PranaShanti Yoga Centre

PranaShanti Yoga Centre Finding YOUR centre on the mat & online! 75+ Hybrid Classes/Week | Workshops | RMT & Wellness | Shop We offer 65+ yoga classes a week both online and in-person.

At PranaShanti Yoga Centre we provide a soothing space where you can explore many approaches to the same outcome: creating ease in your life. Our teachers bring a wealth of experience and knowledge and embody PranaShanti’s own spirit of continuous education. We offer a variety of class packages and membership options to help you get started at PranaShanti. Achieving optimum wellness is as important to your daily routine as your practice of yoga. Which is why at PranaShanti we are proud to offer a suite of wellness services to you maintain your health and wellbeing including registered massage therapy, naturopathic medicine, and various therapeutic treatments. Our new PranaShanti Yoga Centre is a world-class facility with two yoga/meditation rooms, one hot yoga studio, private appointment rooms, changing rooms, shower facilities, and our boutique. Join us and feel the PranaShanti difference! Learn more: https://www.pranashanti.com/

🌿 Wellness Feature: Meet Sonya — Supporting Your Path to BalanceBalance is something we all recognize when we feel it. Y...
03/08/2026

🌿 Wellness Feature: Meet Sonya — Supporting Your Path to Balance

Balance is something we all recognize when we feel it. Your body moves with ease. Your mind feels clear and focused. Your emotions flow without overwhelm. You feel healthy, present, and truly alive.

But balance isn’t something we achieve once and hold forever. It’s dynamic — more like riding a bike. Sometimes we glide smoothly. Sometimes we wobble. And sometimes we fall. With awareness, care, and the right support, we learn how to return to our centre and keep moving forward.

✨ Meet Sonya, a Registered Massage Therapist since 2012, Professional Life Coach, and certified First Aid/CPR Trainer.

Sonya’s work is rooted in a holistic approach that honours the connection between body, mind, and spirit. Through therapeutic massage, supportive coaching conversations, and practical life-saving skills training, she helps people reconnect with their natural rhythm and sense of balance.

Her intention is simple and powerful:
🤝 To work in partnership with you
🌱 To help you rediscover your balance
💫 To empower you to maintain it in everyday life

Whether you are seeking physical relief, emotional clarity, or tools to feel more confident and prepared in life, Sonya offers a grounded and compassionate space for growth and healing.

✨ What does balance look and feel like for you?

📍 Connect with Sonya at PranaShanti Yoga Centre and explore ways to live with greater ease, resilience, and vitality.

Book your appointment at: https://pranashanti.com/yoga-centre/wellness/

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🌸 The Moment the Light Returns 🌸Twice a year the world pauses in perfect balance.Equal light. Equal dark.The Spring Equi...
03/08/2026

🌸 The Moment the Light Returns 🌸

Twice a year the world pauses in perfect balance.
Equal light. Equal dark.
The Spring Equinox is nature’s invitation to reset, release, and begin again.

On March 18, step into a candlelit sanctuary and experience an evening designed to awaken your body, calm your mind, and reconnect you to the rhythm of the seasons.

✨ Spring Equinox Yin + Sound Immersion
with Devinder & Stéphane

Let the slow, nourishing stillness of Yin Yoga guide you inward while waves of sound from gongs, crystal bowls, and Tibetan bowls wash over the room. This immersive soundscape helps the nervous system soften, allowing space for clarity, reflection, and renewal.

This special equinox gathering includes:
🌿 Intention setting ritual
🧘 Yin Yoga with live soundscape
🔔 Extended sound immersion with healing instruments
☕ Herbal tea and cookies to close the evening

The Spring Equinox reminds us: balance creates transformation.

If winter asked you to slow down…
Spring is asking you to wake up.

📅 Wednesday, March 18
🕖 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 PranaShanti Education Centre – 950 Gladstone Ave, 2nd Floor, Ottawa
🚗 Free parking available

💫 $65 in advance | $70 day of
👥 Limited to 24 participants

Sign up: https://ow.ly/Ejgm50Yqpix

Bring your mat, blanket, and eye pillow — and allow yourself to fully arrive in the new season.

🌱 This event sells out every year. Reserve your space early.

✨ Prenatal Yoga Series Begins March 11 ✨Pregnancy is a powerful time of transformation — physically, emotionally, and sp...
03/07/2026

✨ Prenatal Yoga Series Begins March 11 ✨

Pregnancy is a powerful time of transformation — physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Our 6-Week Prenatal Yoga Series with Melissa D is designed to support you through every stage of your journey.

