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Thank you to Barks, Brews & Beyond for collaborating on today's event, and for everyone who came out today to cuddle rescue puppies, support adoption and raise money for Snow Dog Society

We are especially excited for the Dogs who found new homes in our community!

But despite the successful event, this may be our final rescue puppy event.

Port Moody Bylaw attended our studio today during our rescue puppy meet and greet to talk to me about puppy yoga.

I was told I could potentially be fined because our business licence is for yoga and counselling.

Except here is the bizarre part:

They were not actually sure we had violated a bylaw.

The event was not shut down. No safety concern was raised. There was no issue with the puppies or the rescue.

Instead, I was told they would look into it and if they can find a bylaw we violated, the fine will be in the mail. They told me that my business license is for yoga, but not include puppy yoga.

Yes. Port Moody bylaw visited my business today to inform me to expect a fine for offering puppy yoga under my yoga business license. Yes. That happened today.

Port Moody bylaw enforcement is complaint based, which means someone was concerned enough about our rescue puppy fundraisers to make a complaint in the first place.

Yes. Someone complained to bylaw about our puppy yoga classes.

RVN makes $0 from these events. We donate the studio, our instructors volunteer and 100% of the proceeds go directly to rescue.

We are not a kennel.
We are not a dog daycare.
We are not boarding animals.
We are not selling puppies.

We are a yoga studio that occasionally does yoga with rescue puppies to raise much needed funds for the rescues.

I have asked the City to identify exactly what bylaw we supposedly violated.

Because if you are going to fine someone for breaking a bylaw, shouldn't you know which bylaw they broke first?

And yes, all puppies were vaccinated.

So… was today our last rescue puppy yoga event?

I hope not. Let the City of Port Moody know how you feel about City bylaw resources being spent to try to shut down puppy yoga.

We’re celebrating Car Free Day today with some pretty great deals.

50% off your first month of any studio membership
Use promo code CARFREE
For new and returning members who have not had a membership within the past six months. Memberships are contract free and renew at the regular monthly rate. Expires September 1.

15% off Fall Youth Programs
Use promo code YOUNGRAVENS
Expires September 1.

$50 off the Inner Child Retreat
Use promo code PLAY
New registrations only.
Expires September 1.

50% off all books

Plus discounts on all remaining retail!

Stop by the studio today and take advantage of the deals while you’re here and snuggle some adoptable puppies!

Car Free Day is all about celebrating the people and local organizations that make our community so special, and we are so excited to open up the RVN studio for something very close to our hearts.

This Sunday, join us for an adoption event and donation drive supporting Snow Dog Society alongside our friends at Barks, Brews, and Beyond.

Stop by between 12 and 3pm, bring a cash donation or items from Snow Dogs wish list, cuddle some ridiculously adorable adoptable puppies, and maybe even meet your new best friend.

There is no set admission fee. We are simply asking our community to show up, bring what they can, and help support a local rescue doing incredible work.

Local rescue. Local volunteers. Local love. Port Moody strong.

Come for Car Free Day. Stay for the puppies.

I have the wildest job in the world.

For 6.5 hours a day, I chase kids around the Lower Mainland on buses, SkyTrains, through forests, museums, libraries, beaches, gardens and places we sometimes did not even know we were going to when the day started.

And I absolutely love it.

Our Adventure Camps are not really about the destinations. The destinations are pretty awesome, but they are almost beside the point.

They are about the kid who was terrified to order their own ice cream and eventually does it.

The kid who starts the week on the outside of the group and ends it feeling like they belong.

The kids who argue, get frustrated, miss a bus, get rained on, have to compromise, change the plan, figure something out together and discover that they can handle far more than they thought they could.

They are about reading peacefully in a library and having to decide whether we even want to leave.

They are about sitting at a bus stop playing a game because we have 15 minutes to kill.

They are about adults and teenagers genuinely wanting to hang out with kids, talk to them, play with them and know them.

There are hard moments. Sometimes there are really hard days. But that is part of it too. We are not trying to remove every uncomfortable experience from childhood. We are creating a safe place for kids to move through those experiences and discover what they are capable of.

I am so ridiculously proud of what our Resilient Kids programs have become.

We have ONE spot left in next week’s Young Leaders Adventure Camp, and our fall Resilient Kids programs are now open for registration.

If your kid needs more confidence, independence, connection, adventure, play, or simply a place where they can completely be themselves, I would love to have them with us.

Register at www.rvnwellness.com

Ps. Registration for our fall programs opened tonight! Let's keep the Resilience growth going through the fall!

Come wobble with us.

