You did it! Let's celebrate the end of your 30 Day Challenge with a party! 

Join Megan (& the Yogatown team) for a high-energy, dance-inspired flow jam class that’s sure to get you moving and grooving to your fav jams.

This class is suitable for all levels! 

Make sure to wear white and neon clothing that will glow under the blacklight. Glow sticks and body painting will be provided before class, so make sure to arrive early! 

STITTSVILLE: 

Date: Friday November 23
Time: 8pm - 9pm (yoga class)
Arrive at 7:30pm for body painting

9pm - 10pm (social)

PRESTON: 

Date: Friday November 30

Time: 8pm - 9pm (yoga class)
Arrive at 7:30pm for body painting

9pm - 10pm (social)

*30 Day Challengers Only
*limit of one wrap up party per challenger. 

Curious about our teacher training program?

 
Have questions or want to learn more? Join us for a tea and chat!

Wednesday Nov. 28th
Drop by anytime between 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Preston

Thursday Nov. 29th
Drop by anytime between 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Stittsville

Curious about our teacher training program?

 
Have questions or want to learn more? Join us for a tea and chat!

Wednesday Nov. 28th
Drop by anytime between 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Preston

Thursday Nov. 29th
Drop by anytime between 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Stittsville

You did it! Let's celebrate the end of your 30 Day Challenge with a party! 

Join Megan (& the Yogatown team) for a high-energy, dance-inspired flow jam class that’s sure to get you moving and grooving to your fav jams.

This class is suitable for all levels! 

Make sure to wear white and neon clothing that will glow under the blacklight. Glow sticks and body painting will be provided before class, so make sure to arrive early! 

STITTSVILLE: 

Date: Friday November 23
Time: 8pm - 9pm (yoga class)
Arrive at 7:30pm for body painting

9pm - 10pm (social)

PRESTON: 

Date: Friday November 30

Time: 8pm - 9pm (yoga class)
Arrive at 7:30pm for body painting

9pm - 10pm (social)

*30 Day Challengers Only
*limit of one wrap up party per challenger. 

Our nervous system is designed to support us with all living functions including our ability to rest and our ability to jump to action. In this busy world, our nervous systems tend to be overloaded with unprocessed stress which can lead to an endless list of health, sleep and emotional or mental imbalances.

This workshop is designed to help you understand your nervous system while offering methods to support it moving into greater balance. Our nervous systems are always trying to bring back a state of balance; this is innate human nature.

In this workshop, expect to learn about this intricate and fascinating system as well as participate in a somatic exploration (explore body sensations) and a restorative practice to engage in the nervous systems capacity for healing.

Date: Sunday Dec. 2nd

Time: 6pm-8:30pm

Investment: $40 / $30 member

Location: Stittsville

*no refunds.

Join Vanessa and Dana on this special occasion to celebrate the Winter Solstice, a mystical time that marks the year's shortest day and longest night.

This is a time of year to honour the energies of slowing down and turning attention inward. As the days become short and nights long, we too, are called to move slower, take more time for meditative practices and shift attention to our inner world. This is a powerful time of rest, restoration and stillness.

In this 2 hour practice, we will discuss the qualities of winter and how tuning into them can call forth greater balance in the bigger picture of our lives. This practice will include some discussion followed by a gentle yin sequence, meditation and a yoga nidra.

Wear comfortable clothes, bring a notepad if you like and anything that will increase your comfort level.

Date: Sunday December 16, 2018
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Investment: $40 non-member / $30 member
Location: Stittsville
*no refunds

The perfect way to wind down after the holidays. Enjoy a grounding yin yoga practice followed by a guided Yoga Nidra meditation to leave you feeling relaxed, present and rejuvenated.

Yoga Nidra (also known as yogic-sleep) is a deeply relaxing meditative practice that will help you quickly come back into balance. Let your most radiant self shine through as we align our resolutions for the New Year to come.

Lie down, rest and give yourself permission to tap into the wisdom and healing capacity of your body and mind.

