Yoga with Cat

A shaman was asked: What is poison? - Anything beyond what we need is poison. It can be power, laziness, food, ego, ambition, vanity, fear, anger, or whatever.... What is fear? - Non-acceptance of uncertainty. If we accept uncertainty, it becomes adventure. What is envy? - Non-acceptance of good in the other. If we accept good, it becomes inspiration. What is anger? - Non-acceptance of what is beyond our control. If we accept, it becomes tolerance. What is hate? - Non-acceptance of people as they are. If we accept unconditionally, it becomes love. Via Chris Youakim Photo credit: Ted Kaiser

Next week... join us!

If you don't create and control your environment, your environment will create and control you. - Benjamin hardy. Now, this might seem to fly in the face of the concept of simply allowing and letting go, yet with wisdom the two concepts are completely aligned. When we see ourselves as separate from our environment we feel helpless, victimized, lonely, maybe angry, powerless and frustrated. If we see ourselves as an integral part of our environment, that we are not in fact se...parate at all but rather a part of this living, breathing, continously changing macrocosm called life... and from that recognize that we have the power, the ability, in fact the responsibility to design our environment in a way that serves, in a way that benefits all. In a way that fuels us, empowers us and enriches us. Then we step into our truth. Our potential. Our innate power of manifestation, of connection, of life by design. Let us not be wall flowers. Let us get in the ring and shape our lives based on our dreams and visions. Rather than just coasting along, let's take the wheel. Steer the ship. Let us not shy away from struggle, let us lean into the storms, discovering our strength and potential, as we rise to the demands of truly living. We are the masters of our fate. What will we create with this one precious life??

I'm so happy and grateful to be sharing the love of yoga with such incredible people... from home! Zoom Yoga w Cat has been a great way to bring community together, safely, reminding us how good we can feel... Next class is tomorrow at 1pm EST. PM to register. See you on the mat!

I am certain that we are all feeling a little (or very) vulnerable and frightened these days - yet let's see if we can also call upon and come closer to the space within us that is full of peace & loving potential... Let us draw upon the Bodhisattvas aspiration: May whatever circumstances arise serve the awakening of this and all hearts... May you find this helpful... ... https://www.youtube.com/watch

Happening at Peace Barn thanksgiving weekend... a beautiful way to deepen your sense of gratitude and share in an experience of peace... email directly to book your spot.

Ok my friends... here you go, despite the close quarters and terrible quality... I managed to upload a 20 min practice for you... more to come... maybe with some sunshine too! I love you all... be safe, stay healthy https://youtu.be/R8rVEAX2Gts

What a beautiful way to greet the changing of the seasons... join me this week: Mondays 6pm, Thursdays 12pm, Saturdays 8am at Eight Limbs Yoga Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30am at Peace Barn... Wednesdays 12pm at BLISS Ann Green Yoga Dropins always welcome! #yoga #embracechange #happyfall #seasons #gratitude

Begins TOMORROW at 9:30am! Pre-register today and save $80 off drop in rate; just $160 for the full 16 class session. Drop-in rate $15... See you on the mat at Peace Barn!

I've had a few people ask for a 'Cat practice'... and I tried to create a new video for you... however, I'm experiencing technical difficulties lol... so, I thought I'd share my old, extremely amateur youtube channel, which if nothing else may provide some laughs and hopefully also allow a little space for peace, calm and clarity during these unprecedented times Yoga has always had my back. Without fail this practice has always provided a safe space for me to land whenever... things are feeling uncertain or uncomfortable or unmanageable.... yoga brings me closer to home, to truth, to love... come to your mat.. May all beings be happy, peaceful and free. Namaste https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRQUIn0SNl8aVPhxIlvesw

The full weekly schedule begins next week... Join me: This week you can find me at Eight Limbs Yoga Thursday at noon for a detox flow and Saturday morning for your morning wake up! Pre-register for the 8 week, 16 class session beginning next Tuesday at Peace Barn - email them directly with payment or questions: [email protected]... In Barrie?? Join me at BLISS Ann Green Yoga beginning next Wednesday at noon for a nourishing slow flow practice :) Oh, and have a peek at the new website: www.yogawithcat.ca ... a simple way to stay up to date! See you on the mat. Cat

Just for today... https://open.spotify.com/track/1mxBYUguCsTr4XthIyMOIB

Join me THIS Thursday morning at 7:15am for a 45 minute practice combining a 15 min yoga flow, 15 min meditation and 15 min of journaling ~ the perfect way to feel a deeper sense of clarity, strength and purpose as you enter into your day... Drop ins always welcome... This will be an ongoing class running Tuesday and Thursday mornings https://www.wellnessliving.com/schedule/eight_limbs_yoga

Here's to happy endings and NEW beginnings; please help spread the word!

