Mind:flu:ness – moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. || So, what’s all the fuss about mindfulness? Will it really help us cope with stress, improve sleep, decrease depression and increase compassion? Is it actually going to enhance relationships and change our brains? Well, maybe, yes. But more simply, mindfulness is…
We are overflowing with gratitude after our fantastic charity event! Thank you so much again to all the volunteers, the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) foster families involved, the 9 kitties who played with us on Sunday and the amazing students who came out!
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.
STRETCH is on the lookout for an awesome person who would like a pass to practice at Stretch in exchange for a weekly cleaning shift.
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…
At STRETCH we’re launching a public beta of our Pay To Practice Program. Yes, we pay you to come to class. We’d all like to break a few bad habits and start new good ones. Carrots work for some, sticks work for others. We are all different but we all benefit from a regular yoga…
Only a few doors down from us on Pender Street, fire is burning in the Daisy Garden. At noon I joined hundreds of onlookers and took this photo. I thought it was a hilarious testament to New Town Bakery‘s baking that people were still lining up for treats as firemen broke down the doorway nextdoor.
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.…
I spent much of today with BIL, the excellent adventure following TED. Described as an un-conference, BIL 2015 is a grassroots speaker series. The schedule, set only days ago, for the main stage was an eclectic mix, the side-stages even more so. That list being on a whiteboard at the entrance where anyone can write…
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.