Vancouver holds some of the country's best yoga workshops and events, from one day yoga intensives, meditation workshops, couple's therapy, or inspirational speakers. The events/workshops section will keep you in the loop of what's going on in your city.
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2:15 - 3:15 pm: Prenatal Yoga Whether you're pregnant or planning to be, this is an excellent way to prepare yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually for your new role as a mother. 3:15 - 3:30 pm: Complimentary tea & cookies! A great way to socialize after class, network with other moms-to-be and chat with your teacher!
This special retreat focuses on the Revelation of the Spiritual Heart, our real and essential nature, the Supreme and Divine Self, Atman. During this immersion retreat, we will address broad aspects of the Spiritual Heart from a variety of approaches, including those of the Christian esoteric, Sufi, and Kashmiri Shaivist traditions. The intention of the retreat is to provide attendees with an opportunity to reach deep inner states of consciousness, intense aspiration for the Divine, and highly focused interiorization for the awakening and blossoming of the soul, Jiva-Atman. This method is a unique integration of Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Tantra, and Dzogchen. This is a silent retreat. Please see http://www.agamayoga.com/retreats/hridaya-brochure-2009.pdf for more details.
Agama Yoga Vancouver is very honoured to host Claudiu Trandafir, a meditation master and long-time colleague of Swami Vivekananda. Claudiu is specialized in Self-revelation meditation through Love and the opening of the Heart. An electronic engineer by education, he has been a Yoga teacher since 1985. Claudiu has extensive experience both with solitary cave retreats, as well as with inducing profound and elevated meditative states for others. Since 2001, he has led this special retreat for thousands of participants around the world.
Learn the anatomy of breathing and how diaphragmatic breathing can improve lung capacity, soothe tension out of the muscles, and help to achieve deep levels of relaxation. Learn about the muscles and organs involved in breathing, how to correct improper breathing patterns, and practice a variety of yoga breathing techniques. This workshop is perfect for beginners or for those who have little or no experience with yoga.
YOGIC BODYWORK: BASED ON THE ART OF TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE with deep roots in Yoga, Ayurveda and Buddhism, Thai Yoga Body work is based on the ancient massage tradition from Thailand; is informed by biomechanics; and has a strong added flavor from yoga. Thai Yoga combines myofascial stretching, joint mobilization, soft tissue manipulation, rhythmic rocking, acupressure, energy balancing, Buddhist meditation, and assisted Hatha Yoga poses.
Acting like applied Yoga Therapy it enhances energy flow; improves flexibility; relaxes the mind; and creates an overall relaxation and balance of the nervous system. This workshop has no pre-requisites and is open to anybody interested in learning the basics of this unique healing art and have a wonderful hands-on experience. Equally suitable for yoga students; massage therapists and bodyworkers; and couples who want to connect in a new way. You will leave refreshed, inspired, energized - and deeply relaxed and rejuvenated. Bring a partner or find one there. Fun is guaranteed!
ABOUT THE TEACHER:
JONAS WESTRING: PHYSIOTHERAPIST, CERTIFIED ANUSARA INSTRUCTOR, THAI BODYWORK VIRTUOSO
Jonas Westring is a pioneer and leading teacher of the Thai tradition in North America and abroad. A licensed physio therapist both in the US and in his native Sweden, he has been involved with yoga, bodywork, bodymind health and travels to the East since 1981. Jonas has been teaching a Thai Yoga Certification program in the USA for the past 12 years and leads annual group tours to Thailand where he lives during the winter period. Jonas is also a certified Anusara yoga instructor and combines an extensive yoga background in his approach to therapeutic bodywork. Transmitting the essence and spirit of the healing arts with mindfulness, clarity, joy, and ease – Jonas travels the world sharing his passion.
Jonas Westring is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a Continuing Education Provider under Category A.
200 hour Open Source Yoga teacher training with Dan Clement and Natalie Rousseau. Join us at the beautiful botanical gardens - rooms from $375, tuition $2,200
As a Life Coach, Fertility Yoga and Mind Body Specialist, Sue Dumais offers a unique program for couples designed to restore your emotional calm, improve communication, help you re-connect with your partner and nourish your reproductive health. Experience effective mind-body techniques such as guided meditation, breathing and relaxation techniques, fertility yoga and more.
We understand how fertility challenges can impact every area of your life including your relationship. This program is designed so both you and your partner can attend in a convenient one day intensive.
You learn to use highly effective tools that will help you:
-identify emotions through awareness, acceptance and action allowing you to find relief quickly
-learn to identify and change limiting thoughts and beliefs
-recognize and dissolve fear and doubt ~ subconscious fear can be an obstacle (eg. fear of pregnancy or childbirth)
-make positive lifestyle changes that will decrease stress and anxiety and increase self esteem and confidence
-easily shift from chaos to peace using meditations and deep relaxation exercises
-make healthy fertile food choices that will enhance your chances of conceiving
Now is the time! Today is the day to face your fears and transform your fertility journey! I have complete faith in you and I will help you find that faith within yourself! Together as a community of loving Mothers and Fathers we will bring our babies home.
Date: Sun Nov 8th
Time: 9:00 - 5:00pm
Fee: $185/couple (+ 5% GST)
Space is limited to 6 couples. Register early to avoid disappointment.
