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These series offer more than yoga classes, they are educational and promote healing:
LEARN, GROW & HEAL as you stretch your body!
Pre-registration is required for all class series, these series are not covered by the studio’s regular class packages.
Current Series:
- Therapeutic Yoga: Healing the Body Through Fascia Release, starts Mar 17, 2025, details here
- Therapeutic Yoga for Neck, Shoulders & Wrists, starts Mar 18, 2025, details here
- From Woman to Goddess - Empowering the Feminine, starts Mar 19, 2025, details here
Pre-Recorded Series:
- Yoga for Balance & Fall Prevention, available on-demand, details here
Please see below for details about these available series!
Current In Person & Virtual Yoga Series
Therapeutic Yoga: Healing the Body Through Fascia Release
Fascia is the soft tissue component of the connective tissue system that permeates the human body. The fascia system forms a continuous tensional network throughout the human body and envelopes every element of the body, including the muscles, organs, bones, nerves, arteries and veins. When the fascia is healthy and in good condition, force is transmitted through the body with ease, fluidity and vitality. Healthy fascia is highly elastic and resilient, and provides a high level of stability during dynamic loading, which in turn provides for a high degree of injury prevention.
When the fascia health is compromised, this creates a loss of elasticity and resilience, and injury to the body occurs more easily. With an injury or excessive strain, it is the fascia that often adapts to stabilize the local area by shortening, thickening, and adhering to neighbouring structures in the body. Fascia adhesions affect the whole structure of the body and often result in fatigue, misalignment, discomfort and restriction of movement.
The fascia of the body tells a story of a person’s life, all events are reflected in the fascia including physical and emotional trauma. When there is an adhesion in the fascia, it is often a sign that the communication in the body has been compromised to some degree.
In order to bring the fascia back to a healthy condition and function, we need to restore proper communication in the fascia network of the body. In this series, we will explore the Tensegrity Repair Series, created by Gioia Irwin, which involves movements mostly done on your back, with use of a block, strap, and other yogic props. Guided by the principle of working at 70 percent effort, we move within to strengthen the core and the deeper muscles of the body, while helping to ease holding patterns from old in juries in the fascial body. When applying the tensegrity/bio tensegrity model to our yoga practice, we start to discover our true range of motion in a given moment, which allows our awareness to become clearer on the sensations we are experiencing in the body.
Benefits may start arising as such:
EXTRA BONUS: These classes will be recorded and video links will remain available until June 30, 2025 so if you miss a class, you won’t miss anything. Additional handouts will be provided as well.
These classes are in person, there is also an option to register for “Virtual Only” if the class time does not work for you; you will then receive all the recordings.
Series Details:
Therapeutic Yoga: Healing the Body Through Fascia Release
Mondays, 4:15-5:30pm, Mar 17-Apr 28, 2025 (no class on Easter Monday)
6-week series: Early Bird $144 + hst by March 15; regular pricing $160 + hst
To register, please use the links below:
Fascia is the soft tissue component of the connective tissue system that permeates the human body. The fascia system forms a continuous tensional network throughout the human body and envelopes every element of the body, including the muscles, organs, bones, nerves, arteries and veins. When the fascia is healthy and in good condition, force is transmitted through the body with ease, fluidity and vitality. Healthy fascia is highly elastic and resilient, and provides a high level of stability during dynamic loading, which in turn provides for a high degree of injury prevention.
When the fascia health is compromised, this creates a loss of elasticity and resilience, and injury to the body occurs more easily. With an injury or excessive strain, it is the fascia that often adapts to stabilize the local area by shortening, thickening, and adhering to neighbouring structures in the body. Fascia adhesions affect the whole structure of the body and often result in fatigue, misalignment, discomfort and restriction of movement.
The fascia of the body tells a story of a person’s life, all events are reflected in the fascia including physical and emotional trauma. When there is an adhesion in the fascia, it is often a sign that the communication in the body has been compromised to some degree.
In order to bring the fascia back to a healthy condition and function, we need to restore proper communication in the fascia network of the body. In this series, we will explore the Tensegrity Repair Series, created by Gioia Irwin, which involves movements mostly done on your back, with use of a block, strap, and other yogic props. Guided by the principle of working at 70 percent effort, we move within to strengthen the core and the deeper muscles of the body, while helping to ease holding patterns from old in juries in the fascial body. When applying the tensegrity/bio tensegrity model to our yoga practice, we start to discover our true range of motion in a given moment, which allows our awareness to become clearer on the sensations we are experiencing in the body.
Benefits may start arising as such:
- Space and openness in areas of the body;
- Deepening, lengthening and slowing down of the breath;
- Feeling of being supported by a column of air and energy;
- Feeling of lightness in the body accompanied by a heavy rooted connection to the earth with the feet;
- Fluid quality to movements and the movement of energy in the body;
- Mind becomes calmer;
- A centerline of support (core) starts to become more apparent;
- Our bones feel light as if “suspended and floating in a web of support”;
- The body starts to feel more stable and stronger, working more as a full unit of support.
