Workshops
More than Yoga classes
Yogacara Whistler Upcoming Workshops
Being Who You Are: A circle of discovery
- June 27, 2025
- 10:30am-11:30am
Who are you really? What is present here, beneath the movement of ego?
Maeve Jones leads a wholehearted inquiry into the essence of self; into the heart of what is alive in each of us. Meet this rare opportunity to reflect and shine light through yourself. Using the Leela therapy model of inquiry, Maeve shares a repeating question intended to pierce through illusions and expose a new possibility to simply be.
Everyone is welcome, and there are no prerequisites to join. Are you willing to simply be yourself?
Each meeting includes
– 10 minutes of silence together
– Maeve introducing a theme
– Breaking into pairs to ask each other a repeating question
– Returning to the circle to share and deepen together
Tiered Pricing Structure
“Subsidized” is meant to support members of the community on a strict budget to improve access
“Sustainable” reflects the true cost of the course for the teacher and studio
“Sponsor a Neighbor” is the price point that helps us offset costs so we can continue to offered tiered pricing in the future.
Note: Payment is non-refundable
Maeve is a Leela Therapist reflecting the expression of nature alive in you. She is a mentor in the Leela School of Awakening, and is an experienced guide skilled at leading you to see through your own egoic attachments. May you open into the love that you are.
Sound Bath Experience with Nancy
- June 29, 2025
- 6:30pm-7:45pm
Step into a world of deep relaxation and inner harmony with a transformative Sound Bath led by Nancy Trueman—a 500 RYT yoga teacher, and trained gong & sound healing practitioner.
This immersive experience blends breath-work,vibration, and resonance to slow the mind, release tension, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system—the body’s natural state of rest and healing. Through the power of alchemy crystal bowls, gongs, and sacred sound frequencies, you’ll be guided into a meditative space where stress dissolves, and deep connection unfolds.
Come breathe, unwind, and restore in a soothing sonic journey.
Nancy Trueman is a trained sound practitioner & 500 RYT yoga teacher with a passion for deep rest, nervous system healing, and holistic wellness. With a special focus on sound healing and Restorative Yoga, Nancy creates transformative experiences that help people find balance, release stress, and reconnect with themselves. With over 20 years in Asia and a background in arts and wellness, Nancy brings a unique approach to her practice, blending movement, breath, and sound to guide people into a state of ease. She creates calming, immersive experiences that support relaxation, stress relief and overall wellbeing. She believes in the power of slowing down, deep listening, and making space for true healing. Committed to giving back, Nancy also offers pro bono sound healing sessions to support community causes and those in need of deep rest. When not in Whistler, she runs a boutique wellness studio in London, offering sound baths, yoga sessions, and corporate wellness programs.
Being Who You Are: A circle of discovery
- July 11, 2025
- 10:30am-11:30am
Who are you really? What is present here, beneath the movement of ego?
Maeve Jones leads a wholehearted inquiry into the essence of self; into the heart of what is alive in each of us. Meet this rare opportunity to reflect and shine light through yourself. Using the Leela therapy model of inquiry, Maeve shares a repeating question intended to pierce through illusions and expose a new possibility to simply be.
Everyone is welcome, and there are no prerequisites to join. Are you willing to simply be yourself?
Each meeting includes
– 10 minutes of silence together
– Maeve introducing a theme
– Breaking into pairs to ask each other a repeating question
– Returning to the circle to share and deepen together
Tiered Pricing Structure
“Subsidized” is meant to support members of the community on a strict budget to improve access
“Sustainable” reflects the true cost of the course for the teacher and studio
“Sponsor a Neighbor” is the price point that helps us offset costs so we can continue to offered tiered pricing in the future.
Note: Payment is non-refundable
Maeve is a Leela Therapist reflecting the expression of nature alive in you. She is a mentor in the Leela School of Awakening, and is an experienced guide skilled at leading you to see through your own egoic attachments. May you open into the love that you are.
Elemental Wisdom: Qigong for Healing with Nature’s Five Forces
- July 27, 2025
- 6:30pm-8:00pm
Join us for a transformative workshop where you’ll connect to the deep wisdom of nature’s five elements—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether—through the ancient practice of Qigong.