We are pleased to be able to offer our one month intensive Yoga Teacher Training Program for Fall 2009. This program is located at the beautiful Centre for Peace and is taught by Prana Yoga College founder Ms. shakti mhi.
ThetaHealing
Dec 4, 2009 - Dec 6, 2009 9:30AM - 5:00PM
Learn how to access and sustain a Theta brainwave state and connect to the Creator of All That Is to do body scans, healings, belief work, feelings work, meet your Guardian Angel, contact your guide, and enrich your psychic abilities. This 3-day workshop is 75% experiential. Held at Academy of Energy Healing in Coquitlam, BC on Dec 4/5/6, 2009; $500.00. Please, register by Nov 18 to receive a 10% Discount. The course includes a comprehensive Manual, Vianna’s book “ThetaHealing”, an optional listing on the ThetaHealing.com Certified Practitioner page, and an official certificate given at the end of the class.
Whether you've done the challenge or not, come celebrate with your community! Groove is a fun mix of flow yoga and free-style dance to sounds you’ll want to shake your soul to. It’s a workout that will strengthen and stretch your body, pump your heart and remind you of the joy that liberating soul-shaking can bring. This class combines the benefits of yoga with rhythmic movement that awakens the body, liberates the mind and nurtures your spirit. Enjoy a dynamic and flowing yoga dance class, increasing energy levels while exploring your own unique creativity. No prior dance experience is necessary and all levels yoga are welcome.
ABOUT WILL BLUNDERFIELD
Yoga instructor and singer/dancer Will Blunderfield is a graduate of the American Musical & Dramatic Academy. Will’s passion for yoga began with strong roots in dance and music of many styles: Hip Hop, Modern, Jazz, Tap, and Ballet. After discovering yoga’s calming effects while performing and studying in fast-paced New York City, he decided to become an instructor and returned to his hometown of Vancouver where he certified at the Vancouver School of Bodywork & Massage with Dan Clement, Eoin Finn, Bernie Clark, Wade Imre Morissette and others. His classes provide a challenging and fun workout based on traditional postures to create internal heat and develop strength, concentration and core-stability. Will’s mission is to cultivate joy and bliss through music, yoga, and dance!
Pre- holiday Detox Yoga Flow:
Twist, shift and smile!
With Charlotte Juras
Saturday Dec 5
2-4 pm
Main and 14th studio
Take the afternoon off from the hustle and bustle of shopping and jump start your traditions with a detoxifying Vinyasa Flow, followed by a half hour of yoga nidra.
Sweat, laugh, stretch, glow, pause, reflect, renew, and rejoice!
The room will be heated, please avoid eating at least 2 hours prior to the flow. Bring a towel and a smile.
Not recommended for those new to yoga.
Register at www.opendooryoga.bc.ca, innerblissyoga@ymail.com or drop by one of our studios!
Solstice Gong Meditation with Grand Gong Master Don Conreaux
The beauty of the Gong is its tremendous potential for healing and rejuvenation. Because the gong covers the full spectrum of sound, it vibrates all the cells, bones and organs.
In a seated or reclining position, you will experience powerful waves of sound as they wash over and around you. Please bring whatever you need to lie comfortably on the floor (mats, blankets and pillows) and be prepared for an extraordinary experience. There will be plenty of chairs for those who prefer to sit.
NADA YOGA: The Yoga of Sound, Hamonizing Body, Mind and Spirit
Sunday Dec 20, 1:30-3:30pm, $30
The Yoga of Sound, harmonizing Body, Mind, and Spirit. Experience the grounding energy of the Didgeridoo, wisdom of the Tibetan Singing bowls and the deep meditative sounds of the Crystal Singing Bowls. Expand your practice with the sacred sound current and come into deep relaxation as your body is gently massaged with powerful vibrations. With sound we are able to move into the body to help release restrictions in the fascia, move energy blocks and emotions and synchronize cellular functions. Immerse in this vibrant meditation practice which will include simple breath techniques, asana, mantra and an extended Savasana with the crystal bowls for deep relaxation and healing.
January 8, 2010 - December 12 2010
Thursdays 9am-2:30pm
Are you ready to take the next step in your career as a yoga teacher?
Are you committed to deepening your yoga practice through exploring more advanced postures, learning the subtle aspects of all postures, and delving deeper into pranayama, meditation and yoga philosophy?
Are you a dedicated learner willing to work both independently and in a group as you study and develop a yoga specialty to share with the world?
The SOYA 300 hour upgrade is the program that you’ve been waiting for. Two weekend intensives plus weekly Thursday meetings allow you to maintain your regular teaching schedule while connecting with a community of teachers dedicated to learning to share yoga to specialized groups and to intermediate/advanced practitioners. Two sabbaticals (4 & 14 weeks) afford you the time to pursue studies in your area of interest and prepare to present your yoga specialty to your peers and specialty audience.
Start the New Year off right by boosting your health and wellness!!! 15% off of all Energy Healing services on Sunday Dec 3rd. Modalities available are Reiki, Crystal Therapy, Chakra and Chi Balancing, Meditation and Wellness Coaching. Email for more info or to book a session.
Tibetan Heart Yoga - Series 8 The Partner Practice with Joni Leung
Introduction to partner practice based on the ancient Tibetan practice of Dakshen Nyamje - exchanging self for others.