EXTRA BONUS: These classes will be recorded and video links will remain available until June 30, 2025 so if you miss a class, you won’t miss anything. Additional handouts will be provided as well.
These classes are in person, there is also an option to register for “Virtual Only” if the class time does not work for you; you will then receive all the recordings.
Series Details:
Therapeutic Yoga: Healing the Body Through Fascia Release
Mondays, 4:15-5:30pm, Mar 17-Apr 28, 2025 (no class on Easter Monday)
6-week series: Early Bird $144 + hst by March 15; regular pricing $160 + hst
To register, please use the links below:
Therapeutic Yoga for Neck, Shoulders, and Wrists:
Releasing the Weight of Excess Responsibilities
This series is for individuals who experience neck, shoulder and/or wrist discomfort related to stress, tension, rotator cuff/shoulder joint injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injury, tendonitis, and arthritis. If you are experiencing an acute level of discomfort because your injury is recent, this series is not for you: instead, focus on resting the area for 4 to 6 weeks, and consult a licensed health practitioner.
In this series, we will focus on stretches and yoga poses that target eight key muscles connected to the shoulders and wrists. We will also include stretches that address the neck and related nerves. Our practice will focus on both recovery and repair approaches to yoga therapy for the shoulders and wrists, including tensegrity repair, mindful movement, tension release, working gradually on strength and endurance, breathing techniques, and meditation. Gentle stretches that target other body areas may also be included for a more balanced practice. These practices will be done as a group, and there may be times for individual practice of specific poses depending on participants’ needs.
EXTRA BONUS: These classes will be recorded and video links will remain available until June 30, 2025 so if you miss a class, you won’t miss anything.
This is an in person series, there is also an option to register for “Virtual Only” if the class time does not work for you; you will then receive all the recordings.
Series Details:
Therapeutic Yoga for Neck, Shoulders, and Wrists: Releasing the Weight of Excess Responsibilities
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, Mar 18-Apr 22, 2025
6-week series: Early Bird $144 + hst by March 15; regular pricing $160 + hst
To register, please use the links below:
Releasing the Weight of Excess Responsibilities
This series is for individuals who experience neck, shoulder and/or wrist discomfort related to stress, tension, rotator cuff/shoulder joint injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injury, tendonitis, and arthritis. If you are experiencing an acute level of discomfort because your injury is recent, this series is not for you: instead, focus on resting the area for 4 to 6 weeks, and consult a licensed health practitioner.
In this series, we will focus on stretches and yoga poses that target eight key muscles connected to the shoulders and wrists. We will also include stretches that address the neck and related nerves. Our practice will focus on both recovery and repair approaches to yoga therapy for the shoulders and wrists, including tensegrity repair, mindful movement, tension release, working gradually on strength and endurance, breathing techniques, and meditation. Gentle stretches that target other body areas may also be included for a more balanced practice. These practices will be done as a group, and there may be times for individual practice of specific poses depending on participants’ needs.
EXTRA BONUS: These classes will be recorded and video links will remain available until June 30, 2025 so if you miss a class, you won’t miss anything.
This is an in person series, there is also an option to register for “Virtual Only” if the class time does not work for you; you will then receive all the recordings.
Series Details:
Therapeutic Yoga for Neck, Shoulders, and Wrists: Releasing the Weight of Excess Responsibilities
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, Mar 18-Apr 22, 2025
6-week series: Early Bird $144 + hst by March 15; regular pricing $160 + hst
To register, please use the links below:
From Woman to Goddess – Empowering the Feminine (Part 1)
This is a unique yoga series that will help us understand what “woman” energy really is so that we can reclaim and own this part of ourselves, no matter if we identify as male or female since both polarities live within each of us. From this place of ownership, we can take it a step further and reunite with the archetypal energy of the Goddess or Divine Feminine through sacred initiation and healing meditations.
At this time, we are called to create balance between the masculine and feminine energies on the planet, and re-ignite the flowing all-encompassing energies of the empowered feminine.
We will do this by exploring and understanding what woman empowerment really means through the lens of the kundalini yoga tradition. We will practice in a gentle way specially selected yoga kriyas and flowing sequences designed to activate various aspects of the empowered woman. The kriyas will be done our way by following the guidance of our body, because in this age of heightened energies, rigorous kundalini yoga practices are no longer necessary to effect change.
We will meditate, heal, and receive sacred initiation with archetypal Goddess energy to unleash our sacred feminine power. There will be opportunities for personal reflection in your own time.
EXTRA BONUS: These classes will be recorded and video links will remain available until June 30, 2025 so if you miss a class, you won’t miss anything.
