EarthMonkey Yoga with Tamara

EarthMonkey Yoga with Tamara Therapeutic & Yin Yoga in Shelburne County, NS, but we do flow occasionally. Online & in-person. Sessions can be customized to fit a specific need.

Private and group yoga and/or meditation sessions with a certified teacher and trainer.

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how I want to share yoga, and I’ve decided to step away from “hard advertising” my class...
11/25/2025

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how I want to share yoga, and I’ve decided to step away from “hard advertising” my classes. Yoga has never been something I wanted to promote with urgency, pressure, or persuasion. It’s a practice that finds people when they’re ready, when they’re needing something deeper, quieter, or more supportive in their lives.

Over the years, I’ve realized that constantly pushing classes, reminding people to sign up, or feeling responsible for filling a room doesn’t align with the way I want to teach. My work is most meaningful when students come because they feel called to the practice—not because an ad nudged them, or an algorithm rewarded visibility.

Yoga is personal. It meets you at your own pace, and I want my offerings to reflect that same honesty and gentleness. I’ll still share what I’m teaching, of course—but from a place of invitation rather than promotion. If something I offer resonates with you, I want it to be because it genuinely feels right for your body, your schedule, and your season of life.

My energy is better spent creating classes that feel nourishing, therapeutic, and spacious—rather than marketing them. And when people arrive from a place of intention rather than persuasion, the whole room feels different.

If you ever feel curious about joining a class, exploring therapeutic yoga, or deepening your practice, you’re always welcome to reach out. I’m here when you’re ready.

11/24/2025

Using a wall supported downward dog to invite opening into my nearly thawed frozen shoulder.

This week's yoga schedule. Please reach out if you'd like to attend.Private and Therapeutic sessions can be scheduled fo...
11/24/2025

This week's yoga schedule. Please reach out if you'd like to attend.

Private and Therapeutic sessions can be scheduled for most times.

Note that the website has the most up to date schedule and costs.

Ease your way into the holiday season with this Yin, Meditation, & Breathwork event in Yarmouth!! « muppet cheers! » ===...
11/21/2025

Ease your way into the holiday season with this Yin, Meditation, & Breathwork event in Yarmouth!! « muppet cheers! »

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This session welcomes yoga students of all levels who want to deepen their Yin practice through longer holds and sustained release, as well as meditation students who would like to gently open the body and settle the breath before sitting.

We’ll begin with dirga pranayama (three-part breath)—a deeply calming and centering breathing practice. You’ll be guided progressively through belly breathing, two-part breath, and ultimately the full three-part breath to prepare the body and nervous system for stillness.

With breath and body softened, we’ll transition into long-hold Yin shapes, focusing on opening the hips, easing tension through the back, and drawing your awareness fully into the present moment.

We’ll close our time together with a guided meditation to support clarity, spaciousness, and deep rest.

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Yin, Meditation, & Breathwork
Sunday, December 14, 2026
2:00 - 4:30pm

Jade Therapies and Yarmouth Yoga

Reach out to Jade Therapies for registration and costs

Chair Yoga in two hours!! Who's in!?
11/21/2025

Chair Yoga in two hours!! Who's in!?

.: Why Combining Yin Yoga + Therapeutic Yoga Supports Real Healing .:In my therapeutic yoga sessions, I often incorporat...
11/20/2025

.: Why Combining Yin Yoga + Therapeutic Yoga Supports Real Healing .:

In my therapeutic yoga sessions, I often incorporate Yin Yoga shapes because they create the ideal foundation for meaningful, sustainable healing. Blending Yin with Therapeutic Yoga allows us to work with your body in a way that is both gentle and deeply effective.

Yin Yoga gives your body the chance to slow down and release long-held tension. The stillness melts into your fascia, softening the patterns that keep you feeling tight, reactive, or disconnected. This practice creates space—physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Therapeutic Yoga then steps in to support what opens. Through gentle, intentional movement, it helps retrain your muscles, stabilize your joints, and teach your nervous system that movement can be safe again. This is where new patterns form—patterns that support healing instead of interfering with it.

Together, Yin and Therapeutic Yoga offer:
• deep tissue release
• nervous system regulation
• increased mobility with safe stability
• space for emotional processing
• long-term repatterning and resilience

It’s a partnership that helps you not only feel better, but stay better.