As HH the Dalai Lama said in Vancouver, "Real change must start from individual.... We need to consider the world as a 'we', part of 'mine', part of 'me'.... then the very basis of conflict…. no longer there. Consider as 'we', part of ‘me.’”
Come practice the asana series with Joni Leung who was trained by Geshe Michael and Lama Christie in San Pancho, Mexico.
Let yourself stretch back to what brought you here, and to have glimpse of the future, your destiny.
What is deceptive and what is the ultimate reality that underlies everything?
Try and catch the great mistake your mind makes about your entire reality.
Three Jewels Vancouver 2275 W. 10th Avenue, Back Alley Entrance
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010
12 noon to 1:30pm and 2:30pm to 4pm
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 12 noon to 1:30pm and 2:30pm to 4pm
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 12 noon to 1:30pm and 2:30pm to 4pm
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 12 noon to 1:30pm
For information and Registration, contact: falbi@shaw.ca
Classes are free, donations gratefully accepted.
Informative and interactive this class will challenge the mind and body. Leave with a strong understanding of the core muscle group and an exercise regime to maintain the results you achieve.
For individuals with:
Back pain
Post Partum Instability
Poor Balance
Weak Abdominal Muscles
Pre-registration required. Limited to 10 participants so please call 604-875-6207 asap to reserve your spot. $100/4 weeks.
This prenatal yoga class provides a nurturing atmosphere for expectant mothers to de-stress, relieve the discomforts of pregnancy, and connect with the community of mothers in their area. Using exercises from traditional hatha yoga, combined with kundalini yoga, this class will safely get you moving, dancing, and stretching, and will prepare your body and mind for birth and motherhood. Students are given tools for pain management, ideas on forming a birth plan, and most importantly, mothers develop trust in the birth process and in their bodies.
$54/6 weeks. Only $9 per class when you pre-register. Call 604-875-6207 to book your spot.
Trying yoga for the first time? Curious about this mind-body exercise that has everyone talking? Returning to yoga, but need a refresher? Our four-week Intro to Yoga series is a great way to get started. Specifically created to introduce beginner participants the basics and fundamentals of yoga, this class moves slowly, and builds on the previous weeks practice. Leave feeling educated, confident and ready to start the weekend!
It’s never too early or too late to start your yoga practice!
$80/4weeks. Pre-registration required. Very limited spaces so please call 604-875-6207 to reserve your spot.
A basic working knowledge of anatomy is not only essential for any Yoga teacher or practitioner, it is also a profoundly spiritual pursuit, as what we are studying is not an ideology or philosophy, but the most complex and divine creation in the universe; the human body.
Discover the matrix of muscle, tendon and connective tissue which animates the human body. The intensive will cover the physiology of muscle and fascia, specific muscles, and their effect and application within the practice of Hatha Yoga.
Cost $99
Have fun creating a yoga flow incorporating your favorite postures and personal needs. Learn how to build a safe and balanced combination of postures for your own yoga practice at home, while vacationing or when working on the road using your hand written notes. Practicing yoga is a life long venture that can be done anytime, and virtually anywhere! Maximum 10 students.
This series centers on the five inner winds, or life force that flows through the energy channels of the body. We learn about how yoga postures affect the winds and how to work with that. Buddha families or angels are connected with these winds as well as elements, colors, emotions and purified states.
The workshop is rich with information about Tibetan Buddhism and the healing power of working with the winds.
Date: Saturday, February 6
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Location: The Three Jewels Vancouver
2275 West 10th Avenue
(Back lane entry, 10th and Broadway)
Cost: $45.00 a sliding scale of payment is welcomed
Register by emailing Deedee at
deedeepoyner@gmail.com or phone 604-685-9215
See the good and celebrate in yourself on this day, with a breath of love. This workshop will have a playful focus on back bends, and is open to practioners of all levels
Using a dense foam rubber strip along your spinal column, this workshop blends breath, therapeutic yoga and hatha yoga. Breathing inquiries invite expansion from the inside as we explore a felt experience of the spinal vertebrae by using the strip in various vertical and horizontal positions on the spinal column. A direct felt experience of your bones promotes a profound release into gravity allowing muscular tension to melt. This workshop includes hatha yoga sequences as well as practical anatomical appreciations and is highly beneficial for those with chronic shoulder and neck discomfort and/or low back tension. In understanding and feeling your own anatomy an inner alignment awakens to guide you on your mat and in your life. This work gets results and supports your heart opening to love with grace.
Rainbeau Mars brings with her a lifetime of learning and practicing yoga. She is founder of the ra\'yoKa fitness system, a unique blend of yoga, martial arts movement, and core conditioning. Rainbeau is the global ambassador for Adidas and author and creator of numerous yoga DVDs. She has appeared on several TV shows and magazine covers.
Harmonize the body and mind with Rainbeau\'s newest fitness system, ra\'yoKa. An innovative and integrative practice designed to enhance the fundamental principles of yoga with breath- centered flow, dynamic, explosive martial arts movements and core connection. The 7 levels of the ra\'yoKa system will help balance a specific region and function of the body, while optimizing your time on the mat.
Fully optimize your time on the mat with Rainbeau Mars\' world-renowned fitness system, ra\'yoKa. A unique hybrid of martial arts movement and core conditioning, this 52 minute ra\'yoKa overview combines breath-centered yoga flow and therapeutics with occasional explosive kicks and punches. This innovative and integrative practice works to harmonize the body and mind, all while refining balance muscles and increasing flexibility.
