Eight Limbs Yoga

11/17/2025

Dear Eight Limbs community,

Yoga teaches us to accept the truth of impermanence —  each chapter has its own beginning, middle, and natural close. With that in heart, I’m writing to share that Eight Limbs Yoga will be closing on Friday, December 19, with our final class at 10am that morning.

This decision has grown slowly and thoughtfully over time. The past few years have brought many changes, and it became clear that I can no longer sustain the full schedule and responsibility of running the shala. Though this choice is difficult, it is the right step for me at this time.

What I want you to know most is this:
our practice is what carries us — not the walls around us.
Yoga meets us wherever we are: on a studio floor, beside a bed at sunrise, in a quiet corner of our home. Breath, movement, and presence have sustained us through so much, and they will continue to carry each of us forward long after the doors of Eight Limbs close.

My intention has never been to give you a practice, but to help you uncover the one that was already yours.
Your breath, your awareness, your growing steadiness — these are the true teachers. The wisdom you’ve cultivated here doesn’t stay within these walls ; it lives within you, ready to meet you wherever you unroll your mat next.

Thank you for your presence, your trust, your breath, and your willingness to show up. This community has been one of the deepest honors of my life.

These past six years have meant more to me than I can say. Each of you has brought something unique into this space — your courage, your softness, your curiosity, your stories. Teaching you has been a privilege, and every class has left an imprint on my heart. Thank you for allowing me to share this journey with you.

With gratitude for every moment we’ve shared,
and with deep respect for your practice.

More to come in the following days

Lisa 🧡🧡🧡

11/13/2025

No classes tonight.
I pushed a bit too hard this morning and have lost my voice, so I’m taking the evening to rest and recover.

Thank you so much for your understanding and patience. 🫶✨

11/01/2025

🍂 A New Week of Practice 🍂

We’re are open Mondays this month, and so happy to see Candlelit Yin return to the schedule — guided by Jenn, whose grounding Yin practice invites deep release and quiet balance. ✨

Each class this week offers space to move, breathe, and reconnect — whether you’re cultivating strength, stillness, or simple presence.

🌊 Sunday Nov 9th — Calm Waters 1–3pm
An afternoon to rest deeply and soften the mind’s ripples through gentle movement, restorative postures, breath, and guided meditation. An opportunity to return to the calm beneath the waves.

🧡 Book your spot through Wellness Living or visit eightlimbs.ca

10/17/2025

We tend to think spiritual growth means becoming someone wiser, calmer, more elevated. But over time, I’ve realized it’s really a softening — a letting go of needing to be anyone at all. This quote always reminds me that the most genuine awakening is profoundly ordinary.

🕊”Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred. I meet a lot of people who think they are enlightened and awake simply because they have had a very moving spiritual experience. They wear their enlightenment on their sleeve like a badge of honour. They sit among friends and talk about how awake they are while sipping coffee at a cafe. The funny thing about enlightenment is that when it is authentic, there is no one to claim it. Enlightenment is very ordinary; it is nothing special. Rather than making you more special, it is going to make you less special. It plants you right in the centre of a wonderful humility and innocence. Everyone else may or may not call you enlightened, but when you are enlightened the whole notion of enlightenment and someone who is enlightened is a big joke. I use the word enlightenment all the time; not to point you toward it but to point you beyond it. Do not get stuck in enlightenment.”(Adyashanti)

10/04/2025

✨️ Inner Spaciousness
Freedom | Moksha ✨️

Thank you to everyone who joined practice this morning — your presence and energy created such a beautiful shared space.

Today we explored spaciousness — the way breath expands within us, the way awareness widens when we soften our grip on effort.
In those quiet moments at the end of class, when body and mind dissolve into stillness, we may catch a glimpse of moksha — inner freedom.

Moksha doesn’t mean escaping life, but rather being fully present within it — unbound by our stories, our fears, or our striving. Through practice, we learn to return again and again to that vast inner sky where nothing is missing and nothing is held too tightly.

🕉️ May your day unfold from that spacious place.

