Singing Heart Yoga

14 years ago, I wandered into a yoga class taught by Lana Maree and cried through it all. It changed my life. But now my tears are different.
Lana has been evicted from her home. The community housing she was able to find after relentless searching is not built yet, due to construction delays. The stress of searching for housing has destroyed Lana’s health.

Please join me in giving what you can, once, twice, or monthly, to help Lana find a peaceful home to rebuild her strength until her community housing is built (likely by mid 2023).

Secure Housing for Lana, organized by Esther Berube Lana Maree has brought so much riotous love, connection, laughter, openness, wild yoga, and cre… Esther Berube needs your support for Secure Housing for Lana

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Stimming welcome in this 6-week Yoga series with the amazing Candice Baldwin, RYT-500.⁠
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Candice has designed the Yoga classes she always wanted, as a woman with autism and ADHD. ⁠
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Every time Candice runs a class for us, we get incredible feedback. People just can't believe how she manages to get the mechanics just right for every person while maintaining a sense of humour throughout. ⁠
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6 Wednesdays online from 5:30 to 7pm, PST. Starting March 2. ⁠
Register now to get a place!

⁠https://yogaoutreach.com/product/yoga-for-neurodivergent-folks-6-week-series/

Or pass on to anyone you know who finds regular Yoga classes uncomfortable.

At an event today, I had a chance to reconnect with the most dedicated participant in the classes I taught through Yoga Outreach years ago. As a survivor of the Indian Residential School System, he has lived through much suffering, and I was relieved to learn he is making it through this pandemic. In his honour, I signed up for the annual starting October 6. Join me!

25 Day Yoga Challenge Fundraiser Celebrating 25 years! October 6th – 30th, 2021 Register by September 29th for access to special earlybird content October 1 - 5th Tracy Theemes - The Energy of Money Muneera Wallace - Cultivating Calm with Ayurveda Farah Nazarali - The Art of the Ask Nicole

Yearning for some connection in these strange and distancing times? Laughter over missed connections on Craigslist could be the best medicine!
Treat yourself to big laughs and catchy songs in this online livestream show from The Cultch at 12pm Vancouver (3pm Montreal, 4pm New Brunswick)...

a craigslist cantata - The Cultch Check out what's on at The Cultch.

Rocking the online yoga? Please consider taking online or in-person classes from a brick and mortar in any community you care about seeing thrive in these challenging times. The studio can be on the other side of the world, or right in your neighbourhood. The beauty of online classes. Ideas?
Stretch Vancouver is offering a sale until 12pm PST tonight!

Prices - Stretch Yoga yoga studio prices stretch Vancouver

Have you tried a live class through Zoom yet? Share your favourites!

Our Saturday morning ritual (when baby nap aligns): 10am with Dolly at Stretch Vancouver I love the way Dolly makes me feel like we’re all there together.

STRETCH Yoga Studio and Events STRETCH Yoga Studio and Special Event Space. Contemporary, welcoming, inclusive studio for yoga and community events.

Yes to mindful movement!

The Art of Self-Regulation Yoga is movement, but it is more than that. How does yoga help us feel better? Here’s the science bit: Yoga improves the function of the vagus nerve.

‪Offer opportunities for choice and connection, to help build competence and motivation. Create a ripple in the mental health continuum.

https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2019/01/motivation-science-behind-tidying-craze?utm_source=brief ‬

The motivation science behind the "tidying up" craze Marie Kondo's methods line up with what motivational science tells us.

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Brilliant!

Seven Mindful Children’s Books - Mindful Add some mindfulness to story time with this selection of books, written to help kids appreciate their world from the inside out.

Happy to all the dedicated, inspired volunteers of Yoga Outreach
Thank you for sharing “yoga for empowerment” by offering choices, especially to people who couldn’t readily access yoga otherwise. Great article on the power of socks!

https://www.yogaoutreach.com/yoga-in-your-socks

Yoga in your Socks By Wendy Goldsmith In teacher training, we learned yoga MUST be done barefoot. What if your student split in half doing wide-legged forward fold on your watch? Yikes. Plus, they can’t draw energy up from the earth through a barrier of cotton-acrylic blend. With the exception of savasana,

One of my favourite bookstores just moved to East Vancouver, on Broadway near Main. Welcome to the neighbourhood, Odin Books !
A great place for books, cards, and assorted printed goodies about mental and emotional health.

We have 1 week and 4 days to change the world (for someone)! Will you join me in supporting Yoga Outreach?

https://www.canadahelps.org/me/e43ap6

Campaign: THE YOGA OUTREACH SOCIETY - 21 Day Yoga Challenge - Esther’s Yoga Outreach Page - CanadaHelps Yoga Outreach is celebrating 22 years of providing trauma-informed yoga programming across BC. That’s right! For the last 22 years they have delivered over 12,000 classes and provided more than 50,000 students with an opportunity to heal from trauma by learning to reconnect with and feel safe with...