Jai Yoga Studio
#140 - 1140 Austin Ave V3K 3P5 Coquitlam, BC, Canada

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We live life through our memories. In other words we live life in the present by living in the past. Think of the last disagreement you had with a friend. Was the disagreement based on incidents in the past? You see, memory is dictating our lives. When I was a young child, I went to visit the CN tower in Toronto. As I approached the glass floor, I saw how high in the sky I was. I became so scared of falling and from there I developed a fear of heights. Now every time I am i...n a high building, I always remember how scared I was. I feel that fear again. Even though I am not scared of heights as much anymore, I relive that experience through my memory of being afraid. What if I lived in the present only and let go of my attachment to that memory where I developed my fear of heights? The pattern of the old doesn’t allow us to experience something new. The pattern of living in the past, makes the present feel old and worn out. Past, if continuously present, will not allow present to be. And if you miss the present, you miss everything. So let go of your attachment to the memories, and notice how vibrant and exciting this present moment is when you look through the world with fresh pair of eyes.

The journey begins through your chakras April 12! Time is running out to join - sign up now, link in bio.

After we wake up from sleep, we judge how our sleep was in three ways: 1) I have slept well, my mind is happy and my thoughts are clear. 2) I have a bad sleep, my mind was wandering over and over. As a result, I feel unrested. 3) I have slept like a log of wood, my limbs are heavy, my mind is still exhausted and seems to be absent.... According to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, sleep that is effective is where you do not dream or at least when you wake up you don’t remember your dream. And a dreamless sleep is a glimpse into what it feels like in samadhi or enlightenment. You are present and your mind is absolutely still. Therefore it’s important to do what you can to honour true rest. This is why savasana is one of the most important parts of the class and is given the most time. Let’s take a look at the science. There are 3 stages of sleep: Stage 1 (N1) is light sleep, typically beginning soon after getting into bed and lasting roughly 710 minutes. At this point, the brain creates a slow, high amplitude activity known as theta waves. Stage 2 (N2) sleep encompasses about 50% of a night's sleep. Stage 3 (N3) is deep sleep and should encompass about 20% to 25% of a night's sleep. During this stage, the brain begins to produce the slow and deep waves of delta sleep. This is the most restful part of your sleep. REM: Your brain waves in REM sleep are closer to wakefulness than deep sleep, and your breathing becomes irregular and speeds up. Blood pressure and heart rates also increase to near awake levels in REM sleep. It's not surprising that with so much near-wakefulness, this stage is when most of your dreaming occurs. Let’s dial this information back how to how relates to Savasana. Savasana is one of the few methods out there that scientifically are able to dial the mind quickly down to your most restful state - Delta or N3. The cherry on top is that you’re not exactly sleeping either so you can fully experience the joy of nothingness. So next time you’re doing a yoga class, remember the importance of your Savasana. And if you’re practicing at home, try extending your Savasana to as long as 20 minutes and see how you feel afterwards!

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Have you ever stared opportunity in the face yet walked away because you were afraid of failing? Have you ever been so afraid of failing at something that you decided not to try it at all? When we allow fear to stop our forward progress in life, we're likely to miss some great opportunities along the way. You might recognize this in balancing poses, hand or arm balancing poses...... Sometimes, you need to feel the fear and leap anyway. You never know what gifts the opportunities that come across your wah will give unless you try.

Irina Poli, one of our wonderful instructors at Jai Yoga Studio, is also one the creators behind our upcoming February challenge, The Practice. The Practice was created by Prem Kaur (@yoga.with.prem), Irina Poli (@healingwithirina) and Joanne Shih (@joanne.yoga). The seed of our 28 day challenge was planted back in October when Prem, Irina and Joanne were craving something to challenge themselves not just as teachers but as yoga practitioners as well. The 28 day challenge... is not like any other challenge out there - that’s why it’s not called a challenge, it’s called The Practice. The practice starts February 1 - so enrol now through the link in our bio!

Change your life in 28 days - https://mailchi.mp//what-is-bright-shiny-and-grounding-608

We are so excited to announce the newest arrival to our family of offerings, geared specifically towards women’s health. For a start, we are now offering Moon Club, a virtual, restorative, private class honouring your monthly cycle. Learn more about Moon Club and book your first session now - www.jai-yoga.com/moon-club

Yoga stands for something different to us us. To Jai, yogas means life. For Prem, it means courage and profound inner-strength. What does yoga mean to you? Share with us in the comments below!

