Dada M Mukteshananda is a monk who received his training in India and successfully passed his final examination in the year 1989. From that time he has offered workshops, seminars, conference, and public lectures around the world, to different countries of the Middle East, South America, Asia, Central America, and North America.

Sunday September 5th

3:00 to 4:45 pm

Donations are Graciously Accepted

Literally translated as ‘yogicsleep’ this practice is extremely calming for the nervous system.It has proven benefits for depression, anxiety, insomnia, addictions, and stress related health concerns.

This work shop will include:

•the basic theory and benefits of Yoga Nidra,

•a relaxing and restorative asana practice,

•a guided yoga nidra sequence.

September 26th, 2:30 to 4:30 pm

Workshop Cost is $30

Please register by Sept.20

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a powerful, invigorating and transformative practice suitable for all levels, including complete beginners. We will work with the balance of strength and flexibility, power and softness, form and formlessness, to create a playful and empowering class that will encourage you to cultivate an inner tranquility. These classes combine a Mysore-style approach with insights from different paths of yoga.

A Mysore-style class is the traditional method of teaching and learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Students move through postures in a continuous flowing sequence, aligned with the rhythm of their breath while the teacher provides individual instruction and assistance, tailoring the practice to each student.

Cost $108 suitable for all levels

Pulling elements from Indian sanskrit and pagan music, we will use

call-and-response and improvisational techniques for healing

ourselves and the world in which we love.

A safe, sacred container will be set as we send our co-created

musical prayers out into the universe.

All proceeds will be donated to the WISH Drop-in Centre Society which works to increase the health, safety and well-being of women working in the sex trade in Vancouver’s downtown east side.

Admission is by donation.

Saturday, August 21

7:00 p.m.

* Tax receipts are available for donations over $20.

** Donations of summer clothes are also gratefully received

The beauty of the gong is its tremendous potential for healing and rejuvenation. Because the gong covers the full spectrum of sound, it vibrates all the cells, bones and organs. One feels an influx of energy coming from it into one’s body. Based on the concept of sound healing and therapy, the ‘Gong Bath’ takes listeners into a world of serenity and relaxation.

Sunday August 8, 2010

2:00-3:00pm

Investment: $25

Please bring something comfortable to lie on (mat, blanket, pillow)

Review Ashtanga Primary Series

Cover key Sanskrit words in sequence

Call and response to words while in poses

Integration of sound in the physical body

Handouts included

$30 before August 1st, $35 after that date.

Join us at Unity Yoga with world renowned speaker and Master in the ancient art of Bhakti, Sankarshan das Adhikari.

Stay after wards, enjoy a chai and great community!

Though headquartered at Bhaktivedanta Ashram in Austin, Texas, USA, Sankarshan das Adhikari regularly travels throughout the globe with his wife, Her Grace Srimati Vishnupriya Mataji, giving lectures on pure devotional service, enlivening and enlightening his varied audiences with this supreme knowledge, which has been so kindly bestowed upon him by his spiritual master. Thus he regularly travels in North America, Europe, India, and elsewhere, even in middle-eastern countries such as Turkey, to meet with his students and disciples to share the innermost secrets of how to perfect one’s consciousness.

A by donation event, no one turned away for lack of funds.

Sing, move, breathe, laugh and love.

All are welcome to share. No experience required

One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove obstacles, and bring us back to the center of our being.

Join Sparrow Deviyani and guest for call and response mantras and songs. This enchanted evening will lift your spirits high!

$10-15 suggested donation.

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a powerful, invigorating and transformative practice suitable for all levels, including complete beginners. We will work with the balance of strength and flexibility, power and softness, form and formlessness, to create a playful and empowering class that will encourage you to cultivate an inner tranquility. These classes combine a Mysore-style approach with insights from different paths of yoga.

A Mysore-style class is the traditional method of teaching and learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Students move through postures in a continuous flowing sequence, aligned with the rhythm of their breath while the teacher provides individual instruction and assistance, tailoring the practice to each student.

Cost $108 suitable for all levels

Big Mind Zen Meditation starts at 8pm. Then stay afterward (or join us) for free chai, snacks and good conversations from 9:30 on.

Indian Pot Luck! Bring a dish to share!!

The event is by donation ($5-10 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds)

All proceed will be going towards a NEW FLOOR at the studio.

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Hope to see you there!

namaste

This course is based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Practitioners will learn be in touch deeply with their breath, body, sensations, thoughts, emotions, and the awareness in which physical and mental phenomena arise and pass away. They will train to continually let go of past events, in order to be vividly present and undo painful habitual energies. They will cultivate loving-kindness and openness toward themselves and their experience. Practitioners will develop a firm daily meditation practice and learn to integrate meditation and spirituality into their everyday lives.

Appropriate for people with any level of meditation experience. Classes are accompanied by instructions for daily practice, follow-up correspondence, and opportunities to meet one-on-one with the instructor.

