[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces”][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”home-1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1632906129826{background-color: #eff3f6 !important;}”][vc_column icons_position=”left”][vc_empty_space alter_height=”large” hide_on_mobile=”” css=”.vc_custom_1490452531497{margin-top: -0.5rem !important;}”][trx_sc_title title_style=”default” title_align=”center” title=”Anam Cara Yoga” subtitle=”For Aging Gratefully”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1631960101577{background-color: #eff3f6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″ icons_position=”left”][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1029″ fronttitle=”Somatic Yoga” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backtitle=”Somatic Yoga” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Somatic Yoga is a gentle paced asana class blended with somatic movement. Soma, means body and somatic movement is basically a retraining of the brain, to allow release of tight muscles and a resulting ease of movement.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1024″ fronttitle=”Chair Yoga” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Chair Yoga is suitable for people recovering from an injury or living with a chronic condition, or for people with limited flexibility in which sitting on a mat on the floor is not an option.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1188″ fronttitle=”Every Body Yoga” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Every Body Yoga is a Hatha yoga class open to all who are ready to move their body on the mat with mindfulness and within their body’s wisdom.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1631960107694{background-color: #eff3f6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″ icons_position=”left”][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1023″ fronttitle=”Breath” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]In this 20-minute class, we focus on the breath for our good health and well-being. We explore ancient ways of working with breath that are so applicable today.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1026″ fronttitle=”Grief Yoga” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]This is a gentle yoga class, emphasizing self-love and forgiveness. Grief Yoga Class combines meditation, breath work, gentle body movement, Yoga nidra, journaling and ritual.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1028″ fronttitle=”Restorative / Yoga Nidra” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Restorative/Yoga Nidra class is a monthly class, occurring on the first Sunday of each month. This class is for deep relaxation, to release, restore, and renew.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1631960113854{background-color: #eff3f6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″ icons_position=”left”][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1022″ fronttitle=”One-To-One & Private Group” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Sometimes a One-To-One session is just the right fit for re-entry into a weekly yoga practice or to set yourself up for a daily home practice.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1030″ fronttitle=”Workshops” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Workshops offer an intensity of practice and focus. See what’s up & coming[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][cq_vc_flipbox frontfullimage=”1027″ fronttitle=”Private Yoga Retreats” frontcontentcolor=”#ffffff” backcontentcolor=”#f7f7f7″ backbutton=”SEE MORE” backbuttonbg=”#4f6c82″ backbuttonhoverbg=”#4f6c82″ flipdirection=”rightleft” cardshape=”square” titlesize=”3em” elementheight=”500″ backbuttonlink=”url:%23″ link=”url:%23|title:Learn%20More”]Anam Cara Yoga looks forward to again offering Self-catered Private Yoga Retreats at Ocean Song on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada, once the pandemic is behind us.[/cq_vc_flipbox][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1632736376741{background-image: url(https://anamcarayoga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/testimonials_bg.png?id=944) !important;}”][vc_column icons_position=”left”][vc_empty_space alter_height=”large” hide_on_mobile=”” css=”.vc_custom_1490685861615{margin-top: -0.3rem !important;}”][vc_column_text]
We respectfully acknowledge the unceded ancestral lands of the Coast Salish First Nations of Salt Spring Island, including speakers of the SENĆOŦEN language (the W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations comprising the SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), and W̱SIKEM (Tseycum) Nations, and BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin) Nation), and speakers of the HUL’O’UMI’NUM’ language (QUW’UTSUN (Cowichan Tribes), XELA´TXW, (Halalt First Nation) and PUNE’LAXUTTH’ (Penelakut Tribe)), whose interconnection with and stewardship of these lands and saltwaters continues from ancestral times to present day and into the future.
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