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A picture's worth a thousand words! 

Kitsilano is one of Vancouver's most unique, friendly and beautiful communities and now we want to know what you love most about it. Share a photo that expresses what you love about Kitsilano on our Kitsilano Facebook page wall and you'll be entered to win a 12 month membershipwith mat & towel service, a $1,558 value!

We believe giving back some of the love you give to us is important so do our best to come up with fun giveaways & contests that we think you'll enjoy. Congratulations to our April prize winners who enjoyed wellness treatments, a spa package, jewelry & yoga memberships!

The entries are in and the community has voted, here are the announced winners of February's Photo Competition! Some were clear winners, and some categories hadn't been voted on or needed tie breakers - so we polled our team members and counted their votes as well!

Thank you to those who exercised their creativity for BC Children's Hospital by submitting artwork for the cover of Listen to Understand Vol. II!

To celebrate our Annual 15% Off Membership Sale this year, we're giving away prizes every day, from October 17th - October 24th, 2011.

"It's all one. You, the earth, and the things of earth, naturally." - belmondo

You've heard of becoming one with earth? belmondo thinks you should become one with yourself, too. They believe that beautiful skin comes from products derived from the earth's pure and restorative ingredients.

We're excited to announce we'll be carrying items from Element Botanicals within our Eco-Boutique's this August!

Made in beautiful White Lake, BC - the heart of the Canadian Shuswap - Element Botanicals is produced by hand in small batches with the best available ingredients, supporting organically grown and locally sources suppliers as often as possible.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their inspiring stories to our Sasha Pellow Warrior Necklace giveaway! Every post has been read by Sasha herself, and she's selected one couragous woman to win a Warrior necklace.

How can you win your own Warrior necklace?

"My favorite piece is the Warrior necklace because it represents standing proud with love and light" says Sasha. 

YYoga and Sasha Pellow want you to have a chance to wear a Warrior necklace around your neck! Share with us what makes you feel most like a warrior and has helped you to feel brave and fearless at any point in your life.

If you have practiced yoga before, or you practice on a regular basis I can guarantee that you have a powerful, meaningful and real answer to the question: “Why do you practice yoga?”

You voted from 5 top finalists who submitted their intention for the New Year & design for our mala contest with Tiny Devotions.

As the winner, Shannon won a beautiful mala designed by Tiny Devotions, a Canadian designer of hand made malas. This mala has become the official YYoga mala and is sold throughout YYoga eco-boutique's. Pick up yours …

"Thoughtful consumption and how we leave the Earth and its resources for future souls is a mindful yogic principle of karmic consciousness, and this translates as ahimsa, or non-injury." Sonja Picard

In keeping with Valentine's Day, The Double Lotus Heart symbolizes the relationship of the divine eternal couple, Sitaram. The lotus represents the unfolding of possibilities, purity and eternal renewal.

We know many yogis practice thoughtful consumption in their every day lives. It can be tough to remain mindful of this around holidays like Valentine's Day - when giving gifts is a way of expressing appreciation for your loved one.

We have the perfect opportunity for you to not only win your loved one a gorgeous Double Lotus Heart necklace from The Sonja Picard Collection (valued at $200), but to give a gift that shares the concept of 'seva', or service. This concept is highly valued at The Sonja Picard Collection (SPC) and their Karma Yoga Jewelry line forwards 100% of net proceeds to one of five not-for-profit organizations yearly. 

What's a Mala?
Will Blunderfield is almost never seen without them. The “108” from YYoga’s “Journey 108” challenge was inspired by them. Author Elizabeth Gilbert structured her bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love, around them. What are “they”, you might ask? Why, they’re mala beads.

And now you, the YYoga community, has a chance to set an intention for the New Year and design an exclusive YYoga mala from Tiny Devotions, a Canadian designer of handmade malas! The chosen winner will not only receive a mala ($108 value), but it will become the exclusive YYoga mala offered in Eco-Boutiques!