Saturdays, June 19 - July 17, 10:00-11:30 a.m.

No pre-registration required. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Drop-ins welcome.

Sing, move, breathe, laugh and love.

All are welcome to share. No experience required

One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove obstacles, and bring us back to the center of our being.

Join Sparrow Deviyani and guest for call and response mantras and songs. This enchanted evening will lift your spirits high!

$10-15 suggested donation.

Saturday May 15th 1 - 4:30 pm

Connecting your voice with the energy of your body, soul and the Divine.

$65, $55 for students and seniors

to pay online contact Minke minke@silentground.com (paypal)

Register: Minke 604.669.2505

www.silentground.com

Experience that can be profound without being austere- come and shake and wiggle yourself into a deeper consciousness!

This is a gentle but powerful yoga that brings together traditional yoga positions with fluid movement and music - enabling the body to stay flexible, energized and full of joy, while the mind disengages and you relax.

As a jazz musician improvises on a well know melody... so Yogabeats plays with the asanas. By using movement the technique powerfully increases your flexibility & energy levels while bringing calmness and balance to the system.

The style addresses the question of how to bring yoga into your everyday life. It teaches us how to unwind and feel peaceful, within the chaos that surrounds us, rather than only while in sanctity of a yoga classroom. This approach makes it easier to transfer skills off the mat and into our everyday lives. A truly contemporary practice.

It is not about being pretzel flexible, it is a greater challenge than that - to explore, unravel and learn to love, every part of ourselves, and emerge stronger with an energized body and mind.

No yoga experience necessary.

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a powerful, invigorating and transformative practice suitable for all levels, including complete beginners. We will work with the balance of strength and flexibility, power and softness, form and formlessness, to create a playful and empowering class that will encourage you to cultivate an inner tranquility. These classes combine a Mysore-style approach with insights from different paths of yoga. A Mysore-style class is the traditional method of teaching and learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Students move through postures in a continuous flowing sequence, aligned with the rhythm of their breath while the teacher provides individual instruction and assistance, tailoring the practice to each student.

COST: $108

(suitable for all levels)

Come get your shiny, dazzling, frilly new BLING for the new season! We will have 2 rooms of Crafty Vixens and Creatrix Vendors selling their stylee clothes, unique jewllery, tribal gear, feathers and fur!

Gear up for Spring and Summer and support your community by buying local items that are made for you with love!

Enjoy the warm UNITY YOGA TEAHOUSE teas, snacks, and relaxing atmosphere~!

Put the bounce in your Spring and come on in!

Share space, breathe, sing and sound with celebration and devotion! Enjoy the beautiful healing vibrational sounds of our voices joining together in unity. English and Sanskrit chants that are easy to learn will be provided.

Bring your intention to expand & reconnect to the heart of communion and divine light of sound.

All are welcome.

No special skill, talent, or religion required.

$10 - $15 suggested donation

This course is designed for people to develop a firm meditation practice and to integrate the principles of meditation into everyday life.

Starting with our natural curiosity and loving-kindness for ourselves, we will learn to infuse our body, thoughts and emotions with awareness and develop a clear, settled mind that can penetrate into our true nature.

Appropriate for people with any level of meditation experience. Classes are accompanied by instructions for daily practice, discussion, and opportunities to meet one-on-one with the instructor.

Lead by Justin Love (Chân Pháp Bi), a former Buddhist monk ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh, who has been practicing for 15 years in the Tibetan, Zen and Theravadin traditions. Justin has helped lead meditation retreats internationally with the Plum Village Sangha, and on Denman Island at the Dharma Fellowship Hermitage. Justin has a unique ability of connecting with people’s experience and offering personal guidance in the practice.

$55 for 6 classes

To register, phone 604-708-8369 or drop by Unity Yoga

The Bones are transpersonal instruments for channelling the energy of the earth and the heavens. They are like quartz crystals in radios that tune into celestial sound. When we consciously breathe in sound we can release trauma held in our structure and allow harmonious sound to vibrate into the core of our being.

* Penetrate chi into your bones to build internal power and rooting.

* Empower your Yoga postures with whole body breathing and heightened awareness.

* Release your personal knots with Unwinding, spontaneous movement. Surrender to the wisdom of your spirit.

$25, $20 for students, seniors, low income

This course is designed for people to develop a firm meditation practice and to integrate the principles of meditation into everyday life.

Starting with our natural curiosity and loving-kindness for ourselves, we will learn to infuse our body, thoughts and emotions with awareness and develop a clear, settled mind that can penetrate into our true nature.

Appropriate for people with any level of meditation experience. Classes are accompanied by instructions for daily practice, discussion, and opportunities to meet one-on-one with the instructor.

Lead by Justin Love (Chân Pháp Bi), a former Buddhist monk ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh, who has been practicing for 15 years in the Tibetan, Zen and Theravadin traditions. Justin has helped lead meditation retreats internationally with the Plum Village Sangha, and on Denman Island at the Dharma Fellowship Hermitage. Justin has a unique ability of connecting with people’s experience and offering personal guidance in the practice.

