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.
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
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.
- Saturday, January 24, 10-11:45am, Shari Stein, Osteoporosis
- Saturday, January 24, 12-1:45pm, Kathy Felkai, Managing Chronic Pain
- Saturday, January 24, 2:15-4pm, Helen Kohl, Chair Yoga
- Sunday, January 25, 10-11:45am, Tama Soble, Osteoporosis: Asana and Pranayama
- Sunday, January 25, 12-1:45pm, Della Croteau, Osteoarthritis
- Sunday, January 25, 2:15-4pm, Monica Voss, Osteoarthritis: Asana and Pranayama
Bring Me Your Mind and I’ll Settle it for You
Friday, January 30 with Edward Brown, 1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $45, sliding scale available
on Zoom
At times a student will confess: “My mind is still not at ease.” Often Zen teachers take a radical approach to “settling your mind.” Student after student, when asked to do so, cannot bring forth the mind to be settled! Then how can it be settled?
What to do?
Or again, “What is the way?” Everyday Mind is the Way! “How am I to attain it?” As soon as you try to attain it, you lose it. Then, “what am I to do?”
Are you on track? Are you in accord? Are you floundering?
Let’s take the backward step together, and turn the Light inward.
With sitting meditation, chi gung, talk, poems, stories, let’s spend time together in Sacred Space, where you are, “Buddha on the spot without changing anything about your body or your mind.”
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.
Introduction to Pranayama
Sunday, March 29, with Monica Voss, 10:30am-1:00pm 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.
Introduction to the Yamas and the Niyamas
Sunday, April 12, 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.
Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
Sunday, May 3, 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.