Indulge yourself in a Yoga/Spa retreat* at our gorgeous Ocean Light Cottage, located on the peaceful west side of Bowen Island (less than an hour from Vancouver). Stunning sunsets that dip into Vancouver Island’s mountainous silhouette, a beautiful beach and tranquil trails; all surround this perfect location for a retreat.
Next weekend retreat: Feb 26-28 *Day retreats available
* Delicious organic food prepared by your Holistic Nutritionist host.
** Various customizable, small group or individual retreats may also include EFT, Nutrition, massage, educational workshops: a variety of options for you to re-learn how to nourish yourself.
Flashes of a realization come and go; they don’t stay with us for very long. How can we establish these powerful states of mind so deeply that they inform every single thing we do, waking and sleeping?
The Path of Realizations looks at these questions through the material of the Lam Rim.
We will visit the technical meaning of each of the steps of the path as defined by classical commentaries. Then we will explore how these might feel if we were to experience them in our everyday lives.
Throughout the course, we will lead a series of meditations on how to cultivate each stage of the lam rim, starting from a truthful
assessment of where each of us is right now. We will work primarily from Chone Drakpa Shedrup's commentary on Lama Tsongkapa’s Brief Lam Rim, which has never been translated into English before. We will also
rely heavily on other lam rims, such as Lama Tsongkapa’s "Lam Rim Chenmo" and Pabongka Rinpoche’s "Liberation in Our Hands."
Course 2
5 Tuesdays - March 2 - 30 - 7pm - 8:30pm
Three Jewels Vancouver, 2275 W. 10th Avenue, (back alley entrance)
Classes are free, donations gratefully accepted.
Fee: $60.00 (if repeating $30.00)
BCRPA approved for 3 credits
Deedee has been certified by Yamauna Zake.
Three Jewels Vancouver
2275 West 10th Avenue (back alley entrance)
We will be rolling on 8" diameter, inflated
rubber balls and learning about releasing
muscle tension, scar tissue, and facial release. Body rolling is a fitness technique that strengthens, tones, and realigns the body, while providing sensations that can surpass the bliss of a massage. Body rolling also realigns your spine and joints, relieving pain and muscle tension and providing a workout, a massage, and a chiropractic session all at once! The routines can provide abbreviated or full body workout for instant tension relief.
Please check:
www.yamunabodyrolling.com.
Deedee has also had extensive training in yoga and meditation. Please register by email as soon as possible as space is limited.
The Power of Movement is the largest yoga fundraiser in the world, in support of arthritis and autoimmune diseases.
Join us on 7th at Heritage Hall for our free 2010 Mega Session. The event starts at 11:00am, where there will be a one-hour yoga class (in a slightly heated room) followed by prizes and refreshments.
The focus for 2010 is that anyone can do yoga, you don’t have to be double jointed or uber fit. Check out these web-ads that have been playing across Canada:
Tibetan Heart Yoga
Tibetan Heart Yoga is a practice where we work from the inside, and the outside. We work from the inside with our thoughts. We work from the outside with our pranayama (breathing), asana (posture), and ethical practices. We learn how to practice yoga on the mat and perfect yoga off the mat.
Meditation
Tibetan Heart Yoga Series 5—Guru Yoga focuses on the grace of the guru, the teaching of bhakti and blessings of the guru.
Asana
Tibetan Heart Yoga Series 5 features an advanced asana sequence and visualizations on devotion to the lama and explores the power of heart intention combined with ancient asanas in developing and understanding the inner forces that guide your thoughts and actions.
Transform your life with Laughter!
Immerse yourself in a weekend of Laughter! This weekend Training is experiential, practical, and transformational. No previous yoga experience or teaching required. Participants with graduate with a Certification as a Laughter Yoga Leader. March 19, 20, 21, 2010 www.thesmilingyogi.com/training/htm
Learn how to work towards and achieve a state of deep, single-pointed concentration. This is primarily a practice-oriented class that is centered on actually sitting down and trying to focus the mind. Study the final sections of The Steps of Meditation, including how to meditate on emptiness; how compassion leads to wisdom and how wisdom triggers compassion; the ten bodhisattva levels; and details on the five levels leading up to enlightenment.
Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 6pm to 7:30pm
Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010 12 noon to 1:30pm, 2:30pm to 4pm and 5 to 6:30pm
Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 12 noon to 1:30pm, 2:30pm to 4:30pm
For information and Registration, contact: falbi@shaw.ca
Wed., March 31 Public Talk - How Karma Works: Learning How to Design Your Ideal Life 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Thurs + Fri, April 1, 2 5:30pm - 7:30pm, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Saturday, April 3 12 noon - 2pm, 3pm to 5pm and 7pm to 9pm
Sunday, April 4 12 noon - 2pm, 3pm to 5pm
For information and Registration, contact: www.yogastudiesinstitute.org
Course Fee: $250Cdn or $235US
Drop-in Fee: $35Cdn or $33US to drop in per 2hr class
Venerable Marut returns to Vancouver with a five day series of powerful teachings on the truth of how karma really works. The goal of any spiritual practice is total and lasting happiness. And at the foundation of every successful spiritual practice lies a clear understanding of the relationship between our actions and the laws of cause and effect. Once we learn how and why karma is really working we are able to perfectly shape every aspect of our lives and create the world we wish to live in. On March 31st at 7:30PM, Ven. Marut will offer a two hour teaching, How Karma Works: Learning to design your ideal life now at the Vogue Theater. This single evening talk will provide the tools to transform an ordinary life into an extraordinary one.