🤍 Move your body in ways that feel supportive and nourishing
🤍 Learn breathing and relaxation techniques for labour and birth
🤍 Explore pelvic health, stability, and diastasis prevention
🤍 Connect with other mothers-to-be in a welcoming community

This gentle and supportive class helps relieve common pregnancy discomforts while preparing your body and mind for birth and motherhood.

✨ No previous yoga experience required
✨ Birthing partners welcome at no extra cost
✨ Free parking available

📅 Wednesdays | March 11 – April 15
🕠 5:30 – 6:30 PM
📍 PranaShanti Education Centre
950 Gladstone Ave, 2nd Floor, Ottawa

💫 6-Week Series: $180
💫 Drop-In: $35

Sign up at: https://ow.ly/JM8050Yqp5Q

Many participants join early in pregnancy and stay right through to their due dates.

✨ Fun Fact Friday: Why Shavasana Matters ✨Ever notice that the hardest part of yoga… is lying still?That final pose at t...
03/06/2026

✨ Fun Fact Friday: Why Shavasana Matters ✨

Ever notice that the hardest part of yoga… is lying still?

That final pose at the end of class — Shavasana — isn’t just a nice nap. It’s actually one of the most important parts of your practice.

🧠 During Shavasana, your nervous system shifts into a deeper state of rest.
🌿 Your body begins to integrate the movement, breath, and effort from the practice.
💫 Your mind gets a moment to settle so the benefits of yoga can truly land.

Without this pause, the body doesn’t have the same chance to absorb what you’ve just done.

So next time you’re tempted to sneak out before Shavasana… stay.
Those quiet few minutes might be the most powerful part of your entire practice.

🌉 Spring Reset with Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana) 🌿Clocks have move forward this weekend! Mornings are starting...
03/05/2026

🌉 Spring Reset with Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana) 🌿

Clocks have move forward this weekend! Mornings are starting to feel different. Energy might feel… off.

This is your reminder to reset with Bridge Pose — a simple, powerful backbend that energizes and grounds at the same time.

As we transition into a new season, Bridge helps you:

✨ Boost circulation + shake off sluggishness
✨ Open the chest + lungs for deeper breathing
✨ Strengthen glutes + back body
✨ Improve posture (goodbye winter hunch)
✨ Calm the nervous system with steady breath

It’s accessible for almost everyone:
✔️ Keep the lift low
✔️ Move dynamically with your breath
✔️ Or place a block under your sacrum for a restorative hold

In a season of change, Bridge reminds us to root down through the feet and rise up through the heart — grounded, strong, and open.

Save this post to try later.
Better yet — come practice it with us in class this week. 🌿💛

🌸 Women’s Circle | International Women’s Day 🌸With LindsayAs winter gently loosens its grip and we move toward spring, y...
03/04/2026

🌸 Women’s Circle | International Women’s Day 🌸
With Lindsay

As winter gently loosens its grip and we move toward spring, you are warmly invited to gather in sacred circle to honour connection, reflection, and renewal.

Join us for an evening designed to soften the noise of daily life and step into a space of being held, supported, and truly seen.

✨ The circle will begin with grounding meditation and gentle, long-held postures to awaken yin energy and invite deep rest.
✨ Move into simple creative expression through journaling and art prompts.
✨ Share (if you feel called) in a compassionate, welcoming circle space.

This gathering is open to all women and female-identifying individuals — whether you are new to yoga or have an established practice.

🌿 Come exactly as you are.

🧘 All movement is accessible with options and modifications offered.

📓 What to bring:
• Comfortable clothing
• A journal and pen
• An object that represents something you are celebrating about your femininity

💫 Cost:
Included with your PranaShanti Yoga Centre drop-in fee, class package, or membership.

Sign up: https://ow.ly/lS3E50Yjn0f

📍 Location: PranaShanti Education Centre, 950 Gladstone Ave., 2nd Floor, Ottawa
FREE Parking Available!

Let’s honour International Women’s Day together in community, presence, and heart.

03/03/2026

Featured Artist of the Week: Stéphane Ippersiel 📸🧘‍♂️

Photography as meditation.
Light as breath.
The body as prayer.

Ottawa-based photographer and yoga teacher Stéphane Ippersiel brings over three decades of visual storytelling experience—following a career leading communications teams for the Government of Canada—into a deeply personal exploration of the human spirit through portraiture.

