Live Yoga

On Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 12-2pm, join Katarina for an insightful workshop designed to increase your awareness of the entire musculoskeletal and myofascial systems through movement, yoga, and self-massage tools like massage balls and wooden dowels.

These techniques can help rehydrate your body, improve circulation, and support detoxification. Combined with breathing exercises and meditation, they will enhance your muscular and myofascial health while relieving tension in tight areas. You will explore the interconnectedness of the myofascial system from head to toe, working on the entire body.

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🌿 Why You Should Try Class at Live Yoga Studio! 🌿

At Live Yoga, we believe in more than just fitness—we build community and focus on empowering you inside and out. Whether you're looking to invest in your health, gain confidence, or improve your mental well-being, our caring teachers offer individual attention to help you achieve your goals.

Here, yoga is for every body—no matter your experience. Our classes focus on flexibility, strength, and stress reduction, allowing you to find balance, combat anxiety, and even regulate your nervous system in a welcoming, encouraging environment.

Why are we different? We’re more than just a workout—Live Yoga is about feeling strong, empowered, and making meaningful lifestyle shifts. Come see the difference! ✨

🧘‍♀️ Join us and start your journey today!

🌟 It’s that time of year again – the Peace Arch News Reader's Choice Awards 2023: BEST OF THE PENINSULA! 🌟

We’re so grateful to be your go-to spot to meditate, stretch, move, and improve your wellbeing 🧘‍♀️✨, and now we need your help! If Live Yoga is your happy place, it would mean the world to us if you took a moment to vote for us as the Best Yoga & Pilates Studio!

🙏 LINK IN BIO TO VOTE 🙏
And while you're there, don’t forget to show some love to all your favorite local businesses in Five Corners and around the White Rock & South Surrey area! Running a small business is tough these days, so your support really does make a difference 💙.
Plus, by voting, you’ll be entered to win a $250 gift card to The Shops at Morgan Crossing! 🎉💸

Voting closes September 30th at 11:59pm, so make sure to get your vote in soon. Thank you so much for all your support – it truly means everything to us! 🙌💫
Stay well and keep moving!

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"How do I strengthen my core?" is a common question we hear. Are you looking to dive deeper into your knowledge of the body and transform your understanding of core training?

In this comprehensive and functional course, Rafal Matuszewski, a Personal Trainer, Functional Range Conditioning (FRC), and Kinstretch certified practitioner, will explore the essence of authentic core training. Rafal is a wealth of knowledge and is returning to Live Yoga for this special "Real Core Training" event.

Whether you're a yoga teacher looking to earn continuing education credits (YACEP) or simply want to improve your own movement practice, this course is open to all. Demystify the core through in-depth anatomy lessons, learn proper engagement techniques, and discover how to seamlessly integrate core work into your workouts.

The workshop takes place on Saturday, October 19th from 12:00-5:00pm and is priced at $100 + GST. If cost is a barrier, Live Yoga has one bursary available - please email [email protected] to inquire.

Don't miss this opportunity to redefine your relationship with your core and take your movement to new levels of strength and functionality!

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Join Akshey next Saturday, September 21st before he returns to India for his Rooted and Rising Workshop🧘

Saturday, September 21
Session 1 - 10am - 12:30pm
Session 2 - 1:30 - 4:00pm

$90+gst for full day
$50+gst for one session

Session 1: Immerse yourself in a 2.5-hour asana class that focuses on deepening your yoga practice with the use of chairs, straps, and bolsters. This session will cover both standing and seated poses, progressing towards backbends and inversions. Students will learn to safely navigate the stages of handstand and push their boundaries to explore the scorpion pose. This multi-level workshop ensures that challenging poses come with various stages and modifications for all levels.

Session 2: The second part of the workshop will delve into more advanced backbending postures, transitioning into restorative and supine poses to calm both the mind and body. The afternoon will conclude with soothing relaxation and meditation practices, fostering a sense of unity between body and mind.

Link in Bio to register.