Lady Niguma’s kick asana series incorporates meditations on the five Buddha Families with your asana practice and how to use them to destroy your mental afflictions.
March 31 noon - 6pm
April 1 noon - 4pm
April 2 noon - 4pm
April 4 9am - 11am and 6pm - 9pm
For information and Registration, contact: www.yogastudiesinstitute.org
Early Registration: $250Cdn/$235US per Course
After Feb. 20: $275Cdn/$260US
Drop-in Fee: $35Cdn or $33US to drop in per 2hr class space permitting
20 BCRPA credits and 20 hours towards YSI teacher accreditation per Course
The Sunshine Coast is a perfect place to enjoy various Yoga classes. Compliment your yoga retreat with an invigorating hike on one of our fabulous rain forest trails, take a relaxing stroll on the beach or soak your cares away in our Oceanside hot tub, you will be in Absolute Heaven!
The Yoga Retreat includes the following:
¡ötwo yoga classes at a nearby yoga studio
¡ötwo nights deluxe sunshine coast accommodation
¡ötwo fabulous 3 course breakfasts delivered to your suite per day
Yoga Retreat Rates:
Absolute Heaven Yoga Retreat
March 15 ¨C June 15, 2010
Island View Cottage $398.00
Oceanside Suite $458.00
Childbirth education meets “yogini birthing”. This weekend intensive teaches an 8 step yoga pathway for labour that enables woman to have a natural, mindful and enlightened childbirth experience. Teaching prenatal yoga as a means to having the tools ready for use in labour. The course is ideal for prenatal yoga teachers, expecting moms and others that have a general interest in yoga for natural childbirth. We will cover the yoga birth method techniques that help woman through the three stages of labour. How the 8 limbs of yoga become a powerful tool for prenatal classes and the ability to achieve a natural non-medicated birth through informed choice and pain awareness. We discuss topics such as identifying true labour and embracing a calm state, the waterfall effect of medical assistance during labour, the physical and emotional signs of labour progression and how to apply the birth method consisting of asana sequences, pranayamas and awareness specific to each stage. You will be able to teach the birth method and empower women to experience childbirth naturally, mindfully, and peacefully; the yogini way. Course is open to yoga teachers, Doula's, Midwives, pregnant woman and other chilbirth professionals
Explore sun salutations, foundational yoga postures, yoga breathing and the principles of vinyasa. Discover the groundwork for a personal yoga practice. Deepen and refine postures to build a stronger practice.
Classes are ongoing. All levels welcome.
$40 FOR 4 WEEKS | $12 DROP-IN
Classes are held at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
677 Davie Street
Call or email for more information and to register.
Registration is ongoing.
An in-depth look at your first chakra. Using practical tools to look at your own personal energy in the realm of the first chakra and learning what is needed to empower you to create balance and a strong sense of personal identity. Creating a strong foundation for you to continue your work in creating a strong and balanced foundation for your life.
Join Padma and friends for a weekend of yoga and meditation in beautiful Robert's Creek on the Sunshine Coast of BC. Padma will guide you through practices and meditations related to the five subtle body koshas and the five elements of nature. Deepen and connect to yourself with classical and proven practices. See Padma's TV show "The Elemental Series" on ONE channel. Contact Marney at Yoga By the Sea to register and for info, and see www.padmameditation.com
This extraordinary sound experience allows the listener to rest into themselves and move into a dream-like state while powerful sound waves wash over the mind, body and spirit where one can reach a state of deep relaxation, rejuvenation and peace.
Bring whatever you need to lie comfortably on the floor (mat, blanket, pillow) and be prepared for an extraordinary experience.
Limited space - please pre-pay to reserve your place today
Flashes of a realization come and go; they don’t stay with us for very long. How can we establish these powerful states of mind so deeply that they inform every single thing we do, waking and sleeping?
The Path of Realizations looks at these questions through the material of the Lam Rim.
We will visit the technical meaning of each of the steps of the path as defined by classical commentaries. Then we will explore how these might feel if we were to experience them in our everyday lives. Throughout the course, we will lead a series of meditations on how to cultivate each stage of the lam rim, starting from a truthful assessment of where each of us is right now. We will work primarily from Chone Drakpa Shedrup’s commentary on Lama Tsongkapa’s Brief Lam Rim, which has never been translated into English before. We will also rely heavily on other lam rims, such as Lama Tsongkapa’s "Lam Rim Chenmo" and Pabongka Rinpoche’s "Liberation in Our Hands."
Course 3
5 Tuesdays - Starting May 4 at 7pm - 8:30pm
Three Jewels Vancouver, 2275 W. 10th Avenue, back alley entrance
Classes are free, donations gratefully accepted
This course involves universal strategies for all meditators. Who can find the time? YOU CAN! Help yourself to calm the mind, learn the basics, fill your toolbox, and utilize breathing techniques. Restore your well-being, and develop the habit of meditating, and discover the joy of meditating.
Seven Weeks on Wednesdays, 7-9pm May 19 to June 30
By donation: With your support we can offer affordable yoga classes, and free dharma and meditation.