If you’re navigating pain, stiffness, stress, or recovery, this blended approach can support your body in a gentle, nourishing way. Yin creates the space; Therapeutic Yoga helps your body learn how to use it—leading to steadier progress and deeper ease.

If you’re curious whether therapeutic yoga might be a helpful part of your healing journey, feel free to reach out and explore what’s possible.

Chair yoga: because gravity and I aren’t on speaking terms. 🤣🤣🤣
11/19/2025

Chair yoga: because gravity and I aren’t on speaking terms. 🤣🤣🤣

.: How Therapeutic Yoga Supports Lower Back Pain - And why it might be the approach your body has been asking for.: Lowe...
11/18/2025

.: How Therapeutic Yoga Supports Lower Back Pain - And why it might be the approach your body has been asking for.:

Lower-back pain rarely comes from just one thing. It’s usually a mix of tight muscles, weak stabilizers, stress, posture, or simply the way we move through our day. Therapeutic yoga meets all of those layers with gentleness, skill, and compassion.

In a therapeutic session, we slow everything down. We explore small, safe movements that help the deep core and back muscles wake up again. We release tension in places that quietly pull on your spine—hips, hamstrings, hip flexors, even the breath. And we use calming, supportive shapes to ease the nervous system out of “protect and brace” mode so your body can soften and heal.

The goal isn’t to push through discomfort. It’s to build trust with your body. When you move with awareness, stability grows, tension unwinds, and pain often shifts more quickly than you expect.

If lower-back pain has been limiting your comfort, sleep, or daily movement, therapeutic yoga can offer a path forward—tailored, gentle, and grounded in your real-life needs.

If you’d like to explore whether therapeutic yoga could support your lower back, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to chat about what your body is experiencing and help you find a safe, compassionate starting point.

Reach out or visit my website for more information on therapeutic yoga sessions. (https://earthmonkey.yoga/therapeutic-yoga-program)

50 HR Yin Yoga Immersion & Teacher Training in Halifax!!=====“During my initial 200hr yoga teacher training, Tamara did ...
11/18/2025

50 HR Yin Yoga Immersion & Teacher Training in Halifax!!

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“During my initial 200hr yoga teacher training, Tamara did a brief introduction to Yin yoga, which was, in fact, MY introduction to Yin. I fell in love with the practice immediately and began attending her weekly classes. When she offered her Yin teacher training, I think I was the first to sign up for it. Tamara combines detailed theory and history of the practice with guidance to teach it in a mindful, beautiful way. I would recommend her teacher training to anyone considering expanding their teaching to include the practice of Yin as well as those who simply want to immerse themselves in this incredible practice.” — Kelli D. - YT200

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50 HR Yin Yoga Immersion & Teacher Training
January 2026

On The Mat Yoga Studio, Halifax

Please reach out or visit my website for more information (www.earthmonkey.yoga)

Registration is through On The Mat (www.onthemat.ca)

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E-RYT200 / YACEP

Strength & Mobility will move to The Yoga Room, in Shelburne, for tonight.  There are a couple of spots available. Reach...
11/17/2025

Strength & Mobility will move to The Yoga Room, in Shelburne, for tonight. There are a couple of spots available. Reach out if you would like to join us!

50HR Yin Immersion and Teacher Training in Yarmouth!“I am so happy I took Tamara’s Yin Yoga certification course. Her te...
11/16/2025

50HR Yin Immersion and Teacher Training in Yarmouth!

“I am so happy I took Tamara’s Yin Yoga certification course. Her teaching style and obvious love of Yin Yoga was evident in her honour of the practice. She shares her vast knowledge, explaining the fine details of the Yin practice, with a refreshing sense of humour. I teach Yin to this day mostly because of Tamara’s guidance showing me the true joy of Yin yoga. If you want to teach Yin I would highly recommend you learn from Tamara. She’s amazing!” — Margaret H. - YT200 & studio owner

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50 Hour Yin Yoga Immersion and Teacher Training
Jade Therapies and Yarmouth Yoga

February 2026
Two full in-person weekends plus online practice

Please reach out or visit the website for details
www.earthmonkey.yoga/yinimmersion

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E-RYT200 / YACEP

11/15/2025

Happy Holidaze.

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Shelburne, NS

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