Play And Pause Yoga

Play And Pause Yoga Helping women 40+ feel vibrant & balanced through yoga, Ayurveda & meditation. Founder of Play and Pause Yoga. Let's connect

Supporting your journey with kindness, & practices that meet you where you are. PlayandPause Yoga represents all my interest coming together. I was introduced to Yoga practice twenty years ago and at the time I have studied Psychology. First Yoga practice was a physical practice for me, helping me with the back pain and body posture, but very fast it become so much more. My awe regarding the knowl

edge of the ancient yoga traditions (5000 years old) and modern science conformation of the same made me a student of Yoga for life. The PlayandPause Yoga pagees, website and live classes are the place where I share what I have learned with you with the hope that it will spark curiosity in you as it has in me.

04/15/2026

🌙🌸 New Moon Yoga Retreat — High Park 🌸🌙

On May 16, under the New Moon in Ta**us, we gather for a nourishing day retreat in nature to welcome new beginnings and plant fresh intentions.

Together, we’ll move through grounding yoga, breathwork, meditation, and Ayurvedic rituals designed to help you reconnect with yourself and the energy of spring.

Expect a beautiful day filled with:

🌿 grounding yoga to build warmth and vitality
🌿 pranayama & meditation for clarity and inner stillness
🌿 nourishing seasonal food
🌿 spring self-care rituals inspired by Ayurveda
🌿 tea circle, intention setting & creative reflection
🌿 a mindful walk through High Park during cherry blossom season

You’ll also receive thoughtful take-home gifts handmade by local artisans and leave feeling lighter, clearer, and deeply restored.

✨ Early bird pricing: 15% off until April 16
✨ Limited spots available

Message me for details and to reserve your spot 🌿

04/15/2026

Spring is here, and it’s the perfect time to feel lighter in your body and mind 🌿

This 4-week workshop series is designed to help you move through the season with yoga, breathwork, and simple Ayurvedic spring rituals.

If your body has been feeling heavy, tired, or in need of a gentle reset after winter, this is for you.

✨ Sundays in Midtown Toronto
✨ Small supportive group
✨ Women 40+ welcome

Send me a message with SPRING and I’ll send you all the details 💌





04/14/2026

Spring is calling… let’s wake the body up 🌿✨

This is more than a regular yoga class.

Our 4-week Spring Reset Series is more like a mini workshop designed to help you feel lighter, more open, and more connected to your body as the season changes.

Each Sunday we gather in person for mindful movement, breathwork, and a practical seasonal workshop experience, including simple rituals and reflection tools you can explore at home throughout the week.

This is a space to move, learn, and better understand what your body is asking for this spring.

📍 Midtown Toronto
🗓 April 19 - May 10
⏰ Sundays | 9:30–10:45 AM
🧘‍♀️ In person

Tap Reserve Your Spot to learn more and register, or send me a message if you’d like to know whether this workshop is the right fit for you 🌿

Most of us imagine discipline as something intense.Pushing harder.Doing more.Never missing a day.But yoga suggests somet...
04/13/2026

Most of us imagine discipline as something intense.

Pushing harder.
Doing more.
Never missing a day.

But yoga suggests something quieter.

Discipline does not always look like effort.

Sometimes it looks like simply returning.

Returning to the mat when the mind would rather stay comfortable.
Returning to the breath when the day feels busy.
Returning to practice even when motivation is not strong.

In yoga philosophy this steady inner fire is called
Tapas.

Not force.

Just the willingness to continue.

Over time, it is this quiet consistency that slowly changes the body, the breath, and the mind.

✨ What helps you return to your practice on days when motivation is low?

If this kind of steady, mindful practice resonates with you, you’re warmly invited to join our Morning Yoga practice.

Link in Bio for a free week of Morning Yoga live Zoom classes+recording or DM me for more info 🌿

04/06/2026

There is something sacred about preparing the oil by hand.

This is where the treatment begins, long before you arrive on the table.

Herbs slowly infused into oil, time doing its quiet work, nature offering its medicine in a gentle way. 🌿

I love this part of the process because it reminds me that healing is rarely rushed.

Just as the herbs need time to soften into the oil, our bodies need time to soften out of stress.

So many women I work with are carrying so much:
the pace of life,
the invisible mental load,
the tension held in the shoulders, jaw, belly, and heart.

This infused oil is being prepared with that in mind.

For warmth.
For circulation.
For grounding.
For a nervous system that has been “on” for too long.

Massage, in the Ayurvedic tradition, is not simply about muscles.

It is a ritual of returning.
A way to remind the body:
you are safe,
you can soften,
you can rest here.

Sometimes healing begins with something as simple as warm oil and caring hands.

If your body is asking for warmth, rest, and nervous system support, I’d love to welcome you for an Ayurvedic Reset Session.

Send me a message with RESET and I’ll share available appointments for April 🤍

Many of us finish practice and immediately begin evaluating it.Was it strong enough?Long enough?Did we do the poses well...
04/04/2026

Many of us finish practice and immediately begin evaluating it.

Was it strong enough?
Long enough?
Did we do the poses well?

The mind quickly moves toward improvement.

But yoga quietly offers another possibility.

What if, for a moment, we simply acknowledged the effort we made?

You came to the mat. 🫶
You breathed. ✨
You moved your body with awareness. 💞

In yoga philosophy this is called
Santosha.

The ability to recognize that the present moment, and the effort we offered to it, can already be enough.

And often, when we practice from that place:

The mind softens.
The breath deepens.
And the practice begins to feel lighter.

