We offer a range of classes, workshops, and Teacher Training and special events on Zoom as well as teaching live in our new location, The First Narayever Congregation, 187 Brunswick Ave (16 participants). 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.
In-person classes at the Narayever are accessible! There is a new elevator, fresh, new washrooms for changing and plenty of space for coats, boots and shoes. There are chairs available, some mats, blankets, cushions and belts. Bring your own yoga equipment, if possible. Please join by registering with online advanced bookings and payment. 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.
Zoom classes continue to be a viable and enjoyable option. 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! Practising online and in person is meaningful in different ways and we hope you’ll enjoy either or both.
Please use our pre-recorded Home Practice audios and videos. Thank you for your continuing support in these uncertain times. Read the announcement detailing the closure of the 390 Dupont St practice space here.
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
Morning QiGong Practice
Monday, February 16 – Friday, February 20, with Paola di Paolo, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Start your day from a place of clarity and centeredness. Connect to your natural energetic flow and allow it to carry you through your day.
Strengthening Digestion
Monday, February 23 – Friday February 27, with Mar Jean Olson, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $80/wk, $25/class, *no class Tues Feb 24
on Zoom
Join us in learning natural and easy ways to improve and strengthen our digestion. Each day we will focus on one aspect of this important process as well as review and build the following day.
Friday Intensives
February 27, March 27, April 24, May 22, 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
Spring into Spring
Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6, with Julia Juhas, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Let’s explore the legs, hips and lower back, the foundation of the body that stabilizes us and gives us the freedom to walk, run, jump, and play. Each day, we’ll focus on a unique area, integrating breath, mindful movement, and visualization. Warning: You may experience increased mobility, greater release, and newfound ease in your lower body!
Image: Three Girls in a Spring Meadow, Hannes Killan, 1938
Heads up!
Monday, March 9 – Friday, March 13, with Della Croteau, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/wk, $25/class
on Zoom
In winter, we tend to walk head down watching for ice, and shoulders to ears to keep out the cold. In this series, we will practise lengthening the muscles along the spine which may have tightened with our careful walking. As spring approaches, this is an opportunity to stretch out the shoulders, upper back, hips and legs, and to explore the effects of this release on balance.
Image: Hong Kong, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, 1996
Energy Medicine
Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20, with Tedi Tafel, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Energy Medicine views the body as a complex matrix of 9 energetic systems including meridians (energy pathways), chakras (energy centres), and the auric or bio field (our body’s energetic atmosphere) which support and animate the physical body. As a certified practitioner, my approach is based on the teachings of Donna Eden, the founder of Eden Energy Medicine, and Kim Dowdell, an energy practitioner and acupuncturist.
EM uses simple techniques (tapping, massaging, holding, tracing) that when regularly practised, activate these invisible maps of electrical, electromagnetic and subtle energies that run through us and surround us giving us greater vitality, health and mental clarity. Energy Medicine draws from ancient and contemporary knowledge that sees the human body/being as inseparable from the natural world. Since we are entering the spring season, we will learn some effective ways to support our energetic alignment at this time of year.
Deep in our bones
Monday, March 23 – Friday, March 27, with Tama Soble, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Bones are powerful, resilient, protective and packed with energy. They are the scaffolding for the body, bear and distribute weight, give us form, and protect our vital organs. They are full of life-giving energy, producing red blood cells that carry oxygen and white blood cells that fight infection. Let’s endeavour to understand and embody the skeleton and all of its marvellous attributes as we practise asana and pranayama throughout the week.
Image: Thigh bone with black stripe, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1930
Practising yoga to regulate the nervous system
Monday, March 30–Friday, April 3, with Shirley Roll, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Everything about practising yoga touches our nervous system, from grounding, breathing and even elongating the spine, to interoception, proprioception and our awareness of the world around us. In this series, we will learn how our yoga practice alters the activation of the various pathways of our nervous system – the sympathetic or spinal chain and the dorsal and ventral branches of the vagus nerve. The resulting balance of that activation affects our sense of wellbeing and that of those around us. Let’s practise together, exploring how these elements influence our energy, our resilience, our mood, our thinking and our feelings about ourselves and others.
Mudras
Monday, April 6 – Friday, April 10, with Monica Voss, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Mudra is often translated as ‘seal’ and it manifests when we touch one part of the body literally to another, for example, finger to finger, hand to foot, and also figuratively – mind to breath, breath to spine. The term implies a circle, interconnectedness and interdependence. Practising circulation exercises is life-affirming and offers us again and again, another chance, a new opportunity to become aware.
Image: Some Butterflies, Jack Goldstein, 1975
Spring QiGong
Monday, April 13 – Friday, April 17, with Paola di Paolo, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Start your day from a place of clarity and centeredness. Connect to your natural energetic flow and allow it to carry you through your day.
Image: Trees in Spring, David Milne, 1917
Mediation, Pranayama and Yoga Nidra
Monday, April 20 – Friday, April 24, with John Campbell, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/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.
Image: Buddha and Mouse, Louise Tanguay
Chair Yoga
Monday, April 27 – Friday, May 1, with Helen Kohl, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom
Enjoy the full benefits of yoga from your chair. Every class this week includes movement, breathing and meditation to enhance your flexibility, relieve your stress, build your strength, access your inner quiet and (yes, from your chair) improve your balance.
Image: Van Gogh’s Chair, Van Gogh, 1888