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Preet, the CEO & Founder of OrganicLives, wants to share his 'special smoothie' recipe with all of his friends at YYoga! With amino acid-rich hemp seed, nutrient-rich bananas, and sprouted almond milk, this smoothie is guaranteed to be one of the best ways to help you recover from any workout.

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!

We've made our top four picks for mom available to you in our Yboutique's this April. Gift mindfully with local, ethical, natural and sustainable gift options that will show her how much you care. Join us on Facebook to find out how you can win one of 2 OrganicLives Breakfast in Bed baskets!

Thanks to our community, we have helped raise $13,200 in donations to date for Inspire Health through the sale of F Cancer bracelets.

In celebration of Earth Day this April 22nd, we've taken the opportunity to select 5 brands we're carrying in Yboutique's this Spring to discuss how they're making a difference locally, sustainably, ethically & naturally. 

We're excited to be an official studio partner of Wanderlust Festival in 2012. Wanderlust just announced a 4th festival to take place in Canada this summer. Tickets are on sale now! Check out more information below. 

As we ask of more from our bodies it’s important that we supply it with what it needs, and with the demands of running this becomes especially important. Your diet can play a huge role in supporting your training and can help optimize each run’s performance.

Do you love yoga? Do you have a passion for writing?

We're looking for volunteers from within our community who love to share their experiences with others! Each month, we'll review all the submissions and draw for a one month membership for one valued contributor.

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Don't miss your chance to save big on yoga clothes, gear and lifestyle apparrel. 

This Valentine's Day, We're Celebrating Love.

Express your love of a partner, friend, family member, or other loved one through the gift of meaningful jewelry! We're featuring three unique lines this month:

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!

This holiday season, your YYoga teachers, guest service personnel, wellness practitioners, and base camp administrators have joined together to create a very special YYoga CD: "Listen to Understand, Vol.1". 

All proceeds from this community-wide effort will be donated to the Excellence in Child's Health Fund at BC Children's Hospital.  With …

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

"Freedom to move. Freedom to choose. Freedom to say this is who I am." - Karma Wear

The same products you love, now categorized into easily recognizable symbols! Now, when browsing our Yboutique's you'll be able to easily tell which of our products are local, natural, sustainable, and/or ethical through their signage.

A great way to commemorate the 30 Day Challenge, or simply add to your jewlery collection! This necklace is made with an antique bronze chain with replica of a 1940's buddha charm and facet tear drop in a variety of colours. Snap one up quickly because we have limited quantities!

"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.

They don’t teach you that in college. But it does. Soapberries have been getting clothes clean in Asia forever. Now they’re gonna help you shine, in more ways than one.

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.

There’s a fever being worn around YYoga, and her name is Christy. She can be most easily captured around the jewellery case of our Eco-boutiques, or around the necks of our very own yoga instructors. The most common mode of transmission? Love. Which is simply and precisely what this jewellery artist intended.

None of us are strangers to the …

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 …

yoga clothes  |  gear  |  lifestyle apparrel 

Come stock your closet with items priced at 50% - 70% off, plus clearout items from $5 - $20.

Thursday March 17, 2011
11:00am - 9:00pm

Friday March 18, 2011
10:00am - 6:00pm

For 2012 Warehouse Sale dates, click here.

Brands like:

Tonic, Havaianas, Sigg, Fluxus, Prana, Chulo Pony, Manduka, Be …

"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. 

New to yoga? Looking for the perfect collection of items to start your journey? Don't worry - we've done the shopping for you.

We're offering a limited amount of high quality, eco-friendly Yoga Starter Kits full of products valued at $220+! Visit a YYoga Eco-Boutique to pick up one of these treasures for the incredible price of $129.00 + taxes.* That's a savings of over $90!

In a world where it’s becoming increasingly possible to bring items from the four corners of the earth to our fingertips with the single click of a mouse, why would we want to make an effort to set our sights upon products we can find right in our very own backyard?

Ironically, it took me a trip to a foreign land in order to really get my head around the concept. When I first arrived in Japan to take up a teaching post a few years ago, I was stoked to discover grocery stores that specialized in food imports, allowing me (albeit expensively) to indulge in the comfort foods of home and other, more exotic countries.

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!

Have you ever wondered the meaning of gemstones?
Wear with intention. Ware with love.

Rose Quartz inspires love.
Onyx inspires strength & good fortune.
Amethyst inspires spiritual enlightenment & clarity.
Citrine inspires prosperity, joy & abundance.
Jade inspires a connection to divine unconditional love.

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108 Little Reminders of Love, Luck and Strength

According to Tiny Devotions, a Canadian designer of handmade malas, each necklace is made with a different intention and each bead represents something special and unique to its wearer. In their wonderful informational video, Tiny Devotions explains that the distinctive beads (heavily grooved and reminiscent of a walnut shell) are Rudraksha seeds which come from trees grown in only a few remote areas of the world including India and Bali. Known for spiritual healing, Rudraksha help their wearers to set intentions, and can be used together with the practices of meditation and mantra to achieve grounding and inner peace. Tiny Devotions also intersperses their strings of Rudraksha beads with pearls and semi-precious gemstones, which allows you to further personalize your intention and makes your mala truly unique. Different crystals have different energetic qualities, and malas allow you to wear these special stones right next to your heart.

