Taken somewhere along the El Camino de Santiago …… walked in 2018.

“Tenderness perceives the bonds that connect us, the similarities and sameness between us. It is a way of looking that shows the world as being alive, living and interconnected …..” (an excerpt from Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize lecture, The Tender Narrator).

Three sessions offered!

Tuesday March 24, 6-8 pm

Thursday March 26, 6-8pm.

Friday March 27, 10-12 noon.

Registration only. Sorry, no drop in’s. $25/class inclusive. Small class size (max is 8) so register early should this intrigue you! Call/text 519-387-6204 or email sneedham7@gmail.com.

Consider gathering this winter of 2020 to nourish your kidneys, the keeper of Jing (natal essence) in this monthly focused practice. In the Daoist ways, the kidney/bladder organs and meridian pair are the spotlight structures in our physical body during wintertime. Too much stress depletes the kidneys fostering excess fear in our psyches (manifesting as anxiety, depression, restlessness are some symptoms) and continual muscular tension in our physical bodies. When we nourish the kidneys well, we feel steeped in wisdom and our ability to mature with grace blooms. We begin to develop a loving relationship with these magnificent organs – connected to all other organs via the connective tissue web – thereby coming to love our whole self. So, this winter, we will warm the kidneys (no, this is not Hot yoga! but there will be some gentle warming), move through the biotensegrity field of “expansion/contraction”, listen to poetry (yea!), draw divination cards and write from them  - a wee smorgasbord of gentle activity enveloped within an authentic yin practice.  This is yoga: the path to integration and peacefulness with all our parts made whole. 

Of any interest to you? 

The week of January 20th - Tuesday January 21 (6-8pm), Thursday January 23 (6-8pm) and Friday January 24 (10 am).

The week of February 17th - Tuesday February 18 (6-8pm), Thursday February 20th (6-8pm) and Friday February 21 (10 am)

Each soulful practice will be $25

16 Bruce Street in Thornbury, Unit #5

By registration only please. Email at sneedham7@gmail.com or text/call 519-387-6204 to register. Small class size, 7 maximum.

"The world has so much goodness

in its heart for you.

And it will

fall into you.

Be patient." (Najwa Zebian)

It is that time, to invite you into the quiet cove of yoga and movement in a yin way: nourishment, connection and belonging will be a continuous theme throughout. Infusions of poetry, narratives and the foundations of yin yoga (western science and the fascial system, the Daoist's principles of the meridian theory, yogic philosophy and the chakra system all steeped in silent meditation/prayer) will be interlaced in each class and within the series itself. So here is the scoop!

When to begin? Tuesday's starting September 17 - November 12.; 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. No class October 1.

Thursday's starting September 19th - November 21, 2019; 9:30am and 6:30. No class October 3 or October 24th.

How are we running with this? A committed series - pay for a 6 class session and you have 8 offered sessions to "complete" them in. This gives time for unexpected life to show up as it is! You can come for 8 classes (one each week) and there is a lesser rate for this (see below!). As you will notice, the above dateline is not a linear 8 weeks to do 6 sessions, rather it is a crooked schedule given some commitments that are already in play for me!

Where? My studio space at 16 Bruce Street, North in Thornbury #5. Harbour Mews building.

Moula? $90/6 classes. If you come to more classes than 6, then $10/class (a maximum of 2). Maximum 8 registrants per class. There will be a minimum number required to offer all spaces. If space allows, there may be wiggle room between both days. No guarantees but we will ride the wave of life showing up as best as we can! (Gosh I hope this all makes sense!)

Cultivating nourishment for the soul asks us to offer moments of solitude, stillness and deep listening. Soul language, in my experience, is of a shy and elusive personality - but with patience, perseverance and yielding we can hear the whispers.

"The world has so much goodness

in its heart for you.

And it will

fall into you.

Be patient." (Najwa Zebian)

It is that time, to invite you into the quiet cove of yoga and movement in a yin way: nourishment, connection and belonging will be a continuous theme throughout. Infusions of poetry, narratives and the foundations of yin yoga (western science and the fascial system, the Daoist's principles of the meridian theory, yogic philosophy and the chakra system all steeped in silent meditation/prayer) will be interlaced in each class and within the series itself. So here is the scoop!

When to begin? Tuesday's starting September 17 - November 12.; 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. No class October 1.

