Upcoming Schedule
- Beginner-friendly
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IN-STUDIO Nestling into Deep Rest with Yoga Nidra
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$45+hst Community Supporter | $35+hst Standard Rate | $25+hst Subsidized RateYou are welcome to join us in our nest of rest. In this workshop, you will gain a foundational understanding of yoga nidra, its many practical applications, and essential tips for a safe, trauma-informed, and beneficial practice. It will include a complete restorative flow and yoga nidra practice, which involves a nourishing combination of gentle mindful movement, restorative postures, and soothing breath work before transitioning into restful yoga nidra. Beginners welcome.What is yoga nidra? Yoga nidra is a paradoxical meditative state of conscious sleep; a beautiful space where we may come home to our Hearts.
Many beautiful treasures can be encountered as we practice: healthy sleep cycles, release of old tensions, emotional resilience, intuitive insights, and even creative ideas to name a few… that said, what happens in your yoga nidra space is for you to uncover, and you can trust that your body’s wisdom will extract exactly what it needs from each practice—without any effort on your part. Yoga nidra is typically practiced in a resting position, so you may simply lie back, lightly listen to the sound of my guidance, and let the magic unfold.
About Kimberley Luu I’m a therapeutic yoga teacher specializing in yoga nidra. With healing justice at the foundation of my teaching and practice, my aim is to facilitate restorative experiences that help soothe the collective wounds which systems of oppression burden our bodies daily.
I began practicing yoga in 2008 and discovered yoga nidra specifically six years later during my graduate studies—a period marked heavily by chronic insomnia and exhaustion. Yoga nidra helped me find solace and rest during this difficult time, and has since expanded to support me through my creative work, relationships, community engagements, and spiritual practice.
After much personal exploration, I completed my Therapeutic, Restorative, and Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings with Felicia Pavlovic and Ante Pavlovic at Yoga Therapy Toronto. Soon after, I completed my Yoga Nidra Teacher Training with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli at Total Yoga Nidra. In addition to my trainers, I am gratefully influenced by leaders in trauma-sensitive yoga, including Nicole Brown Faulknor, Sheila Singh, and Yoli Maya Yeh. My pronouns are she/ her.
This workshop will take place IN-STUDIO only.Sun, Oct 1
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM -
IN-STUDIO Thanksgiving Meditation: Embodying Gratitude
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$25+hst Community Supporter | $15+hst Standard Rate | $5+hst Subsidized RateWhat is it like to deeply connect with the goodness in our lives? Settle into your body with gentle, accessible movement, and then join in a beginner-friendly meditation. Together we’ll go beyond the mental exercise of naming what we are thankful for and explore the power and possibility of embodying gratitude.100% of proceeds from this class will be donated to Wisahkotewinowak, an urban Indigenous garden collective. This is a small acknowledgement of our gratitude, as settlers, to live and work on land that has been cared for by countless generations of Indigenous peoples. Learn more at www.wisahk.ca
Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the IN-STUDIO option, you are reserving an in-person spot at the studio. If you prefer to attend the workshop online, please register for the VIRTUAL listing as in-person spots are limited.Mon, Oct 9
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM -
IN-STUDIO Rainbow Restorative Yoga (2SLGBTQIA+ exclusive space)
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$30+hst Community Supporter | $18+hst Standard Rate | $5+hst Subsidized RateRainbow Restorative Yoga is an affinity space for 2SLGBTQIA+ community to land and find rest together. Restorative yoga is a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax. Led by a queer-identified teacher, this class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care.Please note, this class takes place in our 3rd floor studio. After the teacher’s fee, any additional proceeds from the class will be donated to SPECTRUM.
This workshop will take place IN-STUDIO only.
Sat, Oct 21
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM -
IN-STUDIO Family Yoga Playshop
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$40+hst Community Supporter | $30+hst Standard Rate | $20+hst Subsidized Rate* geared towards kids age 4-11 and their caregiver(s)Bring your kids, grandkid, niece or nephew, or even your neighbour, and join us for fun, interactive family yoga. In this session, we’ll move, play, connect with our breath and with each other. Using an animal and nature inspired theme, we’ll learn poses, stretches, and mindfulness exercises. You’ll leave inspired with lots of ideas to bring yoga into your home together.
Cost is per “family”, which can include 1-2 adults plus 1-3 kids. You only need to register one adult to sign up.This workshop will take place IN-STUDIO only.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.Sun, Oct 22
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM -
IN-STUDIO Candlelit Restorative Yoga
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$35+hst Community Supporter | $28+hst Standard Rate | $21+hst Subsidized RateHave you been moving too fast? Our Candle Restorative class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. Restorative yoga is a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax.Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the IN-STUDIO option, you are reserving an in-person spot at the studio. If you prefer to attend the workshop online, please register for the VIRTUAL listing as in-person spots are limited.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.
