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Come flow with us at Sangha Yoga Collective! Yoga Teacher Training & More.

10/04/2025

✨ Colleges + Universities: A New Partnership Opportunity

Sangha Yoga Collective is bringing a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification directly into Health + Fitness programs.

This is more than just yoga. It’s about:
✨ Trauma-informed education
✨ Supporting mental health + resilience
✨ Expanding student career pathways

✨How it Works:
Hybrid, modular delivery = flexible alongside academic studies
Students graduate with dual credentials: their diploma/degree plus a Yoga Alliance–accredited certification. Co-branded with your institution + supported by the Sangha Student Portal (LMS)

✨Why Partner?
Differentiate your Health + Fitness programs
Attract + retain students with dual credentials
Generate new revenue streams with a turnkey, licensable program

Together, we can shape the next generation of wellness leaders.
📩 email lisa@sanghayogacollective.com or send DM to explore this opportunity further. Programming available 🌎 worldwide.

10/03/2025

More ❤ from our students...

10/01/2025

If you aren’t teaching Yoga from a philosophical base, you aren’t teaching Yoga - you’re teaching movement.
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Yoga is not something you DO, it’s an experience. We arrive in the state of Yoga, which is when the mind is clear of clutter. This is directly from the Sutras of Patanjali (1:2), one of the foundational texts on Yoga.
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And sure, we can arrive there through asana, but that is only 1 of the 8 limbs. Asana as we have come to know it through Astanga, or hot power yoga, or even Yin or Restorative Yoga are newer (less than 100 years old), despite evidence of Yoga being closer to 6000 years old.
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This is why Yoga Foundations is a 100% theory based course. We need to understand, realize, and experience the state of Yoga so we can begin to understand Yoga’s true power.
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Join us for our next course starting Oct 22nd. Split between virtual and in person dates in both Toronto and Ottawa in Nov. ✨ link in bio.
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This could be the start of your 200-hr journey, a refresh or simply to learn more. Spaces still available, we hope you'll join us.

09/26/2025

✨It’s the perfect time to join! We start a new book next month!

Deepen your yoga journey beyond the mat by joining our Sangha Book Club ✨ a supportive space for spiritual exploration and connection.

We meet the 2nd Friday of each month, discussions are generally 90min. ✨ We get to dive into the book, engage in a wisdom talk and reflect on its teachings. Our discussions foster meaningful conversation rooted in yogic philosophy.

✨Next Meeting: Friday, Oct 10th 7pm EST

New Book! Osho’s Emotional Wellness: Transforming Fear, Anger, and Jealousy into Creative Energy. DM for details!

09/24/2025

✨The Yoga Energy Body – Intro Course ✨Starts October 1st

Step beyond the physical poses of Yoga and explore the subtle body systems that hold the key to balance, clarity, and self-awareness.

In this 4-week journey you’ll:
🔻 Study the chakra system with focus on the root, sacral & solar plexus
🧘 Gain tools in meditation, breath work & visualization
💫 Learn how your lower chakras support safety, flow & personal power
This course is perfect for anyone curious to explore Yoga’s deeper wisdom and cultivate practices for inner transformation.

✨ This is a live/virtual theory based course (not recorded) Wednesday Oct 1, 8 + 15th from 6-9pm EST. Each week presents a new chakra including practices and meditations for balance. CECs provided for Yoga Alliance + canfitpro.
🔗 [Link in bio to register]

09/19/2025

How to Begin a Meditation Practice

Step #1 – Sit down, close your eyes, quiet your mind.

The hard truth is that is really what you need to do. The reality, as we know, it’s not quite that simple. If you have been wanting to start a meditation practice or have been struggling to stay committed, try working with the following tips.

1. Be comfortable.

Over time it will become more comfortable to sit for longer periods as your back and hips get used to it. Until that happens, get a good quality meditation cushion or even a firm décor pillow or extra yoga mat. Sit on the edge so that your hip bones tip slightly forward. If your legs start to cramp, move and re-adjust. Again, as your body gets used to sitting it will get easier over time.