Each element offers unique teachings:
Earth grounds us in stability and strength,
Water guides us in softness and flow,
Fire fuels transformation and vitality,
Air inspires movement and harmony,
Ether connects us to intuition and manifestation.
Through intentional movement, breath, and stillness, we will explore how to connect with these forces within and around us. You’ll experience the interconnected nature of the elements and learn how to draw on their energy to support healing, harmony and inner wisdom.
In this workshop, we will explore:
Techniques to cultivate and connect with Chi (life force energy)
How to harmonize with nature’s energy to bring more balance to body and mind
Gentle Qigong movements to alleviate joint pain and support physical wellness
Whether you’re new to Qigong or looking to deepen your practice, this journey offers a beautiful way to reconnect with yourself and the living world. Bring a friend, and come experience the magic and medicine of Elemental Wisdom.
Kristina is a 7 Lotus Chi Kung/Qigong practitioner and Registered Acupuncturist. With nearly a decade of Qigong practice, her work focuses on healing and transformation through intentional movement, connection to the natural world, and awareness of the body’s energetic anatomy. Blending the wisdom of Chinese Medicine—including meridian theory, yin-yang philosophy, and seasonal energetics—Kristina offers tools to restore harmony and vitality. She believes true healing is holistic, honoring the physical, emotional, mental, social, and environmental aspects of well-being. Her practice is rooted in guiding others toward harmony of body, mind, and spirit.
Balancing Power and Inclusion: Teaching Tools to Create Strong and Adaptive Classes with Rachel Scott
- September 20, 2025
- 1pm-3:00pm
We all want to create a safe and inclusive space for yoga practice for our students ~ but sometimes our desire to teach safely can hamper the cultivation of beneficial intensity. How can we teach stronger practices that are still accessible, fun and empowering for our students? In this workshop, we’ll look at practical strategies that you can use to unleash your creativity and unique teaching voice – while ensuring that you are also creating a mindful teaching space for all practitioners.
Tiered Pricing Structure
- “Subsidized” is meant to support members of the community on a strict budget to improve access
- “Sustainable” reflects the true cost of the course for the teacher and studio
- “Sponsor a Neighbor” is the price point that helps us offset costs so we can continue to offered tiered pricing in the future.
A teacher trainer and author, Rachel is committed to helping her students uncover and express their voice, passion and potential. As a trainer, she is feisty, fun, inspirational, and knowledgeable. With keen insight into yoga training, she has a knack for helping yogis build the pragmatic skills that they need to share their own teaching voice with confidence. She has contributed to Yoga International, the Huffington Post, Half Moon, and taught at the Omega Institute, Wanderlust, the Victoria Yoga Conference, and more. Books: Wit and Wisdom From the Yoga Mat (2017), Head Over Heels: A Yogi’s Guide to Dating (2018), Speedy Yoga (2019), The Little Book of Yoga Practices (2020) and Yoga To Stay Young (2020).
Yogacara Whistler Past Workshops
Heart Opening Cacao Ceremony
- June 15, 2025
- 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
HEART OPENER” Cacao ceremony, Guided meditation (Leela Hypnotherapy)
Description: We come together in a sacred circle, weaving an intentional space for sharing, gratitude, deep reflection, and song. At some point, Victoria will be offering a heart-spoken guided meditation (a dash of the Leela Hypnotherapy). In there, through the gradual quietness of your mind and the opening of your heart, we invite the wisdom of this sacred plant medicine to shed light on whatever needs to be seen and discovered, embracing its gifts of presence, harmony, and transformation.
This is an invitation to see through the veiling layers of our day to day and to let the nourishing, powerful and loving properties of the sacred Cacao to support you in the opening of the heart led realms. After sharing Cacao, songs and the guided meditation, you will be invited to an integration circle where you are free or not to share. This ceremony is a sacred transformational journey in.
