Paper flowers are a great alternative to plants. Lovely and lasting, learn to make three types of card stock flowers to give to your mom, bestie, sweetheart or keep for yourself. You will take away new skills to make a paper flower bouquet, an instruction booklet to use later and make as many flowers as…
This Friday May 4th, we’re celebrating Star Wars Day at STRETCH and offering free yoga to all who arrive in Star Wars attire.
Suspended Reverie is a contemplative dream event involving a viola, a little mindfulness and a whole lot of relaxation. The participants get to enjoy this experience, from hammocks! It is a nap class, no less, where sleeping is an option.
We took 20 ordinary people and helped them realize how extraordinary they could be. We co-created a show together called “LAYERS, Ordinary people doing extraordinary things”. LAYERS is Vancouver’s first AcroYoga show.
Working with a DJ in a workshop setting has been a dream of mine of a long time. The live element of music creates a feedback loop between the participants and the DJ that is palpable. I am interested in this sense of presence and spontaneity that only a live musician or DJ can bring…
Join us for our special Après-Yoga Sake Tasting Series this weekend! This unique event combines the grounding benefits of a powerful yoga practice with the delightful ritual of a premium sake tasting.
Participate in our yoga Nidra Survey this Sunday and take the Yoga Nidra workshop for $20! (Regular price $60).
Awaken what drew you towards each other in the beginning. We spend time with the one we love everyday but sometimes forget how incredible they actually are, how much they do for us and how much we appreciate them. This couples yoga class will stir up the romance, the friendship and the unexpected wonder of…
Mark your calendar for the weekend of June 20-21st for The Week to End Enbridge. Together we can support the fight against Enbridge and their pipeline while getting our stretch on.
Within each phase of life, our experiences vary greatly, though what remains constant is change. This holds true at home and in the workplace. When we feel we’ve mastered one challenge successfully, another one often presents itself. Are all of our challenges simply a natural “part of life” or do they vary depending on how…
Join us at Stretch with Joelle Lazare, registered clinical counsellor and yoga therapist, this coming Sunday, for a second workshop on mindfulness. Mindfulness is a creative act through which we experience life as it is. Through mindfulness we can develop a more relaxed and flexible nervous system.
Whether you are a racer, endurance or commuter cyclist, we spend a lot of time hunched forward over our handlebars and powering the legs, which leads to tight legs and sore backs.
In a world where we face ever-increasing busyness, stress and demands on our time, mindfulness practices offer a way to cultivate our inner listening and unearth our core of stillness. Bit by bit, the act of simply sitting still begins to point us through the layers of our own conditioning to wake up more fully…
Relationships with our partners, family, co-workers and friends can be challenging territory, yet it can also be one of the most potent paths to greater freedom. Although Western culture rewards independence and domination, the wisdom traditions teach us that everything happens in relationship, including our most constricting patterns, deepest healing, profound bliss and greatest loss.…
Learn how to make your own dreamcatcher in this super fun 2hr workshop together with the Stretch family! We will enjoy brunch together potluck style so bring something to share and materials to exchange with others. Feathers, wool, old colourful clothes and beads are great examples of what you might want have on hand to…
Side effects may include: feeling completely relaxed // enhanced quality of sleep // and an overall feeling of lightness! But this isn’t magic, you first have to show up and do the work. Which consist of laying down and letting yourself be guided through deep meditation.
Based on the book by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, BLUE GOLD by Sam Bozzo sheds light on the world’s rapidly approaching water crisis and suggests that future wars will be fought over water – as this source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena.
Join yoga teacher Shannon Cluff and her partner Daniel Henry for an evening of all levels couples slow vinyasa-flow yoga incorporating deep partner stretches, support poses, gentle massage and breathing exercises.
March 10th, Stretch is hosting the screening of “The Good Life, The Green Life“, a documentary film about what it means to live a good, green life at the climate crossroads.
Feeling cluttered by thoughts of uncertainty? Bogged down with other people’s baggage? Perhaps fogged up in self-doubt? Parting with self-limiting thoughts, damaging habits and toxic environments takes as much choices and work cleaning out the attic filled with a lifetime of junk and grime.