🌟 Exciting Upcoming Yoga Workshops at Live Yoga! 🌟

We’ve got an amazing lineup of workshops this fall to help you deepen your practice and feel empowered on the mat. Whether you're refining your alignment, building core strength, or relaxing from head to toe, we have something for everyone! 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️

Here’s what’s coming up:

🌿 Sept 21: Rooted and Rising with Akshey
Refine your alignment, boost confidence, and connect with our yoga community in this transformative workshop. 🌱

🧘‍♀️ Oct 5: From Head to Toes with Katarina
Enjoy a full-body experience focused on mindful movement, posture alignment, and deep relaxation. 🌟

🔥 Oct 19: Real Core Training with Rafal
Strengthen your core, improve stability, and enhance your practice in this power-packed session. 💪

Workshops offer the time and space to expand your practice, connect with others, and explore new postures and philosophies. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned yogi, you’ll leave feeling empowered and inspired! 🙌✨

Check our events page for details and secure your spot! 🙏

Plus, check out our new blog on the top benefits of attending a yoga workshop and discover how these sessions can elevate your yoga journey! 💻✨

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New to Yoga? We have a 6-week Beginners Yoga Series starting Thursday Sept 19, 7:30 - 8:45pm.

This progressive series is designed specifically for beginners. You will learn basic postures and breathing techniques that will help you relieve stress, improve flexibility and strength and increase your sense of well-being. Space is limited to sign up soon. Link on bio for registration.

Live Yoga's Prenatal and Mom & Baby Yoga series are unique offerings, drawing on over a decade of our instructor's experience working with expectant and new mothers. Tobey Booker, a mother of two, has created a nurturing space for women to connect, share experiences, and build lasting friendships.

Live Yoga's Prenatal Yoga series guides participants through gentle poses, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques to help soothe the body and mind, alleviate aches and pains, and prepare for labour and delivery. These classes cater to women at any stage of pregnancy and accommodate all birth plans.

After giving birth, our Mom & Baby Yoga classes provide an opportunity for new mothers to regain strength and flexibility while bonding with their infants. The focus is on posture, core/pelvic floor work, breathing, and meditation to help decrease stress and tension. These classes are open to pre-crawling babies and mothers who are at least six weeks post-delivery or post-Caesarean, with medical clearance.

Due to high demand, we have added a second session for both!

Prenatal Yoga Sundays, 2:30-3:45pm starting Sept 15th

Mom & Baby Yoga Tuesdays, 11:30am-12:30pm starting Sept 17th

Registration is now open - sign up via the link in the bio.

We're thrilled to be back! Our doors are open, and we can't wait to dive into an exciting fall schedule filled with your favourite classes and teachers.

Join us for various daily drop-in yoga classes, including Hatha, Gentle, Flow, Restorative, Core, Pilates, Nidra, and Slow Flow - we have a class to suit every yogi.

We're also excited to offer some several amazing workshops and class series over the next few months. Check out our workshop, events and courses page on our website (link in bio) and of course, keep following our social media for all the details!

As summer fades, we welcome the return to a more regular routine. With kids back in school and the days growing shorter and cooler, it's the perfect time to recommit to your yoga and movement practices. We're thrilled to have you back on the mat or join you in our amazing fall workshops at Live Yoga.

We reopen this Tuesday, September 3rd. Here are a few important fall updates to note:

🌱Pilates with Maria resumes on September 3rd at 8am

🌱 Akshey's farewell date is on October 2nd - be sure to take a class with him before he departs. Don't miss his workshop on September 21st (link in bio) and his last Slow Flow studio class on Monday, September 30th at 5pm.

🌱Starting October 7th, Monday 5pm class will shift to Hips & Back with Tobey (don't worry the Sunday Hips & Back class continues as well).

A reminder of our upcoming Labour Day weekend closures!

Every year, we close on the September long weekend for a few days so we can do some renovations and extra cleaning at the studio, as well to give our teachers some much needed family time at the end of the summer.

🧘Please note! All classes are cancelled:
Saturday, Aug 30
Sunday, Sept 1
Monday, Sept 2

We hope that you have a wonderful long weekend and look forward to seeing you in September for our Fall Schedule which includes our registered courses and some amazing workshops! Link in bio to our courses and event page for details.

Mom and Baby Yoga is back this September!

This class is a joyful, supportive time for new moms and their babies.Bond with your babe while creating a community with other new moms.

Registration is open for this 6-week session which runs on Wednesdays, Sept 18 - Oct 23rd from 11:00-12:00pm.

This yoga series is a gentle re-introduction to yoga and movement with your little one as you regain strength and flexibility after giving birth. Emphasis will be on posture, core strength / pelvic floor, as well as breathing techniques and meditation to decrease stress and tension. Open to pre-crawling babes, and moms that are six weeks post delivery or six weeks post Caesarean with a doctor or midwife's clearance.

Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana 2)

This second Warrior pose strengthens your legs and arms, opens your chest and shoulders, and contracts your abdominal organs. Keep your breath regulated and focus on the expansion of your arms, which will help to improve your patience (it will feel that much better when you release!). Keep yourself elevated rather than collapsing with your hips and letting gravity pull you down. Stay strong. Breathe.

Child’s Pose (Balasana) - This restorative pose can help alleviate neck, back, and hip tension.

From your hands and knees, maintain slow, regulated breathing as you extend your arms, allow your hips to sink down, and gently rest your forehead on the mat (or a bolster if you need a little extra support). Child's Pose is one of the most calming and restorative poses in yoga, offering you a chance to rest and reset at any point during your practice.

What do YOU ❤️ about Child’s Pose?

We are thrilled to host another Blissful Harmony & Movement Workshop with Yoga Teacher and Reiki Practioner Sarah Martinez and Therapeutic Harpist, Shalom Wiebe.

This special workshop with live Harp Music, Reiki and Restoraive Yoga invites you to discover a serene sanctuary where harmony and movement intertwine, offering a blissful escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Join us for an experience that restores balance, cultivates peace, and leaves you feeling harmoniously aligned with your true essence.

Sunday September 8th
4-5:30pm
$50 + tax

Our last offering of this workshop sold out! Register soon as space is limited.
Link in bio.

Prenatal Yoga is back this fall 🍁🤰🍁

Pregnant Momma's this series is for you! Join our Pre-Postnatal Fitness Specialist & Prenatal Yoga Instructor Tobey for this popular 6-week series Sundays Sept 15th - Oct 20th, 12:30-1:45pm. Space is limited so register early.

Yoga practice can be extremely helpful in preparing your body and mind for labour and delivery as well as keeping you comfortable and relaxed throughout your pregnancy. Practice gentle poses, breathing, and relaxation to help soothe the body and mind, relieve aches and pains, and connect to your body and your baby. In addition, there is some education around birthing positions, tips and tricks to help prepare your body and your mind for labour, and resources to support you during pregnancy and after.

This is also a great opportunity to connect with other moms, share your experiences, and build lasting friendships.

Tomorrow is the day!

🌊FREE Yoga At The Beach🌊

Join us on White Rock's Scenic Bayview Park tomorrow Saturday, August 17th to move, connect and breathe together. We will offer an all-levels beginner friendly yoga class to bring some good vibes to your Saturday. If you have not registered yet follow the link in our bio and save your spot.

Yoga by the Sea - Bayview Park
10-11am
Bring your own mat and water

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Our Fall Registered Courses are only a few weeks away!

New to Yoga? You'll love our Beginners Yoga Course: An Introduction to Yoga.

This progressive series was created for beginners! You will learn basic postures and breathing techniques that will help to relieve stress, improve flexibility and strength, and increase your sense of well-being. You do not need to be flexible or have any previous experience with yoga. By the end of the course you will be well prepared to step into a yoga class of your choice with confidence.

Embark on a transformative journey in a day with Akshey, a seasoned yogi hailing from Rishikesh, India, where the ancient art of yoga thrives. This is an all-levels, two part workshop that will take your practice deeper while remaining calm and grounded. It will challenge your practice with asanas (physical postures) and expand what is possible in your yoga practice.

Saturday, September 21

Session one 10am – 12:30pm
Immerse yourself in a 2.5-hour asana class that focuses on deepening your yoga practice with the use of chairs, straps, and bolsters. This session will cover both standing and seated poses, progressing towards backbends and inversions. Students will learn to safely navigate the stages of handstand and challenge their boundaries to explore the scorpion pose. This multi-level workshop ensures that challenging poses come with various stages and modifications for all levels.

Session two 1:30pm – 4:00pm
The second part of this workshop will delve into more advanced back bending postures, transitioning into restorative and supine poses to calm both the mind and body. The afternoon will conclude with soothing relaxation and meditation practices, fostering a sense of unity between body and mind.

$50+gst per session
or
$90+gst for both sessions ***save when you register for the full day!

Pre-registration is required. Link in bio.

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As you start your week, have you carved out any time for relaxation?

Monday 7pm Gentle Yoga Nidra with Tobey is a deeply restorative and profoundly relaxing practice.