2. Schedule it in.

Let’s be honest with ourselves on what it takes to get things done these days. You schedule coffee with your BFF weeks in advance, so schedule your daily (yes – I said daily) meditation. Find a minimum of 10 minutes (working up to 20) everyday, preferably at the same time. Use an alarm, write it in your diary, whatever it takes to keep you accountable.

3. Get help.

Why try it alone? There are incredible tools out there designed to help you be consistent with your meditation practice. Apps like Insight Timer are extremely popular, though there are many others. Remember, we have free meditations in the library section of our community app! If you find the silence deafening, or struggle to quiet your thoughts work with different techniques until you find what works best with you.

And the end of the day, consistency is key. There is also a reason it is called meditation PRACTICE. It needs to be practiced and it takes practice. I promise you, if you give it a solid effort you will experience its benefits: clarity, focus, presence, just to name a few; you will be hooked in for life.

✨Join me on Saturday, September 20th 1-3pm EST for a live/virtual Meditation Workshop: Cultivating Calm + Clarity. Learn meditation techniques and receive a 21-day meditation to fuel your daily practice. Can’t join live? it will also be recorded.

09/12/2025

We are interrupting our carefully curated Yoga posts to remind you about our Yoga + Safari Retreat to Kenya in March 2027!
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Deposits are due November 1st to secure your space ($750 USD) and to set you up on a payment plan, with last payment due next summer - that's an entire year to save up!
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This is a once in a lifetime Yoga + Safari experience to join and to meditate on the savanna, connect to the motherland and of course see all the animals!! 🐘🐆🦓🐃🦒🦛🦏...
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If you are contemplating this amazing adventure please let us know asap, while deposits are due yet, spaces are limited and we've had a lot of interest so far ❤

09/08/2025

Sangha Yoga Collective’s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification is a comprehensive, trauma-informed program designed for individuals ready to deepen their personal practice and step into the role of a Yoga teacher.
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This hybrid-format training combines in-person and virtual learning, allowing you to progress at your own pace while being part of a supportive community.
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Our curriculum emphasizes the 8-limbed path of Yoga, integrating philosophy, asana, pranayama, meditation, and teaching methodology.
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Accredited with Yoga Alliance and a preferred education partner with Canadian Fitness Professionals Inc. (canfitpro), your 200-hr YTT is an Internationally recognized certification allowing you to teach anywhere from studios to fitness facilities, YMCA, community centres, corporate wellness programs, or for your own business.
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Toronto - start Oct 1st with Yoga Energy Body!
Ottawa - start Oct 22nd with Yoga Foundations!
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Link in bio, or email yoga@sanghayogacollective ❤

09/05/2025

The key to mental well-being is in establishing daily self-care practices that speak to our different layers of self: physical, energetic, emotional, mental and of course simply joy.
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From what I have discovered both through my own personal experience, but also the work I have done with my students is that mental well-being is achieved through all the small things that we do each day. That all of these small things like planning a nutritious meal, going for an afternoon walk or calling our BFF, add up to powerful shifts in how we feel.
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Another very important element to this is taking time each day to quiet our mind and sit in stillness, or more commonly known as meditation. It took me years to finally establish a daily meditation practice. I always had such wonderful excuses and reasons why I just couldn’t take the time, as I’m sure you do too, until enough was enough.
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My meditation practice has been a game changer for me and so ingrained into my routine if I miss it in the morning it feels like I’ve missed my morning cup of coffee. I use my time in meditation intuitively to release tension from my body. This grounds me, reminding me that my own mental well-being is my primary focus, and the other thoughts slipping through are secondary or even lower on the priority schedule.
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I become fully present and this carries with me through the day. I find that I can pause often in my day and just reflect on my morning practice or become quite still in my mind for a minute or two to help clear my thoughts while I’m working or writing.
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Has meditation become your non-negotiable yet?

