Joanna Griffin Yoga

🐾 Thank you to everyone in our sweet yoga community who showed up to our by donation yoga class today for
🐾 We are incredibly grateful to for allowing us to use the space and supporting this event.
🐾 Thank you to those of you who were incredibly generous and donated even though you couldn’t attend the class!
🐾 Every single dollar raised today will go towards supporting these beautiful pups in having a second chance at life and finding them their forever homes in Canada 🇨🇦
🐾 If you are interested in fostering, adopting, donating or learning more about the rescue give them a follow and connect with Pia. She is always in need of extra helping hands and support 🙏🏻
🐾 Again, thank you, thank you, a million times thank you. It was a joy and a pleasure to teach today and be of service 💕

🌸 SPRING OFFERINGS 🌸
Happy Equinox friends.
May this season encourage you to grow and bloom in all the ways you wish to expand.
May you feel the sunlight on your face.
May you be inspired by the beauty and renewed energy we are witnessing in nature.
May you give yourself all the time you need to unfurl.

I would love to see you on your mat this Spring. If I don’t see you at one of my regular classes, here are some of the additional offerings coming soon:

🌸 YOGA FOR THE RESCUE DOGS
Sunday March 24th | 12-1pm | Class By Donation |

🌸 SPRING RENEWAL PORTUGAL RETREAT
April 22nd-26th | | with

🌸 REST. REFLECT. RECHARGE. DAY RETREAT
Sunday June 2nd | 12-5.30pm |

🌸 PRIVATE YOGA
I have been teaching quite a few private yoga classes recently. This is such a wonderful way to introduce friends and family to yoga or to refine your own practice. Feel free to reach out to me if this is something you might be interested in. I would love to support you. 🙏🏻✨

✨ My Winter Reading Collection. ✨
These books have offered me some beautiful insight and wisdom that I have needed to support myself this season. I have loved moving between books, reading a chapter in one and then another. I am grateful to have carved out space for this practice of quiet reading. It has helped me to move gently, slowly and compassionately into the new year. Recharging, conserving energy, gaining new knowledge and being in stillness and quiet has been a real gift for my soul. 🙏🏻✨
I would love to know what you have been reading this season. Feel free to share in the comments 🥰✨
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I have wrapped up my teaching commitments for 2023 and just wanted to say Happy Holidays from my family to yours.🙏🏻✨
Wishing community a beautiful, restful and peaceful holiday season.
Thankful for each and everyone of you that have been to class this year and played such an integral role in creating the thriving, kind, compassionate and supportive community that is seen and felt at the studio.
Thank you for providing a safe and inclusive space for so many. Your generosity and service to the studio is so inspiring to witness.
Time to rest, recharge, spend time with my loves and look after myself, so I can continue to show up fully as your teacher. It has been a heart filled year, with beautiful connections and incredible opportunities. I am so grateful that I get to do this work and truly believe the dedication on our mats has a positive impact that ripples out long after the movement and the breath. 🙏🏻✨
Sending love and can’t wait to see you on your mat in 2024 💕

🤩 WOW 🤩 Our community is AMAZING!! Thank you to every single soul who came to the Open House today to celebrate this beautiful studio turning 5 🎉 it was so wonderful to see you all! Thank you to everyone for your kind clothing donations. I managed to fit them all in my Fiat 😅and took everything straight to the Gordon Project in Coquitlam. They were super grateful and told me they were really short on seasonal items, so I am so pleased we could support them. If you have more items you wish to donate they are located at 3030 Gordon Avenue. Just ring the buzzer to be let in. They are open everyday, 24hrs a day. 🙏🏻✨

🍁 OCTOBER & NOVEMBER OFFERINGS 🍁

Join me for some much needed rest and recharge before the year end. I look forward to seeing you on your mat, taking care of you 💕

✨ Autumn Renewal Retreat on Salt Spring Island with ~ Oct 11-15th

✨ Yin & Gong ~ Oct 21st | 1-2.30pm

✨ Introduction to Ayurveda ~ Nov 4th | 1-3pm

✨ Essential Yin ~ Nov 26th | 1-3pm

Click the link in my bio and head to the EVENTS page to learn more and to book your spots!

🍁 Fall 2023 Newsletter 🍁 -

🍁 Fall 2023 Newsletter 🍁 …and Luna is loving it already! I hope you are settling into the new season well. Just wanted to touch base with you and share some thoughts on Autumn and the offerings I have coming up until the end of the year.

I LOVE retreating with you!!!

