West Coast Retreat Intensives with Ty Chandler & Sharoni Fixler

Join us in beautiful Sooke, BC as we bring our annual Mexico retreat tradition to Canada. The pleasant harbourside village of Sooke on southern Vancouver Island provides a tranquil refuge from the bustle of city life.

This retreat format asks us to meet ourselves through sustained practice, sequenced to progressively open the body through concentrated effort and awareness. In the yoga sutras of Patanjali, it's explained that yoga practice should consist of effort or action, self study and surrender or letting go. He goes on by saying that practice should be for long periods of time, uninterrupted and practiced with love and respect. As yoga practitioners we all face starting, stopping, and restarting, irregularity and procrastination. In these practice intensives we aim to create daily structure, high quality Iyengar instruction and a supportive atmosphere and community.

This style of condensed practice gives time to consolidate what has been learned in technical study. It helps a practitioner break undesirable habits and establish positive ones. Through the process we face ourselves. We face challenges and we also unearth our sensitivity and our strength, our inspiration and appreciation through a committed journey.

With the focus being more on practicing rather than learning new techniques and collecting more points, one has the opportunity to be in a more meditative state. Being with like minded practitioners creates a supportive atmosphere to assist in going beyond where we go when practicing alone. And finally, we aim to cultivate love and respect in order to stay the course of a lifetime of practice.

We welcome you to join us for a fruitful practice week together.

Week 1: Restoration, Recuperation & Foundations
Sunday July 4 - Friday July 9, 2021

+For beginner students who wish to discover yoga or,
+Those with some experience in the Iyengar method
+Practitioners of other methods of yoga and who wish to know the Iyengar method
+Practitioners seeking deep recuperation and restoration
+Those who have stopped practicing for a while and wish to take it up again

Week 2: Level 2-3-4 Practice Intensive
Monday July 12 - Sunday July 18, 2021

+Practitioners with more than 2 years of regular practice - Iyengar method
+Practitioners with a regular home practice who can hold sirsasana for 5 minutes with variations and sarvangasana for up to 10 minutes with variations

Register for Both Weeks: $100 off
+use promo code BOTHWEEKS at the checkout when submitting your registration deposit

Details & registration: https://www.calgaryiyengaryoga.com/wcri