Since 2012, Stéphane has been creating powerful portraits of yogis, revealing not just form, but essence. Inspired by legends like Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Mark Seliger, and Albert Watson, his style nods to bold 1980s commercial photography—flash-forward, intentional, unapologetic.

Through his celebrated series Yoginis 2014–2024 and BIPOC Yogis of Ottawa, Stéphane captures the shapes, tension, and grace of the human body in motion—advocating for yoga as a lifelong wellness practice and a vehicle for visibility and belonging.

A student at School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa since 2018 and a founding member of Altern Studio, his lens also explores architecture and environmental art—where massive, industrial forms meet serene landscapes in poetic contrast.

✨ On display all March at PranaShanti Yoga Centre ✨

Drop in for a yoga class, stay for a cup of tea, and take in the beauty of local art in community.

Movement. Stillness. Image. Connection.

We’re honoured to showcase Stéphane’s work in our space this month — come experience photography as meditation.

🎶🧘‍♂️ Teacher Feature: Meet Saman 🧘‍♂️🎶Yoga teacher.Breathwork facilitator.Percussionist.Saman’s classes are more than m...
03/02/2026

🎶🧘‍♂️ Teacher Feature: Meet Saman 🧘‍♂️🎶

Yoga teacher.
Breathwork facilitator.
Percussionist.

Saman’s classes are more than movement — they are rhythm, breath, and presence woven together.

With a deep belief that drum beats reconnect us to our inner rhythm — and to each other, Saman integrates live drumming into his yoga and breathwork sessions. The steady pulse becomes an anchor… grounding the body, focusing the mind, and inviting you fully into the moment.

🥁 Rhythm as meditation
🌬 Breath as transformation
🔥 Movement as awakening

He also blends electronic music into his offerings, creating immersive soundscapes that elevate the entire experience — helping you drop out of overthinking and into embodied awareness.

Saman’s passion lies in:
✨ Quieting the mind through breathwork
✨ Invigorating movement synchronized with breath
✨ Creating powerful shared energy in the room

His classes are dynamic, rhythmic, and deeply present — a space where you can move, breathe, and reset.

If you’ve been craving something energizing, immersive, and different… this is your sign to step into Saman’s class.

📅 Check the schedule and experience the rhythm for yourself.

🌟🎉 AND THE WINNERS ARE… 🎉🌟What an incredible month of dedication, discipline, and devotion during our 28-Day Yoga Challe...
03/02/2026

🌟🎉 AND THE WINNERS ARE… 🎉🌟

What an incredible month of dedication, discipline, and devotion during our 28-Day Yoga Challenge – Beat the Winter Blues.

Today, we are so excited to announce the winners of our prize draw! 💛

✨ 3-Month Unlimited Yoga Class Package
🏆 Jennifer F

✨ 1-Month Unlimited Yoga Class Package
🏆 Isobel S

✨ 60-Minute Private Yoga Class
🏆 Heather C

Congratulations to our winners! 🎉

And to everyone who completed 28 classes in 28 days — your commitment is extraordinary. Showing up day after day through the heart of winter builds more than strength and flexibility… it builds resilience, clarity, and deep self-trust.

👜 Reminder: All participants who completed the Challenge receive a PranaShanti Tote Bag! Please stop by the front desk to pick up yours.

The prizes are exciting…
But the real gift is the discipline you cultivated.
The habits you strengthened.
The version of you that kept showing up.

We are so proud of this community. 💛

🌕 Full Moon Rituals — March 1, 2026 🌕This Sunday’s Full Moon invites us to pause, reflect, and gently reset as we move i...
03/01/2026

🌕 Full Moon Rituals — March 1, 2026 🌕

This Sunday’s Full Moon invites us to pause, reflect, and gently reset as we move into a new month. ✨

The lunar cycle reminds us that release is natural. Renewal is possible. And balance is something we practice — not perfect.

Here are beautiful ways to align your self-care with this Full Moon energy:

🌙 Moon Salutations (Chandra Namaskar)
Slow, reflective movement to calm the nervous system and honour the moon’s cooling presence.

🌿 Ayurvedic Rituals
Try Abhyanga (self-massage) with warm sesame oil. Add lavender or rose for a soothing, heart-opening touch.

🍵 Hydrate + Herbal Teas
Chamomile or tulsi can help regulate the nervous system and invite deeper rest.

📖 Meditation & Journaling
Ask yourself: What am I ready to release? What feels ready to grow?

