30-Day Yoga Challenge

30-Day Yoga Challenge

Our 30-Day Yoga Challenge is here again. This time we have prizes to give away and we have extended the time to include 3 months. How can you join? 1. Choose your start day. We are running the challenge for all of September, October and November of 2015, so you can...
Equanimity Yoga

Equanimity Yoga

by Maxine Iharosy, Certified Yoga Teacher and Organic Farmer Sweating in the dry wind with dirt rubbed deep into my palms, I reach another hand into the soil to make room for a tomato plant.  The drawn out song of frogs bellows up from the valley below, where the...
“Yoga Helps with Everything” ~Amanda

“Yoga Helps with Everything” ~Amanda

Amanda was a dancer until the age of seventeen. Competitive dance wasn’t the path that she wanted; yet she missed the movement, music and expression that dance gave her. As a University of Guelph student, Amanda signed up for a yoga class with Marilyn Mayberry of Soul...
Yoga for Menopause: How to Relieve Symptoms

Yoga for Menopause: How to Relieve Symptoms

Science has shown that stress and anxiety increase the intensity and occurrence of hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause in women. Recent studies (some listed below) found that meditation, breathing techniques (such as sitali pranayama), and yoga poses...
Is Restorative Yoga the Same as Yin Yoga?

Is Restorative Yoga the Same as Yin Yoga?

Recently we had a great question from a student. She asked: Q – Is Restorative Yoga the Same as Yin Yoga? Tracy, who teaches Restorative Yoga at Tone Studio in Owen Sound replied: A –  What a great question. I will do my best to explain the two, although...
Sitali & Sitkari Pranayama

Sitali & Sitkari Pranayama

by Shannon Crow, E-RYT500 If I had to pick a favourite breath practice it would be Sitali & Sitkari pranayama. I like to teach it in adult and children’s classes as it helps to bring calm and relaxation and is easy to do. Curling your tongue is a genetic...