Thursday's starting September 19th - November 21, 2019; 9:30am and 6:30. No class October 3 or October 24th.

How are we running with this? A committed series - pay for a 6 class session and you have 8 offered sessions to "complete" them in. This gives time for unexpected life to show up as it is! You can come for 8 classes (one each week) and there is a lesser rate for this (see below!). As you will notice, the above dateline is not a linear 8 weeks to do 6 sessions, rather it is a crooked schedule given some commitments that are already in play for me!

Where? My studio space at 16 Bruce Street, North in Thornbury #5. Harbour Mews building.

Moula? $90/6 classes. If you come to more classes than 6, then $10/class (a maximum of 2). Maximum 8 registrants per class. There will be a minimum number required to offer all spaces. If space allows, there may be wiggle room between both days. No guarantees but we will ride the wave of life showing up as best as we can! (Gosh I hope this all makes sense!)

Cultivating nourishment for the soul asks us to offer moments of solitude, stillness and deep listening. Soul language, in my experience, is of a shy and elusive personality - but with patience, perseverance and yielding we can hear the whispers.

"The world has so much goodness

in its heart for you.

And it will

fall into you.

Be patient." (Najwa Zebian)

It is that time, to invite you into the quiet cove of yoga and movement in a yin way: nourishment, connection and belonging will be a continuous theme throughout. Infusions of poetry, narratives and the foundations of yin yoga (western science and the fascial system, the Daoist's principles of the meridian theory, yogic philosophy and the chakra system all steeped in silent meditation/prayer) will be interlaced in each class and within the series itself. So here is the scoop!

When to begin? Tuesday's starting September 17 - November 12.; 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. No class October 1.

Thursday's starting September 19th - November 21, 2019; 9:30am and 6:30. No class October 3 or October 24th.

How are we running with this? A committed series - pay for a 6 class session and you have 8 offered sessions to "complete" them in. This gives time for unexpected life to show up as it is! You can come for 8 classes (one each week) and there is a lesser rate for this (see below!). As you will notice, the above dateline is not a linear 8 weeks to do 6 sessions, rather it is a crooked schedule given some commitments that are already in play for me!

Where? My studio space at 16 Bruce Street, North in Thornbury #5. Harbour Mews building.

Moula? $90/6 classes. If you come to more classes than 6, then $10/class (a maximum of 2). Maximum 8 registrants per class. There will be a minimum number required to offer all spaces. If space allows, there may be wiggle room between both days. No guarantees but we will ride the wave of life showing up as best as we can! (Gosh I hope this all makes sense!)

Cultivating nourishment for the soul asks us to offer moments of solitude, stillness and deep listening. Soul language, in my experience, is of a shy and elusive personality - but with patience, perseverance and yielding we can hear the whispers.

"The world has so much goodness

in its heart for you.

And it will

fall into you.

Be patient." (Najwa Zebian)

It is that time, to invite you into the quiet cove of yoga and movement in a yin way: nourishment, connection and belonging will be a continuous theme throughout. Infusions of poetry, narratives and the foundations of yin yoga (western science and the fascial system, the Daoist's principles of the meridian theory, yogic philosophy and the chakra system all steeped in silent meditation/prayer) will be interlaced in each class and within the series itself. So here is the scoop!

When to begin? Tuesday's starting September 17 - November 12.; 9:30 am and 6:30 pm. No class October 1.

Thursday's starting September 19th - November 21, 2019; 9:30am and 6:30. No class October 3 or October 24th.

How are we running with this? A committed series - pay for a 6 class session and you have 8 offered sessions to "complete" them in. This gives time for unexpected life to show up as it is! You can come for 8 classes (one each week) and there is a lesser rate for this (see below!). As you will notice, the above dateline is not a linear 8 weeks to do 6 sessions, rather it is a crooked schedule given some commitments that are already in play for me!

Where? My studio space at 16 Bruce Street, North in Thornbury #5. Harbour Mews building.

Moula? $90/6 classes. If you come to more classes than 6, then $10/class (a maximum of 2). Maximum 8 registrants per class. There will be a minimum number required to offer all spaces. If space allows, there may be wiggle room between both days. No guarantees but we will ride the wave of life showing up as best as we can! (Gosh I hope this all makes sense!)

Cultivating nourishment for the soul asks us to offer moments of solitude, stillness and deep listening. Soul language, in my experience, is of a shy and elusive personality - but with patience, perseverance and yielding we can hear the whispers.

