Mumma Magma Yoga

05/28/2026

🎶Meet your Sound Healing Facilitators - 2026 Vancouver Island Yoga Retreat🎹

Cheryl and I are delighted to announce that this year's retreat will include two opportunities to indulge in sound healing. The first we'd like to highlight are Susan and Rick from Choosing To Thrive.

This lovely duo will lead our closing circle on Sunday evening. They offer monthly kirtan, by donation, at Vancouver Island Yoga School and other locations in the Cowichan Valley. For the retreat they will carry on that tradition with each donation going to CWAV (Cowichan Women Against Violence).

Based in Duncan, BC, kirtan leaders Susan Dix and Rick Fortier have been offering public kirtan practice in the community for over five years. Their love of kirtan began in Costa Rica in 2010, where they were deeply inspired by local kirtan leaders. Through mentorship and encouragement, they began playing harmonium and guitar in 2020 and stepped into leading kirtan themselves.

They share the heart-opening practice of devotional chanting through music, mantra, and community. Together they create a welcoming space for connection, reflection, and inner growth.

Their monthly kirtan gatherings are held at the Vancouver Island Yoga School in Duncan, offering an opportunity for participants of all backgrounds to experience the joy and transformative power of collective chanting.

We are delighted to have Susan and Rick join us this year, and we know that you will find your bliss through as they lead the group in the closing moments of the retreat.

https://mummamagmayoga.com/sound-healing-facilitators-2026-vancouver-island-yoga-retreat/

Explore Sound Healing in our retreat featuring kirtan and sound baths by talented practitioners. Enhance your healing journey.

05/27/2026

Weekly dose of Wisdom

"From one point of view, the world is God; from another, there will always be a veil of difference between an embodied human person and the Godhead. Both are true, and neither is the whole truth. Reality is beyond all limitations, and there are paths to accommodate every heart."

Commentary on "The Upanishads" as translated by Eknath Easwaran.

05/26/2026

🧘Yoga on the Dock!🌊

Thanks to a lovely member of the MMY community, I am now able to offer you Yoga on the Dock at the Mill Bay Marina!

Starting Tuesday, June 2 you're invited to practice a morning outdoor flow with the ocean and the gulf islands as your view.

👉Where: Mill Bay Marina
✨When: Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m.
🌞Saturday sessions will be added for July and August!

These classes are beginner friendly and will help set you up for your day. Together we will find movement, breath, and inner connection as we feel the lap of the waves on the dock and find our flow in the great outdoors.

June dates are now bookable! You can select individual dates or commit to the whole month. I'd love to see you there!

https://mummamagmayoga.com/all-events/?event=10585

05/25/2026

✨ We’re so excited to officially open registration for our 3rd Annual Vancouver Island Yoga Retreat at The Loft Studios in Mill Bay!

Join us July 11 & 12 for a beautiful weekend of:
🌿 Yoga
🌿 Sound Healing
🌿 Connection
🌿 Creativity
🌿 Rest & Rejuvenation

This year’s theme is Find Your Bliss — creating space to slow down, reconnect, and nourish yourself surrounded by nature.

✨ Choose from ONE or TWO DAY retreat passes — making it easy to join in whatever way feels best for you.

🎉 Early Bird Special:
Book before May 30 and receive 20% OFF your retreat pass!

https://mummamagmayoga.com/2026-vancouver-island-yoga-retreat/

Hosted by Mumma Magma Yoga & The Loft Studios 💛

Join the Vancouver Island Yoga Retreat and Find Your Bliss with yoga, meditation, and workshops in a serene setting.

05/25/2026

😂♥️

Heard 🫡.

05/25/2026

24 hours later, and we have transformed our new space into a home. Now we can finally relax, watch some TV and find some calm.

I look forward to stepping on the mat with you all this week. Thank you for your support through this massive change. Now to find normalcy and enjoy a summer filled with movement and connection.

♥️ Tamu

05/24/2026

May walk/hike cancelled! 😭

Good morning, beautiful souls!

This post is for thos of you who do not receive my newsletter or emails.

Barney and I spent our first night in our trailer, and we're starting to settle in. However, we didn't even get to sit down until 11:30 last night and there is still so much to do to make this space a home!

That means that I don't have the energy or time to go for a hike today. But I hope you'll join me in June and we can have a lovely little adventure.

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. I'm sending you so much love.

Tamu

P.S. Here are some pics of the new space. We were up with the sun this morning. 😂
And don't you love the Catio my hubby made? 😻

05/22/2026

🧘‍♀️Meet your Yoga Instructors - Vancouver Island Yoga Retreat🌸

Are you thinking of attending this year's Vancouver Island Yoga Retreat in Mill Bay? If so, we'd like to introduce you to Charlotte, one of the talented yoga instructors who will be guiding you through your morning yoga sessions.

🌱Instructor: Charlotte Acker Fisher of Coastal Flow Yoga
🌞Offering: Chair Yoga

When Charlotte stepped into a small yoga studio on Vancouver Island for her first class she felt an immediate connection. Since beginning her journey in 2015, yoga has helped her cultivate balance, mindfulness, strength and flexibility both on and off the mat.

Charlotte completed her first 200 hour YTT in 2022 and now has her RYT 550. As a teacher, she is eager to share the benefits of yoga with others. She aims to empower students to embrace the practice, no matter their ability or experience.

Charlotte is delighted to offer chair yoga at the retreat—a welcoming, accessible practice for every body and every stage of your wellness journey. Through gentle, mindful movement and an emphasis on breath, this class will leave you feeling refreshed, energized, and ready to step into your day.

We could not be more delighted to have Charlotte as one of the facilitators at this year's retreat, and we know you will love her thoughtful and accessible chair yoga classes.

https://mummamagmayoga.com/facilitators-2026-vancouver-island-yoga-retreat/

05/20/2026

Weekly dose of Wisdom

"The wise, realizing through meditation
The timeless Self, beyond all perception,
Hidden in the cave of the heart,
Leave pain and pleasure behind.
Those who know they are neither body nor mind
But the immortal Self, the divine
Prinicipal of existence, find the source
Of all joy, and joy abiding."

From the Katha Upanishad in "The Upanishads" as translated by Eknath Easwaran.