Yoga in the city

Yonge-Dundas Square just about the last place you expect to find some zen? Well, head there Monday, June 21st, as  Spynga is hosting Elevate to Exhale (an all-day yoga celebration in honour of the summer solstice).

Leave your mat at home if you’d like and borrow one of the 100 mats Lululemon has loaned for the event. Plus, look forward to shaken green teas and the like from Starbucks, and SmartWater to hydrate post-class.

Here’s the full schedule for Elevate to Exhale: 

9 a.m. Lululemon Goal Coaching session; event kick-off, vendors open on site.

10 a.m. Namaste summer solstice vinyasa yoga with Spynga’s Sari Nisker

11 a.m.  Lululemon Goal Coaching

Noon  Lunchtime power hour yoga and dharma talk on finding stillness daily in a fast-paced world with Jeannine Woodall

1 p.m.  Holistic Health Care Practitioner, Tara Antler discussing the impact of yoga, community and health and wellness

2 p.m.  Vinyasa yoga flow with Lisa Barkin

3 p.m.  Lululemon Goal Coaching

4 p.m.  Yin Yang yoga flow with Tracey Belanger Soghrati

5 p.m.  Lululemon Goal Coaching

6 p.m.  Sunset rejuvenation and groove celebration with Corinne Penstone

Leave a Comment June 18, 2010

Sun salutations all weekend long

Get your asana into gear (sorry, couldn’t resist) and hit up the Toronto Yoga Show and Conference this weekend–it’s where you’ll find Health & Swellness trying to perfect her triangle pose.

For $15, you get access to the Show’s 39 yoga classes taking place in the Yoga Garden from Friday, March 26th until Sunday, March 28th. (Or pop into any Toronto location of Lululemon to pick up a free show ticket, while supplies last).

More serious yogis and teachers in training will want to get your limber selves to the four-day Conference where there are 130 workshops to choose from (Conference sessions start from $46).

As for what to wear to practice, we’re loving some of spring’s cheap & chic options in yoga essentials. Health & Swellness’s top picks:

From left: Old Navy racerback active tank, $17.50; Joe Fresh joggers, $19; ROHO by Thermos water bottle, $17.

For full details on the Conference and Show, visit www.theyogaconference.com.

Leave a Comment March 22, 2010