Nanaimo Yoga Sanctuary

01/24/2026

Chair yoga is an option 😊

This next class via zoom is a community/client appreciation class hosted by Shanon Kelley-Kennedy

01/22/2026

I volunteer with Nanaimo Women Helping Women - NWHW

Women may benefit from assistance with the contents of a home when they move into safe housing. The current specific request is clean, bundled, and labeled twin and queen sheet sets.

Sets must be complete (bottom sheet, top sheet, and pillowcases), stain-free, and bundled/lapeled in their sets. e.g., in a large ziplock, in a reused clear zip container that new sets come in, etc.

You are welcome to bring sets to yoga with you, and I will make sure they get to the group's move coordinator.

To keep our volunteering manageable and sustainable, we respectfully ask that the specifics of household item requests be honoured.

01/04/2026

Yoga reopens
Monday, Jan 5
🧘‍♀️😊🇨🇦

If you didnt get the schedule in your email it can be seen 👇

with Julia Brobbel Tu, 7:15-8:30 pm Jan 13 - Feb 10 Back care focuses on the core 4- diaphragm, pelvis, abdomen and deep back muscles while calming the nervous system so that you are able to move comfortably and safely with increased awareness of your body’s needs.

12/24/2025

Yoga is for reflection, and service, and community….
aaaannnnndddd the ability to sit on the floor for wrapping presents 😉 😁
🎁 🎄🧘‍♀️

12/21/2025

Pup snuggles, Christmas movies, jigsaw puzzles, baking (eating it… not creating it 😉), enjoying holiday lights… that’s a snippet of my plans until we reopen on Jan 5.

I hope you enjoy the longest night of the year and the lengthening days.

12/15/2025

The beauty of "flexibility" is that we offer makeup classes.

Life happens. Work goes long, traffic is backed up, kids or pets barf right befor you are supposed to leave.

It's ok. Come on Thursday 5-6 pm or Saturday 9-10 am to catch a practice. Still take time for you ;-)

Not good. Not good at all.

11/23/2025

Declutter call…

Bras is the next “wish list” item from the shelter. If you have bras that you don’t wear yet they have life left in them, please bring them to the studio. They will be redistributed 😊

11/18/2025

Essential oils sale
30% off 😁

You bet I am doing an extra order. Want to add to my order and save shipping? Let me know what you would like by Wednesday at 9 pm

https://www.youngliving.com/en_ca/products/c/sale

If you prefer to order yourself, I appreciate it if you use my referral number 1670640

11/07/2025

Community opportunity that's not specific to yoga

FYI: Training funding is available
through WorkBC Nanaimo, 155 Skinner Street
250.714.0085

This funding opportunity could be helpful for anyone who:
- Is hoping to retrain in a program that is up to 1 year in length
- Needs help with tuition up to a max of $7,500
- Needs some $ for living support

Criteria:
-Unemployed OR Underemployed (less than 20hpw) Note: no requirement for an EI attachment
-Over age 16
-Been out of high school more than a year (can’t come directly out of high school and into this funding stream)
-Not a current/recent student working part-time and is returning to school
-Have a BC address

Steps:
- Call WorkBC ASAP to book in with a case manager. 250.714.0085
Need to meet with the case manager 6-8 weeks before the program of choice starts.
- Start researching programs through course calendars, consider meeting with an academic advisor, and get ready to apply to the school where your program of interest is.

VIU is in Nanaimo, so folks who couldn't otherwise go to school can use this program.

This photo is of the cafeteria patio in summer 2015 🙂

11/03/2025

The last series of 2025 starts tomorrow... details can be seen here
https://mailchi.mp/fe277e336a51/healthy-hands-options-5820023

If you have a Hotmail account, please consider providing a different email address, as the schedules are often blocked by Hotmail. I don't know why...

with Julia Brobbel Tu, 7:15-8:30 pm Nov 11-Dec 16 Back care focuses on the core 4- diaphragm, pelvis, abdomen and deep back muscles while calming the nervous system so that you are able to move comfortably and safely with increased awareness of your body’s needs. 

11/02/2025

Do you knit or crochet?

If I provide the yarn would you make hats/beanies/toques to be distributed to members of our community in need?

10/26/2025

The current series is open until next Saturday, Nov 1

We then start the new 7-week series Nov 3 and continue until Dec 20

The winter break is for two weeks… whether you celebrate Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice or other meaningful events for your family

The studio will reopen Monday, Jan 5, 2026

[Photo description: skeletons posed in yoga poses on a front lawn in front of a brick house.]

Photo credit unknown.