Calendar of Events
C = Calgary Event E = Edmonton Event RD = Red Deer Event
YOGA ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA EVENTS IN GREEN TEXT E-Mail: yogaab@telusplanet.net
MAY 2019
May YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. Go to yoga.ca for more information.
May E Life Anatomy – It’s FUNctional w/ Sherry Ogg. For yoga teachers & students. Online $49 or correspondence $75 anytime. Fulfils YAA: TTP 10 hours; Advanced Training 15 hours. Classroom workshop dates https://workercise.com/therapists.asp, info@micromoves.com. Ad. p.13.
May 31-Jun 2 Brenda L. Feuerstein: Guest presenter at SOYA’s Annual Yoga Retreat – Life as a Yogi in the 21st Century: Interweaving traditional practices from sacred texts into asana, pranayama & meditation. Incl. practices for trauma, eating disorders, grief and dying.Fri 6pm-Sun 12pm. $295 (accom, camping & meals extra). Sorrento Centre, BC. soyayoga.com, info@soyayoga.com, 403-805-7902.
JUNE 2019
Jun YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Jun E Life Anatomy – It’s FUNctional w/ Sherry Ogg. For yoga teachers & students. Online $49 or correspondence $75 anytime. Fulfils YAA: TTP 10 hours; Advanced Training 15 hours. Classroom workshop dates https://workercise.com/therapists.asp, info@micromoves.com. Ad. p.13.
Jun 1 E Embodied Yoga w/Reg Nugent. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jun 2 C Mudras & Bandhas: Deepen Your Practice w/ Vanitha Naik. Learn how to stimulate different parts of the body and mind affect the flow of prana in the body. 1:30-4:30pm. $65+GST. The Yoga Studio of Calgary, Crowchild. 403-265-6295.
Jun 6 C Yoga for Better Sleep w/ Lonnie DeSorcy C-IAYT. Easy-to-implement yogic strategies, including some deliciously relaxing yoga poses, to address what stands in the way of adequate rest. All levels. 7-9pm. $25. FCJ Centre, Calgary. 403-228-4215 or info@fcjcentre.ca or fcjcentre.ca.
Jun 8 YAA E YAA Teacher Training Class #5: Standing Poses; Yamas / Ethics / Muladhara Chakra / Pada & Mula-Bandhas / Foot & Knee Alignment & Anatomy; 6 Part Breath; Mary LeBlanc; 9:30 am-3 pm. $60. 9231–100 Ave. YAA 780-427-8776. Go to yoga.ca for more information or to register.
Jun 8 C Family Yoga – Ages 5-12 w/ Monika Beck. 3:30-4:45pm. $30+GST/2 people, $5/additional family member. The Yoga Studio of Calgary, Crowfoot. 403-239-3344.
Jun 8 E Secrets of Ancient Yoga: Meditation and Mundras w/Dorothy Robinson. 10am-2pm. $50. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jun 8 E Intro to Whole Body Alignment & Mindful Strength w/ Jill Gaumont. 9am-12pm. $40.Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. yogawithin.ca.
Jun 14 E Yoga & Body Rolling w/ Anita Sielecki. 6:30-8:30pm. $30.Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. www.yogawithin.ca
Jun 15 E Yoga Nidra, Savasana, & Deep Relax’n wksp w/ Keely Scott. 10-4pm. $75. Mile Zero Dance, 10816 95 St. Registration/Info: 780-469-5419 or email: keely.scott@shaw.ca
Jun 15-Oct 5 E Philosophy 101 w/Donalee Campbell (still open for registration). May 25 2:30-4:30pm, Jun 15 2:45-4:30pm, Aug 10 3-4:30pm, Sep 6 7-9pm, Sep 7 2:45-4:15pm, Sep 8 10:45-12:45pm, Oct 5 8-9:30am. $140. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jun 16 C Yoga for your Eyes Workshop w/ Helen Mikuska at Harmony Yoga Pilates Studio, Sun 1-3 pm. 809-1402; info@harmonyyogapilatesstudio.ca
Jun 17 E Guided Imagery Journey w/Anne Belohorec. 11-12:30pm. $50. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jun 20 YAA E INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY – FREE YOGA. Noon – 1pm. All levels welcome. Yoga, meditation and music taught by YAA Certified Teachers. Thursday at the BandShell at Alberta Legislature Grounds (weather permitting). YAA 780-427-8776. Go to yoga.ca for information.