✨ Have you ever finished a practice and immediately judged it?

If this kind of mindful approach resonates with you, you’re warmly invited to join our Morning Yoga practice live online on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:30 AM ET, with class recordings available for 3 days.

Join us for a free week of Morning Yoga - link in bio. ❤️






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03/31/2026

Spring asks us to begin again 🌸

If winter left you feeling heavy, tired, or disconnected from your body, this is your invitation to reset.

Spring Reset is a 4-week in-person yoga series created to help you move into the new season feeling lighter, stronger, and more connected to yourself.

Together, we will use mindful movement, breathwork, and seasonal Ayurvedic wisdom to gently release the heaviness of winter and awaken fresh energy for spring.

Imagine feeling:

✧ lighter in your body
✧ clearer in your mind
✧ calmer in your nervous system
✧ stronger and more energized

This is more than a yoga class.
It is a seasonal ritual of renewal.

Starting April 19 – May 10
Sundays | 9:30–10:45 AM
Midtown Toronto
Near Eglinton & Mt. Pleasant

🌸 Early bird pricing available until April 4

Send me SPRING in a DM and I’ll send you the early bird details and registration link.

You can also learn more through the link in bio.

Come as you are, and let spring meet you there.

03/30/2026

Spring arrives first in sound—
not in the flowers,
not in the light,
but in the birds who greet the dawn
before the world remembers to wake.

In the hush of the early morning,
their song feels like a prayer,
a soft reminder
that each day begins again.

There is something sacred in these hours—
the quiet,
the stillness,
the breath before the rush.

This is why I love mornings.
This is why I practice.

If spring is calling you back to yourself,
come join us for a free week of Morning Yoga 🌿
A gentle way to begin your day with movement, breath, and calm.

✨Link in bio.

One of the quiet challenges of practice is letting go of the past.Not only the past we carry in our mind -but the past v...
03/28/2026

One of the quiet challenges of practice is letting go of the past.

Not only the past we carry in our mind -
but the past version of our body.

Many of us remember how certain poses once felt.

How easily the body moved, how naturally balance came.

And when that changes, the mind often responds with pressure.
“I used to do this better.”

But yoga gently introduces a different kind of wisdom.
Instead of holding on to what once was, we learn to meet the body exactly where it is now.
In yoga philosophy this is called
Aparigraha.

Not resignation.
Not giving up.

Simply releasing the need to compare the present moment with the past.

And when we do, something surprising happens.
Practice becomes lighter.
Breath becomes steadier.

And the body begins to move with more kindness.
✨ Have you ever noticed this moment in practice?

If this kind of mindful approach resonates with you, you’re warmly invited to join our Morning Yoga practice.

Send me a DM for a free week of Morning Yoga.🧘

03/20/2026

Student love ❤️

This moment reminds me why I chose this path.

It’s not always easy…
so many questions and doubts can sneak in when you share something you feel so deeply —
while knowing there is still so much more to learn and understand.

This is a journey.

And moments like this…
they fill me, ground me, and bring me back to certainty —
this is the way 🤍

Today is the Spring Equinox 🌿
A beautiful time to ask yourself:

What makes your heart sing?

A moment of balance between light and dark…
a quiet reset in nature.

What we give attention to now begins to grow.
So gently choose what you want to nurture,
what feels true,
what brings you back to yourself.

Sometimes the most difficult part of yoga practice is not the posture.It’s honesty.The quiet honesty we have with oursel...
03/20/2026

Sometimes the most difficult part of yoga practice is not the posture.
It’s honesty.

The quiet honesty we have with ourselves.

The moment when we realize we are pushing even though the body is tired.
Or when we notice that something doesn’t feel as comfortable as we first told ourselves.

Yoga slowly teaches a different kind of strength.

The strength to pause and say:
Today my body needs something different.

A practice guided by clarity rather than pressure.

In yoga philosophy this is called Satya — truthfulness.

Satya invites us to see clearly what is happening in the present moment
and to meet ourselves there with sincerity.

Each time we listen honestly, the practice becomes deeper and more meaningful.

✨ Have you ever had a moment in practice when honesty changed everything?

If this kind of mindful practice resonates with you, you’re warmly invited to join our Morning Yoga practice.

A gentle way to begin the day with awareness, breath, and presence.
Send me a DM for a FREE week of Morning Yoga.

03/18/2026

A simple ritual to support digestion this spring.

In Ayurveda, digestion is guided by Agni - the digestive fire.

When Agni is balanced, food is processed efficiently, energy feels stable, and the body can adapt more easily to seasonal changes.

One traditional preparation used to gently stimulate digestion is fresh ginger with lemon and a pinch of salt

Ingredients
• 1 thin slice of fresh ginger
• a few drops of lemon juice
• a small pinch of mineral or sea salt

How to prepare
Place the ginger slice on a small plate.
Add a few drops of lemon juice and sprinkle lightly with salt.

When to take it
Eat this preparation about 20–30 minutes before a meal, especially lunch or dinner.

In Ayurveda this simple ritual helps awaken Agni, preparing the digestive system to receive food.

Seasonal practices like this help the body transition from winter into spring with grace and dignity.

🌿 Spring Reset - Ayurveda & Yoga
If you would like to learn more practical rituals and movements to help wake up the body and mind after winter, I invite you to join our upcoming series.

4-Week Sunday Series
Starting April 19 • 9:30 AM
Toronto Midtown in person classes.

✨ DM for more information
Early Bird pricing available until April 1.

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