Benefits of Yoga Nidra:
- Increases Energy & Healing
- Explore the Energetic Body & Koshas
- Reduces Stress
- Improves Sleep
- Lowers Blood Pressure
- Enhances Concentration
- Creates a Feeling of Tranquillity

Bring a small pillow, an extra mat & eye pillow if you have one to get as comfortable as possible!

Date: Saturday January 5th
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Cost: $35 / $25 members
Location: Preston
* no refunds.

Free your body from built-up stress and tension in the hips, hamstrings, and back. Sound heavenly? We think so!

Join Dana and Lea for this 2 hour yin practice that will leave your body feeling lighter, spacious and oh-so-relaxed. This class is designed to create space in areas where we often collect and store physical, mental and emotional stress.

Expect hands on mini-massage combined with the balancing effects of peppermint/orange essential oil.

This is our most popular workshop offering at Yogatown - complete nourishment for the mind and body. 

Date: Sunday Jan. 6th
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Investment: $50 / $40 member
Location: Stittsville
*no refunds

Inversions offer us the opportunity to explore our edges and push the boundaries of courage and comfort. They invite us to find new perspectives and take leaps of faith, while at the same time inspire patience, cultivate strength, and find balance. Inevitably, going upside down teaches us about falling and getting up and going for it all over again.

In this 4-week series you will learn inversion basics along with safe ways in and out of the postures. We will explore the benefits of the different inversion families and how to weave them into your practice. Each week will have a different focus and will build on the previous class.

Week 1: Headstand, Forearm stand, Dolphin
Week 2: Handstand
Week 3: Wheel, Bridge, Shoulder Stand
Week 4: Inversion Flow

Classes will begin with a short discussion, have ample time to play, and will finish with a meditation on the energetics of the practice and taking your experience off your mat and into your life.

Date: Sundays: Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm
Investment: $125 regular / $100 member
Location: Preston
*no refunds

In this 4 week mini-series, get a taste for 4 different styles of meditation, including Mindfulness Meditation, Transcendence Meditation, Intention Meditation, and Energized Body & Mind Meditation.

Each week we'll cover a different style - we'll talk briefly about the particular style of meditation, discuss the benefits and how it works, and then of course, we'll practice.

It’s the perfect opportunity to explore these different styles of meditation and help you decide which approach may resonate with you the most when establishing a consistent practice.

Dates: Thursdays Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7
Time: 7pm - 8:30pm
Investment: $125 / $100 member
Location: Stittsville

*no refunds

Be unhurried, thorough and harmonious in your practice by touching on several supportive practices in a spacious manner.

Join Jovette Carey and Kathryn Anne Flynn for a 3-hour mini-retreat to practice peacefully in community. Opening with an introduction to chant, our practice will include a gentle flow, mellow yin, and wind down with pranayama, Savasana and meditation. Savasana will be supported with sound healing and hands-on with essential oils, for those who wish them.

We’ll close with tea and treats to ground ourselves.

Optional: Bring a small pillow, blanket, eye pillow or any other prop to enhance your practice.

Date: Saturday Jan. 19th
Time: 2pm - 5pm (tea & treats will follow)
Investment: $55 / $45 member
Location: Preston
* no refunds.

An Exploration and Practice of The Meridian System

In Eastern Chinese medicine, energy flows in our body through pathways called Meridians. These meridians flow through the connective tissues, bones, ligaments and joints of our body. Proper flow of meridians is essential for harmonious balance in our mind and body, especially our vital organs. When these meridians are blocked, we experience “dis-ease” in our physical, emotional and mental bodies. Through an understanding of Chinese Meridian Theory and the practice of Yin Yoga, we can learn to bring restored health and balance back into our lives.

Kymberli Roberts is a Yin Yogi at heart & Meridian Theory Enthusiast!  Hooked from her very first class, she has been studying and practicing all things Yin for over 13 years and she is excited to share her passion with you!

