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Yoga In Vancouver : Links, Resources And Articles
North Vancouver Yoga, which provides Yoga Classes and Yoga Sessions on Vancouver's North Shore and elsewhere throughout the Greater Vancouver area of BC, Canada, offers the following informative and helpful links to other fitness and health-related companies and organizations as a courtesy to its clients. We hope you will find them useful. All links will open in a new browser window.
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Yoga Links
Yoga Alliance®
www.yogaalliance.org
Registering both individual Yoga Teachers and Yoga Teacher Training Programs, Yoga Alliance® leads the Yoga community, sets standards, fosters integrity, provides resources and upholds the teachings of Yoga.
Yoga BC
www.yogabc.org
A community of Yoga Students, Yoga Teachers and Yoga Studios/Schools dedicated to educating the public on the health benefits of Yoga, addressing safety issues and other concerns of the community and bringing Yoga Practitioners together in dialogue, collaboration and play.
Yoga Community Vancouver, BC
www.yogacommunityvancouver.ning.com
Yoga events, workshops and discussions in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You will find lots of information on this website related to Vancouver's Yoga Community including pictures, videos, forums, blogs and much more.
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Relaxation And Health-Related Links
Reiki Vancouver, Inner Focus Holistic Healing
www.innerfocus.ca
Reiki Master/Teacher, Barb Weston, is located in North Vancouver, BC, Canada, and offers various holistic services including relaxing Reiki Treatments, Reiki Sessions, Amethyst BioMat Therapy Sessions, Reiki Training and Ear Candling Sessions.
Finessence Well Being
www.finessence.ca
Reiki Master/Teacher, Monica Kahut, offers Heart Resonance Therapy, Reiki Sessions and Reiki Training for people and pets in downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Nu Age Body Care
www.nuagebodycare.com
Located in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Nu Age Body Care offers a safe, painless, and completely non-invasive treatment for spot fat reduction and aesthetic body contouring using the first non-invasive low level laser designed to stimulate lipolysis in subcutaneous adipose tissue.
Giving Within Holistic Healing
www.givingwithin.com
Reiki Practitioner, Tania Bakas, offers Reiki Sessions from her home in North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
ACT Health Care
www.acthealthcare.ca
An international consulting company that offers research services and policy analysis for the health care industry.
Holistically Yours
www.holisticallyyours.ca
Reiki Practitioner, Bobbi Casey, offers Reiki and Ear Candling Sessions in North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Community Links And Other Links Of Interest
Sequel Naturals
www.sequelnaturals.com
Sequel Naturals believes in the power of superfoods and searches the globe for natural foods with the greatest potential impact on today's health concerns.
MW Web Design, North Vancouver BC
www.mwconsulting.ca
North Vancouver Yoga's website was designed by MW Web Design which specializes in website design for any type of small to medium-sized business as well as websites with fitness, new age, alternative and holistic health-related themes.
Sweet Paws Dog Walkers, North Vancouver BC
www.sweetpaws.ca
Dog walking in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, BC. Sweet Paws Dog Walkers has been serving Vancouver's North Shore since 2003.
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Links To Articles And Publications
North Shore News — A Flexible Approach
North Vancouver Yoga was featured in the Sunday October 18th, 2009 edition of the North Shore News. Below is a re-print of the article:
A Flexible Approach
NV Company Works With Clients To Fit Classes Into Busy Schedules
Long days at the office, hectic home lives and faint glimpses of rest and relaxation are the norm for many in today's society.
While the pace of modern life can dictate when we find time to exercise, help does exist. For those interested in practicing Yoga, a new North Shore company has been built on the principal of "if there's a will there's a way" and brings Yoga to clients, either at their workplace, or by offering classes at odd hours.
"Yoga can fit into everybody's world," says Amber Rodgers, 36, founder of North Vancouver Yoga, which teaches the traditional Hatha style.
She's all too familiar with trying to navigate a healthy work-life balance, having a business background.
"I didn't ever have time for Yoga, even though I loved it and it made me feel good... it just became the last priority," she says.
Rodgers made a conscious decision to change that in her own life, and said goodbye to her former career and became a Yoga Instructor and is now hoping to do the same for others through the launch of her company two months ago.
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Yoga Instructor Amber Rodgers, of North Vancouver Yoga, fine-tunes
Chelsie Hodge's pose during a recent class. Rodgers offers classes at
workplaces and other locations, as well as for plus-sized individuals
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"I came up with the idea that I can bring it to you," she says.
Rodgers hopes to encourage workplaces to have her, or her staff members, come in at times that are appropriate for them, no matter what the hour, and lead group sessions.
"There's no rushing, there's no commuting, it's beyond convenient, you're not wasting time trying to get to a class and it's inexpensive," she says.
If a space doesn't exist in the workplace, an additional aspect of North Vancouver Yoga is that Rodgers will seek one out nearby, ideally within walking distance. "I'm giving them no excuse — it's right here, it's at your workplace," she says.
Rodgers also hopes to reach out to plus-sized individuals.
"It's still taboo..." she says. "It needs to come out of the closet for plus-sized people. I did the majority of my Yoga overweight and it can be done. There's a fear there of physical limitation... I want to dispel those myths. You do what you can do and what your body can do and I provide the modifications."
Rodgers is continuing to build her client base, and is currently working at Capilano Care Centre, Lions Gate Hospital and Handsworth Secondary.
Costs for her to come into a workplace start at $100.00 for a 45-minute class. For more information, visit www.northvancouveryoga.ca.
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