● Brief summary:
- Opening of sacred circle
- Cacao ceremony
- Guided meditation (Leela Hypnotherapy)
- (Optional integration sharing circle)
- Closing circle
● Duration: 2 hours
● What to bring:
- Comfortable clothing
- A teacup
- An item to offer to the circle (please take it with you afterward)
Victoria is an experienced yoga teacher, Leela Therapist, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Granada, Spain. She has built a unique collection of tools to support individuals on all levels—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It brings her great joy to serve as a Doula for the Heart, guiding others on their journey of self-discovery. Is one ready to embark on a life-changing journey? Don’t miss this opportunity to join her for this unique and powerful offering.
Fascia Release
- May 6, 2025
- 7pm-8:30pm
Explore the concept of biotensegrity with movement, use of props, foot and body rolling and myofascial release techniques. Work with the Polyvagal theory and the role of fascia in mediating between the nervous system and the physical body.
Danya Nonis is a yoga teacher and a C-IAYT yoga therapist. She has specific training in Fascia Release and biotensegrity, and teaches from a trauma informed and pain care lens. Her passion as a yoga teacher and therapist is assisting others with nervous system regulation.
Shedding: A self inquiry, yoga and sound journey experience with Victoria Navarro
- February 28, 2025
- 6:00pm-8:00pm
“Shedding” is a 2-hour journey of self-inquiry, where you’ll be guided through yin and restorative postures. While the body and nervous system naturally follows its regenerative course, hypnotherapy visualizations will help you softly sink into beyond everyday layers. Harmonic instruments will support your experience, guiding you to connect with what is currently present for you in a very open and loving way.
“Winter is often seen as a time of hibernation, but this winter is teaching me that it can also be a period of illumination.”
As the noise of summer and autumn fades, winter’s silence allows us to confront what truly needs shifting. This container can be a time to stop all doing and strategies, and simply open to what is. In that openness, natural shedding has the space to occur.
Brief summary:
- Opening of Sacred Space
- Yin & Restorative Asanas
- Self-inquiry through a guided visualization (Leela Hypnotherapy) supported by harmonic instruments (sound journey)
- Closing of the space
What to bring:
- Comfortable clothing
Victoria holds a BD in Psychology and she has been part of The Leela School of Awakening for the last four years. She loves bringing a taste of her own self realization to all her yogi students every week. For more information, visit her teacher Bio or visit her IG: @victorianavarrogarrido Everyone is welcome! In service to TrueSelf. Victoria
Fascia Release
- February 18, 2025
- 7pm-8:30pm
Explore the concept of biotensegrity with movement, use of props, foot and body rolling and myofascial release techniques. Work with the Polyvagal theory and the role of fascia in mediating between the nervous system and the physical body.
Danya is a yoga teacher and a C-IAYT yoga therapist. She has specific training in fascia release and teaches from a trauma informed and pain care lens. Her passion as a yoga teacher and therapist is supporting individuals with nervous system regulation.
Foundations of Restorative Yoga
- January 7, 2025
- 7pm - 9pm
The Foundations of Restorative Yoga Workshop series offers you the tools to be confident in your restorative yoga practice.
Each week starts with a short 10 – 15 minute lecture followed by a 1 hour and 30 minute restorative practice then finishing with questions and reflections.
Week 1: Intention of Restorative Yoga – January 7th
Learn the what, why, and how behind this practice so you can feel confident in the studio and at home. You may have already felt the difference in restorative yoga, now you can uncover what’s led to that bliss.
Week 2: Meditation as Medicine – January 14th
Understand the inner workings of meditation, pranayama, and how these practices can take your experience to new heights. Both new and seasoned meditation practitioners will have valuable take-aways from this week.
Week 3: Understanding the Self – January 21st
Discover how you can adapt your practice for any challenges you might face. In this week, we reflect on how we can show up whole-heartedly through a lens of self-worth and compassion.
Week 4: Putting It All Together – January 28th
This week we discuss how energy can play into your practice and how to guide your attention to where it’s needed most. In our practice, you’ll be led through a journey of the chakras and we will end with tips for any studio or home practices.
Students joining all 4 weeks will receive a copy of Emily’s book, “The Energy and Art of Restorative Yoga” which contains the guiding principles of this workshop series. This book is also recommended for single workshop attendees and will be available for purchase at the studio. Bringing a notebook is also suggested.
