One Tribe Yoga & Doula

One Tribe Yoga & Doula Ayurvedic based Yoga and Doula services in beautiful British Columbia. Like many of us, suffering brought me to yoga.

It was the vulnerability and honesty of the teacher that showed me that we are all in this together - that we all go through the heartaches, and the joys, and the boredom. After a few years of practicing I simply couldnt NOT teach others, because of how much I'd learned and fallen in love with in the practice. I have done teacher trainings in Anusara, Ashtanga and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy and have yet to cease wanting to keep learning more about this never ending field. When I teach, i think of what could help my students feel as good as their bodies were designed to feel...to remember how fantastic we're all meant to feel if we take care and pay attention. I like to remind the fellas I teach that they are quite possibly the most flexible guys in their entire family lineage, and to take that as a big pat on the back :) I like to encourage and motivate, and show people how remarkable they truly are.

10/29/2025

The last few weeks’ work summarized so simply ❤️Yoga Sutra 1.12 teaches us Abhyasa and Vairagya.

The mind becomes calm through steady practice (abhyasa) and letting go (vairagya). Practice builds focus and stability; letting go softens our grip on results and expectations.

Today we defined: What is Practice by leaning into sutra 1.13.

True practice is the consistent effort to stay enthusiastic and present. It’s not about intensity, but about showing up with awareness and curiosity again and again.

At One Tribe Yoga, we embody these sutras by returning to our mats with patience, presence, and openness—balancing effort with ease, and finding peace in the practice itself.

10/21/2025

Gabbin around the water cooler is what these chicks do best! Meet the ladies of One Tribe Yoga.

You can often see them rustling around the back deck keeping it free of bugs, or nesting in the garden bed outside the studio front door. Either way they provide delicious eggs that you can get at the studio by request. They are free range as can be, happy, healthy and doing their own form of yoga while they balance on their roosting logs. Feel free to say hello and throw some vegetable garden scraps their way - be sure to stay for their thank you clucks!!

The yoga sutras reminds us that the mind is always moving — sometimes clear, sometimes clouded.This weeks’ work studied ...
10/16/2025

The yoga sutras reminds us that the mind is always moving — sometimes clear, sometimes clouded.
This weeks’ work studied these movements: truth and illusion, imagination and memory, the quiet of sleep.

Each wave of thought shapes how we see the world.
Yoga teaches us not to fight the waves, but to know them — to rest beneath them, in stillness, where the water is calm and truth is steady.

In practice and in daily life, we return again and again
to that quiet awareness — the witness behind every thought. This is yoga in motion, and in stillness.

At One Tribe Yoga this week we explored Yoga Sutra 1.3 — tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe avasthānam — when the mind is quiet, we re...
10/02/2025

At One Tribe Yoga this week we explored Yoga Sutra 1.3 — tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe avasthānam — when the mind is quiet, we rest in our true nature as the Seer. Last week, Sutra 1.2 showed us the discipline of doing, the practice of calming the fluctuations of the mind. Now, 1.3 invites us into being — the surrender, the witnessing, the resting in who we already are. Yoga is the marriage of both: action and surrender, effort and ease, doing and being.

STUDIO FEATURE: Our resident studio cat Wonton You may see her threading her way through your legs on your way to class,...
10/02/2025

STUDIO FEATURE: Our resident studio cat Wonton

You may see her threading her way through your legs on your way to class, or staring inappropriately through the window at you as you practice.

She teaches us playfulness, curiosity, enthusiasm and persistence (try having a cat treat in your pocket to see her in action with this one!)

Next time you see her as you come to class, don’t be shy to say hello. She may just force you to anyhow.

Yoga Sutra 1.2, “Yoga citta vrtti nirodhah,” often defines yoga as the cessation of the fluctuations (vrittis) of the mi...
09/25/2025

Yoga Sutra 1.2, “Yoga citta vrtti nirodhah,” often defines yoga as the cessation of the fluctuations (vrittis) of the mind (citta). I prefer to see it as regulating our responses and reactions.

This week at One Tribe Yoga we are experiencing that yoga is the practice of regulating the mind and our ways of being. We are reminded that body, breath, mind, and emotions are all interconnected and always in relationship with the world around us. Through yoga, we learn to notice and modulate our tendencies so they can support us with clarity and balance.

🍂 Vata Season is here 🍂At One Tribe Yoga Studio, we’re moving deeper into our 4-part Ayurveda and You series. Today’s wo...
09/21/2025

🍂 Vata Season is here 🍂

At One Tribe Yoga Studio, we’re moving deeper into our 4-part Ayurveda and You series. Today’s workshop is Part 2 — exploring how to bring balance during this windy, cool season.
- In Vata season, routine is medicine.
- Consistency in sleep, meals, and practice helps calm the restless mind.
- Avoid cold, raw, and overly dry foods that aggravate Vata.
- Favour grounding, warm, nourishing meals with good oils and spices.

Thank you to those who signed up today as we dove into practices, lifestyle tips, and supportive foods that steady and soothe during autumn.

Atha yoga-anuśāsanam” (Yoga Sutra I.1) — Now, the practice of yoga begins.Autumn is a season of beginnings wrapped in en...
09/15/2025

Atha yoga-anuśāsanam” (Yoga Sutra I.1) — Now, the practice of yoga begins.

Autumn is a season of beginnings wrapped in endings. The trees release what they no longer need, and in the quiet space that follows, a new cycle prepares to emerge. In the same way, stepping onto the yoga path asks us to arrive fully in the present — to say now is the moment to begin.

With each falling leaf we’re reminded that letting go creates room for new habits, new practices, and new ways of being. Yoga meets us right here, in this season of transition, inviting us to start again with presence, intention, and breath.

Im looking forward to welcoming you tomorrow for the first week of the fall session at One Tribe Yoga. If you’d like to join on a Thursdays at 9am there is still space :)

Dm for info Xoxooxox

It’s harvest season at One Tribe Studio 💪Dm for fresh happy chicken eggs ($7) and pear picking 👩🏻‍🌾
09/10/2025

It’s harvest season at One Tribe Studio 💪

Dm for fresh happy chicken eggs ($7) and pear picking 👩🏻‍🌾

Private and public classes available at One Tribe Yoga on Green Lake in North Nanaimo. Movement, breathwork, philosophy ...
09/02/2025

Private and public classes available at One Tribe Yoga on Green Lake in North Nanaimo.

Movement, breathwork, philosophy and mantra offered in a quiet country setting.

1.5 hour public classes offered Tuesday/ Thursday 9am for those enthusiastic and interested in furthering their yogic journey.

Private classes available to accommodate all levels/goals/curiosities.

Info at www.yourtribeishere.com

08/28/2025

Happy happy happy birthday to our sweet Sofie today! Please join me in congratulating this inspiring, amazing, silly and wise kiddo on her big day. It’s been the absolute highest honour being your mama and watching you grow and we couldn’t be more proud of you ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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