Ganges Yoga Studio

Would you like to learn to meditate from an experienced meditator?

Join our 4 week workshop!

Learn the basic techniques of mindfulness meditation that can reduce your stress levels and improve your well-being. No chanting. No affirmations. No woo-woo. Just practical techniques for centering your mind in any situation. The course is designed around completing four sessions of 1 hour each to help you establish a basic, stable meditation practice.

David will be your guide, and he has been practicing meditation since 1986. He is one of the leaders of the Salt Spring Insight Meditation group, a Buddhist meditation group that meets weekly at Ganges Yoga Studio. Over 40 years, he has been a practitioner of TM, Zen and Vipassana style meditation. David’s approach however is more secular and focused on one goal: reducing the stress in your life and improving your well-being.

Join him, starting today, for four Thursday afternoons, 2-3pm. Drop in or attend all four, donations are gratefully received.

WORKSHOP ALERT!

This Thursday evening marks the beginning of a four week workshop with Dear Deer Improv !

Join them from 5:30-7pm on:

October 1
October 8
October 22
October 29

No workshop October 15 (that’s a breathwork evening with Jessica Bennett instead, more info on that to follow or on our website!)

Join this amazing improv crew to work on your improv acting. All skill levels are welcome, just come with your sense of fun!

Sign up on Ganges Yoga Studio website or private message the studio or Dear Deer Improv

Workshop alert!

Marnie will be starting an 8am workshop this Thursday the 1st of October, for six weeks.

Learn the foundations of Tao meditation and learn the practice of Chi self massage!

Unlock energy flow with the ancient wisdom of Tao Qigong with Chi self massage and the Inner Smile Meditation, welcoming renewed vitality, calm and attention to good health and happiness.

Harness internal energy and strengthen the senses, the vital organs, muscles, bones and lymph, promoting overall well being.

In this six week series, we will begin with connecting to the elements and a meditation to release present emotions and cultivate virtue.

We will follow with a nourishing Qi self massage technique that will have you feeling revitalised and relaxed and gift you with a morning practice that you can do at home.

Only $110 for the full six week series, payable in cash or email transfer to Marnie at:

[email protected]

Workshop alert!

Tomorrow, Sunday the 27th of September, will be the first evening in the Soulful Sounding Series here at Ganges Yoga Studio.

Join Cora Flora at 7:30pm for magic making and unlock your voice! $20 drop in or $88 for all five weeks in the series.

Drop us a message to reserve your spot!

Workshop alert for tomorrow!

1:30-3:30 Saturday, Lisa will be joining us from the Yasodhara lineage, teaching a workshop on Hidden Language Hatha Yoga.

I’m so excited for this, as I don’t know what to expect at all, but I know Lisa’s energy and so I know it will be amazing, whatever it is!

Send me a message if you’d like to join us tomorrow afternoon!

This is my Sydney, my boy of five and a half years, my running companion, my constant companion in fact, my absolute sweetheart. He traipsed through the forests of England with us for four years before we moved here last year, and he continues to happily hop through the forests here.

He is currently off his head, high as a kite, with little to no use of his hind legs. Why? Because someone has left ma*****na in the woods (or, gross I know, they’ve pooped in the woods after they’ve smoked, which can also get dogs high).

Now, I totally understand it’s legal, and I respect everyone’s right to use or not use such substances, but please, if you are out in the forest enjoying a wee smoke, please pack out what you pack in, because dogs have many more cannabinoid receptors than we do, and the vet has said he’ll now be high for 24-72 hours. He can barely walk, he doesn’t know where his own legs are, and it’s downright scary! So please spread the word to any and all of your friends that enjoy a smoke and a stroll in the woods. Pack out what you pack in.

Thank you so much for letting all of your friends know how scary this is for dogs and their owners. Thankfully the vet confirmed with a drug test and said he’ll most likely be fine, as long as he doesn’t have a seizure in the night, but a very scary afternoon for our family.

Sydney will gratefully receive your healing vibes if you’re in the mood to send him a virtual hug, thanks for listening to my rant!

Join us!

Yoga Pilates HIIT (high intensity interval training) is a bespoke practice that I designed in England years ago. I had clients complaining that many “exercise classes” just jumped straight in and then left you on your mat in a sweaty puddle without any proper cool down.

This practice is the solution: a yoga and pilates fusion warm up and cool down, with 24 minutes of HIIT in the middle.

Think calm warm up and cool down, and loud motivating music in the middle with lots of fun had by all!

Join us tonight and every Wednesday at 5:30pm. We rotate through different props and tonight is weights, so let’s get our sweat on!

See you here ;)

Guess where we are off to?!?

If you know, you know!!

Hopefully see you here, it’s already hopping! Goodness me I love living on this island!