Fri, Oct 27
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM -
IN-STUDIO Candlelit Restorative: Double Bolster, Double Acuball Extravaganza
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$35+hst Community Supporter | $28+hst Standard Rate | $21+hst Subsidized RateGet ready for double the relaxation! Our Candle Restorative is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. The class will include guided self-massage to melt away tension using not just one, but TWO acuballs, our favorite warm acupressure massage balls. We’ll intersperse Acuball massage with Restorative Yoga- a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. You’ll get to try out some extra comfy poses with the luxury of two bolsters. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath relax deeply. All levels welcome.This workshop will take place IN-STUDIO only.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.Sun, Nov 5
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM -
IN-STUDIO Candlelit Restorative Yoga: Rest for Racialized Folks (BIR Exclusive Space)
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$30+hst Community Supporter | $18+hst Standard Rate | $5+hst Subsidized Ratewith Anastasia Lyons and Ashley WestRest for Racialized Folks is an affinity space for those who identify as Black, Indigenous or Racialized to land and restore together. Restorative yoga is a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax. Co-led by an Indigenous and a Black teacher, this class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. After the teacher’s fee, any additional proceeds from the class will be donated to the Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario for their work with racialized communities.Beginners welcome! Please note, this class takes place in our 3rd floor studio, we apologize for this lack of accessibility.
Format: This workshop will take place IN-STUDIO only.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.Fri, Nov 10
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM -
IN-STUDIO Candlelit Restorative Yoga
Details
$35+hst Community Supporter | $28+hst Standard Rate | $21+hst Subsidized RateHave you been moving too fast? Our Candle Restorative class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. Restorative yoga is a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax.Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the IN-STUDIO option, you are reserving an in-person spot at the studio. If you prefer to attend the workshop online, please register for the VIRTUAL listing as in-person spots are limited.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.
Fri, Nov 17
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM -
IN-STUDIO Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Settling
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$45+hst Community Supporter | $35+hst Standard Rate | $25+hst Subsidized RateGo deeper into states of relaxation by starting with spacious and buttery-smooth movement. In this 2-hour combined-modality workshop, you’ll learn to move with greater ease and fluidity through the Tensegrity Repair Series, and then enjoy the fruits of rejuvenating rest through Restorative Yoga. Both of these modalities take place entirely on the ground and move at an approachable pace, making this event highly welcoming to beginners.Practicing the TRS series will help you investigate the subtle state of your connective tissue and joints, and take nourishing action to repair imbalances gradually. Following up with the intentional rest of a Restorative Yoga practice will allow your mind and body to integrate any shifts.
In each workshop, we’ll explore unique principles of the Tensegrity Repair Series, intelligently paired with restorative yoga postures. The first workshop is a great foundation, but anyone is welcome to drop in to any of the workshops in this series:
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Settling
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Awakening
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Nesting
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: IntegratingWorkshop facilitator Leslie Stokman trained to teach the Tensegrity Repair Series in 2016 with Trudy Austin (who in turn learned it from its synthesizing creator, Gioia Irwin) and to teach Restorative Yoga at Queen Street Yoga in 2018.
Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the IN-STUDIO option, you are reserving an in-person spot at the studio. If you prefer to attend the workshop online, please register for the VIRTUAL listing as in-person spots are limited.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.
Sun, Nov 26
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Beginner-friendly
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VIRTUAL Thanksgiving Meditation: Embodying Gratitude
Details
$25+hst Community Supporter | $15+hst Standard Rate | $5+hst Subsidized RateWhat is it like to deeply connect with the goodness in our lives? Settle into your body with gentle, accessible movement, and then join in a beginner-friendly meditation. Together we’ll go beyond the mental exercise of naming what we are thankful for and explore the power and possibility of embodying gratitude.100% of proceeds from this class will be donated to Wisahkotewinowak, an urban Indigenous garden collective. This is a small acknowledgement of our gratitude, as settlers, to live and work on land that has been cared for by countless generations of Indigenous peoples. Learn more at www.wisahk.ca
Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the VIRTUAL option, you will attend via livestream in Zoom. If you prefer to attend in-person, please register for the IN-STUDIO listing.Mon, Oct 9
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM -
VIRTUAL Candlelit Restorative Yoga
Details
$35+hst Community Supporter | $28+hst Standard Rate | $21+hst Subsidized RateHave you been moving too fast? Our Candle Restorative class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. Restorative yoga is a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax.Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the VIRTUAL option, you will attend via livestream in Zoom. If you prefer to attend in-person, please register for the IN-STUDIO listing.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.
Fri, Oct 27
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM -
VIRTUAL Candlelit Restorative Yoga
Details
$35+hst Community Supporter | $28+hst Standard Rate | $21+hst Subsidized RateHave you been moving too fast? Our Candle Restorative class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. Restorative yoga is a practice of resting in comfortable, supported poses with props such as bolsters and blankets. These shapes can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax.Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the VIRTUAL option, you will attend via livestream in Zoom. If you prefer to attend in-person, please register for the IN-STUDIO listing.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.