These are drop in yin classes on Tuesdays only for the summer, 6:30 pm for 90 minutes. Come in to steep, simmer and sink into your physical body - a practice focused in connective tissue hydration, cooling equanimity for the psyche and nourishment for the soul! $15 a session. Registration required for each session please. Call or text 519-387-6204 to register or through sneedham7@gmail.com.

These are drop in yin classes on Tuesdays only for the summer, 9:30 am for 90 minutes. Come in to steep, simmer and sink into your physical body - a practice focused in connective tissue hydration, cooling equanimity for the psyche and nourishment for the soul! $15 a session. Registration required for each session please. Call or text 519-387-6204 to register or through sneedham7@gmail.com.

Biotensegrity within our Yin yoga practice:

Functional Anatomy for the 21st Century!!

Biotensegrity:  continuous tensional integrity across, up, down, in and out within the physical- body

Functional anatomy for the 21st Century: farewell biomechanics, levers and linear movement – we see the body in movement quite different now.

Yin yoga: a perfect cauldron to explore the world of biotensegrity and then enlarge this personal felt knowledge to other yoga traditions (more dynamic practices such as Iyengar and classical Hatha) as well as other movement practices including walking, running, skiing, bicycling, dance, etc.

Come check it out! The 6 session series will be well worth it for the rest of your moving life!

This is a registered program only. Sorry no drop ins. We will run this series over an 8 week time frame so you may participate in your 6 sessions. 8 weeks gives space to varied schedules in your life. We have choice of days and times: Tuesdays at 9:30 am and 6:30 pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

When you pay for the 6 series, it is set at $90. If you are an active participant (choosing to practice more than 6 sessions within the 8 weeks) those remaining classes are priced at $10/class. A huge incentive (encouragement!!) to participate and learn so much about your body in the field of movement within our fascial framework and scaffolding:  a fresh way to see human architecture in action! This series will be infused with information and knowledge, a felt sense of being and above all: orchestrated in quietude, solitude, more silence and poetry!!

For more information and to register, please contact me at: sneedham7@gmail.com or 519-387-6204.

16 Bruce Street, Unit #5, Thornbury       

Biotensegrity within our Yin yoga practice:

Functional Anatomy for the 21st Century!!

Biotensegrity:  continuous tensional integrity across, up, down, in and out within the physical- body

Functional anatomy for the 21st Century: farewell biomechanics, levers and linear movement – we see the body in movement quite different now.

Yin yoga: a perfect cauldron to explore the world of biotensegrity and then enlarge this personal felt knowledge to other yoga traditions (more dynamic practices such as Iyengar and classical Hatha) as well as other movement practices including walking, running, skiing, bicycling, dance, etc.

Come check it out! The 6 session series will be well worth it for the rest of your moving life!

This is a registered program only. Sorry no drop ins. We will run this series over an 8 week time frame so you may participate in your 6 sessions. 8 weeks gives space to varied schedules in your life. We have choice of days and times: Tuesdays at 9:30 am and 6:30 pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

When you pay for the 6 series, it is set at $90. If you are an active participant (choosing to practice more than 6 sessions within the 8 weeks) those remaining classes are priced at $10/class. A huge incentive (encouragement!!) to participate and learn so much about your body in the field of movement within our fascial framework and scaffolding:  a fresh way to see human architecture in action! This series will be infused with information and knowledge, a felt sense of being and above all: orchestrated in quietude, solitude, more silence and poetry!!

For more information and to register, please contact me at: sneedham7@gmail.com or 519-387-6204.

16 Bruce Street, Unit #5, Thornbury       

Biotensegrity within our Yin yoga practice:

Functional Anatomy for the 21st Century!!

Biotensegrity:  continuous tensional integrity across, up, down, in and out within the physical- body

Functional anatomy for the 21st Century: farewell biomechanics, levers and linear movement – we see the body in movement quite different now.

Yin yoga: a perfect cauldron to explore the world of biotensegrity and then enlarge this personal felt knowledge to other yoga traditions (more dynamic practices such as Iyengar and classical Hatha) as well as other movement practices including walking, running, skiing, bicycling, dance, etc.

Come check it out! The 6 session series will be well worth it for the rest of your moving life!

