How to Choose the Right Yoga Studio

Interested in yoga and don't know where to start? We'll get you on the path to finding the right studio for you.
Carmela Savoia at the Yoga Plus Toronto studio

Toronto Yoga Leaders: Carmela Savoia

Carmela Savoia, director of Yoga Plus, discusses the restorative benefits of yoga for recovering from both mental and physical stress
Laura Sygrove

Toronto Yoga Leaders: Laura Sygrove

New Leaf Yoga Foundation introduces yoga to at-risk and incarcerated youth
Heather Douglas

Offering It Up

A journey into breath, body, and mind through pregnancy, cancer, and queering the mat
Heather Morton

Toronto Yoga Leaders: Heather Morton

A video interview on the discipline of yoga with Heather Morton of The Yoga Way

yogaworks 200-Hour Teacher Training in Partnership with I Am Yoga

Submitted by Yoga Works TT on Feb 8, 2010 - 7:41pm
Date: 
Repeats every 3 weeks until Sun Oct 24 2010 .
Jun 18, 2010 - 8:00am - Jun 20, 2010 - 5:00pm
Presented by: 
Iam Yoga Yonge & Bloor

YogaWorks (www.yogaworks.com) believes the path to becoming a professional yoga teacher is a unique, satisfying and life-affirming journey. YW’s offers one of the world’s most comprehensive Teacher Training Programs for aspiring teachers and serious students of yoga.

How to Choose the Right Yoga Studio

Submitted by pasada on Feb 7, 2010 - 2:32pm

Perhaps the most common question I get from those new to yoga is "How do I choose a good yoga studio?" This question is very much like asking "How do I pick the right nose?" (By pick I mean, of course, choose... not, you know, pick.) The answer is to choose the one that fits your face. We've interviewed a number of great yoga teachers and studio owners in the Toronto area, so we wanted to share some of what we learned in this quick guide to choosing the right studio.

Back Bending

Submitted by heamor on Feb 6, 2010 - 3:39pm
Back Bending
Date: 
Repeats every week until Wed Feb 24 2010 .
Feb 10, 2010 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Presented by: 
The Yoga Way

Learn the techniques to bend backward in a safe, fun and energizing way. Back bends lengthen the spine, stretch the legs and open the chest, and hips. In a small class, develop a customized practice and balance your practice with twists, and forward bends. As an added feature photos will be taken of your progress; a great learning tool.

Headstand Workshop: Limited Enrolment

Submitted by heamor on Feb 6, 2010 - 3:33pm
Headstand Workshop
Date: 
Mar 24, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Presented by: 
The Yoga Way

Whether you are new to the headstand or would like to strengthen your abilities, this workshop is for both beginners and experienced students. The headstand called Salamba Sirsasana is known as the king of all asanas. It has many physiological as well as psychological benefits. It develops overall balance, improves concentration, increases strength and endurance. Mastery of this posture also develops confidence and opens the door to many variations. This workshop is divided into 2 parts; the first is for beginners and the second for those who can remain balanced in the posture.

New Event Features

Submitted by pasada on Feb 6, 2010 - 10:05am
New events calendar

We've made couple of little changes that we hope will help a lot with creating and viewing events on the site. First of all, you can now post recurring events. For example, you can post an event for a 10 week series of yoga classes on Tuesdays. Second, in addition to the regular event listings, we've implemented a calandar view of events so you can see what's happening on a specific day, week or month.

Yoga for Emotional Empowerment

Submitted by pranafitness on Feb 5, 2010 - 1:06pm
Yoga for Emotional Empowerment
Date: 
Mar 20, 2010 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Presented by: 
Prana Fitness with Donna Poulidis

You are invited to come and explore yoga and other trusted tools for their beneficial and therapeutic uses to manage the emotions and to guide and empower you in living your truest life.

Prana Fitness with Donna Poulidis

Submitted by pranafitness on Feb 5, 2010 - 12:56pm

A holistic approach to fitness, wellness and lifestyle. Donna incorporates her personal training background with yoga and conscious living to create a style of teaching that is all about promoting wellness and happiness in her client's lives. Her main influences have come from the Krishnamacharya style of yoga as a therapeutic practice. Her experience with depression, anxiety, stress, weight management, have led her to study with her teacher Amy Weintraub who founded LifeForce Yoga.

Meditation Workshop

Submitted by soundofbody on Feb 4, 2010 - 8:13am
Date: 
Mar 27, 2010 - 2:00pm
Presented by: 
Sheila Miller

In the Meditation Workshop we will discuss the hows and whys of meditation, do some simple stretching and breathing to prepare, learn tools for training your attention for meditation and integrating the experience, and then do a long sit. The workshop is open to those with or without other yoga or meditation experience. Chairs are available.

Meditation Workshop

Submitted by soundofbody on Feb 4, 2010 - 8:05am
Date: 
Feb 20, 2010 - 2:00pm
Presented by: 
Sheila Miller

In the Meditation Workshop we will discuss the hows and whys of meditation, do some simple stretching and breathing to prepare, learn tools for training your attention for meditation and integrating the experience, and then do a long sit. The workshop is open to those with or without other yoga or meditation experience. Chairs are available.

Shiatsu Workshop

Submitted by soundofbody on Feb 4, 2010 - 8:02am
Date: 
Feb 6, 2010 - 2:00pm
Presented by: 
Sheila Miller

The Shiatsu workshop will introduce the basic principles of the five element theory of Oriental Medicine, upon which Shiatsu (Japanese massage) is based. We will do some stretches (Makahos) for the meridians (energy lines) associated with the five elements, learn self-help techniques, then a partner massage sequence. Loose fitting or stretchy clothes are recommended as Shiatsu is practiced fully clothed. Come with a friend or on your own.