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. Seasoned yogis will be quite familiar with this spiritual adornment. But if you’re a newcomer like me, it’s likely that you’ve come across strings of these beautiful beads before and been too shy to ask: what are these necklaces and why do people wear them?

Malas are sacred necklaces that have been worn for thousands of years in traditions of yoga, Buddhism, and Hinduism. They’re traditionally made with 108 beads – 108 being a very significant and auspicious number – plus one extra guru stone intended to thank teachers, parents, friends, and any other extraordinary mentors you’ve had along the way. Malas are known to bring a variety of positive benefits to their wearers, including luck, good energy, healing, health, strength, and love.

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Spread the Love with 5 Days of Yogi Stocking Stuffers

I don’t know about you, but it gets to be a certain time of December and I find myself swept up in a tidal wave of mirth, good spirits, LOVE, twinkle lights, and traditional holiday music.

Especially the music. No matter where I go, my head is full of it, and sometimes when I’m feeling especially playful (the happy result of accumulated Flow, Anusara, and Pilates classes), I find myself mentally re-writing lyrics to the tune of anything and everything. Why not?

Break down just about any holiday-themed song and you’ll find that the underlying message is one of love, or if not love directly, then some expression of it. Let us not forget that this is theperfect time of year to show that special someone how much you appreciate them in the form of a gift, or a series of small gifts. (I.e. spreading the love!) 

So without further ado, allow me to share with you my most recent rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” entitled, “The Five Days of Yogi Stocking Stuffers”, as inspired by what’s in YYoga Eco-Boutique!

For the most part, nutrition isn't a major minefield for me. There's no sulphate in my dried apricots; my olive oil is cold pressed and my grains are whole and then some. My own personal downfall is a constant desire to inhale cake, kicking most of my carefully considered vitamins to the curb.

Facing Fear. Inspiring Hope. Embracing Life

Why F* Cancer Embrace Life? Big battles need big words; living with cancer demands courage, self-awareness and that secret source of power - a sense of humor.

We want to encourage people living with cancer to embrace the fullness of life - from the time of diagnosis to recovery and beyond. Our aim is to …

"Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street. 
I took it as a sign to start singing, falling up into the bowl of sky." 
Rumi

I often think of Terry McBride, co-founder of YYoga, the way he described himself to me when he was a child, living in Richmond.

He'd lie on his bed at night, transister radio on the window sill, antenna picking up the invisible soundwaves, music pouring in to his room as he stared, the way all children do, at the silver, unreachable moon.

YYoga co-founder and Nettwerk Music Group CEO, Terry McBride's journey to the yoga mat has been inextricably linked to his journey through music.

"Now I get it," he says.

His first real encounter with yoga came backstage, touring North America with his artist, Sarah McLachlan and Lilith Fair. For about 90 minutes a day she would simply disappear.  It irritated him. Lilith was a huge production. There were things to do, decisions to be made.

"All I knew was that the door would be closed. For 90 minutes, my artist wasn't available to me."

Sarah would emerge, centred, non-plussed, open, ready for whatever Terry might throw at her, for whatever the show might bring. He didn't get it. At least not until he took his first yoga class a decade later.

Some people are just plain hard to buy for! The gift of yoga will be a hit with anyone, especially if you purchase a YYoga gift card that is valid for all wellness services as well. Suddenly, you've gifted the gift of choice – your receiver has yoga, pilates, core, infrared sauna, registered massage therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractics, naturpaths, facial rejuvenation, shiatsu, reflexology, and more right at their fingertips.

top 5 reasons why you should give the gift of yoga

Each year many of us struggle to come up with the right gift, a thoughtful gift, often for a person that seems to have everything! When you find joy in giving something meaningful, it can be incredibly rewarding. By giving the gift of yoga, you could not only introduce someone to a healthy lifestyle, a new way of being, and a community – you could spark a passion within someone and ultimately change a life. Here are our top five reasons for giving the gift of yoga this holiday season.

1. Give the gift of quality time. Yoga is a fun and unique activity to do together. Spend time with your loved one on a yoga date: go to classes together, relax in our tea lounge, and enjoy the infrared sauna to detoxify and cleanse.

Black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, lotus flower, mandarin, nutmeg, rose, and sandalwood: these are just a few of the spices which envelop your senses upon your first encounter with Mystic Masala pure soy candles and therapeutic body bars. With the chill of autumn and winter upon us, there is no better time to treat yourself to the art of ayurvedic healing and carry the warmth and balance you’re finding in your yoga classes right home with you! 

Newcomers to ayurveda and aromatherapy need not fear – beside the Mystic Masala products in our eco-boutique, you’ll find a small booklet which will help you find your dosha (in other words, your unique combination of three “energies” or “humors” identified in the ancient wisdom of ayurveda) and guide you towards the ideal combination of spices and aromas for your own balance and healing. Mystic Masala offers four possible combinations of spice aromatherapy in the form of candles and body bars: Vata, Pitta, Kapha, and Tridoshic. For many, this could be a great first opportunity to learn about ayurveda and its personalized restorative potential. 

If you’re anything like me, one of the biggest challenges you may be facing as an aspiring yogi is how to take all of those lessons on union, compassion, and a desire to do well by yourself and others beyond the borders of your yoga mat and out into the “real world”. No doubt you’ve wandered into your favourite gift- or coffee-shop, come …