Jun 21-23 YAA E Deepening our Practice Retreat Series w/ David McAmmond: Asana, Meditation, Therapeutic & Restorative Practices. Fri 6:30 pm-Sun 3:30 pm. Providence Renewal Centre. Anita 780-432-7152 for cost and registration options.
Jun 21-22 E Awaken Your Inner Radiance Summer Solstice Event w/Satwinder Sran. Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. yogawithin.ca.
Jun 22 E Yoga 2.0: Diving Deeper w/Donalee Campbell. 12-4pm. $60. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jun 22-29 Montana: Soul Food: A Creative Celebration of Freedom & Authenticity w/ Carie Garrett. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Jun 29 E Yoga for Breath and Voice w/David Wilson. 8:30-11:30am. $50. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jun 30- Oct 5 E Breath Awareness w/Julie Jeong. Jun 30 9-10:30am, Aug 11 9-10:30am, Sep 8 9-10:30am, Oct 5 10-11:30am. $60 Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
JULY 2019
Jul YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Jul 1 E Initial Certifications and Recertification applications for September approval.
Jul E Life Anatomy – It’s FUNctional w/ Sherry Ogg. For yoga teachers & students. Online $49 or correspondence $75 anytime. Fulfils YAA: TTP 10 hours; Advanced Training 15 hours. Classroom workshop dates https://workercise.com/therapists.asp, info@micromoves.com. Ad. p.13.
Jul 5-12 or Jul 5-20 C Refresh and Reboot your Yoga Teacher Training w/ South Okanagan Yoga Academy. 200RYT teachers who want to get re-inspired to teach and deepen their skills and knowledge! Come for 8 or 16 days. Half price of SOYA’s teacher training depending on the number of days you attend. Harmony Yoga Studio, #200, 3160-118 Ave SE. Marion (Mugs) 403-805-7902, soyayoga.com, info@soyayoga.com.
Jul 6-12 Montana: Big Sky Bhakti Bliss: A Montana Yoga Retreat w/ Nat Kendall. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Jul 8-12 E Whole Body Alignment & Mindful Strength Intensive w/ Jill Gaumont. 10am-4:30pm. $515.Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. yogawithin.ca.
Jul 12-14 C The Art & Skill of Teaching Restorative Yoga w/ Trish Robbins. Learn how restorative yoga postures and breath work can brings out of the ‘stress response’ of the sympathetic nervous system into the ‘relaxation response’ of the parasympathetic system, in this 3 day workshop. Fri 7-9pm, S/S 1:30-5:30pm. $190+GST. The Yoga Studio of Calgary, Crowchild. 403-265-6295.
Jul 13-20 Montana: The Mindful Unplug Experience: Exploring Presence Through the Senses w/ Feathered Pipe Mindful Unplug Team. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Jul 14 E Guided Imagery Journey w/ Anne Belohorec. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Jul 20-26 Montana: Transforming Consciousness: An Iyengar Yoga Intensive w/ Marla Apt. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Jul 27-Aug 3 Montana: Finding Your Still Point: Practicing Restorative Yoga, Pranayama, & Meditation w/ Judith Hanson Lasater. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
AUGUST 2019
Aug YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Aug E Life Anatomy – It’s FUNctional w/ Sherry Ogg. For yoga teachers & students. Online $49 or correspondence $75 anytime. Fulfils YAA: TTP 10 hours; Advanced Training 15 hours. Classroom workshop dates https://workercise.com/therapists.asp, info@micromoves.com. Ad. p.13.
Aug 3-10 Montana: Creating Everyday Bliss: Restorative Yoga Summer Camp w/ Judith Hanson Lasater & Lizzie Lasater. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Aug 10-17 Montana: Yoga, Ayurveda, and the Power of Nature w/ Baxter Bell, MD & Melina Meza. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Aug 11 E Breath Awareness w/Julie Jeong. $20/session. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Aug 14-18 YAA E Mindfulness Meditation & Gentle Yoga Retreat w/Kavindu (Mexico) & David McAmmond: Wed. 3 pm-Sun 1 pm. Providence Renewal Centre. Anita 780-432-7152; sielecki@hotmail.com for information.