Join me for a final full moon vinyasa practice tonight at 6pm... an opportunity to set down the weight of the past month, year, decade... and create space for the beautiful that IS you to shine through as we enter into a new phase, a new year, a new life ahead. Eight Limbs Yoga

Creating the space & freedom for you to be your most authentic self... both on and off the mat. Join Cat throughout Simcoe/Muskoka for public group practice or schedule a private 1:1 or group session at your home, cottage or business. Photo credit: Greg James Thomson

These are the words I planned on sharing this am... my heart was just too full of love and memories and joy and, yes sadness.. for all that has been, yet more full of joy for all that will be... I love you all, more than you'll ever know, thank you for being part of this beautiful journey and place we've called home: The first tattoo I ever got represents anicca, impermanence...a truth, that when embraced rather than resisted creates space and opportunity for grace and gratit...Continue reading

Cat will be offering an 8 week vinyasa (flow) yoga session beginning Tuesday, September 17th at 9:30am at the Peace Barn, in Marchmont Classes will run each Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30am through until the first week of November :) Investment:... $160/session (that's just $10/class!) Space is limited. Please etransfer peace barn directly at [email protected] BEFORE September 6th to guarantee your spot.

Let's delight in our final few days and classes, together... Join us this week at the studio.

Join Jenn Prothero for a BY DONATION Sound bath healing meditation with crystal singing bowls... ALL proceeds go to support Relay Ride For Autism

Please plan on joining us for our FINAL Nourish Vinyasa Flow... and don't forget to come by and grab your mat on or before the final practice, which takes place at 8am August 31st, 2019!

Join us Thursday, august 15th at 5pm for our final acoustic flow practice... relax and unwind to the sweet sounds of Jeremiah Hill ... the perfect transition from day into night

In case you haven't heard the news, Nourish Yoga & Wellness Studio will close it's doors on August 31st, after a final 8am Vinyasa practice... Cat will be moving on to focus on building community in new ways through her new career ~ Cat O'Connor, Sales Representative, Century 21 B.J. Roth Realty Ltd yet, the amazing yoga family that we have collectively created will still have a place to land and be and practice... 8 Limbs yoga will open at the same location, 8 Peter St S, i...n September! If you haven't yet experienced the gift of nourish, please feel free to join us with a 30 day unlimited membership ~ just $44 all in... Here's to new beginnings, community and continuous practice!

Cat will be off the grid from Wednesday, July 24th through to August 5th. Please check the schedule on-line for any schedule changes and reach out to Lisa & Murray at [email protected] if you need anything while she's away! Namaste

Practice turning people into trees...

Big News from Nourish...

It's here!! Enjoy a FULL summer of yoga and surf for just $149... Purchase online or in studio, or give us a call!! Here's to a summer full of nourishment and goooood vibes. ... #yoga #yogaeveryday #itsallyoga #yogalife #orillia #nourish #gratitude #practice #meditation #community #nourishyoga #surf #fitness

Summer Special! Flash sale 2 days only, beginning Thursday at 8am... extra savings: unlimited membership is just $149!!! Here's to a nourishing summer!!

Join us as we celebrate summer solstice with 108 sun salutations... by donation! Today at 8am. https://www.yogiapproved.com/y/meaning-108-sun-salutations/

You just never know what/who might come through the studio doors... Jurassic park celebrations continue... leading us right into a practice filled with strength, community and (just a little) heat! #iloveyoga #goraptors #wethenorth #yogalove #community #nourishyoga

By Donation Meditation tonight at 6:15pm... Join us for a half hour guided meditation with all proceeds going to support Props for Prisons, a local initiative. Then, follow it up with Yoga at 7pm!!