We invite you to join us for a transformational Gong Meditation.
During a gong bath, participants recline on a comfortable mat while powerful waves of sound wash over and around them. The sound of the gongs creates a deep relaxation and can be used to re-balance the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies.
Please bring whatever you need to lie comfortably on the floor (mats, blankets and pillows) and be prepared for an extraordinary experience.
As space is limited, please pre-pay to reserve your place. $25 Admission
This 10 week progressive course emphasizes anatomical and biomechanical education to instill in students a love and respect for the amazing design of the human body.
A sequential/progressive style class structure provides a greatly accelerated and more fertile learning environment for both the student and instructor. Instead of "Starting from Scratch" as is often the case in the drop-in class model, each session builds and expands on what has been covered in preceding lessons.
Combining classes that focus on either theory or practice, it will provide students with an understanding of 'how' and 'why' yoga postures are meant to work so that our yoga practice is a powerful tool for healing and transforming the human body.
The focus of this conference is to create a supportive meeting place for yoga students and teachers and to grow and expand their practice and vision for the benefit of all. Students of all levels are welcome to participate and be inspired.
Through the avenues of conscious collaboration and the uninhibited sharing of yoga-inspired tools, techniques anyoga teachersd experiences, we can aim to develop a global community of teachers and practitioners who will be the change we want to see in this world. Join us on this journey to the majestic mountains, to the nurture of nature, and the timeless experience of yoga.
SUN, MOON, AND FIRE: AWAKENING THE TRUE POWER OF YOGA!
The ancient tradition of Tantra maps the entire spectrum and sacred journey of Hatha Yoga. In this retreat we explore Tantra’s approach to yoga, one that yields the greatest capacity to attract happiness and success at every level. According to the ancient teachings, there are three essential stages to practice: Moon, Sun, and Fire or mind, energy, and spirit. Furthermore, it’s vital to adjust your practice (including the specific asanas, breath, bandhas, and our overall approach to yoga), depending upon which one of these three dimensions you intend to affect.
The Art of Reasoning: level 2 Buddhist Logic + Perception
with Alexander Muir, Ph.D. June 2010
ACI 13 presents the structure of Buddhist logic and the forms of Buddhist debate. Topics include: the correct motivation for debate; debating tactics and the flow of a debate; the subject, quality, and reason of the debate; why logic is more valuable than faith; how studying logic leads to perceiving emptiness; what makes a reason correct; contradictions and relationships; relationships of identity, and relationships of cause and effect; proving the absence of something; material causes and contributing factors; valid perception; changing and unchanging things; an outline of all existing things; the concept of time according to each of the four schools of Buddhist thought; and the reason why suffering has an end.
Guest teacher and Diamond Mountain University trained debate master Alexander Muir, Ph.D., gained his doctorate for original research integrating Buddhist psychology into modern counselling practice. He is a full time psychology researcher based in Seattle, who studies how to make technology easy to use.
Dr. Muir is in Vancouver for 2 weekends - June 12/13 and June 19/20
Saturdays 9am - 6pm
Sundays 10am - 6pm
Special Medicine Buddha Puja on June 19
For information and Registration, contact: falbi@shaw.ca
Classes are free, donations gratefully accepted.
Over a dozen free workshops, vendors, vegetarian pot-luck dinner and free over-night tenting.
Join us under the Strawberry Full Moon, in a beautiful location for a fun, peaceful festival--where practitioners come together...learn more about various practices, socialize, and leave contagiously energized!
Envisioned to bring the local yogic community together--to spread the true JOY of yoga, to start a local tradition and a global movement!
Free Entrance with a contribution to the vegetarian potluck and gently-used-goods for the potlatch.
Featuring an official screening of the beautifully made movie "Yoga Unveiled" by Gita Desai...and all night Kundalini dancing!!
We invite you to join us for a transformational Gong Meditation.
During a gong bath, participants recline on a comfortable mat while powerful waves of sound wash over and around them. The sound of the gongs creates a deep relaxation and can be used to re-balance the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies.
Please bring whatever you need to lie comfortably on the floor (mat, blanket and pillow) and be prepared for an extraordinary experience.
As space is limited, please pre-pay to reserve your place. $25 admission
Trying yoga for the first time? Curious about this mind-body exercise that has everyone talking? Our three-week Intro to Yoga series is a great way to get started. Specifically created to introduce beginner participants the basics and fundamentals of yoga, this class moves slowly, and builds on the previous weeks practice. Leave feeling educated, confident and ready to start the weekend!
It’s never too early or too late to start your yoga practice!
Saturday July 10th, 2010, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Downtown Squamish BC
$30 Singles and couples welcome to Better Sex Yoga from 10am to 12pm
$220 per couple for the whole day includes Tantric Meditations for Couples 10am to 4 pm
Please see registration below
Better Sex Yoga
Come alone or with a partner to a Yoga class specifically designed to help heal and strengthen your Sexual Energy. Bring a yoga mat and be prepared to focus inward. Movement, breath and meditation exercises show you how to strengthen your love muscles, connect to, amplify and circulate your sexual energy. Develop confidence, increased personal power and a positive connection with your sexuality and creative energy. We will be drawing upon traditional East Indian and Taoist sexual secrets. Open to all.
Register below or call 604-739-0069
Tantric Meditations for Couples
Are you looking for ways to deepen your intimate connection with your mate?
