Casa Copal Yoga

The teachings of Yoga are not meant to remain only in books, lectures or moments of inspiration.

They ask to be lived

To embody the teachings is to let practice shape the way we move through the world. To meet life with greater presence, humility & courage.

To carry what we have received into our relationships, our choices, our work & the way we serve.

What teachings are asking to take deeper root within you?
What are you ready to practise beyond the mat?
What are you being called to embody more fully?

Whether you are joining us for a class, ceremony, Kirtan or a deeper season of study, may your practice become more than something you do.

May it become part of how you live.

Hari Om Tat Sat
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Community Yoga ~ Sweat for Survivors ☀️ ✨

This weekend, we are offering a special Community Yoga class in partnership with Battered Women's Support Services & their annual Sweat to Support Survivors Campaign!

🌞 SUN, AUG 16
2PM
This is a by-donation offering & nobody will be turned away for lack of funds

Led by our lovely Gina 🌿

All proceeds from this Community Yoga class will go directly to BWSS, helping fund crisis support, legal advocacy, counselling, housing support, safety planning, and other life-saving frontline services.

Together, these services are lifelines for women and children escaping domestic and intimate partner violence.

From July 15 to September 15, this campaign invites communities to move in solidarity with women and children fleeing violence.

✨ About Community Yoga at CASA COPAL
Community is at the heart of Casa Copal & we believe Yoga should be accessible to all. Our by-donation Community Classes are led by a rotating roster teachers offering a Hatha/Vinyasa practice each week.
Every session is thoughtfully designed to accommodate all levels of practice & variations are offered to meet you where you are.

Your donations help us hold the vision that is Casa Copal, a space for connection & give us the opportunity to give back. We make donations to different causes aligned with our values, including local NGOs, educational programs in India & more.

Visit the link in our bio to save your spot
Drop-ins are welcome & this class is open to all levels of practice

See you on the mat! 🤍

🌿 200hr Come Home to Yourself YTT 🌿

Meet Your Guides 🪷
Erin Moon ~ Anatomy & Physiology

We are so honoured to welcome Erin back to share her wisdom & radiance with our 200hr YTT students this year! Erin's bright personality & deeply rooted knowledge brings anatomy content to life, equipping our students with the foundations to hold space as teachers and deepen their own practice ✨

Erin Moon (she/Her) ERYT 500, C800-IAYT- has been teaching anatomy to Yoga instructors since 2009 in multiple programs around the world. She has been teaching yoga since 2005 starting with Vinyasa and adding Yin, Restorative, Hatha and a therapeutic approach over the years. Regarding Anatomy, Erin has studied/continues to study with YT's, PT’s, OT’s, Chiropractors, Researchers and Neurologists as well pursuing her hunger for knowledge through deep self study.

She also holds a 200hr certification in Applied Positive Psychology from The Flourishing Center, Reiki 2 and Thai Massage Level 1. Working with the body, mind and spirit connection has truly been a lifelong fascination.
Erin’s love of teaching anatomy comes from a deep passion for the continually unfolding world of science and research married with the deep teachings, 1000s of years of practice, embodiment, expansion of consciousness and connection of Yoga.

🌿 COME HOME TO YOURSELF 200hr YTT 🌿
Sept 4 - Dec 20
Apply today ~ last few spots!

Hari OM
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🌙 This weekend at CASA COPAL ☀️

It's been a potent week ~ warm August sunshine, a new moon cycle, & the start of eclipse season. We're savouring these last days of summer, while anchoring in the practices that keep us grounded.

Come join us in-studio & outdoors for classes, events, & special offerings. Move your body, be with your breath, & be held in loving community!

