Celebrate Winter Solstice Yoga Class

Winter Solstice Yoga Class One of my favourite nights and favourite classes to share with others.  Celebrating winter solstice - the longest night of the year. The class will be on December 16th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Christopher Lake at the Anderson Community Centre. It is a few days early from actual Solstice, but hope you can join. The class is through CPL Recreation and from a generous grant the class will only be $10/person.   Enjoy a relaxing class as we set an intention for the year to coming and the light that comes after the dark.  The class is about an hour in length with tea and snacks to share afterwards. Pre-registration is not required but if you can attend please let me know so I have an idea of how many to expect.   Open to all, please bring a mat and blanket if you can. Email Pam Classes Starting January 2026 New session starts in January! Mondays in Prince Albert - Margo Fournier Centere Please register online through the City of PA website or in person during daytime hours at the Margo Fournier Centre. 6 week session starts Monday, January 5th All levels Class - 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.  Chair Yoga - 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays in Christopher Lake - Anderson Community Centre Please register through CPL rec - cplrec@sasktel.com 6 week session starts Tuesday, January 6th Chair Yoga - 5:30-6:30 p.m. - with cplrec punchcard Intermediate Yoga - 6:45-8:00 p.m. - $50 for session, pre-registration required Feel free to email me for more information - plnyogastudio@gmail.com Email CPL Rec Home Yoga Practice over 200 classes with my recorded playlist Looking to improve your home practice? I have over 200 pre-recorded classes. 6 months for only $50. Class themes from Fun and Fluid, Backs and Joints, Expand from Within, All Levels and Restorative. Message me if you are interested in access to the YouTube videos. Visit my Blog!

Give the Gift of Asteya

 

When I first started delving more into the discipline of yoga the Yamas and Niyamas really spoke to me.  They have often been compared to the 10 commandments, but overall they are reminders of how to be a good human.  Good to yourself and good to others.

In my last blog I wrote a bit on Satya, or truthfulness.  Over this past week or so I have tried to come back to this teaching and ask myself, have I acted and spoken so correctly that I have not had to go back and apologize.  I’d like to think the answer is a wholehearted yes, but of course I can think of a few instances.  I do know that I have been more aware and precise with my wording to be clear and honest.  I know I have said more often right away when there is a task or event I can or can’t go to, so that I didn’t have to go back and change plans.  I am trying not to overstretch - pun intended :). 

The next Yama is asteya, or non-stealing. As you can imagine by now this does not just mean not stealing something from your friend or the store.  It goes deeper into the relationship we have with ourselves.  Going back to satya, when we are truthful then we also are not stealing from our own selves and future. When we take more than we need, we are stealing in a sense from others. Asteya helps make us more accountable to ourselves.  Once we get to know ourselves, we are present to give and receive what we have asked for.

It is the season of giving and receiving - a perfect time to reflect and be grateful for all we have and all we are able to give.

In Peace,

Pam

Do It Right the First Time - Yamas and Niyamas

 

In Deborah Adele’s book - The Yama and Niyamas under the section on truthfulness or Satya, she writes under a subheading titled, Do It Right the First Time.  This initially brings up memories of being told not to do things half way, which then makes me think of the super sad and cute Rona commercial with the half-donkey. (You can google if you don’t know what I’m talking about).  

Anyway, after my brain has done that little side trip, I come back to the book and how doing the right thing relates to truthfulness, and what she writes is the truth, “it s worth the effort to do the task right the first time, because the cleanup takes so much time.”  Deborah uses examples like how much time do we spend having to go back and apologize because we were short with someone, or the time to go back and tell someone that we can’t really do what we said we could. 

So, in this part of the chapter on truthfulness Deborah is trying to get us to see that if we speak and act so correctly that we never have to go back and apologize or make a new agreement then we are being true to ourselves and others. I know for myself in my effort to please others, or not disappoint them I would agree to many things, that either gets me  run down doing them all and then be over tired and end up being short with someone, usually a family member, and needing to apologize, or realize that I over commit myself and need to go back and break engagements.  I’m not saying this doesn’t still happen, but I am more aware of it and make efforts to notice when I might be doing this. 

Avoidance can also be an act of cheating truth, which can cause more trouble later than just doing the task and not procrastinating.  I am sure we have all done this :). 

Deborah writes that we not only lie to others, but we lie to ourselves.  We lie to ourselves when we make promises about all the things we are going to do, or lofty goals that we are not able to accomplish in the time we say.  We may not realize it but we are hurting ourselves and become someone that we cannot trust. Deborah writes, “Being truthful with ourselves makes us trustworthy and frees up all the time we normally spend in guilt and regret from our dishonesty.”

I encourage you to take some time to explore areas in your life where you could improve being truthful. Deborah lists some helpful questions like:

- Can you trust yourself?

- Can you risk telling yourself the truth?

- Can you keep the promises you make to yourself and to others?

Take the risk of telling yourself the truth!  You never know where this exploration will lead.

Peace,

Pam 

Don’t Hesitate - Acts of Kindness can make a world of Difference

 

I saw this post from Sadguru the other day and when I’m feeling more down or anxious about the state of the world this can make me feel quite sad. Why do we hesitate to be more - more happy, more compassionate, more involved, more sincere.

But I get it, things are very overwhelming and uncertain right now.  It is hard to know what the best thing to do is sometimes, so we hesitate. We may feel paralyzed on what to do, so our hesitation is not out of malice or not caring, but uncertainty.

When I am feeling like this I know going outside myself to do even one kind thing for someone or something else helps to take me out of the state where I feel I can’t possibly make a difference. 

Don’t hesitate on those small acts of kindness to yourself, loved ones or perfect strangers as it could make the world of difference.

Don’t let Fall Break You - Join Fall Yoga Classes - 2025

 Don’t let Fall Break You!

As we are now deep into autumn and the end of gardening season, you might not only be feeling a bit sore from all the yard work and summer activities, but ready to turn more inward with a mindful practice like yoga.

Yoga can not only help restore and rejuvenate, but realign body, breath and mind.

Please join me as we continue Fall Yoga Classes in Prince Albert and Christopher Lake.

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Mondays - Margo Fournier Centre - Prince Albert

Session 2 - November 17th to December 8th - 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

2026 New year new session starts - January 5 - February 9

All levels Yoga - 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

Chair Yoga - 10:30 -11:30 a.m.

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Tuesday Evening Yoga - Anderson Centre - Christopher Lake

Chair Yoga - 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - ongoing - punchcard 

Intermediate Yoga - 6:45 - 8:00 p.m. - October 28th to December 9th (No class November 11th) - $50

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Please email: plnyogastudio@gmail.com if you’re interested in joining or for more information.

Another NEW Chair Yoga Class added - Christopher Lake

 Just confirmed that a new chair yoga class will start in Christopher Lake starting April 29th.

Please see poster for details!