The study of Tantra has given us many wonderful gifts that help us to know ourselves more deeply and be able to connect with others and our world with wisdom, sensuality and intimacy. Join us July 10th for a series of Tantric Meditations for Couples to effuse your relationship with sacredness, love, intentional connection and lovemaking, healing rituals, communication for lovers, and sexual energy circulation between lovers. Some of the meditations include:
kiss and breath meditation
Soul gazing
Heart salutation
Conscious loving communication
Dual chakra breathing
Healing meditation
Awareness meditation
Soul Mate meditations
Stephanie and Zhenya have been studying Taoist and Indian tantra for over 10 years. They have a natural Tantric awareness in their relationship, in their self practice and their intimacy and look forward to sharing the deep benefits from their practice with you.
(There will be no nudity or explicit sexual connection in this workshop).
Come celebrate with Vancouver’s yoga community at Halfmoon, in the heart of Granville Island across from the Public Market. Halfmoon Yoga Products will be partnering with a handful of Vancouver yoga
studios to offer two hours of playful demos and short classes catered to young families and yogis alike.
The new island plaza in front of Halfmoon’s storefront will be transformed
into an outside yoga space accommodating up to 35 participants. Bamboo
children’s “Child Pose” T Shirts will be available for purchase with $2 of
each sale going to Camp Moomba, a camp for children impacted by
HIV/AIDS. Bring the little ones, enjoy some yoga poses, complimentary
chai and lots of family fun.
Be sure to sign up soon to snag a spot for you and your mat and
receive a complimentary gift.
Early evenings in VanDusen Botanical Garden are exquisite in the summer and the perfect place for yoga. Come and see why yoga has something for everyone, regardless of experience or flexibility. Instructor Celeste Lyon will be teaching Hatha Yoga’s classical yoga postures, breathing techniques as well as flowing sequences and plenty of deep relaxation. Calm your mind, strengthen your body and relax at the end of your day. Please bring a yoga mat or thick towel to class. Cost: Garden Members: $66 / Non-member: $82
* Class runs once a week on every Wednesday *
Pre-registration required. Please visit our website in the Adult Education section for registration information or call 604-718-5898.
On Saturday, July 24, 2010, two thousand people will participate in the 8th Annual Camp Moomba Yogathon & Blissfest to raise awareness and funds for children impacted by HIV/AIDS. The much needed funds raised from this event will help send a child to summer camp for an experience of a lifetime. You can help change a life of a child – register for the yogathon today! Registration is only $30.
Please join us to practice 108 minutes of yoga outdoors on a beautiful, warm summer day. This event is the largest outdoor yoga class in Western Canada and will host yoga instructors, yoga students, health and wellness professionals, and people who share a passion for wellness, love and bliss.
YOGA TEACHERS! We want to hear about your unique/fun/adventurous new concept for a yoga class that will get Vancouverites even more pumped on yoga. Winner receives: 1 yr teaching contrat at The Studio, $500 to Tonic Lifestyle Apparel, a yoga photo shoot with Karolina Turek and PAEZ shoes! Check out our website for contest details.
Book launch, public talks and yoga workshops with Lama Christie McNally and Ian Thorson
Lama Christie McNally and Ian Thorson want to get you enlightened. Their new book and North American Summer Tour, Two As One – A Journey to Yoga, reveals how: by helping someone else get enlightened.
After 12 years at the feet of her guru and a three-year isolated meditation retreat, Lama Christie McNally has emerged as one of the world’s first female Lamas.
McNally is a holder of a full and authentic lineage of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, one that has been passed down, unbroken, from teacher to student since the time of the Buddha in 500 B.C., and is a highly-trained master of Yoga philosophy.
Creator of Tibetan Heart Yoga and founder of the Yoga Studies Institute (YSI), she comes to Vancouver with accomplished yogi Ian Thorson August 6 and 7 for a two-day yoga asana and meditation workshop based on the teachings of ancient Indian Buddhist Master Shantideva. (video interview available at: www.twoasoneyoga.com/media)
The workshop will include guided meditations by Lama Christie from her recent book The Tibetan Book of Meditation (www.tibetanbookofmeditation.org), as well as special yoga classes by some of McNally's close students – recent graduates of a seven-year advanced Tibetan Buddhist studies program she co-founded in southeastern Arizona. (The complete workshop schedule is outlined below.)
Adept in both the Sanskrit and Tibetan languages, Lama Christie, teaches from original sources, translating them into English, often for the first time. She is author of a number of popular books including The Tibetan Book of Meditation, How Yoga Works and Karmic Management.
“When you work together in a hands-on, visceral way, you tap into the power of the inner body,” says Lama Christie. “It forms a resonance between the two people that is more powerful than anything the individual by themselves can call up. This is a revolutionary concept on how to travel the spiritual path.”
Through nearly two decades of study, training, and deep meditation, McNally and Thorson have mastered the practice of partner yoga. Their visually stunning new book and yoga series integrates philosophy and yoga techniques from many time-honored disciplines to create a synergistic experience for two yoga partners working together. Two As One is a groundbreaking concept that gives each yoga partner the power to support and be supported, to open and be opened.
To Register:
Registration for all three days: $160 before July 24th. $200 at the door.
Public Talk Fri. $20; Sat. Asana Workshop $40; Lecture/Philosophy $40
Please see website for the full event schedule and prices.