In this 2-day workshop, you will:

• Develop an understanding of the Meridian system and how it functions and relates to Yin Yoga
• Cover specific Yin Yoga sequences to promote health and balance
• Experience 2 Yin Yoga practices and its benefits from an emotional, mental and physical level
• Learn how to develop Yin Yoga sets based to strengthen specific organs of the body such as our Adrenal glands/kidneys, liver, stomach and spleen
• Learn how to set up a home Yin Yoga practice using simple props
• Learn to bring mindfulness meditation in our Yin Yoga practice

The studio will be room temperature, so dress in layers.  Please bring a yoga mat, water, a blanket, a journal for note taking and some snacks to keep you fuelled. A handout will be provided.

This workshop is designed for all levels, beginner to experienced. 

Date: Saturday's Jan. 26th & Feb. 2nd
Time: 2pm - 7pm
Investment: $175 / $150 members
Location: Preston
* no refunds

If you teach yoga, there can be a lot of pressure to make study and practice about being useful to your students. However, it’s imperative that we cultivate sustainability and suitability of practice – the right practice for the right season, or season of life.

This weekend is to rekindle your relationship with yoga, including long practices and a contemplative, conversational approach to Ayurvedic wisdom. If you’re craving wisdom within the context of nourishing movement and community, join us for this experiential exploration.

Ayurveda is the sister system to yoga: if yoga is a path to achieving wellness and enlightenment, then Ayurveda is the system that supports a healthy bodymind for yoga’s practices.

Ayurvedic Yoga examines elemental composition of nature and people to seasonally attune your yoga and lifestyle practices. We’ll discuss best practices throughout the year and identify how we may be resisting balance in our daily routines. Of course, Ayuveda says that what we do is not always as important as how we do it, so our weekend will be rich in experiencing the different approaches appropriate to each season.

Our weekend will include…

• Examining how yoga and Ayurveda dialogue in history and practice
• Developing a simple, effective self-care routine, including massage based on marma points (Ayurveda’s meridians system)
• Yoga postures, sequences, and approaches to practice for each season
• Self-massage techniques and their benefits, including abhyanga (oil massage) and rolling with guest teacher, Erin Bidlake
• Two practices each day, bracketing conversation, lecture and discovery

This weekend is suitable to practitioners and teachers alike, no prior Ayurvedic experience is necessary. It does count as a module in the 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program.

Date: Saturday Feb. 2 & Sunday Feb. 3
Time: 9am - 5pm
Investment: $275
Location: Stittsville

Yoga teaches that there is no divide between the mind, body, and spirit.

Stressed mind = stressed muscles = negative and anxious thoughts. Calm mind = relaxed muscles = positive and uplifting thought.

They are connected through 7 energy systems called the chakras. When they are balanced, the whole body works in harmony and we feel elevated, energized and whole. Something we all deserve to experience!

Join Jovette Carey for a chakra balancing master class to rest your mind, relax your muscles and bring your spirit back to a place of balance and renewal.

You will be guided through a slow flow designed to activate, balance and relax each energy centre. The practice will finish with a powerful meditation that will bring you back to a calm, renewed and uplifting place. You will leave feeling enlightened in mind, body and spirit.

Date: Sunday Feb. 10th
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Investment: $35 / $25 member
Location: Preston
*no refunds

Our Heart Chakra -- known to be our wellspring of love, compassion and joy is located in the centre of our chest. It is responsible for the love we have for others and also towards ourselves. This translates to all our relationships, letting down our defenses and our ability to be vulnerable.

Join Jennifer Pakuts and Natasha Moine for a two hour heart opening yoga practice designed to open upper back, shoulders, chest and heart area. During this dynamic heart-centric vinyasa class, we will move vigorously to stimulate the heart chakra and create more space across our front body counteracting our everyday seated posture and explore how to balance our heart chakra through asana.

Expect lots of hands of assists with essential oils, a meditation, some pranayama and of course a long restorative savasana.

Date: Saturday February 16th
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Cost: $40 / $30 members
Location: Preston
* no refunds.

Yoga sheds light into the depth of our inextricable bodymind connection, so when we are willing to be still in our bodies, we better cultivate stillness for our minds. It’s a young yoga practice that draws on ancient wisdom, and this training honours both old and new knowledge so you can practice with greater clarity and purpose.