SUP Yoga is every Wednesday at 6 pm at Sasamat Lake, and you definitely do not need to be good at yoga or good on a paddleboard to come.

Expect some yoga, some laughs, probably a few splashes, and a really beautiful time out on the water.

No prior experience required.

Wednesdays at 6 pm
Sasamat Lake

Register at www.rvnwellness.com under Specialty Classes.

$35 or included in RVN Unlimited Memberships.

I just love how this community continues to show up for each other.

Thank you to every single person who came out today to get Downward for the Dogs and helped us raise over $1,000 for Pawsitive Animal Rescue!

A huge thank you to Barks, Brews and Beyond for organizing the event, Emily from Rays of Sound for creating the most magical gong bath, and of course Pawsitive Animal Rescue for bringing us the sweetest little crew of puppies.

We honestly weren’t sure how a puppy gong bath was going to go, and it ended up being even better than we imagined. The puppies curled up, fell asleep and cuddled with humans through almost the entire sound journey. During the rain drum, they suddenly came alive and followed Emily around the room, completely fascinated. Then, as we closed the practice with OM, they started popping their little heads up one by one. It was ridiculously sweet.

These rescue puppy events have become such an important part of RVN and our commitment to Seva, or service to others. Puppy yoga has become incredibly popular, and we believe there is a way to do it that actually gives back. By partnering with local rescue organizations, these events raise funds for animals in need, introduce adoptable puppies to potential families and create some pretty beautiful moments along the way.

We will always choose rescue over using puppies as a product for profit.

And because apparently one weekend of puppies is not enough around here...

MORE PUPPIES NEXT WEEKEND!

For Car Free Day, Snow Dog Society will be joining us at RVN with adoptable puppies. We’ll also be collecting donations for the rescue, so head over to their Instagram and check out their current list of needs. Start gathering up those old towels and blankets now!

When you stop by RVN next Sunday for our Car Free Day events and some pretty epic studio deals, bring a donation, cuddle a puppy and maybe even meet your new best friend.

And yes, you can absolutely drop off donations for Snow Dog Society at the studio anytime before Sunday too.

Tomorrow is the 8/8 Lions Gate Portal.

A day often associated with intention, clarity, expansion and stepping into what you are ready for next.

We have a full day of offerings at RVN to support that energy in different ways, through movement, breath, sound, stillness and subconscious work.

9:00 am Hatha Yoga with Lu | Dailylu

10:30 am Qi Gong with Anika / Ocean&Moon Healing Arts

1:00 pm Conscious Connected Breathwork with Michael

4:45 pm Hypnosis with Jenn

8:00 pm Gong Bath with RAYS OF SOUND

Come for one class or spend the day with us.

And if you have been thinking about becoming an RVN member, tomorrow is a pretty great day to start.

Our Unlimited Membership is $155 per month with no contract and includes all of these offerings, plus an entire month of unlimited yoga and specialty classes.

Yoga, breathwork, qi gong, hypnosis, gong baths, meditation and more.

It is one of the things I love most about our membership. You do not have to choose one kind of practice. You can explore what you need, when you need it.

$155 per month. Unlimited classes. No contract.

Head to www.rvnwellness.com to purchase your membership and book under specialty classes.

And yes, for those who don't have a membership, we do have drop in space available for all these amazing offerings!

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Come meet adoptable puppies, get some puppy snuggles in, and help us raise money for Pawsitive Rescue!

12:00 to 1:00 pm Puppy Meet & Greet (free, no pre-registration required)
1:00 to 2:00 pm Rescue Puppy Yoga (limited space available)
2:15 to 3:15 pm Puppy Gong Bath

The Meet & Greet is open to everyone with no preregistration required, so come by, meet the puppies and learn more about adoption.

And if you want the full experience, join us for yoga or our Puppy Gong Bath while the pups wander, play, cuddle and generally steal the show.
100% of proceeds go directly to Pawsitive Rescue to support the work they do for dogs in need.

Come for the puppies. Stay for the good vibes. Maybe leave having met your new best friend.

Register at www.rvnwellness.com

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YTT-500 & MSW Trained
Port Moody, BC

Final day to vote in the A List awards!

Please take a few minutes to vote for RVN in categories #522, 528, 552, 558, 567, 570, and 573 before August 6.

We are incredibly proud to have been voted Port Moody’s top yoga studio several times, but RVN has always been so much more than yoga. We run inclusive children’s programs, support local rescues, create opportunities for connection and belonging, and continually look for meaningful ways to give back to the community that has supported us.

Category 558 is especially meaningful to us, and we would absolutely love your vote.

Voting closes August 6. Thank you for continuing to show up for this little studio and everything we are trying to build here.

Link in profile to vote.