Handouts and additional audio recordings of the guided meditations will be provided to support your transformational journey so you can do these meditations as often as you want. For those who wish to prepare in advance for each class, information will be provided.
This is an in person series, there is also an option to register for “Virtual Only” if the class time does not work for you; you will then receive all the recordings.
Series Details:
From Woman to Goddess – Empowering the Feminine (Part 1)
Wednesdays, 4:15-5:45pm, Mar 19-Apr 16, 2025
5-week series: Early Bird $125 + hst by March 16; regular pricing $140 + hst
To register, please use the links below:
This is a unique yoga series that will help us understand what “woman” energy really is so that we can reclaim and own this part of ourselves, no matter if we identify as male or female since both polarities live within each of us. From this place of ownership, we can take it a step further and reunite with the archetypal energy of the Goddess or Divine Feminine through sacred initiation and healing meditations.
At this time, we are called to create balance between the masculine and feminine energies on the planet, and re-ignite the flowing all-encompassing energies of the empowered feminine.
We will do this by exploring and understanding what woman empowerment really means through the lens of the kundalini yoga tradition. We will practice in a gentle way specially selected yoga kriyas and flowing sequences designed to activate various aspects of the empowered woman. The kriyas will be done our way by following the guidance of our body, because in this age of heightened energies, rigorous kundalini yoga practices are no longer necessary to effect change.
We will meditate, heal, and receive sacred initiation with archetypal Goddess energy to unleash our sacred feminine power. There will be opportunities for personal reflection in your own time.
EXTRA BONUS: These classes will be recorded and video links will remain available until June 30, 2025 so if you miss a class, you won’t miss anything.
Handouts and additional audio recordings of the guided meditations will be provided to support your transformational journey so you can do these meditations as often as you want. For those who wish to prepare in advance for each class, information will be provided.
This is an in person series, there is also an option to register for “Virtual Only” if the class time does not work for you; you will then receive all the recordings.
Series Details:
From Woman to Goddess – Empowering the Feminine (Part 1)
Wednesdays, 4:15-5:45pm, Mar 19-Apr 16, 2025
5-week series: Early Bird $125 + hst by March 16; regular pricing $140 + hst
To register, please use the links below:
Yoga for Balance and Fall Prevention - 6-week series
Maintaining our balance, whether on one or two legs, is one of those things that becomes more challenging as we age. Young people are not immune to this issue as I’ve discovered in my 14 years as a yoga teacher. Falling can happen unexpectedly at any time, no matter what season is present.
Did you know that it is possible to prevent a fall by proactively learning to use your body in specific ways? And if you realize that you’re in the process of falling, there are ways to come out of a fall safely when on the ground.
In this series, we will learn about 5 principles that can assist us in preventing a fall or in returning to a state of balance after a fall, and these will be explored in the context of various stretches, repetitive movements, yoga postures, and flowing practices. We will also focus on building our ability to balance in actual balance poses, so if balance has been an issue for you during yoga classes, you will have an opportunity to "strengthen your balance muscle”!
Series Pricing:
Yoga for Balance & Fall Prevention - 6-week series
This series is currently available as a pre-recorded video class series with handouts; if you would like to receive the video links, simply register below, and I will send them to you!
Pricing: $135 + hst
To register, please use the link below:
Maintaining our balance, whether on one or two legs, is one of those things that becomes more challenging as we age. Young people are not immune to this issue as I’ve discovered in my 14 years as a yoga teacher. Falling can happen unexpectedly at any time, no matter what season is present.
Did you know that it is possible to prevent a fall by proactively learning to use your body in specific ways? And if you realize that you’re in the process of falling, there are ways to come out of a fall safely when on the ground.
In this series, we will learn about 5 principles that can assist us in preventing a fall or in returning to a state of balance after a fall, and these will be explored in the context of various stretches, repetitive movements, yoga postures, and flowing practices. We will also focus on building our ability to balance in actual balance poses, so if balance has been an issue for you during yoga classes, you will have an opportunity to "strengthen your balance muscle”!
Series Pricing:
Yoga for Balance & Fall Prevention - 6-week series
This series is currently available as a pre-recorded video class series with handouts; if you would like to receive the video links, simply register below, and I will send them to you!
Pricing: $135 + hst
To register, please use the link below:
POLICIES ABOUT CLASS SERIES
1) Special class series are separate from regular yoga classes;
2) There is a 72 hour cancellation policy for a full refund when it is requested before the start of the series. If cancellation is done less than 72 hours from the start of the series, a 25% admin fee will apply. Classes purchased as a series are non-refundable once the first session has started.
1) Special class series are separate from regular yoga classes;
2) There is a 72 hour cancellation policy for a full refund when it is requested before the start of the series. If cancellation is done less than 72 hours from the start of the series, a 25% admin fee will apply. Classes purchased as a series are non-refundable once the first session has started.