mind Centering® and the director of the licensed BMCsm training program in Montreal.

Exploring the Wave

Exploring the Wave

Monday, April 8 – Friday, April 12, with Monica Voss, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

We embody a variety of internal rhythms – the heart beat, the digestion, lymphatic flow, etc – and dropping our focus inside will help us locate, understand and enhance wave-like spinal pulsation, one of our body’s most elusive rhythms. Active, repetitive movements and sequences also create internal awareness. In this series, we’ll rest, breathe, roll, bounce and shake, circle and wiggle, buzz and ‘OM’, all in serious fun, all as means of experiencing the rhythmic elongation of the spine.

Image: Snow Shadows, Tom Thomson, 1916

Hippy, hippy shake

Hippy, hippy shake

Monday, April 15 – Friday, April 19, with Della Croteau, 8:00am-9:15am, ET, $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

In the spring, we look forward to more activity and healthy hips are key to our mobility and ease of movement. We will practise and explore hip openers as well as yoga postures which relieve tension in the lower back and legs. Whether you are gardening, walking, riding your bike (or sitting at your desk), your hip joints will love this morning series!

Spring Walking

Spring Walking

Monday, April 22 – Friday, April 26, with Kaori Furue, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

As the weather warms up, walking outdoors is an excellent way to move the body, strengthen the bones, joints, and muscles, and lift the mood. This series aims to guide you in preparing to walk outside with strengthening exercises to support well-aligned joints for a smooth gait, stretches you can do before and after to recover quickly, balancing to prevent falls, and mindfulness and breathing activities to try when you are out walking. 

Image: Puddle Jumper, Friedrich Seidenstucker, 1925

Friday Intensive

Friday Intensives

April 26, May 17, June 7, with Tama Soble, 1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $30/class, included in unlimited passes
on Zoom

Enjoy the pleasure of deepening your practice by taking time at the end of the week to unwind and revitalize. For students and teachers at every level.

“I really enjoyed your Friday Intensive yesterday. I look forward to your monthly classes and love the way you lead up to the theme, gradually encouraging us to open our rib cage as yesterday. I always leave inspired and encouraged in my ability to move into poses with more ease and comfort.” SM

The power of awareness in breathing and beyond

The power of awareness in breathing and beyond

Monday, April 29 – Friday, May 3, with Maria Meindl, 8:00am-9:15am ET,  $100/week, $23/class
on Zoom

Students often ask if there is a particular way to breathe for certain movements in the Feldenkrais Method. The answer is, “It depends!”  Sometimes we combine certain breathing patterns with the movements, sometimes we just sense the breathing in conjunction with the movements. 

The aim of Awareness Through Movement is just that: awareness. But awareness can bring about change. In this series we will consider the fine line between awareness and conscious change when it comes to breathing, and explore how those learnings can be applied to other activities.

Maria Meindl

Maria Meindl became fascinated by the simplicity and power of The Feldenkrais Method in the early 1980s.

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