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Every story is a success story no matter how big or how small. Share your personal stories and help others begin their transformative journey to better health, and inner calm. How has yoga touched your life?

Submit your story and be eligible to win a Yoga Retreat weekend on Galiano for two or a 3-month unlimited pass.

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Upcoming Events

Many of our world-class events sell out, so be sure to register early!

November 22nd
Teacher Development Series: Principles of Teaching with Rachel Scott
December 6th
Absolute Beginner Yoga with Rachel Scott
December 13th-14th
Teacher Development Series: Hands-on Adjustments with Rachel Scott
December 20th
Preparation for Childbirth: Couples Yoga Workshop with Janice Clarfield

Join us for a 40 Day Yoga Challenge, and feel great through the holidays

Why wait until the New Year to feel your personal best?

Practicing yoga 40 days consecutively will not only shape your body but free your mind. Yogic science tells us that it takes 40 days to provide the shift needed to develop life-promoting habits or to drop destructive patterns. A first step to experiencing lasting change is a commitment to 40 consecutive days of yogic practice. Because we live in the real world and know the challenges you face, we challenge you to participate in 30 classes over the course of 40 days.

All students who participate in and succesfully complete the challenge are eligible to participate in a draw for a one year unlimited membership at Semperviva.

If you're travelling, visit a studio where you are and inform us of classes you have participated in.

Keep a journal during the 40 days to stay inspired. A 40 day meditation will also be given to complement your physical practice and create lasting change "keep up and you wil be kept up."

Join us Tuesday, November 11th, 1:30pm to 3:00pm at City Studio to kick off our 40 days together. Come prepared to practice a variety of yoga styles. Space is limited to 40 participants. Register today by calling 604-739-2009 or email us at info@semperviva.com.

November 8th-9th : Student Intensive Workshop with Paulie Zink

Paulie's workshops are a blend of yin and yang postures that balance the body's yin and yang energies.

Session 1: The Five Elements Birthing Cycle
Session 2: The Five Elements Yielding Cycle

Master Zink has been inducted into four Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He has co-authored two books on Monkey Kung-fu. He has starred in numerous Martial arts and Taoist Yoga training videos. Dozens of articles about Master Zink and his art have been published in several major martial arts magazines. And he has been featured on many magazine covers.

Master Zink continues to evolve his art of Taoist Yoga by adding postures, variations, and insights. Through many years of study, practice, and teaching he has further developed this ancient tradition into his own distinctive and dynamic style.

December 4th-7th : Pranic Alignment: Re-igniting the Spark Within with Twee Merrigan

Whether you are a yoga teacher or a yogi looking to re-ignite the spark within, this weekend will stoke your creative fires towards manifesting your soul's desires and your dreams into reality.

Learn to recognize and honor the pathways of prana (life force) within our own body mudras (postures) to enhance our individual experience towards stability and ease.

This unique hands-on assisting method empowers yogis to find their own sacred alignment inspired by an outer teacher's touch but truly guided by the intelligence of prana united with the teacher within. Open to all levels-students and teachers. Total 20 hours.

November 29th-30th : Max Strom Yoga

Spiraling Inward Toward Heaven (29th)

In this vinyasa class we explore strengthening and healing the body primarily with postures that internally rotate the hips. This is especially healing for the lower back and neck. Since every adjustment to the body also affects the mind, spiraling our energy inward also has a profound emotional effect, as it promotes self-inquiry and true core strength. Short talk, standing postures, twists, backbends, meditation. This workshop is appropriate for all levels.

Refining Communication (29th)

People often assume that their favorite teachers are able to speak clearly, concisely, and lovingly because they were born that way, but this is rarely true. Teachers who excel with communication often simply work harder at it and never stop studying and improving their art of teaching.

The Three Pillars of Yoga: Intention, Breath, and Movement (30th)

Just as hydrogen and oxygen, depending on how they are mixed together, can produce either fire or water, asana practice joined with intention unifying breath, depending on how they mixed together can produce either just exercise or can revolutionize our lives.