If you’re exploring yoga teachers in Vancouver specifically, you’ll notice a wide range. Some, highly trained instructors, some, less so. Neither is automatically good or bad, but transparency is non-negotiable. The benefit of finding a teacher within a lineage is that the history, texts, and teachings already exist for you to study, with or without the guidance of a teacher. If you like the teachings but something about a teacher rubs you the wrong way, you can always find

Teaching yoga involves more than demonstrating postures. It involves working directly with people’s bodies and minds, which carries the risk of harm if done carelessly or without adequate understanding. It also involves influencing internal states—calming the nervous system, opening emotional layers, and sometimes surfacing unresolved experiences. Students often enter yoga spaces in states of vulnerability, whether they recognize it or not.

Many of the meditation techniques widely taught today come from traditions that developed in very different conditions than the ones most of us live in. They were often refined within monastic or renunciate environments; places where life was intentionally simplified. Fewer distractions. Fewer competing demands. Long stretches of silence. No pressure of family life. A daily rhythm structured around practice. A method designed for one set of conditions is applied to another,

Is Nervous System Regulation Ableist? Learn what it really means and the responsibilities of yoga teachers working with trauma and marginalized communities.

In trauma-informed social work, care, and healing, I’ve noticed a tendency to over-medicalize the human experience—to reduce trauma and its responses to clinical frameworks that strip away the complexity of what it means to heal. Tantric teachings, however, offer a vastly different perspective on trauma-informed care. In fact, within the first six sutras of the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam, we are given a profound teaching on the nature of consciousness.

Kendra Coupland, a Black yoga teacher based in Vancouver explores burnout and how activists can make their social justice work more sustainable by pacing themselves and being mindful

When our nervous systems are overwhelmed, we do not become more revolutionary. We become reactive. We repeat. We end up harming or recreating the very systems we seek to escape. We burn out. Movements fracture. Regulation is not about sedation nor is it about obedience and discipline. It is certainly not about pretending everything is fine. When I say “regulation” as a meditation teacher what I am referring to is the capacity to stay.

My Tantric practice has widened my capacity for nuance, teaching me how to love fully without falling into self-abnegation or abandoning boundaries. My practice has become my refuge, a place spacious enough to hold my hurt, my rage, and my fierce, sacred love, and all of the mysterious ways that grace arrives to me.

"When we meet Durga, we are not meeting a distant, mythic warrior goddess. We are encountering the force of consciousness that lives within each of us — the part of ourselves that knows how to act with courage without losing compassion, how to stand firm in love even as we face what feels unbearable."

What Nectarines (and my Anxiety) are Teaching Me About Being Delulu. Lately, I’ve been catching myself grieving the end of summer. Not over the dwindling daylight hours or the slow creep of cooler mornings. No, my sorrow has been squarely aimed at… nectarines. Yes, nectarines. That, and their equally enchanting cousins: cherries. a crate of freshly picked nectarines Every time I bite into that juicy, sun-soaked flesh of a stone fruit I feel a pang of dread. My mind immediatel

The popular association between each cakra and a color from the ROYGBIV spectrum (red to violet) isn’t found in the original yogic texts. These assignments came much later—popularized by Theosophists in the 19th and 20th centuries and cemented by authors like Anodea Judith in the 1980s.

Yoga is not a performance of health, it’s a path of awareness, liberation, and union. Invite yourself and students into self-inquiry rather than self-optimization. Ask, “Is this helping me connect more deeply to myself and the world?” rather than, “Is this making me healthier or better?”

Accessible yoga focuses on making yoga practices inclusive and adaptable for individuals of all abilities.

In a world where stress and exhaustion are all too common, Yoga Nidra offers a sanctuary of peace and rejuvenation.

The meditation is based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s guided meditation on the Five Mindfulness Trainings in his book, The Blooming of a Lotus.

Visually mapping emotions can be a powerful tool for self-awareness, emotional regulation, and personal development.

Sliding scale tuitions and tiered ticket pricing are fees for classes, workshops, and retreats that are adjusted depending on an individual's income. They prioritize fairness, equity and accessibility by allowing participants facing income inequality to participate equally.

The Gathering Place Community Centre offers programs and services to the Downtown South community. The center welcomes everyone, and centers the well-being of marginalized populations, including people on a fixed income, people with disabilities, seniors, people of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds, the LGBTQ community, youth, and people who are under-housed or experiencing homelessness.

Time & Location Jun 06, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CMMN GRND, 121 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1A4, Canada About the event This gentle class blends slow and intentional movement with breathwork and meditation. Without any particular goals or destination, we will explore a meandering practice that cultivates self-awareness and well-being through calm and neutral self-observation. What to Expect: Participants have the option of practicing from a mat, chair, or wheelchair and are i

A practice in compassion with Kendra Coupland. Watch this compassion meditation for free.