Event History | Events

Ganges Yoga Studio hosts a variety of healthy lifestyle events throughout the year. The following is a list of some events we've hosted or participated in the past.

Family Yoga Day

with Kristen Lewis Woodruff

July 10, 2010
4 to 5 p.m. Family Yoga Class
5 to 6 p.m. Kirtan (devotional singing) & Dance
@Ganges Yoga Studio
By donation (suggested: $5/child; $10/adult; $20/family)

Bring the whole family and come enjoy a fun, relaxing, and uplifting afternoon of yoga. A great chance to connect with fellow yogis, meet new friends, and build
community in a nurturing, inspiring environment.

Suitable for all ages, from the babies to the great-grandparents. Singles or couples without children are more than welcome, too.

Yoga Explorers Kids' Camp

with Kristen Lewis Woodruff

July 5-7, 2010
3-4:30pm
@Ganges Yoga Studio
$35 +tax
To register, please call 250 537 4440

A chance for children (ages 5 to 11) to explore the joys and benefits of yoga this summer, in a fun and supportive environment.

The camp will introduce your child to the basic principles of yoga through a lively mix of animal-inspired yoga poses, story-telling, games, singing, dancing, and creative movement. All of these activities will cultivate body and breath awareness, thus helping to improve concentration, coordination, and focus.

Kristen has a gentle and creative approach to childhood
education, and is committed to providing a safe and nurturing space where each child’s unique gifts and challenges are honored. She encourages children to keep opening to life with creativity, curiosity, kindness, strength, courage, discipline and love. She is a Certified Kids Yoga Instructor.

Spring Sadhana

with Jenny Collver & Celeste

June 14-18, 2010
7-8:30am
@ Ganges Yoga Studio
$45 +tax

An introduction to spiritual practice.
Sadhana : a Sanskrit word for the practice of a method(s) which raises consciousness by reducing the tendency of the mind to be attracted to the material world.

You will learn:
* JAL NETI....... a nasal saline wash , to clear the sinuses, sharpen vision, smell and taste.
* SANSKRIT and VEDIC chants.....to develop a prayerful attitude.
* CLASSIC HAND MUDRAS......to concentrate the mind and experience an energetic connection between the physical and the subtle.
* BREATHING TECHNIQUES..... to settle the mind and improve respiration.
* ASANAS.....physical movements to keep the joints mobile.

No experience necessary.

Afternoon Intensive

Embodied Prayer: A Transformational Yoga Practice for Summer Solstice

Sunday, June 20 4-6pm
Suitable for all ages and ability levels.
To register, please call 250 537 4440
Instructor: Kristen Lewis Woodruff
Cost: $20. Pre-reg recommended
Ganges Yoga Studio, 154 Kings Lane

You are invited to come celebrate Summer Solstice at the beautiful new Ganges Yoga Studio with a holistic Yoga practice in honor of this special time of year. Join your fellow yogis as we cultivate the courage, flexibility, focus, and sense of humor necessary to experience times of change as opportunities for deep healing and growth.

Summer Solstice is a time of rapid growth and incredible transformation in the natural world, making this an ideal time of year to invite positive change into our lives. As we invite positive changes into our own lives, we open the possibility for positive change to come about in our families, our communities, and our world. And positive change is certainly welcome at this particular moment in world history.

This afternoon intensive will introduce students of all ages and ability levels to the practice of Embodied Prayer as a way to awaken, activate, and energize their potential for profound, life-affirming transformation.

Embodied Prayer is a breath-based practice grounded in the ancient teachings of yoga, suitable for people of all faith backgrounds. Through a lively mix of yoga asana (postures), therapeutic dance, meditation, and song, we open to the loving force of creation, and bring our prayers home to our bodies. The cultivation of radical self-love and self- acceptance are at the core of this deeply healing practice.

Special Guest Appearance by
Mother Maya

The Living Ahimsa World Tour 2009-2012 embodies the deepest value of peace for every person who strives for harmony in thought, speech and action. Through Ahimsa, Mother Maya teaches us to transform violence, disease and despair into harmony, wellness and joy. Our collective Vow of Ahimsa has a profound impact on the cosmic psyche of peace, and the actualization of a world at peace. Since its inauguration, Living Ahimsa - The Power of Peace World Tour 2009-2012 has attracted more than 145,000 participants worldwide who have taken The Vow of Ahimsa. The Living Ahimsa World Tour officially began at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne Australia in December 2009, where Mother's Address inspired thousands to take the Vow of Ahimsa. The 108th Living Alimsa Peace Mandala was created at this event.

