Sol Mountain Yoga & Hiking Retreat

August 2011

Sol Mountain Lodge is located in a beautiful backcountry niche of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia. The year was our first Yoga retreat at the lodge and we are scheduled to offer more next summer! Here are some photos to share the experience and entice you to join us next year!

Yogis heading back to the lodge after morning Yoga bliss in the meadow:

Downward dog with a view! Just a short walk from the lodge:

Some participants hiked up into amazing terrain:

Sol Lake:

Yoga on the ridgeline with phenomenal views bringing us in touch with the heavens:

A chance for a quiet moment to take in the surroundings:

  The meadows are amazing! Arnica:

So many flowers you just might want to stay there!

We hope you will join us next year! Your Yoga retreat hosts: Lindsay (above) and Sabine (below, right); also look for an article coming in a regional magazine next year by Suzanne (below, left) an accomplished writer who came along with us this year! 

To learn more about Sol Mountain:

http://www.solmountain.com/

or like it on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sol-Mountain-Lodge/303022318577

Flow Yoga starts Thursday September 8th 

7-815pm @ the Burnside Gorge Community Centre

This is a fun class that offers basic poses and breathing techniques joined with fluid movements. Options to progress to intermediate poses are offered. Sequences include sun saluations, standing and seated poses, hip openers, inversions (optional), and relaxation.

The facility is non-profit and housed in a eco-friendly building! Class prices are very affordable @ $72 for 8 sessions! Students will progress more with regular attendance, but drop-in sessions are also welcome.

To register or find more info:
http://burnsidegorge.ca/events/flow-yoga

Photos from summer in the interior of British Columbia

After a couple months in the mountain wilderness I am back in the city! I enjoyed time swimming in the cleansing waters of glacial lakes, gazing upon sub alpine meadows, stepping delicately around alpine flowers, contemplating stars and meeting nature seekers from all around the world! It seems that folks in all walks of life crave the stillness and simplicity of "unplugged" life! Some asked about plants that can be used for medicine and food and others asked to share Yoga with me on the beaches of lakes, on alpine ridges and under towering forests.

Here are some photos from this summer.........

Canoeist on Clearwater Lake, Wells Gray Provincial Park

Arnica Cordifolia (Heart leaves arnica) near Monashee Provinical Park.

Wildflowers near Monashee Provincial Park. 

Photo includes Pulsatilla spp. (Pasque flower, seeding), 

Indian Paintbrush, Arnica spp., and Woolly Pussytoes.

Summer break

This summer I am off to the forest and lakes to work and play and reconnect with nature in its pure form. I will in the North Thompson / Caribou region -canoeing, hiking, gardening, and sitting with mother earth. I will be inviting travelers on canoe trips to practice with me under the trees and will be wild crafting herbs from the amazing forests in the area.

I am so grateful to all the community in Victoria who have shared in Yoga classes and in herbal clinics and I look forward to returning in September. I hope you will find time to practice Yoga with another teacher or on your own - maybe some lovely outdoor sessions!

shanti
peace

FREE YOGA!! Sunday 9am

Feel Good Yoga in Langford offers some free classes and this time it's my Power Flow class! This Sunday 9-1015am. Come out for fun, sweaty bliss! Class includes sun salutes, a flow through standing poses with options for working towards more challenge, hip openers, powerful breath and deep relaxation.

For more info visit:www.feelgoodyogavictoria.com/

Wildharvesting: Nettles (Urtica dioica)

It's time to harvest Nettles (Urtica dioica) on the west coast. 

Harvest Nettles before they flower, before the leaves are very large. Wear gloves, cut stems near the ground and prepare to dry or use fresh. Cooked Nettles make a great soup, otherwise they can be made into a tea or dried for later use. Spread out to dry as they will bruise easily. Do not wash prior to drying. Do not harvest leaves after the plant goes to seed as the mineral content changes and becomes irritating to the kidneys. Caution: do not touch the plant as it can cause dermatitis (Plantain leaf is a great antidote for this). Nettles sometime grow in contaminated soil so take care to select clean habitats for harvesting.

For more info on spring harvesting check out: http://herbalmedicinehub.blogspot.com/2011/05/wildharvesting-this-spring-hawthorn.html

Class schedule changes

Friday 530pm Vibrant Flow is cancelled for the summer season.

NEW Sunday 9am Power Flow @ Feel Good Yoga

Hope to see you on the mat soon!