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Feeling bleh, but don’t feel like twisting yourself into a figure 8? Fear not…there’s a lot you can do while pretty much sitting on your derriere. Here are 5 easy ways to get your yoga in without feeling like you’re doing yoga. 1) This one Yoga on 7th teacher Eve Johnson calls TV yoga, because you can literally do this while sitting on the couch watching the tube. How easy is that? (Source: quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-relieve-cramps-in-my-feet-during-exercise) Interlace Read more…

Upcoming Winter Session 2017 Free Trial class Sunday, January 8 from **12-1:45pm** Free Trial class Monday, January 9 from 5:30-7pm Free Trial class Tuesday, January 10 from 6:30-8pm Free Trial class Wednesday, January 11 from 1:30-3pm Free Trial class Wednesday, January 11 from 5:30-7pm Full session dates coming soon.  

Sunday, November 20 ~ 2-5pm Yoga on 7th – 156 E 7th Ave ________________________________________________________ Inversions restore life’s vibrance and tranquility and take you into the ideal state for pranayama (breath-work) and meditation. Other benefits include: increased circulation and vigour (unbeatable for draining tired feet and legs!); stronger, more open necks and shoulders; increased confidence, and a sense of well-being. In this workshop we will teach you how to create a solid foundation for building your Read more…

_________________________________________ Brain research in the last few decades has given us a whole lot to chew on when it comes to understanding how the brain works. Most of it is quite positive. Boiled down to the frankest quintessence, your brain is highly mouldable and can overcome many setbacks and challenges to triumph as a well-developed, ever-evolving being. Since mind and body are intimately connected, the plasticity of the brain has critical implications for our physical Read more…

Integrating Alignment and Flow Forward Bends and Twists With Siobhan Sloane-Seale and Bless Leone Saturday, June 18th 2-4:30pm at Yoga on 7th Starting with anatomy and alignment principles, we will teach you how to create more space in the sides and back of your body, allowing you more freedom in your twists and forward bends. You will learn a sequence of moving postures in a way that’s safe, strong, and builds confidence in your forward bends and twists. As we Read more…

Yoga In The Ropes Saturday, May 28 – 2-4:30pm An afternoon yoga workshop with Iyengar yoga instructors Meghan Goodman and Siobhan Sloane-Seale. This 2.5 hour workshop will teach you how to use the ropes and sling to strengthen and open your hips. We will lay the foundation for inversions like supported headstand and supported shoulderstand  so that you will receive the benefits of these poses. The ropes will teach you the correct physical actions and help you Read more…

Learn to Love Backbends Saturday, December 5 – 2-4:30pm Cost: $40 (E-transfer or cheque/cash only) Location: Yoga on 7th (156 East 7th Ave) – Laneway entrance Backbends can be quite emotionally and physically challenging. They’re the opposite action of most everyday activities, which is why backbends are so healing. They reverse these habitual motions helping to restore balance to our bodies.  Backbends also energize the body and can lift our spirits when we are down. In this Read more…

An Introduction to Yoga in the Ropes Saturday, February 21 – 2-4:30pm An Afternoon Workshop With Iyengar Yoga Instructors Siobhan Sloane-Seale & Meghan Goodman. This 2.5 hour workshop will teach you how to use the ropes and sling for basic poses such as chest opening, Urdhva Hastasana, standing poses, and also for more complex poses like inversions and backbends such as Adho Mukha Vrksasana (handstand preparation) and Ustrasana (Camel pose).  The ropes teach your body Read more…

Introduction to Yoga in the Ropes Saturday, April 26 – 1:30-4pm In this 2.5 hour ropes workshop you will learn how to use the ropes for basic poses such as chest opening, Urdhva Hastasana, standing poses, and also for more complex poses such as inversions like Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand preparation) and Salamba Sirsasana (Headstand in the sling).  The ropes teach our bodies the correct physical actions and therefore help us achieve the most benefits Read more…

People who do not occasionally fall on their faces are not growing. Living Your Yoga: Try something that you cannot do at all, such as skateboarding, speaking Sanskrit names of asana, or just thinking a radically new thought.  Today failure is irrelevant. Judith Hanson Lasater