☀️ FRIDAY
7am Ashtanga Vinyasa with Saghar
9:30am Lunar Flow with Julia
12pm Vinyasa with Gina

✨✨ Special Event ✨✨
New Moon Cacao Ceremony with Lorena 🌑
6 - 7:30pm
$30-$45 Sliding Scale
Outdoors at Hastings Mill Park
Pre-registration required ~ sign-up via the link in our bio

☀️ SATURDAY
8:30am Kalari.Payattu with Anakha and Andrew
10am Kundalini with Teresa
12pm Hatha & Breath with Lorena
1:45pm Prenatal Yoga with Teresa

☀️ SUNDAY
10am Kundalini & Breath with Chandni
12pm Vinyasa with Deanna
2pm Community Yoga: Sweat for Survivors with Gina | By Donation

Hari OM

New Moon Shamanic Yoga 🌙

Come flow with Lorena on this New Moon, a threshold of renewal & a time to come back to what is essential & listen for the small, true seed waiting beneath the surface.

Weaving breath-led asana, embodied ritual, meditation & a guided shamanic journey, we will move & breathe intentionally through the body, softening what has become heavy, clearing space through breath & returning to the quiet inner terrain where new intentions can take root.

🌙THURSDAY, AUG. 13th
9:30am
$25 | included with all passes

Guided by teachings from the Andean cosmovision, we will call on the medicine of the Eagle / Águila, the one who rises high enough to see with clarity, vision & perspective. As we enter this new lunar cycle, we will be invited to lift our gaze beyond the old stories, reconnect with the wider vision of our path & listen for what is ready to take form. 🦅

✨✨New class!
Mantra & Kirtan Circle 📿

We are so excited to be welcoming Nitai of to our weekly schedule starting tonight ✨

This workshop-style class focuses on developing the musical skills that enable us to offer our devotion through leading kirtan in a community setting, or simply for oneself.

📿✨ Each week, we'll learn a new Mantra, learning its meaning, pronunciation, and how to play it on the Harmonium.

Following the class, will end in a group Kirtan!

✨✨TUE, AUG 11th + 25th
7:30 - 8:45PM
$25 Drop-In*

*Included with all CASA COPAL passes

📿 What to Bring
~ We'll be using Harmoniums, so if you have your own, we invite you to bring it! (Limited Harmonium rentals are available for $10)
~ An open mind & heart
~ Journal & pen if you'd like to take notes

📿 Who Can Join
This class is open to ALL ~ whether you're new to Kirtan & mantra or an experienced practitioner

These first two classes in August are beginner-friendly & will cover basic Harmonium skills for those who are new to the instrument!

📿 About Kirtan
Kirtan is a form of yoga that brings community together in a musical journey, spiritually empowered with mantras that cleanse the mind and uplift the heart.

Leading kirtan is a service to community that requires, more than anything, humility and sincere devotion.

Limited spaces ~ save your spot ahead!

🌿 New faces to CASA COPAL 🌿​​​​​​​​

We're so happy to be welcoming Natalia to our Energy Exchange Community! Meet her in the studio every Friday 🤍

🌿 What does community mean to Natalia?
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Community has become one of my greatest teachers. It’s where we remember that we don’t have to walk this path alone. Through shared practice, service, music, presence, and genuine connection, life keeps unfolding in the most beautiful and unexpected ways. It feels like a kind of quiet magic, and I’m so thankful to be experiencing it with all of you.
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Welcome to our familia, Natalia! 🤍

NEW MOON CACAO CEREMONY 🌑

Join Lorena for this special offering as part of our Outdoor Summer Series, to sit with Cacao as sacred medicine, turn inward & listen for heart guidance as we begin this new lunar cycle.

🌑 Friday, August 14th
6-7:30PM
Sliding Scale: $30 - $45

We’ll sit with the heart-opening Spirit of Cacao & invite her wisdom to guide us. Ceremonial Cacao has long been honoured as a gentle, yet powerful heart medicine supporting inner vision, intuition & guidance.

This is sacred space for truth, for visioning, for becoming.

With Lorena as your guide, this offering is an invitation to turn your awareness inward & to receive the potent medicines of Cacao.

Registration closes at 11am on Fri, August 14th. Save your spot early!

🌑 LOCATION
Ocean Shala at Hastings Mill Park

We can’t wait to sit in ceremony with you 🙏✨