Yoga for the community!
What is Pop Up Yoga?
Our purpose and aim? Foster belonging, build empathy, and bring the benefits of yoga to all within our community and make the practice (more) accessible to everyone. This includes removing barriers to inclusive spaces and the practice such as: financial, religion, beliefs, race, sexual orientation and/or age, to name a few.
In 2020, we became Lethbridge’s first Yoga Alliance International Accredited Yoga School (Holla!), with our flagship program Flow State 200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training launching in February of that year. Our purpose and aim? To build an army of compassionate teachers to share their love and interpretation of the practice with others. We hope to assist in deepening the roots of yoga in our community through training local teachers to embark on their teaching path with confidence and a solid sense of community with other passionate locals. You can find more info on our 200 Hour program here.
How does it work?
There is no need for a studio. We believe in yoga as a lifestyle, it´s about taking yoga <UNION> into urban spaces, dance studios (our home base), parks, art galleries, retail stores, coffee shops to gardens, there is no limit!
The classes offered are for all levels, from beginners wanting to experiment with yoga, to advanced practitioners who are looking to have fun and find new experiences. The ultimate goal: connecting with our own nature.
The cost of each class will vary, depending on the venue; some may be free, others will be donation based and others will be fundraisers that will contribute to local not for profit initiatives.
“A great way to introduce yoga to everyone. Thank you for doing this-it’s an opportunity to jump in on a class and not feel intimidated. I’ll be back!”
What We've Achieved
Since inception in 2015, we have met, taught and connected with thousands of practitioners in Lethbridge. We are proud of the friendships we’ve made and the people we have met. The cOMmunity connection is palpable and has trickled off their mats into our community. They are one of the welcoming groups that we’ve ever met.
A big THANK YOU to Heart of the City & BRZ Lethbridge for supporting local initiatives like us, together we will make this city more vibrant!
Over the past nine years, with all the Love and support from our community we’ve raised monies for organizations including:
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society
YWCA Harbour House
Lethbridge Pride Fest SocietyThrough our Pop Up Yoga series' at SAAG (Vinyasa to the Visionaries), beginning in March 2015, we've subsidized the cost of thirty Art Club classes for a student + 100 Youth Yoga Classes (ages 6-17).
