Irene Zafiris - Yoga Instructor

Thanks for visiting my page! Just a note that I am currently taking a break from teaching to spend some time with my little one.

In honor of Earth Day today, here is the poem I shared in class tonight...

Red Bird Explains Himself
~ Mary Oliver ~

“Yes, I was the brilliance floating over the snow
and I was the song in the summer leaves, but this was
only the first trick
I had hold of among my other mythologies,
for I also knew obedience: bring sticks to the nest,
food to the young, kisses to my bride.

But don’t stop there, stay with me: listen.

If I was the song that entered your heart
then I was the music of your heart, that you wanted and needed,
and thus wilderness bloomed that, with all its
followers: gardeners, lovers, people who weep
for the death of rivers.

And this was my true task, to be the
music of the body. Do you understand? for truly the body needs
a song, a spirit, a soul. And no less, to make this work,
the soul has need of a body,
and I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable
beauty of heaven
where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes,
and this is why I have been sent, to teach this to your heart.”

Teaching a new class at Sanga Yoga Studio on Monday nights! Join me for Hatha, Yin, Meditate every Monday at 7:30 pm.

Fall classes at are back in session! If you're on campus on Thursdays, drop-by for a lunchtime Hatha Flow Class in the SUB: )

UBC Yoga Club The UBC Yoga Club provides yoga to students and faculty looking for a way to wind down, relax, and take a break from the stresses of life.

Slow down for a moment of hammock enlightenment. A great Tedx Talk with yoga teacher and blissologist, Eoin Finn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIZ69msvOQ&feature=youtu.be

TEDxIsfeld Eoin Finn Hammock Enlightenment Hammock Enlightenment: Create a Better world by getting in a Hammock. In this fun and insightful talk, yogi and blissologist Eoin Finn explains how if you wa...

A great read on the importance of listening to our bodies.

"Yoga is not meant to be a competitive sport, or an artistic form like ballet where the body is mortified to create an image of beauty. One cannot “win” in yoga, nor does “going deeper” in a pose necessarily mean stretching it further or holding it longer. Yoga is a powerful form of subtle body and spiritual practice."

Confessions of a Type-A Yogi. ~ James MacAdam | elephant journal Confessions of a Type-A Yogi. ~ James MacAdam

sending love and healing thoughts to the people in Japan right now. our media does little but perpetuate fear...join me in sending some positive energy across the pacific

Happy Valentine's weekend

Just as water unobstructed will flow downhill, we, given the chance to be what we are, will extend ourselves in kindness. So, the real and lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so that we can be who we are, holding nothing back. If we can work toward this kind of authenticity, then the living kindness will naturally flow. We do not need discipline to be kind, just an open heart.

-Mark Nepo