Emily Kane is passionate about making yoga accessible and encouraging her students to go deeper than the asana (aka postures). Ultimately, she sees yoga as a vehicle that can help you live an inspired life. As a practitioner of 20+ years, a teacher for 12+, and leading trainings locally and abroad, she brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and light-heartedness to her teaching. Her background as a Kinesiolgist (BKin) gives her a unique perspective on injuries, healing, and creating a truly inclusive practice.
August New Moon Yoga Nidra
- August 4, 2024
- 6:15pm – 7:15pm
A New Moon is a perfect time to practice Yoga Nidra embracing trust, release, and completion before the next energetic cycle begins. We will move through asana (poses) and pranayama (breathing techniques) to prepare the body for stillness. Our Yoga Nidra journey starts by finding a supportive position to explore and nurture a place of deep rest with trace awareness. Through this contemplative practice, we yoke the mind, body, and spirit to create conscious connection, deep relaxation and rejuvenation.
Heidi is a heart-centered instructor whose practices are grounding and supportive, offering space for playful exploration. She embraces an active lifestyle, hiking year-round, cold dipping, and shredding the mountain with her daughter. Together, they mindfully live on the unceded lands of the Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh Lil̓wat7úl peoples. Don’t miss this opportunity to embark on a transformative journey while learning, growing, and thriving under her compassionate guidance.
Gong Yoga Nidra
- July 9, 2024
- 7:15pm – 8:15pm
Gong Yoga Nidra provides deep form of relaxation using a guided medication along with gently played gongs. One of the most profound ways to create relaxation with the gong is through a guided process known as Yoga Nidra, yogic sleep. The experience induces deep relaxation, heightens awareness and can integrate change. The guided meditation and gongs create a peaceful and calm state, leaving you feel relaxed – an incredibly restful yoga experience.
Nancy Trueman @mytruenorthyoga is passionate about sound meditation. Nancy is a 500YTT (Janet Stone) and a Gong Practitioner (Aidan McIntyre) Certified by the Complementary Medical Association in the UK. She has also studied with Sheila Whitaker, Martha Collard, Yogi Mehtab and Judith Lasater. Nancy uses sound with gongs and alchemy crystal singing bowls to allow people to let go, deeply relax and find stillness. In addition to sound, Nancy guides Yoga Nidra & Restorative yoga practices so others can invite connection, oneness and presence with themselves.
Human Design – Part 2 Centers
- June 18, 2024
- 7:15-8:45pm
*Prerequisite: Part 1 and/or knowledge of Human Design Types/Strategy/Authority*
In this second part of the Human Design Workshop Series, we will be diving into the 9 Centres.
The 9 Centres each have different themes and we will explore what they are, what they mean when they are defined (colored in) and when they are undefined/open (white). You will receive notes to take home with you and in addition a copy of your chart. The workshop will also finish with a Reiki Energy Healing meditation.
Julie is a holistic practitioner/author living in Whistler, BC who focuses on Inner Child Healing, Shadow Work, Reiki Energy Healing, Human Design and Tarot. She loves diving deep into the depths of what holds us back in life by going into the past to fully let it go and heal in order to allow the new desires to come into the present. Her focus with Human Design and spiritual practices allow her to ask the right questions with her clients to overcome obstacles/roadblocks and begin shifting their perspective on life.
Let us help you take your yoga practice to another level! At Yogacara we offer workshops to help you delve deeper by exploring a wide variety of yogic offerings. This includes everything from styles of yoga, Reiki, Meditation, Nutrition, and other perspectives that enrich your life. These events are a great way to explore yoga and well-being practices on another level without the commitment or cost of a yoga retreat or a yoga teacher training. Pre-registration is required and registration closes 48 hours before the start time. We encourage all students to arrive at a minimum of 5 minutes before their workshop start time to avoid missing out on a great opportunity. Not ready to dive into a workshop yet, or not sure where to start? Take one of our regularly scheduled yoga classes and try different styles and teachers to get a feel of where you want to spend more time and who you want to take workshops with.
