Posts

The Top Yoga Studios you Need to Visit in Squamish This Fall

The Top Yoga Studios you Need to Visit in Squamish This Fall

Squamish is home to a wealth of outdoor activities, that leaves your body sore, tired and satisfied. Lucky for all you adventurers, there's a number of indoor activities that can help you stretch, recover and relax. If you haven't already guessed,…
What Does Yoga Mean To You?

What Does Yoga Mean To You?

What is Iyengar Yoga?

What is Iyengar Yoga?

What Kind of Yoga is This?
,

What Kind of Yoga is This?

We get so wrapped up in knowing something us humans. We love a good label. We think that it helps us to understand, if we know something definitively, then we are able to put it into a box. Even simple labels such as “good” and “bad”,…
Yoga Confessions

Yoga Confessions

All of us who practice yoga regularly were once beginners. Stepping into a yoga studio for the first time can be intimidating. Stepping into any yoga studio for the first time can be very intimidating, new teachers, new community and a new space. I…
,

5 Reasons to Practice Yoga Even in the Summer

This happens to the best of us as the weather gets nicer and nicer: we stop practicing yoga. Well, it happens to those of us who aren’t addicted to our yoga practice or who don’t practice 4 or more times per week. As the weather gets nicer…
Local Spotlight: Shala Yoga
,

Meet The Locals: Tanya of Shala Yoga

    Tell us a bit about yourself. I grew up in Ottawa, and I have 4 siblings. I am fluent in three languages. I have a masters degree in Communications and after leaving my corporate job overseas, I realized that life is too short…
,

Yoga and the Culture of Nice

Yoga is the practice of creating or yoking a union between body & mind, bringing you more into alignment with your big “S” self. The ethical principles/restraints of yoga speak to: Being kind to yourself and others (ahimsa), being…
,

How Yoga Can Support and Build Community - By Shala Yoga

  If you have ever spent time consistently practicing at a yoga studio, you know that a yoga studio can become a centre for sangha or kula, which are Sanskrit words that mean community. Over time, a studio begins to embody much more…

The Insider Guide to SUP in Squamish

In recent years, stand up paddle boarding (SUP) has become a phenomenon and holds appeal for a variety of people. Maybe you're trying to enjoy some time in the sun, maybe you're looking for an active rest day, or maybe you're trying to strengthen…