What is Yoga

Yoga can mean many things to different people.

For some, it brings to mind difficult poses or images of extreme discipline. In reality yoga is something much simpler and more practical: a way of bringing the body, breath and mind back into relationship with one another, to create deep inner peace, stability and balance.

Chair Yoga

Supportive classes welcoming all levels to find ease in movement and peace in the presence of change and uncertainty

Online Practice

We provide online instruction through weekly classes in Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation.

We provide classes in the local neighbourhood. To find out more or to bring a class to your neighbourhood, please be in touch.

Yoga in Your Neighbourhood

At its heart, yoga is a practice of positive connection. Through movement, breathing and guided relaxation, its practices create conditions for greater steadiness, clarity and ease. The result is a positve connection to our own experience of body and mind.

At Santosha Yoga, we see yoga not as performance, but as practice. Not as appearance or level of difficulty but rather a system promoting awareness of how to feel, to notice, and how to work with the body and mind in a kinder, more attentive way.

Many people come to yoga seeking relief from stress, tension or fatigue. Others seek strength, mobility, rest or focus.

Yoga can support all of these things by offering practical tools that can be adapted for different ages, bodies and stages of life.

“You will be pleasantly surprised how good it feels. It challenges you in ways you would never expect.”

-Kerry

“Yoga is actually the word describing the union of mind and body into a harmonious state where stillness, stability and balance become possible.”

-arianne foley

Yoga For All

You do not need to be flexible, fit, or experienced to begin.
Many yogic practices can be done gently, with support, and in ways that meet people where they are, whether seated, standing, or lying down. Regular practice can help people feel more at home in themselves, more settled in daily life, and more able to respond calmly to the pressures of the modern world.

A Living Tradition

Yoga has very little to do with appearance or complexity.
It’s a living tradition that invites us toward balance: balance between effort and ease, activity and rest, strength and softness, body and mind.
Through regular practice of postures, breathing practices and guided relaxation, yoga becomes more than a class. It becomes a way of returning to stillness, stability and balance, even when life feels busy or uncertain.
At Santosha Yoga, we offer a safe, supportive and down-to-earth environment to explore this tradition in a way that is accessible, meaningful and relevant to everyday life.
Our approach is gentle, thoughtful and inclusive. We welcome people who are completely new to yoga, as well as those returning to practice after time away.

A Practice Of Awareness

One of the most important subjects or aspects of the Satyananda Yoga tradition, which I recognized in the course of time, is the education of awareness. What makes the Satyananda Yoga tradition special is the fact that it teaches, emphasizes and encourages the use and application of awareness. If we attend a Satyananda Yoga class or seminar, or if we live in an ashram like here at Ganga Darshan or Rikhiapeeth, what we learn, what we practise, what we are stimulated and encouraged to develop is awareness.

-Swami Anandananda