Themed Yoga Classes

Monday, May 25 – Friday, May 29, with Tama Soble, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Side stretching frees the spine, the ribcage and the breath, enhancing physical comfort and ease. We will practise this often neglected developmental movement pattern and take time to reflect on the experience and benefits for the entire body. 

Monday, June 1 – Friday, June 5, with Della Croteau, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/wk, $25/class
on Zoom

Gardening, standing, walking, running, hiking, biking – what do these all have in common? They are enhanced by strength, flexibility and balance. This yoga series will explore the role of the spine, hip joints, knees, ankles and feet in providing fun, play and ease in our summer activities. 

Monday, June 8 – Friday, June 12, with Monica Voss, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Gravity pulsates – like the universe itself – and surges upward, in an updraft, an upswing, the natural response to the downward force. Rebound is the energy that holds the earth in its orbit and when we’re vertical can be a little more difficult to access, yet is tangible, visible and palpable.

We’ll use relaxation, breathing practice, stretching and yoga postures to release, warm, stimulate and experience not only rooting the lower body, but taking flight through the upper part.

Image: Nazare 57, Gerard Costello-Lopes

June 12, July 10, 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

Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19, 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 summer season, we will learn some effective ways to support our energetic alignment with this time of year.

Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26, with Shari Stein, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

As we age, we notice changes in our bodies and also in our minds. Often we can accommodate and adapt. Join me in exploring how Yoga can help us respond positively to these changes. We will practise enhancing awareness, focus, acceptance, self-compassion, memory, and function. We know that Yoga helps our bodies expand, increasing stability, flexibility and ease. Let’s explore how it might have a similar effect on our minds.

Image: Tree Roots, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890

Monday, June 29 – Friday, July 3, with Paola di Paolo, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Summer brings longer days, sunshine, and warmth.  Winter’s period of hibernation and Spring’s tentative new growth have prepared us to flourish with Summer’s energy.  In QiGong, Summer is associated with the element of Fire, inspiring self expression, creativity, connection, and enjoyment.  During this series, we will practise QiGong to celebrate this fiery element. 

Image: Summer Clouds, Tom Thomson, Summer 1916

Monday, July 6 – Friday, July 10, with Tama Soble, 8:00am – 9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Lying at the core of the body, the spine is strong, flexible, and at times elusive. Focus on spinal release is a basic principle of our approach to yoga. It is also a moving meditation, an anatomical journey, and a joy.  Let’s spend a week exploring the myriad ways we can free the spine, and enjoy the effect on body, mind and spirit. 

Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17, with Mar Jean Olson, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $80/week, $25/class *no class on Wed July 15
on Zoom

Join us for fun and effective ways to improve our balance. We’ll develop the basics of balance through breathing, eyes, focus, hands and feet and stepping patterns. Plenty of ‘brain aerobics’ exercises are included that we can easily practise on our own.

Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24, with Della Croteau, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/wk, $25/class
on Zoom

The summer is a time of light and warmth. To balance the heat and energy of the summer season, we will explore postures and breathing to cultivate the opposite environment on the inside of the body – cool and calm.

Image: Bateaux, Tom Thomson, 1916

Monday, July 27 – Friday July 31, with Julia Juhas, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Ignite length, mobility, and resilience from crown to tailbone. In this series, we cultivate a wakeful spine by honouring it’s two bookends, the skull at the top and the tailbone at the bottom, while weaving together breath, the four foundational spinal movements and guided visualization.  Through mindful exploration, we release tension, invite elongation, and cultivate a sense of suppleness throughout the spine, from peak to base and everywhere in between.

Monday, August 3 – Friday August 7, with Monica Voss, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Spending time releasing the face will expand the breathing, lengthen the spine and create a shift in our outlook that may last the whole day. We’ll squeeze and stretch and palpate, soften and stimulate tissue, joints and sutures including our sticky jaw, furrowed brow, tender skull, delicate throat, and tenacious neck muscles. What a beautiful wake up for our yoga postures and our lives.

Monday, August 10 – Friday, August 14, with Paola di Paolo, 8:00am-9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Qi Gong practices encourage and support us while exploring the rhythms of nature in our lives.  Even though the sun wanes during August, summer reaches its fullness with bountiful harvests of food, ideas, aspirations, and dreams. Our Qi Gong practice will help align our unique selves with Earth’s rhythms so we can flourish and 
experience a sense of abundance.    

Monday, August 17 – Friday, August 21, with Tama Soble, 8:00am – 9:15am ET, $100/week, $25/class
on Zoom

Every surface in the body is curved, and we benefit tremendously by following and honouring those curves as we move, visualize and breathe. Following the natural shape of the bones, soft tissue, and organs leads to efficient and pleasurable movement, a deep understanding of our structures through physical experience and the capacity to move more fully and freely than we may imagine. Let’s expand our potential by exploring our physical reality.

Monday, August 24–Friday, August 28, 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.