New Yoga session starts next Thursday

This Thursday October 27th is the end of the current Flow Yoga session at Burnside Gorge Community Centre. The new session starts right away on November 3rd and will end on December 15th.

The class has grown this fall and I have been offering pose options for new and experienced students. It is up to each person to set their pace, and mixed level classes can be a great way to learn about your ego, accept your current state of being and look forward to progressing!

Classes are open to drop in, registration or punch card holders. 

For more info visit: http://www.burnsidegorge.ca/ 

Hope to see you on the mat next session!

Giving Thanks

In BC the seasonal change and annual harvest is here. This is a great time to feast and feel grateful for so many things that enrich our lives.

For me the attention on gratitude extends to other days through the year. Each day after meditation or asana I take a moment of appreciation for something in my life. Some days I sit and wait before I shift my perspective and find appreciation, while other days I am flooded with boundless joy and gratitude for everything around me.

While I have enjoyed this daily, others make a birthday list with as many inspirations for gratitude as their age. Some keep journals to look back upon when they feel blue.

   I have enjoyed a few years of this daily practice and wanted to share some of the things that bring me joy..........
warm meadows
the earth and its nourishment
my family (all of them for their open hearts and each of them for the individual teachings they offer)
good, clean food
water (clear, oceans, tears, rivers)
the chance to walk in the forest (the smell of trees & dirt)
the sounds of wind in the trees
mom
teachers I have known, past and present
dear friends
the sun
dad
the chance to see my nephew as a young boy
music (the rhythm, the harmony)
yoga
the chance to love and be loved
Cam, my partner
the plants
the fungi
the animals
chocolate
Tilia
Cedar
Loved ones who have passed on
walking the path with plants
the students who share their journeys
time spent in the wilderness
lessons from bear, cougar, moose and deer
songs from loons

What are you grateful for?

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/