Getting excited for some special offerings coming your way:

✨ Sunday May 28th ~ Bowen Island
Rest. Reflect. Recharge Day Retreat
with

✨ Sunday June 25th ~ Vancouver Island
Summer Solstice Day Retreat
with .io
There are still some spots for this one! Head to the EVENTS Page on my website for all the details (link in bio)

✨ Weds Oct 11th - Sun Oct 15th ~ Salt Spring Island
Autumn Renewal Retreat
with Find out more about this 5 day Fall Retreat 👏👏👏

📸: by the beauty that is .by.carol

Have you considered online learning for continuing education on your yoga journey? We also have an extensive online library of yoga classes for those who prefer a home practice. has so much to offer including in-person retreats starting this October on Salt Spring Island! Hope to see you there 💕✨

Happy Earth Day 🌎
A message from the Graffiti Tour in Colombia. “We all have a responsibility to look after the garden that is our body first and foremost. Only then can we tend to and care for the bigger garden that is our community and our planet.” How are you nourishing and respecting this vessel that is your body?
May we learn to show ourselves more love, more compassion, more tenderness and may that be mirrored in the way we care for this planet. We only have one body and one mama earth. Let’s look after each other 🙏🏻

✨ Love love love co-hosting Yin & Gong with Bonnie Sadhana Yoga & Sound]

✨ We offer a multi-sensory experience with Aromatherapy, vibrational sound, Yin Yoga, Pranayama, tea and chocolate!!

✨ If you would like to attend the next offering please follow Sadhana Yoga & Sound] for updates.

✨ It’s a perfect weekend treat to nurture yourself and recharge.
We would love to see you there.💕

🌸 SPRING EQUINOX DAY RETREAT 2023 🌸
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate this new season and it’s themes of renewal, possibility, space, growth, clearing out, planting seeds, illumination and rebirth.
Personally it is always a joy to come over to the island and join this amazing community, you always welcome me with open arms, thank you 🙏🏻 To our amazing harpist Dilys, you deeply cared about this event and went above and beyond to research the perfect pieces to accompany the theme and tone of the day. We see you and appreciate you so much! To your space is just beautiful, so calming and well cared for. To the food as always was nourishing, nutritious, thoughtful to the season and that soup just hit the spot 👌🏻To it’s always a pleasure to co-host with you, and like I said yesterday it truly is a “pinch yourself” moment to think of our journey to this point and that we get to do this work together! May you all have an abundant, healthy and happy Spring season 🌸
See you at the next one 🥰✨

We are all sunbeams.
We are all worthy.
We are all grace.
We are all one.
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Rest. Reflect. Recharge. Day Retreat 2023 ✨
Sunday May 28th
12-5pm
Nectar Yoga, Bowen Island
Think slow gentle movement, deep breathing, stillness, quiet and nature.
I would love to see you there. Your body and mind will thank you 🙏🏻💕
Head to the events page on my website for all the info and to book your spot!

✨ MARCH OFFERINGS ✨

• Sunday 19th | 12noon - 4.15pm
SPRING EQUINOX DAY RETREAT
You Plus Me Studio, Qualicum Beach.
Welcoming Spring with Yoga, Meditation, Journaling, Seasonal Lunch, Live Harp Musical Accompaniment and so much more 💕


• Saturday 25th | 1 - 2.30pm
YIN & GONG
Sadhana Yoga & Sound, Port Coquitlam.
Join myself and Bonnie for an afternoon of Yin Yoga and Aromatherapy, accompanied by the beautiful vibrational sounds of gongs, singing bowls and chimes. Treat yourself and book your spot

PRIVATE YOGA CLASS
If you are interested in having a private yoga class for yourself, friends, work colleagues or for a special occasion, feel free to send me a message! I would love to hear from you 💕

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Post Yoga snuggles with my Luna pup 🌙✨🐶
Hanging with her is just pure joy and the perfect way to finish my practice. So grateful for these moments and for all she teaches me on the daily 🙏🏻

Class Theme this week ~ Transitions.
Have you noticed we are shifting towards a new season? With that can come resistance, excitement, overwhelm, hope, confusion, optimism and much more.
Do you find yourself drawn to the light or the dark at this time?
The warmth or the cool?
Are you still hibernating?
Are you feeling energized?
There is no perfect path. Take your time. Move at your pace. Do not feel like you have to force or push. You will enter this new season when you are good and ready. Simply go with grace and notice signs and symbols around you for guidance and inspiration.

So looking forward to seeing this beautiful island community next weekend. These events really fill up my cup! Grateful for this work and these opportunities 🙏🏻✨💕
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Bowen Island Yoga Day Retreat with Joanna.
Maybe this is the year you join us for rest, gentle yoga and lots of deep breath!
I would love to see you there!

Bowen Island Yoga Day Retreat with Joanna

GUESS WHAT??
Our 2023 Bowen Island Day Retreat is confirmed!!!