09/03/2025

Join Lisa Greenbaum for a transformative 2-hour live/virtual meditation workshop designed to deepen your understanding of meditation and help you build a sustainable home practice. Whether you’re brand new to meditation or looking to re-energize your practice, this experience will give you the tools and structure to make meditation a part of your daily life.
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Meditation is one of the most effective practices for supporting mental health and overall well-being, and my daily practice has been imperative for me to help manage both the highs and lows on this journey of life.
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This interactive session blends theory and practice so you leave with both knowledge and personal experience. Together, we’ll explore: how meditation works, different meditation techniques and practical strategies.
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Your Takeaway:
At the end of the workshop, you’ll receive access to a 21-Day Guided Meditation Practice through the Sangha Student portal to support your journey beyond this session.

link in bio, open to all!

08/23/2025

More ❤ from our students!

Yoga for Wellness: Trauma Theory is a 2-day live/virtual course Sept 6-7th. Learn about the effects of trauma and chronic stress on our over all well-being and how to best support your students. Take this training on its own, or this could be the first step towards your 200-hr YTT or 125-hr Therapeutic Yoga Path.

08/20/2025

I was excited and nervous coming in to teach the first full day workshop at the Yoga Show in Toronto after 3 years of missing the event post-pandemic. A lot had happened in those few years, and individually and globally we were carrying a lot.

I introduced myself and the topic for the day - Becoming Trauma Aware: How to better support your students in Yoga. I then asked the group to introduce themselves, but before the introductions began, I dropped in a small but meaningful parameter to their shares. It went something like this…

“Pretty much everyone that is drawn to study trauma-informed practices, is because of lived experience. If you would like to share that you have experienced trauma, please do - BUT, please do not share how or what your specific experience(s) are. We can never know what others are going through, or have gone through, and what may no longer trigger us can easily trigger others. We are here to learn about the effects of trauma on our brain and nervous system, to gain perspective and compassion, not to get out the shovel and start unearthing all of our past pain.”

I will never forget the sigh of relief that came from everyone in the room!

Truthfully, I said this because I desperately needed to protect myself. I was still experiencing high symptoms of PTSD and I was worried that if I was triggered, I wouldn’t be able to deliver the session effectively. However, in laying this out for the group I helped to establish a space of safety for everyone there.

This is now how I begin every single discussion around understanding trauma. If this is what has prevented you from studying trauma, please know that I can hold space for you.

This is also why I have shifted the theory portion of our Yoga for Wellness training to a live/virtual session. So you can take this information in within the comfort of your own personal space. Cuddle with your pets, make a cup of tea in your favourite mug, do what you need to do to take in this learning that is equally empowering as it is educational.

I hope to see you Sept 6-7 at Yoga for Wellness: Trauma Theory for our next live/virtual training.

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My focus is to empower us to take ownership of our health and wellness so that we feel connected to Self and therefore to each other. I share this through education and building community online or in person through yoga classes, workshops and retreats as well as my blog: www.lisagreenbaum.wordpress.com and magazine articles.

As a Certified Yoga Therapist, I have worked with countless individuals, including my own personal practice, using Yoga based practices to release stored trauma from the body, finding ease from chronic pain and tension and a deeper connection to Self: mind, body & spirit. An avid writer and traveler, with regular contributions to Tonic, Optimyz and canfitpro magazines, I am known for bringing an easy-going style to my teaching, encouraging everyone to honour and listen to their bodies and stay in the present moment. I have over 750 hours of YTT education, and have studied in US, Canada and India.

I have taught group fitness and yoga in Toronto, Canada since 2001. The former Director of a Yoga Teacher Training school and YTT Senior Trainer, I have presented at numerous conferences Internationally including: canfitpro world fitness expo, Addictions and Mental Health Ontario Conference and The Yoga Conference and Show in Toronto, FILEX and the Ignite Yoga Summit in Sydney, Australia. I was the recent recipient of the canfitpro Delegates Choice Award for 2018 Canadian Presenter of the Year. I teach at various studios in the Toronto area, my current drop-in schedule is posted to this page or visit my website: www.lisagreenbaum.com

Founder of Sangha Wellness Retreats, I also host and lead retreats all over the world. www.sanghawellnessretreats.com