Here is our big announcement...introducing The Practice: A 28 Day Habit Forming Sadhana. This 28 day challenge will be starting February 1 and has been carefully created by our instructors to artfully integrate each aspect of yoga throughout the month. Sign up today for The Practice for only $59 and get unlimited in-studio & virtual classes for the month of February along with a chance to win goodies valued at over $600! Link in bio!

We, like most of you, are wondering and planning what the holidays will look like next week. A Christmas dinner for two? Or a zoom meet and greet with family and friends? We’re all apart from each other this year and it’s not what we’re used to. If you’re stuck for ideas of what to do with your friends and family during the holidays, check out our Holiday Schedule of FREE classes! (Our gift to you and your family) December 24 @ 9.30AM: Virtual Christmas Eve Hatha ... December 25 @ 11AM: Virtual Christmas a Meditation & Journaling December 31 @ 11PM - 12.15AM: RENEW - Flow into the New Year (Virtual) Sign up through our schedule page www.jai-yoga.com/schedule or through the Jai Yoga App.

Have you sent a gift yet? This is the last day of our 3 day flash sale event! - https://mailchi.mp/2/back-to-school-sale-starts-now-6081981

Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet - https://mailchi.mp//what-is-bright-shiny-and-grounding-449

We may not be psychic but we foresee a huge announcement coming tomorrow! Any guesses what it’s about? Want a hint? The clue lies in this riddle: I am your constant companion.... I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them - quickly and correctly. I am easily managed - you must be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically. I am the servant of great people, and alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine though I work with the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a person. You may run me for profit or run me for ruin - it makes no difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you. Who am I? See more

Is Jai Yoga having a sale? (yes we are. and it's lightening fast) - https://mailchi.mp/6/back-to-school-sale-starts-now-6081625

Today marks the sacred union of marriage between Prem and I. Our marriage was simple and cost us less than 5 rupees and took place at 5am on a chilli winter morning in Punjab, India. We saw many friends of ours have lavish weddings and enter a great amount of debt as a result. We wanted ours to be as simple as possible. Moments before our wedding ceremony, there was a raging thunderstorm. This made Prem nervous because she had to walk to the wedding venue and was afraid of ...getting mud on her simple, white clothes. This led to me being nervous because she ended up being late as a result when she told me to be there at 3am! Prem did show up just on time for the ceremony. In our wedding ceremony we walked the sacred fire four times. The fire symbolizes purification. Walking around the fire four times symbolizes the four stages (ashrams) of life which we will accompany each other with: Dharma (Duty), Artha (wealth), Kama (love) and Moksha (spiritual freedom). We were young then and didn’t know what our duty would be in life. But now, six years later we strongly know that our duty is to serve our communities locally and globally through our offering of transformative, authentic yoga. This is our dharma and we are grateful to share our dharma with you all

Can this TGIF feeling get any better? Yes it can! Start off your evening with a Core & Restore practice with Leanne Buck at 5.30pm. In this class you will strengthen your core for 30 mins and then dive into a juicy relaxing yoga practice for the last 30 mins of class. This is a class you do not want to miss! Sign up now - link in bio.

We were so excited to hear Dr. Bonnie Henry’s announcement this afternoon which made us hopeful for reopening the studio soon. Stay tuned for our reopening date and in the meantime enjoy our virtual classes from the cocoon of your own home during these rainy days!

Happy Women’s Entrepreneurship Day! Meet Prem Kaur, co-founder of Jai Yoga Studio. What I adore about being an entrepreneur and working in an entrepreneurial wellness business is how no one day is the same. More importantly, it is so humbling and moving to always meet people who have shifted their lives into so much positivity as a result of your passion and hard work. My work for Jai Yoga is my seva (dutiful service) to the world around me and that is what drives me from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep - and I love every minute of it! ~ Prem Kaur @yoga.with.prem @fortinfilms

Join Irina Poli tonight for our livestream Align & Flow class. Book your spot now through our website or our Jai Yoga App! Link in bio!

For everyone’s safety, please wear your face mask before you enter the studio and when you’re not on your yoga mat. That means that masks are now mandatory anytime you’re in the lobby, going to the washroom or in the hallways. And if you happen to forget your mask - don’t worry! Disposable masks are available at front desk or at the back door entrance.

