Blog 889 | Voices from the 889 Yoga Community

Unwind and Unmind with Restorative Yoga

December 4, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By: Marla Meenakshi Joy, 889 Yoga Teacher + Living Yoga School Faculty I came from a Theatre and Dance background, and in 1995, after being to India and learning meditation, sanskrit, chanting and yoga philosophy I stumbled into an Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga class for the first time. I had already been practicing Hatha Yoga, but a […]

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Learn to Eliminate the word “should”.

November 28, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By Anna Hardwick, 889 Supporting Teacher One of the most powerful lessons at my yoga teacher training was when we all arrived at 5.30am one morning for our daily meditation and yoga practice, a mix of bleary-eyed, serene and keen, and our teacher, Amba Stapleton, told us to roll up our mats, and follow her down […]

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Delicious Ambiguity: how to cope with life’s ups and downs

November 15, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By Tiffany Merritt, 889 Yoga Teacher “I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to […]

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Learn to Blow Away Negative Emotions (literally!)

November 7, 2025 by Emily

By Emily Ridout: 889 Co-Founder + Meditation Teacher My desire in posting the lessons from my teachings from our Monday night Meditation Circle is that both those who attend the class and those who are interested in a regular meditation practice are able to use these tools to confidently meditate at home, at work and […]

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Have you ever detoxed in a vineyard?

November 5, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

Meet 889 Yoga Supporting Teacher Ashley McEachern. Ashley has just driven across Canada to BC and has been posting yoga videos everyday along the way. These videos truly express Ashley’s style of teaching. Practice with Ashley while she’s on the road by checking out her videos below! Day 5 - Ashley teaching from the wheat fields of Saskatchewan Day […]

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Reconnecting to Ahimsa

October 30, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By Lana Sugarman, 889 Yoga Teacher “My religion is kindness” -His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Ahimsa is a Sanskrit word that can be translated as love, reverence, non-harming, or compassion for all. It is found in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, and is the first of five yamas, or ethical practices. How we relate to others […]

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Move Like Honey

October 29, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By: Audrey Simard, 889 Yoga Teacher As the winds of the Fall challenge our roots we might find ourselves overwrought and self-critical. Moving slowly and with intention is my way to dance with life’s fluctuations without getting knocked off my centre. MOVE LIKE HONEY This life is a restless stream No room for stagnation Pour yourself […]

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Diagnosis: Diastasis… Prescription: Pilates!

October 16, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By: Taya Griffin, Breastfeeding Consultant + Yoga and Pilates Instructor Have you noticed a little bulge in your stomach that has remained since you have given birth? No matter how much you work out or eat well, does this bulge hang on, refusing to vacate? Diastasis is a common condition of pregnancy and postpartum that […]

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How do you know you are living your best self?

October 14, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By Lisa Mitchell, 889 Yoga Teacher Recently I heard yoga teacher, Judith Lasater, speak. I hold Judith in high esteem. She influences my restorative yoga teaching. Lasater has a doctorate in East-West psychology and is a physical therapist. Check her out at www.judithlasater.com. Her topic was “Living Your Yoga”. Perhaps it is my age and […]

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Releasing Tension + Negative Emotion

October 10, 2025 by Emily

Join me every Monday evening from 5-6pm at 889 Yoga for our 889 Meditation Circle. All-levels are welcome (especially those who have never meditated before!). Here is one of the lessons we learned last Monday. I hope you enjoy it. I love reading your comments and answering your questions so feel free to do so!

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Clearing Confusion

October 10, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

Supporting Teacher, Tasha Rooke, shows us an inspiring technique for clearing confusion.

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Re-Treat Yourself

October 2, 2025 by Guest Blogger!

By Sunny Smith, 889 Yoga Teacher “In order to understand the world , one has to turn away from it on occasion” - Albert Camus One of the greatest things you can do for yourself is to take time from your hectic life to go on retreat. A quiet and secluded place in which one […]

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