Suitable for experienced yoga practitioners and teachers / teachers in training looking to delve into offering Yin Yoga, we will explore Yin and complementary practices.

Over the course of 4 days we'll cover:

• Why Yin
• The Physiology of Stretch and Fascia
• Skeletal Anatomy Relevant to Yin
• History, Culture + Players of Yin Yoga
• Introduction to Meridians Theory
• Ayurvedic Lens on Yin Yoga
• Teaching Methods for a Healing Atmosphere
• Yin Sequences for Beginners and Advanced Practices
• Supportive + Advanced Posture Prop Use
• Reflective Homework for Practice and Teaching Development

Participants with a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification will earn a Yin Yoga Teaching Certificate and 32 hours of Continuing Education Units for Yoga Alliance.

Date: Thursday Feb. 21st - Sunday Feb. 24th
Time: 4 days, 9am - 5pm
Investment: $550, includes manual
Location: Stittsville

“We listen not just with our ears but with every cell of our body and vibration effects every part of our being.” – Megan Marie Gates.

Sound is so powerful and has been used for healing by many cultures for thousands of years. Jovette Carey & Megan Marie Gates are teaming up to offer the perfect blend of healing sounds and soothing movement to tune into your heart's wisdom. The true energy of the heart is boundless, abundant and connected to your intentions. To live inspired by the energy of your heart is to be at one with what you want to create and let it flow from and to you with ease. There's a natural rhythm for everything that happens. There's is no longer a need to push or try so hard.

Join us and be moved by the healing vibration of crystal bowls, chimes, and angelic vocals by Megan Marie as Jovette guides you through a complete yoga practice; Beginning with a guided meditation, followed by a warming slow flow, vocalization through chanting, with soothing long holds for the chest, shoulders and neck, ending with an extra luxurious savasana with healing sound bath. Experience how quickly the rhythm finds you.

This workshop is for anyone wishing to work with the medicine of sound + yoga. You won’t want to miss this special treat!

A little more about Megan:

Megan is a teacher of sound alchemy; working with vibrational + motion medicinals for activated creativity, health and embodiment. She is forever a student of the pulse and cycle of Nature, Tantrik philosophy, Hatha vinyasa yoga, Ecstatic dance + sacred songs / sounds. She is the co-founder of WILD HEART HEALING ARTS: a holistic, creative gathering space in Prince Edward County.

Date: Sunday March 3rd
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Investment: $45 / $35 member
Location: Stittsville
*no refunds

YOU LOVE YOGA!

Whether you’ve been practicing 9 months or 9 years, you probably want to keep exploring yoga in new ways. The Yogatown 200hr Teacher Training may be the perfect way to do that.

Whether you want to expand your practice, start a new career, or connect with your yoga family in a deeper way, teacher training is an incredible personal growth experience.

Starts MARCH 1, 2019 until JUNE 20th, 2019

Dates & Times:

March 1, 2, 3, 4: all day (Stittsville)
March 23, 24: 8am - 5pm (Stittsville)
April 6: 3pm - 8pm (Preston)
April 7: 12pm - 6pm (Stittsville)
April 13: 3pm - 8pm (Preston)
April 14: 12pm - 6pm (Stittsville)
April 27: 3pm - 8pm (Preston)
May 4: 3pm - 8pm (Preston)
May 5: 12pm - 6pm (Stittsville)
May 11: 3pm - 8pm (Preston)
May 25: 3pm - 8pm (Preston)
June 8 & 9: you choose 1 full day (Stittsville)
June 15 / 16: you choose 1 full day (Stittsville)
June 20: 6pm - 9pm (Stittsville)

Tuition:

$2800 + hst, paid in full by Jan. 15th, 2019
$3200 + hst, paid in full by Feb. 15th, 2019
$3400 + hst for payment plan (Please inquire)

$500 non-refundable deposit is due with application.

Location: Preston St. & Stittsville (We encourage car pooling and can help to arrange that)

REGISTRATION DETAILS found at

www.myyogatown.com/yogatown-200hr-teacher-training