Yoga On The Park
Currently online using interactive technology, ZOOM. H4A 2K6 Montreal, QC, Canada

RESTORATIVE YOGA SESSION with Julie Insomnia and bad dreams or the inability to stay awake and focused? Edgy and irritable or sloth and torpor? Compulsive behavior or lack of motivation? Weight gain or weight loss? Problems concentrating? Mood swings?... For eleven months we have been living in a new abnormal, missing many of the things we once took for granted. Missing well-worn routines, missing friends and family, missing physical human contact. Restorative yoga cannot offer a cure for whatever symptoms you are experiencing but it can give you some moments of rest. Sometimes called ‘dynamic sleep'. A chance to let go of the daily patterns, let go of what worries you have, let go of any responsibility for two precious hours. Some of us may be finding other, less healthful ways to numb our symptoms. However, after a restorative session there will be no regrets and no negative side effects. You will sleep better and wake up energized and refreshed. This session will offer 1 hours of fully supported, long held postures while nurturing a state of conscious stillness. The result will be, not a stretch, but an opening. During the last hour, there will be a guided meditation, a yoga Nidra. Both the postures and the meditation are designed to release the ‘flight or fight’ response (sympathetic nervous system) and bring us to the physical/emotional calm available by accessing the para-sympathetic nervous system. Sunday, February 28th, 2-4:00 pm; $20 To register: go to https://yogaonthepark.ca/ndg-workshops-and-events/ or email us [email protected]

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."... Lao Tzu

Malcolm & Julie On The Radio!! Listen to our interview: Wednesday, February 11th, The Wednesday Morning After with Sheila Ferrando, 7 to 8 am. Tune into CKUT 90.3. Can be accessed on their website live at https://ckut.ca/en/content/ckut-903-fm (upper right corner: click on Listen Live). Also available after the show as a recording at https://ckut.ca/en/content/wednesday-morning-after-0

Have you made plans yet for this very unique Valentine's Day? Our Couples Workshop is gentle and accessible to all, practitioners and newcomers. Join us to celebrate the strength and resiliency of your relationship. Distance may make the heart grow stronger but constant contact brings opportunity for appreciation. Julie & Malcolm, celebrating our third anniversary this February

A different kind of practice....

We began this journey together 8 months ago. It has been awful, challenging, frightening. It has been exciting. We learned a lot of new language and new ways of living our lives. A new normal. Faced with physical distancing we went online. We stayed home. We coped. Then the summer came, and we were like schoolchildren suddenly released on that last day of classes. We partied if still distancing. We wore masks. But the sunshine and socializing seemed like it could go on forev...er. Now we are entering another phase. We see the end of this dark tunnel, but we recognize that it will be a long one. The fear and anxiety are back. AND WE ARE WEARY! But we need our strength and resolve again. We must work on our resiliency, and our vigilant focus to get through. Our ability to delay gratification must be exercised. Many of us grew up in leaner, less affluent, less mobile times. We've got this! We’ll need wisdom and strength to reach the other side.

TEACHER FEATURE: Malcolm McLean Malcolm, RYT, offers yoga classes inspired by an eclectic yoga practice and study over many decades. Each movement and posture is introduced with breath and alignment, cues. Options are given for both gentler and more challenging variations of postures; students can adapt the practice to their needs. Intention: through effort, stretching, balancing, conscious breathing to bring the body to ease, the breath to steadiness, and the mind to a mome...nt of stillness. Some mentors, teachers, and influences: Mark Stephens, Mollie Lawson, Robin Golt, Gérard Arnaud, Leslie Kaminoff, Alison Ulan, Mark Darby, Kelly McGrath and Cathy Cozens. Registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance since 2003, also certified in Yoga for Seniors (Yoga Sanctuary) and Principle-Based Partner Yoga (Elysabeth Williamson). MALCOLM'S CLASSES Tuesday & Friday, Chair Class, 12-1:00 Friday, Moderate, 5:30-6:45 Sunday, Moderate, 10-11:15 Malcolm McLean, RYT, offre depuis 2003 des cours de hatha yoga inspirés par sa propre pratique éclectique depuis bien des décennies. Avec attention au souffle et à l’alignement, ses instructions comprennent le choix de variations plus douces et plus exigeantes des postures, afin que chaque étudiant ait la chance d’adapter la pratique à ses besoins. Lorsque l’effort, l’étirement, l’équilibrage et la respiration consciente sont complets, le but est d’avoir un corps à l’aise, un souffle régulier et un esprit qui est devenu plus calme et prêt pour la méditation. Malcolm est reconnaissant envers bien des influences en yoga, parmi eux : Mark Stephens, Mollie Lawson, Robin Golt, Gérard Arnaud, Leslie Kaminoff, Alison Ulan, Mark Darby, Kelly McGrath et Cathy Cozens. Il détient aussi son agrément en Yoga pour les personnes âgées (Yoga Sanctuary) et en Yoga avec le partenaire axé sur les Principes (Elysabeth Williamson).

RESTORATIVE YOGA & YOGA NIDRA with Julie (online) Sunday, December 13th, 2-4:00 pm; $20 Give yourself the gift of quiet and stillness. A few hours away from these stressful times!! Experience deep levels of inner peace and health. Give yourself permission to rest, balance, and restore, tapping into new sources of energy. As your journey unfolds, you will become radiant, joyful, and light.... A combination of passive Restorative postures and a session of Yoga Nidra, guided meditation, will stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system bringing you to a state of dynamic sleep. Sign up through our website https://yogaonthepark.ca/ (go to classes and find the date on the calendar) or email [email protected] A zoom link will be sent out ahead of the class with prop suggestions. We will open 15 minutes before the start of the session. EN ANGLAISE

TEACHER FEATURE: Joanne Gormley Joanne’s teaching is inspired by the Kripalu method of moment to moment awareness, Iyengar based alignment principles, the breathwork of Viniyoga and her experience as a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. As a 500 hour professional level Kripalu teacher with 30 years of personal practice and teaching, she delights in introducing newcomers to yoga and accompanying experienced students on their continued path of embodied transformation. Joanne has ...offered private yoga, breathing, and meditation sessions in the Montreal community for over 25 years. As an active member of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of The Stephen Lewis Foundation Joanne also raises awareness and funds for Grandmothers in Sub Saharan Africa who care for their grandchildren, orphaned by AIDS. Joanne teaches a gentle class on Wednesday mornings, 10-11:15 See more