🔔 Sound Healing
Immerse in the vibrations of gongs and singing bowls to clear stagnant energy and restore inner harmony.

🔮 Crystal Charging
Place moonstone or clear quartz in the moonlight to cleanse and amplify their energy.

🚶‍♀️ Moonlit Walk
Step outside. Breathe deeply. Let the quiet light help you ground and reset.

🌕 Join us Sunday evening for Lunar Reset: A Full Moon Ceremony with Venus

Move through grounding yoga postures and settle into a deeply restorative Yoga Nidra to support effortless release and renewal.

📍 In-person at PranaShanti Education Centre, 950 Gladstone Ave., 2nd floor.
🗓 March 1, 2026
⏰ 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Let this be your moment to soften, listen inward, and welcome spaciousness.

✨ What’s your favourite Full Moon ritual? Share below.

🌟💛 TODAY'S THE FINAL DAY! 💛🌟The last day of the 28-Day Yoga Challenge – Beat the Winter Blues is here.What an incredible...
02/28/2026

🌟💛 TODAY'S THE FINAL DAY! 💛🌟

The last day of the 28-Day Yoga Challenge – Beat the Winter Blues is here.

What an incredible month of discipline, devotion, and community. 🙏

Whether you completed all 28 days, made up missed classes, doubled up when needed, or simply showed up more consistently than ever before — this matters.

🔥 Tonight we will tally all class counts.
🎉 Winners will be announced on Sunday!

And remember…

👜 Everyone who completed 28 classes in 28 days receives a PranaShanti Tote Bag!

If that’s you — stop by the front desk to celebrate and collect your tote. You earned it. 💛

You didn’t just finish a challenge.
You strengthened self-trust.
You built resilience in the heart of winter.
You chose yourself — again and again.

The prizes are exciting…
But the real transformation is what you’re carrying forward.

From all of us at PranaShanti Yoga Centre — we are so proud of you. 🌟

Stay tuned Sunday for the prize draw announcement!

🌕 Lunar Reset: A Full Moon Ceremony with Venus 🌿The full moon invites us to pause.It’s a natural moment to reflect, rele...
02/28/2026

🌕 Lunar Reset: A Full Moon Ceremony with Venus 🌿

The full moon invites us to pause.

It’s a natural moment to reflect, release what no longer serves, and create space for clarity, creativity, and renewal.

Join us for a gentle, deeply nourishing evening practice designed to help your body and mind settle into balance.

✨ Move slowly through grounding yoga postures to soften tension and support the nervous system
🌙 Transition into Yoga Nidra, a guided relaxation practice that encourages effortless release and inner integration
💫 Allow the quiet wisdom of the full moon cycle to support your reset

This is a practice of listening inward, resting deeply, and welcoming spaciousness.

Bring an eye pillow or anything that helps you feel comfortable and supported.

📍 In-person at PranaShanti Education Centre, 950 Gladstone Ave., 2nd floor
🗓 Sun, 2026-03-01
⏰ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
💰 PranaShanti Drop-In Fee, Class Package, or Membership

🌕 Reserve your space and step into the calm of the full moon’s natural rhythm.

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950 Gladstone Avenue
Ottawa, ON
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Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 9pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 9pm
Thursday 6:30am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 7pm

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PranaShanti Yoga Centre is Ottawa’s premiere Yoga Centre. PranaShanti is a full-service yoga, health, and wellness centre conveniently located in the Hintonburg area of Ottawa just minutes from downtown and numerous public transportation stops. In our custom designed, our dedicated team of teachers and therapists offer a wide variety of yoga classes in four spacious yoga studios and a specially designed offering of therapies in our Consultation spaces. Our soothing atmosphere and inspiring setting will help you cultivate a deep inner state of body centered restful awareness that will benefit you in every aspect of your life. The Center is open seven days a week and offers a flexible schedule with classes in multiple styles and disciplines for you to choose from.

Our intention at PranaShanti is to create an oasis in the city of Ottawa for the practice of yoga in a diversity of methods. This is a space where all are welcome: here you will heal and strengthen your body, calm your mind, and rejuvenate your spirit.

Our teachers bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the highest quality of teaching. They have devoted their lives and careers to sharing the benefits of Yoga and Meditation, and embody PranaShanti’s own spirit of continuous education.

We provide a soothing space where you can explore many approaches to the same outcome: creating ease in your life. We encourage you to be curious, relax, and take your time so you can leave feeling renewed.