“Two As One Partner Yoga” - with Lama Christie and Ian Thorson
Cost $40.00
Location IMC Canada (Mezz 11 - 601 West Broadway)
Lama Christie & Ian Thorson will lead you through the poses of their partner yoga series. Bring a friend to partner with or come alone and we’ll match you with someone. It’s fun and more powerful than doing yoga alone! PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MAT
We invite you to join us for a transformational Gong Meditation.
During a gong bath, participants recline on a comfortable mat while powerful waves of sound wash over and around them. The sound of the gongs creates a deep relaxation and can be used to re-balance the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies.
Please bring whatever you need to lie comfortably on the floor (mats, blankets and pillows) and be prepared for an extraordinary experience.
As space is limited, please pre-pay to reserve your place. $25 admission
Friday, August 13, 8 pm ~ International Bhakti Kirtan artists: The Mayapuris play at Open Door Yoga Studio 2111 W.16th @ Arbutus. Tix are $20 at the door from 7:30pm Kirtan at 8pm, chant, drum, dance...
Saturday, August 14, 5 - 10 pm ~ KIRTAN VANCOUVER FESTIVAL at 2nd Beach ~ Ghost Brothers, Gaura Vani, Mayapuris, Give Peace a Chant! FREE FESTIVAL ~ refreshments and snacks available!
At ARKAYA Awaken to your highest potential. Integrate body, emotion and mind with the universal consciousness in the Foundation/ Yoga Bija programme. It is the first segment (covers 30 hrs + 5 hrs of seva) of the Yoga Teacher's programme and can be attended independently of the teacher’s course. A unique programme to gain a deeper understanding of both Yoga and Yourself. This is open to anyone who has the willingness to SEE themselves clearly and consciously evolve. Shift old unnecessary patterns effortlessly. Yogacharini Maitreyi known for her in-depth understanding of yoga and gentle, mindful teaching methods, will be in Vancouver to teach the teacher's course each year. She also runs a trust in India for slum children.
Experiences/ Testimonials
I am truly grateful to have taken part of the wisdom of the yogic tradition conveyed by Maitreyi. Never have I felt such clarity, knowledge and wisdom transmitted with such humility and joy.
I have rediscovered yoga (again), it was a lot like hearing the right vibration, and feeling it in my body. Namaskaram
- Teacher Training participant- Sweden
Find ARKAYA groups on facebook for details or email
arkayavancouver@hotmail.com.
Register : Amber 1 604 791 9405
Contact Maitreyi at 778 329 3509 www.arkaya.net
Yoga of Love
Aug 20, 2010 - Aug 20, 2010
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Listen up, Vancouver! Would you like to dance your way to the Source of Love? How about an ecstatic summer evening of chanting, dancing and feasting, that will transport you from the material realm to the blissful spiritual world where every word is a song and every step a dance. It is now time to bear witness to some serious artistic greatness right here in our town. Renowned Bhakti Yoga exponent Swami Radhanath and his Kirtan Angel band called Gaura Vani, are here to share with you this divine experience.
Venue : Freemasons Hall
1495 West Eighth Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H 1C9 CANADA
Become an Inner Beauty Practitioner.
Aura Detox Therapy is an ancient Yoga system using applied siddha science to awaken Inner Beauty and power. The session includes sacred mantras, energy healings, and a comprehensive massage for transformation and permanent change.
Join an international community of practitioners in this groundbreaking spa therapy.
This is a one time introductory offer of $350 for a two day workshop. The students will be given diksha and full protocol to become an Inner Beauty Master Practitioner.
Please contact Tamara at innermostyoga@yahoo.ca or 604-255-1016
contact Sara at blissbodies@gmail.com
For more information on Inner Beauty International http://auradefence.com/inner-beauty/
On October 31st one grand prize winner will receive some pretty awesome swag including:
• A one-year teaching contract at The Studio at Treloar
• $500 in yoga gear from Tonic Lifestyle Apparel
• A yoga photo shoot with Karolina Turek Photography
• Social media set-up for your unique class care of Play Management
Semi-finalists will all receive an incredibly comfortable pair of PAEZ
Contest details:
We want to hear about your unique/fun/adventurous new concept for a yoga class that will get Vancouverites moving!
Create a clip under 3 minutes long telling us about your class concept. Contestant's videos will be posted on our website on September 1st. Friends, family and the Vancouver community can vote for their favourite class until September 30th, at which point three semi-finalists will be chosen. Semi-finalists will be selected by our panel of judges based on the number of votes they have, their teaching personality and their unique class concept.
Our 3 semi-finalists will then teach a free class at the studio (open to the public) so that Vancouver can get a full-length introduction to your great new yoga class. A winner will be selected on October 31st by our panel of judges after all three classes are completed.
For full contest details please visit our website!
Contest open for submission August 1st. All applications must be received no later than 6pm on September 1st.
Informative and interactive this class will challenge the mind and body. Leave with a strong understanding of the core muscle group and an exercise regime to maintain the results you achieve. Perfect for post-natal and post-rehab individuals as well as anyone who is looking to rediscover their core.
Come to a complimentary class everyday during Free Yoga Week + get to know Three Jewels Vancouver.
Try out one of our signature asana classes, Hour of Power (HOP) or Tibetan Heart Yoga (THY).
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