09/21/2025

I’ll be guiding all of our classes next week ✨ A few schedule shifts are coming up, and I’d love to see you on the mat. Each practice is a chance to pause, breathe, and move together. 🌿

Scroll through for the updated times — I look forward to sharing this week of practice with you. 💛

09/10/2025

Offered by the graduating students of our Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, this special class is a chance to be guided into deep rest and stillness. Each pose is thoughtfully supported with props to encourage release and renewal, with our trainees holding space gently and attentively.

Come as you are—no experience needed. This offering is free to attend, as part of Rebecca's final teaching practice. Reserve your spot by booking online.

Take a breath. Let go. Be held

09/01/2025

🧘🏻‍♀️🧘‍♂️

✨ Step into practice, step into yourself ✨

At Eight Limbs, membership is more than a pass to classes — it’s an invitation to steady transformation.
With each visit, you arrive as you are and leave a little lighter, steadier, and more connected.

🌿 Membership includes:
• Abhyasa ~ steady, consistent practice (2x/week) $90
• Sadhana ~ dedicated, unlimited practice $120
• Bring a guest twice a month — share the gift of yoga
• Free mat storage — let your practice live here, waiting for you

Our shala is a space to breathe, move, and rediscover what’s possible in body, mind, and heart. Your practice doesn’t need to be perfect — only sincere.

💫 Begin where you are. Grow with us.

09/01/2025

She's Back...

✨ Step Into Autumn’s Rhythm: An Evening of Sound and Stillness
🗓️ Monday, September 29 | 7:30–9:00 PM
📍 Eight Limbs Yoga | $35

Last month, while I was away, Jenn welcomed Vicki Hartley to the shala for a beautiful sound bath session — and the response was incredible. So many of you shared how deeply held, grounded, and renewed you felt in her presence.

I'm happy to announce that Vicki is returning this month to guide us into autumn’s gentle inward shift — with the resonance of crystal bowls, chimes, and healing vibration to support stillness, peace, and alignment.

Come rest. Come receive. Come return to yourself.

🎟️ Space is limited — reserve your spot early.
https://eightlimbs.ca/special-offerings

08/29/2025

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✨ Your body. Your practice. Your pace. ✨

One of my specialties is working with clients in midlife and beyond — people who want to feel strong, steady, and at ease in their bodies.

Many of my private students come to me while navigating injury, recovery, or burnout. Together, we create practices that build strength, mobility, balance, and calm — always paced to meet their unique needs.

Private sessions are more than movement on the mat — they’re about building confidence, finding support, and carrying those benefits into daily life. 🌿

👉 This is for you if you’re ready to invest in your well-being and want a practice that truly supports your stage of life.

This season, I have space to welcome a small number of new private clients. If you’re interested in exploring this kind of supportive practice, I’d love to connect.

08/23/2025

For all the yoga teachers 🤍

We are thrilled to be offering a full scholarship to Nourish with Eoin Finn of Blissology for a teacher that would like to join us at Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre, on beautiful Georgian Bay, Ontario, this September. 🪷

As part of our own practice of Karma Yoga, or selfless service, we would like to invite nominations that will help us select a Yoga teacher that models the qualities of the Yamas and Niyamas in their practice, teaching, and everyday life. 🧘🏻

Know anyone?

Is this YOU?

Please participate by nominating or self-nominating via a private message here on our page, or by emailing soltosoul@live.com.

We look forward to hosting you!🌟

08/22/2025

✨ Two of Om Shanti’s amazing graduates—erin Chapelle & Marco Hanson—are co-hosting a retreat at Sugar Ridge next month with guest teacher Eoin Finn! ✨

This special retreat, Nourish: A Retreat for Yoga Teachers (Sept 19–21), is designed to support burnt-out yoga teachers—a weekend to rest, reset, and reconnect with why you fell in love with this practice in the first place. 🌿

With soulful Ayurvedic meals, gentle practices, sunrise 108 Surya Namaskar to greet the equinox, and even a private concert of ancient instruments, it’s a beautiful opportunity to refill your cup in community.

📍 Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre
📅 Sept 19–21, 2025
https://www.sugarridge.ca/retreat/nourish-with-eoin-finn-retreat-for-yoga-teachers/

We couldn’t be more proud of erin & Marco and the way they’re sharing their gifts. If you’ve been craving time to nourish yourself, this is it.

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