This is a registered program only. Sorry no drop ins. We will run this series over an 8 week time frame so you may participate in your 6 sessions. 8 weeks gives space to varied schedules in your life. We have choice of days and times: Tuesdays at 9:30 am and 6:30 pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

When you pay for the 6 series, it is set at $90. If you are an active participant (choosing to practice more than 6 sessions within the 8 weeks) those remaining classes are priced at $10/class. A huge incentive (encouragement!!) to participate and learn so much about your body in the field of movement within our fascial framework and scaffolding:  a fresh way to see human architecture in action! This series will be infused with information and knowledge, a felt sense of being and above all: orchestrated in quietude, solitude, more silence and poetry!!

For more information and to register, please contact me at: sneedham7@gmail.com or 519-387-6204.

16 Bruce Street, Unit #5, Thornbury       

We gather back in small group community to continue the personal pilgrimage within; listening closely and attentively to the inside narrative. What voice, hopes, dreams, wishes lie within waiting for your acknowledgment? We take to the yin way of practice - weaving into and through the fascial fabric of our beings - creating gentle tissue tractioning for a different kind of meditative listening. This is a 6 week series infused with the creative scripts of poetry and yoga philosophy. $90/ series. Each class, 90 minutes. Sorry, I do not encourage drop in’s. Please email or call me to register. sneedham7@gmail.com or 519-387-6204.

We gather back in small group community to continue the personal pilgrimage within; listening closely and attentively to the inside narrative. What voice, hopes, dreams, wishes lie within waiting for your acknowledgment? We take to the yin way of practice - weaving into and through the fascial fabric of our beings - creating gentle tissue tractioning for a different kind of meditative listening. This is a 6 week series infused with the creative scripts of poetry and yoga philosophy. $90/ series. Sorry, I do not encourage drop in’s. Please email or call me to register. sneedham7@gmail.com or 519-387-6204.

HI folks,

I will be travelling out of the country until the end of October 2018.

Thank you for checking things out on my site. Please check back in early November, I shall be back!

Be well,

This summer is full of fun and outdoor frolic ... after a long winter, we just want to be outside. This offering is a monthly yin yoga infusion. May 15, June 19, July 17 and August 14. Classes are 9:30 - 11am and 6:30 - 8pm. Register with me through email sneedham7@gmail.com or connect with me at 519-387-6204. Hope to see you out in our community gathering simmering, steeping and lingering in the psycho-neuro-immuno-myofascial fabric, a brilliant weaving in our human life! $15/class. Kimberley Hall, Kimberley, Ontario. 

https://youtu.be/qSXpX4wyoY8

Yin yoga is meant to be a practice steeped in nourishment. In these 6 weeks we will infuse the cumulative contributions of the physical body, the emotional/mental mind and the energetic harmonization available to us all. Together we will experience, study and question the nature of the connective tissue/fascial system from the superficial layers to deep; we will inquire the nature of our minds “as it is” before we begin to tread new paths and we simmer in the harmonizing shimmer of the meridian and chakra pathways.

“Soul embraces and calls us toward what is most unique in us. Spirit encompasses and draws us toward what is most universal and shared” (Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft)

Please email or call to register. 519-387-6204 or sneedham7@gmail.com

Tuesday’s 9:30 – 11am and 6:30-8pm; Kimberley Hall, $90/6 week series, March 20 – April 24, 2018

Yin yoga is meant to be a practice steeped in nourishment. In these 6 weeks we will infuse the cumulative contributions of the physical body, the emotional/mental mind and the energetic harmonization available to us all. Together we will experience, study and question the nature of the connective tissue/fascial system from the superficial layers to deep; we will inquire the nature of our minds “as it is” before we begin to tread new paths and we simmer in the harmonizing shimmer of the meridian and chakra pathways.

“Soul embraces and calls us toward what is most unique in us. Spirit encompasses and draws us toward what is most universal and shared” (Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft)

Please email or call to register. 519-387-6204 or sneedham7@gmail.com

Tuesday’s 9:30 – 11am and 6:30-8pm; Kimberley Hall, $90/6 week series, March 20 – April 24, 2018

Yin yoga and gentle yoga return to Kimberley to begin the new year! Registered 6 week series Tuesday's beginning January 16 through to February 20, 2018. 9:30 am and 6:30 pm classes are on! $90/6 weeks (6 classes at $15/each). 90 minute classes. Please email or call to register. Drop in rate is $18 if there is space available. Please enquire. Thank you!