Have you seen a sale like this before? Say farewell to 2020 with our MASSIVE reopening sale event! - https://mailchi.mp/c/back-to-school-sale-starts-now-6081013

Honour our human experiences - https://mailchi.mp//what-is-bright-shiny-and-grounding-449

Yoga teaches us that everything we seek from our practice and even from our life, already exists. The fact that you are seeking means that what you are seeking has already arrived.

This year you have been through multiple public state of emergencies, shifted your life sacrifice social gatherings for an isolated lifestyle to keep yourself and your loved ones safe, faced the pressure of being over-productive as you stay at home more...all while working towards keeping your mental health in check and ensuring you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. If you feel like not much was achieved this year, understand that you have come through showing a great level of personal strength and perseverance. Celebrate your wins even the smallest wins shine a light to how strong you are.

This year has been a challenging year for all of us for many different reasons. What we can do is work towards a future where we are awakened with purpose and intention. AWAKE will welcome you into a safe space, where you can awaken yourself deep within and plant the seed of intention for the future through refection, meditation, discussion, journaling and some gentle, restorative yoga. Sign up now: www.jai-yoga.com/events

How can you cultivate true happiness today?

Let us be kind; The way is long and lonely, And human hearts are asking for this blessing only- That we be kind. We cannot know the grief that men may borrow,... We canning see the souls storm-swept by sorrow, But love can shine upon the way to-day, to-morrow- Let us be kind. See more

Millions of Indian farmers marched towards Delhi demanding that the Indian government abolish 3 new farming and deregulation laws that could jeopardize the livelihoods of farmers across India. Here’s what you need to know and how you can help amplify their voices for justice. It is moments like this we remember that yoga also teaches us to be fierce, to stand up for others, amplifying their voice. This goes under one of the 8 limbs of yoga, known as Ahimsa, which means no...n-suffering. Ahimsa means that when you see others are suffering and fighting for justice, you do what you can to help them so that they can become free from what pains them. Please share to do your part, to amplify the voices of the people who feed us and to give them more strength to stand up against the draconian @narendramodi regime. #FarmerProtest #FarmersProtest #NoFarmersNoFood #DilliChalo #IStandWithFarmers #FarmersBills #FarmBills #Sikh #kisanektazindabaad #standwithfarmers #kissan #kissanmajdoorektazindabadh repost: @theslacktivists @saffronstudios

Navratri began this year on October 17 and will last until October 25. Navratri is Sanskrit for Nine Nights, and it is through these nine days and nights where the divine feminine is honoured. It is especially during Navratri where women gather together and honour the Goddess Empowerment and the universal mother - Durga. Each night symbolizes a story of the divine feminine power, offering insights into her as the universal mother. Day 1 - October 17: ...Continue reading

Should you do a virtual yoga class with Jai Yoga Studio? Here's why we DO recommend practicing with us virtually: 1 SAFETY: when you join a live yoga class, we ask for you to turn your camera on if possible. This way, our trained and expert instructors teach to what they see and will offer you personalized guidance when you need it - all to have the safest possible practice at home. ... 2 ACCOUNTABILITY: ever done a pre-recorded yoga class and you skipped a few poses that were too challenging? Or skipped Savasana? When you join a live yoga class with us, you are held accountable for committing to the class from start to finish - just like you would in our studio. 3 COMMUNITY: enjoy chit-chatting with others before and after class. You might even find yourself making new friends from our wholesome Jai Yoga community! Sign up for our virtual classes now and see what it feels like to become a Jai Yogi and be a part of our growing community from the comfort of your own home. Sign up here: www.jai-yoga.com

When I was in 7th grade, I failed math. I remember spending my summer in Malaysia, when my brother called my dad to give him an update on my report card. I couldn’t believe I failed. My father sat me down and asked me, kindly, why I thought I failed. I studied so hard the night before but I couldn’t understand anything. My father then told me, patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet, meaning keep studying, practicing and stay focused on your path- there will be times yo...u get bored, or frustrated, but keep practicing and you will get a good result for sure. I took that to heart and the next year I focused on math so much I ended up getting 99% in math. This story relates to our yoga practice too- sometimes we wonder why we are here - keep focusing and practicing with dedication and for sure you will see the sweet fruits of your hard work. See more

WE ARE RE-OPENING DECEMBER 21!!! As excited as we are, we are also grateful. We are grateful for your support, kindness and patience over the last few weeks. We are grateful to be able to share our gift of yoga with you both in the studio and virtually. Read about more our updated COVID-19 safety plan - https://www.jai-yoga.com/social-distancing-yoga