Sunday, June 13, 2010
Afternoon Workshop: 1:30–4:30 pm, $75.00
Satsanga: 7:30–9:30 pm, $25.00
Location: Ganges Yoga Studio154 Kings Lane
Registration : Jennifer Gillis 778-893-1859
Email: mangalam.mandiram@gmail.com
www.mangalam-mandiram.ca (Kirtana will take place before and after Satsanga)

Mother Maya is living proof that a life of inner harmony is the greatest invest-ment we can achieve in our lives. Formally known as Her Holiness, Sri Swami Mayatitananda, Mother Maya is an extraordinary spiritual mother, nurturer, and healer. Belonging to India’s prestigious Vedic lineage, Veda Vyasa, she is the founder of Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, the Mother Om Mission (MOM) and the Living Ahimsa Foundation. As a world-class spiritual teacher, she has been a Keynote Speaker at numerous health, wellness and inter-faith confer-ences. She is a best-selling author (under nom-de-plume, Maya Tiwari) of many books on health and spirituality. From the past 27 years of her devout healing work in the US and around the world, Mother Maya has been serving humanity by awakening the spirit of wellness, peace and harmony in every person whose life she touches.

Kundalini Dance

“trance-formational ecstatic dance” facilitated by Kaia Mitchell

Fridays 7-9pm
April 23rd - June 11th, 2010 (no class May 28th)
Ganges Yoga Studio
154 Kings Lane
Drop-in $20

To register, please contact Kaia at bhaktilila@gmail.com or call 250 537 4079.

To those who are called to the transformational power of movement, music and breath. We invite you to take a journey through the chakras using the vehicle of dance to transport you through an exploration of personal discovery, healing and remembrance of your true essence. Play with the energy of earth and sky to expand and open as the ecstatic being that you were born to be!

Each week we will dance into a specific chakra, explore pranic breathwork, the power of intention and energetic awareness.

No dance experience is necessary - just a willingness to let go and let your body speak it’s language.

Michael O'Connor, Astrologer/Life Coach

Wed. September 2, 6:30 to 9 pm

Slideshow Presentation: Astrology & Alignments of 2008 to December 21, 2012. Learn about the Holistic Universe, a cross-cultural Astrology overview, and long-term and current planetary cycles to the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012. Be more aware of the current situation of social and spiritual evolutionary change that humanity is facing, and how you can best tune-in to the coming changes.

$20 at the door.

A Kids' Week at the Circus

Monday, August 10 through Friday, August 14,

1 to 4 pm every day

For kids from about 5 to 12 years of age, this week-long circus camp fosters connection, play and communication through:

* yoga, partner yoga, partner acrobatics, flying yoga, group games and invention, circus skills such as juggling, clowing, physical comedy, tight wire and balance.

Cost: $100 per child (plus GST) for the whole week (15 hours of instruction).

Call to register: 250-537-2444

Implementing Ayurvedic Lifestyle

Instructor Matthew Remski brings us a special program on Ayurvedic Lifestyles. He will be offering a one-day lecture/workshop to present an Overview of Ayurvedic Theory and Practice, as well as conducting 2 or 3 "live" brief consultations with selected volunteer participants. This will let you see how Ayurvedic principles can be applied within an average person's lifestyle.

New date: Saturday, June 20, from 12 noon to 6 pm

Cost: $108 plus GST

Matthew Remski comes to us from Toronto where he is co-owner of Renaissance Yoga and Ayurveda. He is a certified Ayurvedic Health Educator (Advanced) through the American Institute of Vedic Studies, and is the Ayurvedic specialist faculty member on several of the top Yoga Teacher Training Programs in Toronto.

The Power of Presence

Techniques to Evaporate Ego and Emotional Pain

Wednesday, June 24 - 7pm - 9 pm

Cost: $20, and bring a guest for free.

Zensho is a Spiritual Teacher, Author, Coach and Creator of The Awareness Solution: A Simple System for Evaporating Ego and Emotional Pain And Living As Pure Presence.

Music Moves Me

with Leslie DeAthe, Black Belt Nia Teacher
NEW DATE: Sunday, March 29, 2 to 5 pm
Cost: $30
An afternoon of exploring how music moves the body, from jazzy rhythms to drum beats to soft and flowing sounds. Dance, feel, vibrate to the sensations of music.

Awakening to Spring with Celeste

The beckoning spirit of Spring invites the sloughing away of our Winter Skins to newness, lightness and joy.

Saturday, March 14 1 to 3:30 pm
Saturday, March 28, 1 to 3:30 pm
Cost: $35 for one, $60 for both sessions.

Learn Jal Neti, the simple art of cleansing the nostrils and sinuses with a saline/water solution, energising asanas to release toxins and powerful mantras and mudras to affirm the awakening into Spring.

No experience in Yoga necessary.

The 3 Doshas

with Cordula Vogt
Sunday, February 22, 2 to 4:30 pm
Cost: $25
Discover your dosha profile (Vata, Pitta and Kapha), and learn which asanas are best for you.

Beat the Blues with Celeste

The lack of light and cold and damp of Winter depresses the nervous system, resulting in low energy and apathy.

Saturday, Jan. 17, 1 to 3:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 31, 1 to 3:30 pm
Cost: $35 for one, $60 for both sessions.

Come to one or both Saturday sessions where you will learn heating methods from Ayurveda, mood-enhancing asanas, and simple mantras to re-affirm Inner Light and the Blessing of the deep, internal focus which Winter brings.

Pre-registration is recommended: 537-2444 and leave a message with your name and phone.