Class begins with moving through a series of gentle, nourishing stretches and soothing restorative yoga poses. Then settling into a comfortable resting position, Yoga Nidra, often referred to as "yogic sleep” follows.

Tobey's soothing voice will lead you through a systematic relaxation of physical form, methodically releasing tension and stress. It's during this state of conscious awareness that the chatter of the inner mind will gradually quiet, allowing you to fully immerse in the present moment. By the end of the session, most emerge feeling deeply rejuvenated, grounded, and restored - both in body and in mind.

This class is truly a gift, an experience that nourishes on multiple levels and supports being ready to take on the week ahead!

Join us next Saturday, August 17th for FREE Yoga at the Beach
Bayview Park 🧘‍10am - 11am 🌊

This outdoor class will be held at White Rock’s beautiful Bayview Park (west beach) Saturday, August 17. Come move, connect and breathe together in an all-levels beginner friendly yoga class to bring some good vibes to your Saturday.

🌱Also, you could win Live Yoga class passes and other fabulous prizes from our sponsor, Nature’s Fare Markets! Link in bio to reserve your spot.

In our fast-paced world, it's easy to get swept up in the constant stream of information, obligations, and distractions that can leave us feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from ourselves. It can often be a struggle to find moments of true silence and stillness.

However, it's in these quiet moments that we can discover profound insights and a deeper sense of inner peace. Whether it's a peaceful walk in the forest, tranquil contemplation by the beach, or a restorative midday nap, taking the time to slow down and create space for silence allows us to hear the quieter, more profound messages from our hearts and souls.

From this place of inner peace, we're able to gain clarity, perspective, and reconnect with our authentic selves. Whether it's five minutes or an entire afternoon, these periods of tranquility press pause, reset, and enable us to show up more fully and meaningfully in the world around us.

Take some time for YOU today 🧘 Be silent and listen 🧘

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Happy B.C. Day everyone! There's nothing better than a long weekend! ☀️

We're still open for practice today!! Hope to see you all soon!

This long weekend, treat yourself to some self care and movement. Our doors are open!

Saturday 8:30am Hatha / 10am Flow

Sunday 9am Flow / 10:30am Hips & Back

Monday 9am Hatha 10:30am Yoga Alignment / 5pm Slow Flow /
7pm Gentle Nidra

There is still time to enjoy our Summer Pass Sale!

☀10 Class Card - $150+gst
(Expires Aug 31, 2024. No holds, refunds or extensions)

☀1 Month Unlimited - $140+gst
(Expires Aug 31, 2024. No Extensions, holds or refunds)

This limited-time offer will expire soon, so don't miss your chance to take advantage of it!

At Live Yoga, we are a welcoming, supportive community where people of all backgrounds and abilities can experience the transformative benefits of yoga.

Many people are venturing into yoga for the many benefits it contains. In addition to increasing your strength, stamina, balance, and flexibility, yoga also increases circulation, mental clarity, reduces stress, improves sleep, and provides a sense of well being. There are no quick fixes – however with patience, the rewards yoga offers you are great.

What to expect at the studio:

* Plan to arrive 5-10 minutes before class, more if you need to purchase passes or memberships.
* Come to the studio in comfortable clothing. Layers are wonderful so you can "warm up" or "cool down" during the class.
* When you arrive, please check in at the front desk with one of our friendly staff.
* We accept cash, cheques, debit, or credit payment at the studio.
* If it is your first class at Live Yoga, we will ask you to fill out a waiver.
* Please review any concerns or issues with the staff member to ensure you have a safe yoga experience.
* Please turn off your cell phone and all mobile devices.
* Remove your shoes and enter the studio.
* Mats are provided free of charge. You may bring your own mat, or purchase a personal mat from our Well-Being Shop.
* Have a seat on your mat and relax until the teacher begins the class.
* The teacher will provide lots of instruction and model the poses at the front of the room. All of our teachers are certified and will provide modifications for a variety of levels.
* Be sure to listen to your body, and honour any limitations or restrictions. (Yoga is NOT a competitive sport, it is a personal experience).
* Enjoy your class!
* If you have used a studio mat, please clean it with the spray provided.
* Ask the teacher if you have any questions following your yoga experience, we are here to help.
* Try out different classes and different teachers - variety is the spice of life!

Travelling? Live Yoga not only offers In-Studio classes but ALL of our drop in is Live Streamed! This means you can continue to take your favourite yoga and fitness classes with the teachers you know at our studio streamed online from anywhere.