Atlas Yoga Studio

11/06/2025

According to a recent study, forward head position and blood flow to the brain are clinically observable by taking the carotid pulses and can lead to debilitating symptoms within the brain.

The carotid pulses are weaker when the head is in a forward position; however, the carotid pulses are stronger when the head is over the spine.

When the head is forward over the spine, the brain may not receive sufficient blood flow and oxygen due to compression of the carotid arteries. If this compression is severe enough, it can result in cerebral ischemia (CNS dysfunction). Clinically, we see disturbed sleeping patterns, increased anxiety, and mental N sluggishness.

The March 2000 Mayo Clinic reported that prolonged FHP also leads to myospasm, disc herniations, arthritis, and pinched nerves.

Dr. Alf Breig, a Swedish neurosurgeon and Nobel Prize recipient, describes how the loss of a normal cervical lordotic curve creates dysfunction and disease.

Through cadaver studies, Dr. Breig demonstrated that neck flexion could stretch the spinal cord 5-7 cm causing tensioning of the meninges (covering of the brain and spinal cord) and elicit measurable pressure on brainstem nuclei (nerve control centers) which control all basic life functions. (Breig, Alf.
Adverse Mechanical Tension in the Central Nervous System: An Analysis of Cause and Effect. 1978. Almqvuist & Wiksell
International, Stockholm, Sweden. Pg. 177.)

New studies show that correction of cervical lordosis may be associated with an immediate increase in cerebral blood flow.
Ref: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31001596/

11/03/2025

Grateful for all the joy that is flowing through this studio this fall...⁠
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We have some wonderful practice classes happening this fall if you are new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner. ⁠
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⭐️ new instructors - try a class with Alexandria or Shauna⁠
⭐️ Old favourites - Denise, Elizabeth, Crystal and Liv are still here to serve you⁠
⭐️ Speciality classes for Prenatal, Parkinson's, In studio and still Live Online⁠
⭐️ Book us for your Corporate or Private Events ⁠
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New Trainings that are still to come this fall 2025 ⁠
📗 Advanced Pranayama and Breathwork⁠
📘 Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training ⁠
📙 Start your journey to the 500hr Yoga Teacher or 1000hr Yoga Therapist Certifications⁠
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other Events:⁠
🍓 Women's Healing Circles⁠
♠️ Tarot Card Reading Training ⁠
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Watch for more details on upcoming events ⁠
🎁 Holiday Handmade Gift Market Pop-up Shop⁠
🍭 Thrifting Pop-up shop⁠
📿 Mala Making - bring a friend and make one for each other 💝

10/23/2025

10/12/2025

The land on which Studio at 20 Park Hill Road East in Cambridge, Ontario stands is part of the Haldimand Tract—lands promised to the Six Nations of the Grand River. This territory is also the traditional land of the Anishinaabe (Anishinaabeg), Haudenosaunee, and Chonnonton peoples.

We honour their enduring connection to these lands, waters, and communities. May we move forward in gratitude, learning, and respect.

This Thanksgiving, I’m reflecting with deep gratitude and a desire to grow—both in heart and practice.

🍁 I’m supremely thankful for the nurturing energy of community, creativity, and care that fills our studio walls.

But gratitude isn’t just a word—it’s an invitation. So today, I’m also letting this Thanksgiving be a moment of reckoning:

Honouring the traditional stewards of this land—Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Chonnonton peoples—and pledging to listen, learn, and act with respect and presence.

Choosing to celebrate with intention and awareness, weaving inclusion and historical truth into what feel like ordinary moments: meals, gatherings, shared stories.

May our voices be full of gratitude—and our actions full of humility. Here’s to light, learning, and living with kind curiosity.

Warm wishes for a meaningful Thanksgiving. 🧡

09/30/2025

Hello dear community ☀️🕊️

​I'm excited to share a new chapter in my healing practice! 🙏🏽

I'm inviting 10 individuals to receive a complimentary 90-minute Thai Yoga Massage session as I complete my certification. 🤲🏼

​Imagine being gently stretched, compressed, and rocked into a state of deep relaxation. Performed fully clothed on a comfortable mat, this ancient practice is a therapeutic dance that works with the body's energy to release tension and restore calm. ✨️

​My sessions are rooted in a trauma-informed and somatic approach, prioritizing a safe, respectful, and invitational space for your nervous system to rest and release holding patterns. 🤍

​I hold a special intention to support those navigating grief, death, dying, and bereavement. Thai Yoga Massage can offer a deeply comforting and grounding anchor during life's profound transitions. 🕊

💛 ​Complimentary 90-Minute Session (Brief intake required)
💛 ​Location: The serene in Cambridge.
💛 ​To Book: Please DM me to reserve your spot. Your feedback will be invaluable!

​I look forward to sharing this restorative practice with you.

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09/18/2025

Your breath is more than oxygen—
it is memory, story, survival, and healing.

Pranayama refines awareness.
Breathwork opens what’s been held inside.
Somatics helps the body remember safety.
Trauma-informed practice honors the wisdom of survival while inviting softness, release, and renewal.

With each inhale, we arrive.
With each exhale, we let go.
In the stillness between, we remember who we are

09/15/2025

Some of the most basic symbols that represent divine truth ....

⭕️The Circle
With no beginning and no end, the circle is the ultimate symbol of wholeness, unity, and eternity. It represents the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth, as well as the perfection and all-encompassing nature of the divine. In many traditions, God or the universe is conceptualized as a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Examples: The sun and moon, the Buddhist/Hindu Mandala, the Celtic Trinity Knot, and the Ouroboros (a serpent eating its own tail).

☀️Light
Perhaps the most universal symbol for consciousness, enlightenment, and goodness. Light is synonymous with knowledge, truth, and the divine source itself, dispelling the darkness of ignorance and evil. The experience of sudden understanding is often described as a moment of "illumination."

Examples: The halos around holy figures in Christian art, the concept of prakasha (divine light) in Hinduism, and the universal metaphor of seeking "the light."

🔵The Point (or Seed)
The point represents the origin of all things—the singularity from which all of creation emerges. It is a symbol of unmanifest potential, the source, and the beginning of all journeys. Before the circle, the line, or any other form, there is the point. It embodies the profound idea that the entirety of the vast cosmos exists in potential within a single, dimensionless origin.

Examples: The dot in the centre of a mandala or a yin-yang symbol, representing the seed of the opposite within each half and the source from which they emerge.

💧Water
A fundamental symbol of purification, healing, and the flow of life. Water cleanses the physical and the spiritual. It represents the subconscious, emotion, and intuition. As it can exist as a solid, liquid, and gas, it also symbolizes transformation and the cycles of life.

Examples: The role of holy water and baptism in Christianity, the reverence for the Ganges River in Hinduism, and the use of water for ritual cleansing in Islam and Judaism.

🌳The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life, or World Tree, is a powerful symbol of the interconnectedness of all things. With its roots deep in the earth, its trunk in the physical world, and its branches reaching for the heavens, it connects all realms: the underworld, the earth, and the divine. It symbolizes growth, ancestry, life, and the unbreakable bond between the spiritual and the material.

Examples: The Norse Yggdrasil, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life in Jewish mysticism, the Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, and its presence in the Book of Genesis.

These symbols, and others, represent both the fundamental starting points of inquiry (the Alpha) and the ultimate, often ineffable, truths that philosophy strives to reach (the Omega).

09/11/2025

Thank you