Fri, Nov 17
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM -
VIRTUAL Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Settling
Details
$45+hst Community Supporter | $35+hst Standard Rate | $25+hst Subsidized RateGo deeper into states of relaxation by starting with spacious and buttery-smooth movement. In this 2-hour combined-modality workshop, you’ll learn to move with greater ease and fluidity through the Tensegrity Repair Series, and then enjoy the fruits of rejuvenating rest through Restorative Yoga. Both of these modalities take place entirely on the ground and move at an approachable pace, making this event highly welcoming to beginners.
Practicing the TRS series will help you investigate the subtle state of your connective tissue and joints, and take nourishing action to repair imbalances gradually. Following up with the intentional rest of a Restorative Yoga practice will allow your mind and body to integrate any shifts.In each workshop, we’ll explore unique principles of the Tensegrity Repair Series, intelligently paired with restorative yoga postures. The first workshop is a great foundation, but anyone is welcome to drop in to any of the workshops in this series:
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Settling
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Awakening
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: Nesting
Tensegrity & Restorative Yoga: IntegratingWorkshop facilitator Leslie Stokman trained to teach the Tensegrity Repair Series in 2016 with Trudy Austin (who in turn learned it from its synthesizing creator, Gioia Irwin) and to teach Restorative Yoga at Queen Street Yoga in 2018.
Format: This workshop will be offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format. By registering for the VIRTUAL option, you will attend via livestream in Zoom. If you prefer to attend in-person, please register for the IN-STUDIO listing.Please see our website for our full COVID policies.
Sun, Nov 26
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Specialty Yoga to Expand Your Practice
Deepen your yoga practice with dedicated learning opportunities. Whether you are seeking an approach to yoga that works for your body, or you want to focus on a specific area like postures and breathing, yoga philosophy, yoga ayurveda or self-care, we’ve got a teacher who wants to dive deep with you! Our staff are passionate life-long learners who love to share approachable practices with their students.
ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP & COURSE FORMATS:
Drop-in passes and memberships do not apply to courses and workshops. Each course or workshop must be registered for separately
Courses: Our courses inlcude 4-6 interactive, weekly sessions. This approach allows for a progressive experience and/or a deeper exploration of topics. In addition, course participants receive access to a virtual course portal that includes recordings of any live-streamed classes, and a set of on-demand video practices and other learning materials specially selected to complement the course. To allow plenty of time to explore these offerings, all participants will have access to the course portal for 90 days. All participants will recieve an email a day or two before the course begins with information on studio policies, how to join a class virtually, and how to access the course portal.
Hybrid Courses - Many of our courses have the option to join in-studio or virtually, so be sure to read the course title & description carefully when you sign up. By registering for the IN-STUDIO option of a hybrid course, you may choose to attend each session in-person or online. If you prefer to attend all the sessions online, please register for the VIRTUAL listing of the course as in-person spots are limited.
In-Studio Courses - Courses with only an IN-STUDIO listing will not include a virtual participation option, and class sessions will not be recorded.
Workshops: Our workshops are single modules that either introduce a concept that supports your regular practice, or dives deep into a special topic to stoke your curiosity. Workshops come with additional take-home handouts and video replay access to solidify your learning.
**In the event of a mandated shut down due to COVID, workshops courses will pivot to virtual livestream classes or will be postponed, depending on the nature of the practice. Registration fees will not be refunded.
Some of our past offerings:
COURSES
Prenatal Yoga
Yoga for Round Bodies
Meditation for Resilient Living
Beyond Flexibility: Mobility for Yoga & Athletics
Yoga for Trauma Recovery
WORKSHOPS
Free Your Feet
Strength & Fun with Resistance Bands
Building A Home Practice
Peace In, Peace Out: Pranayama and Breath
Downward Dog in Depth
Cancellation & Refund Policies
These policies apply to courses and workshops that are valued at $150 or less (before taxes).
Fees will be returned as follows:
With notice of 7 days or longer: 100% studio credit -or- a refund less a $15 fee.
With notice of 6 days to 24 hours: 50% studio credit
No refunds of any kind will be given for no-shows or for less than 24 hours notice.
If you contact us in advance to make arrangements to have a friend take your spot, we may be able to adjust which type of refund you are eligible for. Except in extenuating circumstances, no refunds of any kind will be granted if notice is given once the course or workshop has begun.
These policies apply to retreats, workshops, or intensives which are 5 hours or longer and/or valued at $150 or higher (before taxes). Does not apply to YTT.
Fees will be returned as follows:
With notice of 30 days or longer: 100% studio credit -or- 75% refund of the total value of the program which has been paid or is due.
With notice of 29 days to 7 days in advance: 75% studio credit -or- 50% refund of the total value of the program which has been paid or is due.
No credit or refunds will be given for no-shows or for less than 7 days notice.
Contact us in advance to make arrangements to have a friend take your spot, and we may be able to adjust which type of refund you are eligible for. Except for extenuating circumstances, no refunds of any kind will be granted if notice is given once the retreat, long workshop, or intensive has begun.