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Vigorous Hatha Yoga (Pre-Register or Drop-In; Open to Public)

This class presently on hiatus for June 2025. Please contact Erin if you would like to join this class in future. 

 

Wednesdays 5:00 - 6:15 PM 

January-May 2025 

The Gathering Place (back hall of Denman Island United Church)
4575 Denman Road

Taystay'ich (Denman Island, BC)

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$10-20 (sliding scale) per class

RSVP / Register Now: Contact Erin

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​This is a vigorous and challenging practice similar to a Vinyasa Flow class. For intermediate practitioners who are familiar with most basic yoga postures, who are able to quickly and easily get up and down from the floor many times, and who are looking for more intense challenge of strength, flexibility, and balance.

 

*Due to the swift pace of the class (often transitioning to a new shape on every inhale and exhale), there are significantly less accessibility variations and teaching cues offered than in our other classes. Not recommended for beginners, or for folks with significant injuries or mobility limitations.* 

 

This practice includes mat-based asana (physical yoga postures), pranayama (conscious breathing), guided meditation, and a bit of mantra (chanting). 

 

Provided: Yoga props. Yoga mats.

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Suggested to Bring/Wear: Comfy clothing that supports freedom of movement through deep stretches and inverting upside down. Water bottle. BYO yoga mat and light blanket if you can.

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I humbly and respectfully acknowledge that the land I live and practice on is the unceded territory of the Pentlatch, K'ómoks, and Tla'amin peoples, and that I formerly lived and practiced on the unceded territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and lÉ™k̓ʷəŋən peoples as well. I humbly and respectfully acknowledge the deep traditional and ongoing relationships of these and neighbouring Indigenous peoples to these lands, and the complicated reality of my presence as an uninvited settler. I further humbly and respectfully acknowledge that yoga is an ancient spiritual and wisdom tradition gifted from India and South Asia, and that it is often misappropriated and misrepresented in Western culture. I am committed to ongoing listening, learning, and action in healing the countless harms of colonization, to preserving the intactness and authenticity of yoga to the best of my knowledge, and to participating in healthier relationship with my Indigenous neighbours, with the source cultures from which yoga emerged, with the land, and with all my relations.

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Butterfly Tree Yoga is rooted in the principles of loving kindness, respect, compassion, accessibility, and anti-oppression. I have a strong commitment to welcoming and serving all people with respect and acceptance, regardless of gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, neurotype, ethnicity, colour, nationality, cultural or religious background, citizenship status, age, health status, economic circumstance, family or marital status, or body size or shape. If there are ways I can remove barriers and better serve you, I welcome you sharing these with me. 

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Butterfly Tree Yoga is an LGBTQ2SIA+ Positive Space. 

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