Yin yoga and gentle yoga return to Kimberley to begin the new year! Registered 6 week series Tuesday's beginning January 16 through to February 20, 2018. 9:30 am and 6:30 pm classes are on! $90/6 weeks (6 classes at $15/each). 90 minute classes. Please email or call to register. Drop in rate is $18 if there is space available. Please enquire. Thank you!

Yin Yoga with Stephanie Needham, Friday’s at 10:45 am, Mantra Studio in Thornbury

“You thought that union was a way you could decide to go. But the soul follows things rejected and almost forgotten. Your true guide drinks from an undammed stream.” (Rumi)

A yin practice invites you to pause for some time at the edges of your true guide. Steeping with attention and intention into connective tissue/fascial vibrancy available to us, we follow the fluidity of this tissue guiding us into undammed streams. This practice threads together the science of the connective tissue as target tissue in a yin practice, Daoist’s principals and mindfulness meditation.

Friday's ongoing, starting in October 2017, I am teaching at Mantra Studio in Thornbury, 10:45 am until 12 noon. Check the Mantra website to log in and register. Drop in's welcome! http://www.mantrayogastudio.ca/

The anatomical "core" of the body is bigger than the abdominal six pack we imagine!! These six weeks will bring focus and awareness to the core of our bodies and beings from feet to head. We build on what we know already, shifting our perspectives to meet the demands of human living and movement patterns. Six weeks, Tuesdays beginning Oct 3. 9:30 am and 7 pm sessions for 90 minutes each. $90/ 6 sessions. Keeping close to the theme of Yin yoga: slow, low to the ground, pulsing for some time at therapeutic edges and mindfulness meditation practice. Please call or email to register. 

The anatomical "core" of the body is bigger than the abdominal six pack we imagine!! These six weeks will bring focus and awareness to the core of our bodies and beings from feet to head. We build on what we know already, shifting our perspectives to meet the demands of human living and movement patterns. Six weeks, Tuesdays beginning Oct 3. 9:30 am and 7 pm sessions for 90 minutes each. $90/ 6 sessions. Keeping close to the theme of Yin yoga: slow, low to the ground, pulsing for some time at therapeutic edges and mindfulness meditation practice. Please call or email to register. 

Yoga in Kimberley, Celebrating the Arrival of Spring

April 4 – April 25, 2017

9:30-11am and 7-8:30 pm

Kimberley Hall, Kimberley

 4 classes, plus a bonus: 1 hour private one-to-one, $80 in total, 4 classes only (no one hour private), $60.

Pre-registration please! Sorry, no drop in’s!

This is a 4 week series,  each class beginning with a specific classical Hatha asana (posture) whereby we break down the components of the posture in our body as we sense the positioning of our feet, legs, hips, ribs, shoulders, spine and head: we build our bodies up from the earth in these standing, dynamic, yang poses. The second half of each class we will ease back down to the earth, steeping in the practice of yin and closing together in a seated meditation practice. This series also includes a 1 hour private session scheduled at a convenient time for us both.

Yoga in Kimberley, Celebrating the Arrival of Spring

April 4 – April 25, 2017

9:30-11am and 7-8:30 pm

Kimberley Hall, Kimberley

 4 classes, plus a bonus: 1 hour private one-to-one, $80 in total, 4 classes only (no one hour private), $60.

Pre-registration please! Sorry, no drop in’s!

This is a 4 week series,  each class beginning with a specific classical Hatha asana (posture) whereby we break down the components of the posture in our body as we sense the positioning of our feet, legs, hips, ribs, shoulders, spine and head: we build our bodies up from the earth in these standing, dynamic, yang poses. The second half of each class we will ease back down to the earth, steeping in the practice of yin and closing together in a seated meditation practice. This series also includes a 1 hour private session scheduled at a convenient time for us both.

Forget about your perfect offering.
There is a crack, there is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.
(Leonard Cohen)

Kimberley Hall, Kimberley Ontario

February 7-March 14, 2017, Tuesday’s 7:00-8:30pm
6 weeks, pre-registered please, $90
Please e-mail or call Stephanie to register as class size is limited.
Please indicate whether you prefer evening or morning classes.

Facilitated by Stephanie Needham, Certified Hatha and Yin Yoga instructor
www.StephanieNeedham.com
sneedham7@gmail.com | 519-387-6204