$55 for 6 classes

To register, phone 604-708-8369 or drop by Unity Yoga

You can have your cake and eat it too! Learn to make irresistible healthy desserts that are gluten, sugar and dairy free and made all with whole plant-based ingredients.

$20 includes:

• 2 Desserts and Tea

• Demonstration

• New Recipes

Please contact us to register - space is limited! Contact us via email at Info@UnityYoga.ca or call 604-708-8369.

Julie Beyer loves inspiring people to eat healthier through her classes that teach you how to incorporate more whole, organic,

plant-based foods in your daily life in a way that is quick, convenient, affordable and delicious. Julie is self-taught and lives her teachings and has experienced first-hand the healing potential and power of organic whole foods. For more information please contact Julie at 778.288.8770 or at amour.food@gmail.com.

These seminars will help you to empower yourself in an open and accepting environment with other women, learn valuable healing tools specific to sexual energy and "sexercises" for sexual fitness, and support each other towards joy and vitality in sexual health and self expression.

Oct 14 I AM Goddess - Reclaim your own feminine power of sensuality, intuition and compassion.

Oct 28 Glands and Hormones - Strengthen and balance with special guest Alexina Mheta Naturopathic Doctor

Nov 4 Breast Health - Happy Breasts! Self massage, exams, body image + more

Nov 11 Creativity and Sexuality - Activation of creativity with special guest Sophie Brunette Art Therapist

Nov 18 Boundaries - when to say no and how to say yes, with throat activation

Nov 25 Sacred Tantric Relationships - Secrets of creating conscious partnership and sacred sex

Dec 2 Bleeding- Our Sacred Time - with special guest Jeda Boughton, RAc Dr TCM

Dec 9 Healing Sexual Trauma - Healing ourselves and helping other women

Dec 16 I Love My Vulva - Massage and sacred spot healing

Stephanie Lafazanos, Intune Holistics

Energy based healing for the whole being

604-739-0069

www.intuneholistics.com

Sunday, November 1st, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (Early bird Sunday, Oct 18)

TRATAKA - FOCUSING THE MIND

A guided meditation that focuses the mind, calms the emotions and relaxes the body.

Sunday November 15th, 1:30 - 4:30pm (Early bird Nov 1)

ANTAR MOUNA - PEACE TO OUR INNER WORLD

A guided meditation that brings complete peace to our thoughts and emotions.

TO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS:

One workshop - $45 Early bird, $55 after

For 2 workshops - $85 (before early bird rate of first workshop attending), or $105 (if paying for 2 after early bird of first workshop)

For 3 workshops - $120 before Sunday 20th September, or $145 by Sunday 4th October

Contact us to register at 604-708-8369 or Info@UnityYoga.ca

David Embry Solest (david@bluelotusmusic.com) offers the yoga of singing together for peace, joy, and healing.

David Embry Solest (B. of Mus.) is a classically trained musician, experienced group facilitator, and teacher of kundalini yoga and dream work. He has studied vocal awareness in Ireland, California and at Hollyhock on Cortez Island near Vancouver BC with Chloe Goodchild through 'The Naked Voice' facilitator training. As well, David has trained in France with Iegor Reznikoff studying Gregorian chant.

His organisation Blue Lotus Music promotes Self-Discovery through Sound Awareness. Whether in offering sound and healing music in performance as well as in workshops, David brings his passion and enthusiasm to all the projects he becomes involved in. David is enthusiastically working in conscious cooperation with the evolutionary processes of human growth and healing through music and the voice.

No experience necessary—new experience guaranteed!

$10-$20 Suggested Donation

Harness Qi to power your yoga, meditation or martial arts practice. Access Qi for self-healing and healing others. Cultivate Qi to embark on a journey of transformation.

Practiced by over 40,000 people worldwide this simple meditation based energy practice combines gentle movement, breath, and mindful awareness to activate, store and focus energy. It provides the practical tools to experience and utilize vital energy. For those looking to improve health, relieve stress or develop their spirit, those experiencing spiritual emergence or emergency, this practice has much to offer.

Many of you have just begun to discover the many layers of exploration in Level 1 ZY Qigong practice. Come deepen your Level 1 practice and begin the transition into Level 2 with this class. We will activate and continue to build the Lower Dantian. You will deepen your practice and meditation on all levels and begin to build your Central Channel, tangibly experiencing the power of new exercises which help you prepare the energetic anatomy. I invite you all to continue on this journey inside your amazing selves! Students experience the natural unfolding and integration of the physical, energy and spiritual anatomies.

$135.00 ($20 drop in only if you have completed an Intro Level 1 class/workshop)

Continuing Level 1 and 2 ZY Qi Gong

Saturdays, 1-3 p.m.

Pre-Register by phone: 778-329-8750

www.zyqigongbc.ca