Aug 17-24 Montana: Slower is Stronger: The Slow Yoga Revolution w/ J. Brown. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
Aug 17 C Follow Your Chakra Art, Yoga and Meditation Retreat. One day art, yoga and meditation retreat. This is a one of a kind, one day art, yoga and meditation retreat in Priddis. You will learn the chakras through movement and creativity. 8:30am-4:30pm.
Aug 23-25 Getting Back to Nature Retreat in Jasper. Palisades Centre. Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. yogawithin.ca.
Aug 24-31 Montana: Energy Medicine Yoga: The Hidden Power Of The Chakras w/ Lauren Walker. Feathered Pipe Ranch Retreat Centre, Montana. Featheredpipe.com. 406-442-8196.
SEPTEMBER 2019
Sep YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Sep 2019-May 2020 E 300-Hour YA Weekly Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at Breathe Yoga School RYS Beaumont / South Edm w/ Senior Teacher Angie Ackerman breatheyoga.ca.
Sep 2019-Apr 2020 E 200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training w/Melanie Checknita. Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. yogawithin.ca.
Sep 2 E Free Yoga Day. Yoga Within 9014-75 St. 780-450-9642. yogawithin.ca
Sep 7 E Sun Salutaion w/Jill Gaumont. 12:30-2:30. $40. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Sep 7 E Discover your Chakra Energy Centres w/Leslie McKenzie. Time & price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Sep 8 E Breath Awareness w/Julie Jeong. $20/session Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Sep 14 YAA E YAA Teacher Training Class Class #6: Hip Openers & Forward Bends; Niyamas / Svadhisthana Chakra / Pelvis & Lumbar Spine Anatomy / Pre- and Post-Natal Issues; Ujjayi; Teddy Hyndman; 9:30 am-3 pm. $60. 9231–100 Ave. YAA 780-427-8776. Go to yoga.ca for more information or to register.
Sep 14 C Strengthening Your Container Workshop w/ Lonnie DeSorcy C-IAYT. Yoga techniques to awaken, release tension, and set the stage to fully replenish in sleep. All levels. 9am-4pm. $100. Incl. lunch. FCJ Centre, Calgary. 403-228-4215 or info@fcjcentre.ca or fcjcentre.ca.
Sep 21 YAA E Hatha Yoga and YogaChi w/ Paul Yapp. Physical, Intellectual & Meditative Quests. 11759 Groat Road, Room 8. 10-3pm. $40 YAA 780-427-8776.
Sep 27-29 YAA E Deepening our Practice Retreat Series w/ David McAmmond: Asana, Meditation, Therapeutic & Restorative Practices. Fri 6:30 pm-Sun 3:30 pm. Providence Renewal Centre. Anita 780-432-7152 for cost & reg. options.
Sep 28 YAA E Body, Breath, Mind Integration in the Desikachar Lineage w/ Barb Hagen, Marcia Langenberg and Bev Moore. Percy Page, Room 8. 9am-1pm. $60/memb (+$30 non-mem). Info. Marcia 780-436-3767. Reg. YAA 780-427-8776. Go to yoga.ca for more information or to register.
Sep 28 E Core Integration: Developing Awareness, Stability and Strength w/Gillian Soder. Time & price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
OCTOBER 2019
Oct YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Oct 4-6 YAA E Fall Teaching Skills Workshop; $200; Fri 7-9pm; Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 9am-3pm; Classical Yoga Centre 11906-129 Ave.; Mary LeBlanc; YAA 780-427-8776. ad p. 25. See yoga.ca for information and to register.
Oct 5 E Breath Awareness w/Julie Jeong. $20/session. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Oct 9 YAA E Satsang Gathering with an iRest Flavour: Short Meditation, Talk, Practice, Q&A, 7-9:30 pm, Providence Renewal Centre, 3005-119 St. Please join us. Sugg. don. $20. Anita 780-432-7152. See yoga.ca for information.
Oct 10-16 YAA E Richard Miller (USA)/Kirsten Guest – The Heart of Meditation: The transformative Power of Essential Nature. A live-in retreat. Providence Renewal Centre, Thu 5 pm-Wed 1 pm, Anita (780) 432-7152. See yoga.ca for information and to register.
