Voices from the 889 Yoga Community
By Sarah Lye, 889 Concierge, blogger, novelist, and Canadian soul committed to spreading the love! This blog post was originally posted on Sarah’s blog, Sarahtonin on February 4th, 2013. Good afternoon serotonin seekers!! Every time I write on this blog I feel so alive; I am so grateful to have this space to be creative [...]
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In big bold letters on my mental holiday wish list, I wrote: NEW YOGA MAT. Granted no one but me could see this list, it was still something I really hoped to get.
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The “January Joiner” phenomenon is new to me. It is this annual surge of New Year’s Resolutionaries, the people who sign up at the start of the year for gym memberships only to revert back to their pre-resolution states soon after.
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On New Year’s Day, 2013, 889 Yoga, Four Seasons Toronto, lululemon, and Blissologist Eoin Finn hosted a huge KARMA class for 200 members of our yoga community: #SweatYourIntention 2013. Eoin and his wife Insiya encouraged group hugs to get us moving. The playlist below is what rocked out bodies through this blissful all-levels flow! Here [...]
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By: Sean Ling Sean teaches Pilates at 889 on Yonge street every Tuesday at 7:15pm and every Saturday at 10:20am. We are so lucky and grateful to have him as part of our 889 family! Come try his great classes! Hey, Sean here. I’m a pilates instructor at 889 Yoga + Wellness Spa and I’m [...]
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This is the short tale of a sad garden that made me happy this past summer. I have two brown thumbs. They match my stiff yogini limbs perfectly.
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The distance between the back of my heel and the mat when in downward dog has hardly diminished since my yoga practice began. I am fairly certain that the day my heel meets the floor in one effortless move, I will let out a slight squeal.
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By Vivian Law. Vivian is a dedicated 889 Living Yoga Student, fitness trainer and nutritionist. You can view her website at www.vivianlaw.ca. I saw the National Ballet of Canada production of Alice in Wonderland last weekend. Attending this performance was a long time in the making (very grateful!) and we enjoyed it immensely. More than [...]
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I am the girl who leaves one eye open during meditation.
Am I doing it properly? Am I the only one? I take comfort in the surround sound of knees cracking from my fellow newbie practitioners—you’re my people.
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By: Christine Russell @889christine 889 co-creator with sister @889emily In honour of our Tiny Devotions Trunk Show at 889 Yonge Street tomorrow (Saturday December 1), I’m blogging! You must come - it’s going to be a boho mala mania (malalalalalalalalalaaaaa)! Even some mala stacks and scarves. 889 loves Tiny Devotions! Simply put. The founders are in [...]
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By Ghazal Bina, 889 Living Yoga Program student. Ghazal has been practicing at 889 for exactly one year (her first class was November 28, 2011!), and has studied various styles of yoga before joining us here at 889. Sometimes thinking is not driven by merely asking questions and finding correct answers, but by being asked [...]
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By Meg Pearson, an 889 200-hour Living Yoga Program student. This blog was written after a day of learning which included our “Being an Innerpreneur” session with Christine Russell, 889 co-founder, and our Chakra Vinyasa class with Nicky Poole, 889 Community Leader and LYP Program Director. Meg can be found on Twitter as @MAPWellness! People [...]
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