Do you love to teach yoga ? Are you passionate about serving others ? Would you like to teach in a community driven, beautiful, modern, mildly infrared heated studio ? We offer flexible hours, warm & friendly staff, support, and positive, vibrant energy. Experience the difference for yourself and become a part of an open-hearted community.... Job Type / category: substitute and/or teach a variety of regularly scheduled classes Required Education, Skills and qualifications: - Minimum of YTT200 certification. - Preference will be given to those experienced in teaching various styles of yoga (e.g. vinyasa flow, yin, hatha) and must be registered with Yoga Alliance. Company Profile: We are a yoga studio in Coquitlam BC that incorporates ancient traditions and philosophy from India, which is the root and source of yoga itself. We strive to make a difference in the lives of our students and the community around us through our offerings of authentic yoga in Coquitlam. We believe that yoga is not only for flexible, lean-bodied people. The essence of yoga draws from the fact that the breath is the ultimate life-source in your body. Therefore, if you can breathe, you can practice yoga. Here, at the Jai Yoga Studio, we always put the needs of our students first and everything is done as per our values and professional ethics. We will always be an advocate and a cheerleader for enhancing your personal wellbeing through yoga and fitness. Job Type: Contract Experience Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

We are re-opening! - https://mailchi.mp//what-is-bright-shiny-and-grounding-450

Our intentions for this short week: Discipline Focus Consistency Devotion... Peace Light What is your intention for this week?

What is bright, shiny and grounding? *Hint* It's your yoga practice! - https://mailchi.mp/19735/what-is-bright-shiny-and-grounding

We’re not going to sugarcoat it. 2020 has been a challenge for all of us - on a personal level and a studio level too. However through this challenge we had the opportunity to see how strong our community truly is. Each and everyone of you stood by us through our toughest times. For each and every one of you, we are beyond grateful. When we opened up our little studio, we opened it with the intention of creating a community that stands with each other through thick and thin.... The community that we have seen flourish before our eyes is way beyond our intentions. Every single person that comes through our doors always shares with us the gift of their presence, their personality and their strength. We are blessed. Thank you everyone - thank you to our members, our friends, and our beautiful instructors. You are all such a vital part of the Jai Yoga Family and we appreciate you all Happy Thanksgiving (: @fortinfilms )

As we head into the Thanksgiving weekend, set the intention to make everyday a grateful day. Gratitude is not limited to thanksgiving weekend only, but should be a part of everyday. What gratitude practices do you use everyday? Share with us in the comments below! #begrateful #gratitude #gratitudeeveryday

It’s important to live a life full of purpose. Purposeful living is also known as Dharma which is Sanskrit for the right direction. If you enjoyed this video and its message, subscribe to our YouTube channel for more like this. And don’t forget to like & share https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSeMd3wN2RgLrqSyH_V63fg

What does mindfulness means to you? Mindfulness is more than just a buzzword nowadays; it is the essence of living well, the heart of our well-being. Awareness to oneself is the first step to a mindful and balanced living. This is a foundational yoga retreat accessible to all-level practitioners, even if you are new to yoga! This 5-day virtual retreat is all about cultivating our self-awareness through yoga practice, journaling, meditation, group discussions, and takeaway mes...sages that allow you to live your yoga on a daily basis. Join this nurturing virtual retreat with Joanne Shih, where Joanne will guide an hour morning session each day throughout to set tone for your days and establish a grounding foundation for you to move into the world. Give yourself permission to take care of yourself and connect with you mind, body, and soul. Book your spot here: www.jai-yoga.com/events

We tend to live our life through the lenses of others. What would life look like if we didn’t give a thought to how others perceive us? Let us know your thoughts and leave a comment below!

Our thanksgiving weekend gift for you with 20% off all memberships. Invite yoga into your life for everyday to be a grateful day. Claim this offer today - www.jai-yoga.com This deal is available for a limited time only. Offer expires Monday October 12, 2020 at 11.59pm.

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We live in a world of convenience. And in exchange for convenience, we don’t allow ourselves the time to nourish ourselves. This leaves us starving for a soulful connection back within ourselves. It is time to nourish ourselves, not only for our physical body, but our other aspects of our bodies too. Here is how. Subscribe to the Jai Yoga Studio YouTube channel for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSeMd3wN2RgLrqSyH_V63fg