Oct 18-20 YAA E Desikachar Lineage Yoga w/ International teacher Rosemary Jeanes Antze. $260 members (+$30 non-members. Information. Marcia 780-436-3767, Register YAA 780-427-8776. See yoga.ca for information and to register.
Oct 18-20 E Teacher Training: Teaching Yoga to Children w/Rita Maltais. Time & price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
NOVEMBER 2019
Nov YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Nov 1 YAA Deadline for Initial Certification and Recertification applications for January approval.
Nov 6 E Teaching Yoga: Summoning the Authentic Teacher w/ Marla Ericksen. 5-8:30pm. Price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Nov 7 E Yin Yoga Foundation Training: The Essential Teachings w/ Marla Ericksen. (All day) Time & price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Nov 8 E YAA Teaching Yin Yoga: Creating an Embodied Spiritual Experience w/ Marla Ericksen. (All day) Time & price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Nov 9-10 E Yin and Meditation Retreat: Soulful Self-Soothing w/ Marla Ericksen. (All day) Time & price TBD. Yoga for Today 780-416-4211; info@yogafortoday.ca or yogafortoday.ca.
Nov 16 YAA E YAA Teacher Training Class Class #7: Balancing; Asana / Class Planning & Sequencing / Review Nadis; Nadi Sodhana; Melanie Checknita; 9:30 am-3 pm. $60. 9231–100 Ave. YAA 780-427-8776. See yoga.ca for information and to register.
Nov 17 C Living Your Life’s Purpose w/ Lonnie DeSorcy C-IAYT. Accessible yoga and meditative practices to move forward with our divinely-inspired purpose. All levels. 1-5pm. $50. FCJ Centre. 403-228-4215 or info@fcjcentre.ca or fcjcentre.ca.
Nov29-Dec1 YAA E Deepening our Practice Retreat Series w/ David McAmmond: Asana, Meditation, Therapeutic & Restorative Practices. Fri 6:30 pm-Sun 3:30 pm. Providence Renewal Centre. Anita 780-432-7152 for cost & reg. options.
DECEMBER 2019
Dec YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Dec 7 YAA E YAA Teacher Training Class Class #8: Standing Twists, Seated Twists; Bhagavad Gita: History & Intro / Karma Yoga; Review of year one pranayama / Students bring a plan to teach one pranayama to beginners; Karen Hamdon; 9:30 am-3 pm. $60. 9231–100 Ave. YAA 780-427-8776. See yoga.ca for information and to register.
2020
Jan YAA YAA Teacher Training Program. Start anytime. Pay-as-you go. See yoga.ca for information.
Jan 10-18 Yelapa, Mexico Yoga Retreat w/ Alison Irwin. Beachside accom, 3 meals daily, yoga 2x daily. $1335 USD. Add $250 USD for singles $100 USD off with this ad. Airfare not included. Alison Irwin 780 993-7443.
Feb 7-15 Yelapa, Mexico Yoga Retreat w/ Alison Irwin. Beachside accom, 3 meals daily, yoga 2x daily. $1335 USD. Add $250 USD for single. $100 USD off with this ad. Airfare not included. Alison Irwin 780 993-7443.
Mar 21-Apr 4 India: Spiritual Yoga Retreat w/ Karen Hamdon SYT and Lawrence Dombro SYT. Experience Mystical India and Yoga in the foothills of the Himalayas. Daily Yoga and Meditation/Sacred Sites/Ashram Visits/Teachings with Swamis and more. We stay on the banks of the sacred Ganges and we would love you to join us! Space is limited to 14. consciousyoga.org.
YAA WORKSHOP AND CLASSES FEES AND CANCELLATION POLICY:
Registration with full payment to the YAA office is required for all YAA workshops, TTP classes, retreats, etc. Phone registration without payment will be held for 7 calendar days.
Transfer of your registration to another participant is not permitted.
Cancellation fees apply. All refunds are given at the discretion of the YAA. Once payment has been made to the YAA, you may qualify for an 80% refund, if your space can be filled by another registrant. Cancellation due to illness (with a doctor’s note) or due to unforeseen emergency MAY qualify for a refund at the discretion of the YAA.