Join me on Sunday May 28th from 12-5pm at Nectar Yoga.
This is an opportunity for you to nourish your body in nature, with rest, quiet and gentle movement and breath.

It might just be exactly what you need at the mid-year point?

Message me for more info or click the link to book your spot:
https://www.joannagriffinyoga.com/classes/p/rest-reflect-recharge-day-retreat-1

I look forward to hosting this event every year and hope to see some old and new faces on their mats 🥰

The set up for our Winter Solstice Day Retreat yesterday. The moment before we opened the doors to a group of beautiful and receptive students. Thank you to everyone who showed up and created their own rest nest for the day. Thank you for the use of your wonderful space. Thank you to for the nourishing and delicious winter bowls. Thank you and Root to Rise for the thoughtful handcrafted tea and Aromatherapy roll on blend for each student. Thank you to for filling the space with grounding energy and sound. Thank you to my partner in all of this for making it so easy to say yes to collaborating and creating magic together ✨💕🙏🏻

I didn’t get the chance to announce our Winter Solstice Day Retreat before I was humbly informed that it has already SOLD OUT!
If you didn’t grab a spot then please join the waitlist and look out for our Spring offering!
We are so grateful for everyone’s support and we look forward to sharing space with those of you registered on January 8th 2023. Wishing everyone safe, healthy and happy holidays 🙏🏻💕✨

✨ NOVEMBER OFFERINGS ✨

• Saturday 19th | 9-2.30pm Open House for our 4th Anniversary Sadhana Yoga & Sound]

• Sunday 20th | 11.30am Private Yoga Class

• Saturday 27th | 1-2.30pm Yin & Gong with Bonnie Sadhana Yoga & Sound]

Reminiscing about our time on Bowen Island last weekend. Thank you to everyone who joined for our Rest. Reflect. Recharge Day Retreat. You filled the space with love, safety and support. Thank you to for sharing your beautiful space with us and nourishing us with a delicious lunch. Thank you to for filling our goodie bags with the most thoughtful wellness gifts. Dates to be confirmed for Spring 2023 offering. Hope to see you there 💕🙏🏻

Chair Yoga Progressive Series on Udemy.
I would love for you and your loved ones to experience the amazing benefits of this practice, so I am offering it to you for just $29.99!
Click the link to learn more about the course and receive the discounted rate:

Chair Yoga Progressive Series with Joanna Griffin Chair Yoga for beginners, seniors and yoga teachers looking for class inspiration and modifications.

Yin Yoga Progressive Series on Udemy.
I would love for you and your loved ones to experience the amazing benefits of this practice, so I am offering it to you for just $29.99!
Click the link to learn more about the course and receive the discounted rate:

Yin Yoga Series with Joanna Griffin Nourish your body with the practice of Yin Yoga to improve mobility, boost circulation and increase energy flow.

✨OCTOBER OFFERINGS✨

• Saturday 15th | 1 - 2.30pm
YIN & GONG
Sadhana Yoga & Sound, Port Coquitlam.
Join myself and Bonnie for an afternoon of Yin Yoga and Aromatherapy, accompanied by the beautiful vibrational sounds of gongs, singing bowls and chimes. Treat yourself and book your spot

• Sunday 23rd | 12 - 5pm
REST. REFLECT. RECHARGE DAY RETREAT
Nectar Yoga, Bowen Island
A day of introspection, yoga, seasonal foods, silent forest walks, meditation, journalling and so much breath. Surrounded by nature

• Sunday 30th | 11.30 - 12.30pm
PRIVATE YOGA CLASS
If you are interested in having a private yoga class for yourself, friends, work colleagues or for a special occasion, feel free to send me a message! I would love to hear from you 💕

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Last weekend we gathered together for our Autumn Equinox Day Retreat on Saturday September 24th 2022.

• We celebrated the abundance of harvest.
• We acknowledged the importance of and necessity for change.
• We released what had completed its life cycles within us and around us.
• We recognized ways to support our energy, health and wellness this coming season.

Thank you to those who showed up to do the work on their mats. Thank you to my British sister and sidekick for making co-hosting so effortless. Thank you to for hosting us in your beautiful space once again. Thank you for the thoughtful and delicious menu to support Vata energy & Fall season. Thank you and Root to Rise for the take home self care treats.

Would you like to join us for the next one?
Stay tuned for our Winter offering, happening in January 2023 ✨❄️

Yoga in the Park kicked off today at Lions Park, Port Coquitlam.
Thank you Sadhana Yoga and Sound for organizing these outdoor classes. It was a pleasure to host and hold space for our beautiful students 🥰💕