Sorry friends, classes tonight are cancelled. See you tomorrow for a full line up of yoga and surf! Nourishyoga.ca

Thursday night... Join us. No experience required. 100% proceeds go to support #ivegotyourback911 with Mindy Elizabeth

Super excited to be a part of this experience... will you join me? Use promocode nourish for 10% off Muskoka Yoga Festival 2019 yay! odhttps://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0p0zQFrFQ/?igshid=p8gyip1c3msf

Compassion is the key to our survival... and it's a choice that only we, as individuals can make. No one can do it for us. Today, choose kindness, over everything. This is the courageous choice. ... #compassion #courage #choice #yoga #orillia #nourishyoga #practice

Everything outside of ourselves is neutral. Our thoughts are neutral. It isn't until we give them meaning, until we discriminate, judge, cling to, and/or project our preconceived ideas and biases onto them that they take on whatever meaning we give them, individually and collectively. It's a choice. Sometimes a clear choice, most often a deep seeded habitual/cultural/societal choice that is made without our conscious awareness. Stay open. Recognize that life is in continuous... motion, change is happening, always. Be apart of the flow. Less resisting, judging, avoiding. More embracing, accepting, welcoming. Consider what you'd like to create, what you would like to share, what you would like to emerge from your truest, most authentic self and focus on this... focus on what will be of most benefit, focus on the gifts you've been given (even if as of yet, unknown), focus on the potential within you (within everyone) to grow, to give, to love... and then step aside and witness as life unfolds with you as an integral piece of the beautiful whole. You are enough You are worthy You are emerging You are pure potential Namaste #happyfriday #tgif #wisdom #truth #yoga #believe #grow #give #gratitude #practice

You're not stuck, you're simply continuing to make choices based on habitual patterns that you believed to be helpful in the past... it's time to make new choices that reflect the person you have the potential to be, rather than the limited person you've allowed for up until now. It's time to level up. Begin today.... #truth #power #potential #possibility #practice #choose #yoga #startnow #strength #wisdom #findjoy

Thursday night Jeremiah Hill will join Cat O'Connor at the studio for an after work acoustic flow... relax with beautiful music and a gentle flow practice... see you on the mat. Pwyc to the artist. Regular drop in rate applies. Free for members.... #yoga #acousticmusic #orillia #fortheloveofyoga #peace #unwind

Cultivating compassion.

We've made some fun changes and additions to the may schedule... have a peek: http://nourishyoga.ca/schedule/ See you for an after work unwind tonight at 6pm!

Let all actions be motivated from ONE intention: To be of benefit, directly or indirectly, to others. Take the attitude of wanting to increase your experience of connection & kinship with your fellow beings... This comes from and leads to gratitude, joy, love and ultimate truth...... https://www.npr.org//from-gloom-to-gratitude-8-skills-to-c

Love. Love. Then love some more. That is all. Love without boundaries or bias. ... Love without conditions or constraints. Love for the sake of loving. Love with the understanding that all of life depends on it. Love is what will save us - not weapons, not war. Not fear. Not revenge. Love is what will set us free. Free from our self imposed walls, barriers and delusions of you vs me, us vs them. Love big. Love brave. Love bold. Love. Unconditionally. Fully, completely. Beyond physical necessities, Love is all we need. #love #courage #leanin #lovebillionaires

The studio is waiting for you... see you soon for the pairing of yoga and sweet sounding acoustic tunes. The perfect after work unwind...

Life is full. Full of choices. Full of expectations. Full of circumstances and conditions. ... We tend to choose busy over rest. Pressure over ease. Shoulds over acceptance. What if there was another way? What if instead of embracing busy, we embraced being? Instead of always doing, we took time to slow down. Find stillness. Check in with our true nature; peace. What would happen if we said yes to ease. Yes to joy. Yes to BEING. Accepting ourselves as we are in each moment while cultivating a heartfelt intention to grow, to give, to serve, to trust? Imagine the possibilities contained within this present moment. Imagine the potential contained within you if you simply ALLOW for it. Letting go of striving and struggling. Resistance and rigidity. Letting go in order to open up to all that is possible. To all that you are. To all that your innately capable of. Less doing More being Namaste #yoga #nourish #grow #letgo #itsallyoga #lesshustlemoregrace #being #trust #love #orillia #muskoka #beyou