Uncategorized – Yoga By The Sea https://yogabythesea.ca A Sanctuary For You Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:47:13 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://yogabythesea.ca/web/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-yogabythesea_newfavicon-32x32.png Uncategorized – Yoga By The Sea https://yogabythesea.ca 32 32 A Reset, A Reflection, A Return https://yogabythesea.ca/2026/03/17/a-reset-a-reflection-a-return/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-reset-a-reflection-a-return Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:47:10 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=6529 After six weeks in India, I feel as though I have been drawing water from a deep and ancient well. The experience lingers in me, rich, layered, and still revealing itself. Returning to Canada brings a familiar ease. There is the quiet comfort of what I know: fresh, clean water, vast nature, cooler air, open... Read more

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]]> A Sacred Paradox https://yogabythesea.ca/2026/02/17/a-sacred-paradox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-sacred-paradox Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:49:08 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=6513 A Sacred Paradox: Sometimes, to return to yourself, you must ask for guidance and let go. At first glance, devotion can appear outward toward a teacher, a guru, a lineage, a murti, a mantra. The mind may wonder, Isn’t the path inward? Yet the great sages have always known: the way inward is often through conscious offering... Read more

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]]> With Love from one of my favorite places in the World https://yogabythesea.ca/2026/02/02/with-love-from-one-of-my-favorite-places-in-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-love-from-one-of-my-favorite-places-in-the-world Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:27:23 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=6491 Sitting in the Kripalu Samadhi Mandir during Morning Arti, I am absorbing the quiet sacred magic, peace and depth of community. For decades, the families of Malav, India, the rural village surrounding the Mandir, have risen each morning in devoted sadhana. With unhurried reverence, they gather flowers from the temple grounds and farm, gently adorning... Read more

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]]> After the New Year: Returning, to your self Gently https://yogabythesea.ca/2026/01/16/after-the-new-year-returning-to-your-self-gently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-the-new-year-returning-to-your-self-gently Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:14:15 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=6435 Have you ever noticed how once the New Year has passed, there’s often a subtle shift. The excitement of fresh beginnings softens, routines are tested, life happens, and the intentions we set with such clarity can begin to feel harder to hold, as life  simply continues to unfold. In yoga and meditation, we realise that sadhana... Read more

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]]> Spring Equinox https://yogabythesea.ca/2025/03/11/spring-equinox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-equinox Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:54:18 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=5799 Spring is a Season of Renewal 🌸 and feels like the New Beginning to me. It is the perfect time to embrace self-care and conscious living. As the world awakens with the arrival of spring, you too can welcome a fresh start for your body, heart and soul. Renewal is available in every moment. You... Read more

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]]> Winter Wellness https://yogabythesea.ca/2025/01/27/winter-wellness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-wellness Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:55:30 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=5803 It is with ordinary knowing presence, the abundance of life shines through.Gratitude reveals Grace, Service reveals Love, and Love reveals Joy. It is with such honour that we at Yoga By The Sea express our deepest heartfelt appreciation for the opportunity to give what we have received from our many teachers, and own inner explorations.... Read more

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]]> New Year 2025 https://yogabythesea.ca/2025/01/22/new-year-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-year-2025 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:29:49 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=5746 It is with ordinary knowing presence, the abundance of life shines through.Gratitude reveals Grace, Service reveals Love, and Love reveals Joy. It is with such honour that we at Yoga By The Sea express our deepest heartfelt appreciation for the opportunity to give what we have received from our many teachers, and own inner explorations.... Read more

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]]> December Rest in Sadhana https://yogabythesea.ca/2024/12/03/december-rest-in-sadhana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-rest-in-sadhana Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:25:05 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=5740 Lately I have been reminding myself and others that Yoga is a Spiritual practice that goes beyond the physical practice of poses. The practices and techniques are for us to know the Spirit that embodies and dwells in this Humanness. This is called Sadhana. Sadhana is a spiritual practice. It is the relationship with Spirit,... Read more

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]]> Welcome November https://yogabythesea.ca/2024/11/01/welcome-november/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-november Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:22:18 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=5736 As the season winds down, I can’t help but feel like I’m trying to hold on to the last bits of summer! Does anyone else As November arrives, it invites us to slow down and turn inward. The shorter days and cooler air encourage a time of reflection, allowing us to focus on restoration and... Read more

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]]> Welcome September https://yogabythesea.ca/2024/09/02/welcome-september/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-september Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:57:48 +0000 https://yogabythesea.ca/?p=5455 As the season winds down, I can’t help but feel like I’m trying to hold on to the last bits of summer! Does anyone else feel the same way? It’s almost like going through a grieving process for those warm, long days spent swimming in the ocean. You might still catch me out there, snorkeling,... Read more

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