Butterfly Tree Yoga

09/03/2025

Join us for Vigorous Hatha! Wednesdays 5pm at The Gathering Place. Edit: Starting NEXT WEEK Sept 10.

Similar to a Vinyasa Flow, this a challenging class for intermediate practitioners who are familiar with most basic yoga postures, and who are seeking more intense challenge of strength, flexibility, and balance. Suitable for people who can get up and down from the floor quickly many times, and who do not currently have significant injuries or who have the knowledge to adapt their own practice as needed.

Consistent with my training in India, all classes include breath, meditation, and chanting as well as the movement portion of the class. All components of class are optional and non-religious.

Contact Erin@ButterflyTreeYoga.org or 778-587-8894 for more info and to RSVP. Thank you!

09/01/2025

Join us for Moderate Hatha Yoga! Tuesdays 4:15-5:30pm at The Gathering Place. Suitable for beginners and intermediate students who are comfortable getting up and down from the floor unassisted.

Consistent with my training in India, all classes include breathing, meditation, and chanting as well as the movement portion of the class. All components of the class are optional and non-religious.

Contact Erin@ButterflyTreeYoga.org or text/call 778-587-8894 for more info and to sign up.

08/31/2025

Interested in trying Chair Yoga? This gentle, accessible practice supports you in choosing your own pace and options. Many people find that regular practice reduces pain, calms the mind, and helps them to feel more spacious, strong, and balanced. Tuesdays 11am at The Gathering Place with a certified yoga therapist.

Contact Erin at 778-587-8894 or visit www.ButterflyTreeYoga.org for more info or to sign up!

08/21/2025

Now accepting registrations for September yoga classes! Rooted in classical practice, adapted by a certified yoga therapist to meet you where you are.

Email Erin@ButterflyTreeYoga.org to hold your spot (you can choose specific dates that work for your schedule), and if you have any questions.

Click on the image below to see the full info, or visit www.ButterflyTreeYoga.org for more detailed class descriptions.

May the peace of this practice be received wherever it is needed 🙏🏼

08/05/2025

Yoga classes available for FIRST two weeks of August (through Aug 15):

Chair Yoga Tuesdays 11am
Online Chair Yoga Fridays 10:30am
Gentle Hatha Thursdays 3:30pm
Moderate Hatha Tuesdays 4:15pm

(Vigorous Hatha is on hiatus for the summer.)

All in-person classes at The Gathering Place - with air conditioning! Drop-ins welcome; text 778-587-8894 if you plan to drop in.

There will be NO classes Aug 16-31 due to teacher vacation. We resume on Sept 2.

Have a great summer!

07/03/2025

July class schedule confirmed!

Chair Yoga Tuesdays 11am
Gentle Hatha Thursdays 3:30pm
Moderate Hatha Tuesdays 4:15pm

All in-person at Gathering Place. Drop-ins welcome; text 778-587-8894 if you plan to drop in.

Note: Vigorous Hatha and Online Chair Yoga are on hiatus for July. Online Chair Yoga students can access previous class recordings to support a home practice if you like; email Erin@ButterflyTreeYoga.org to ask about this.

Have a great summer!

06/28/2025

Inviting registration for July yoga classes! Please email Erin@ButterflyTreeYoga.org to reserve the dates you plan to attend, or with any questions. (Click the image to see the full poster info.)

Drop-ins welcome with RSVP to 778-587-8894 once a minimum number has been met through pre-registration. No classes July 1 due to stat holiday.

If you would like to feel more centred, spacious, strong, and easeful, come try yoga! 😊

05/25/2025

Important Changes to Yoga Schedule:

There are NO yoga classes May 25-30 due to teacher being away (also no replies to messages as I will be out of service area).

Starting in June, there are three classes a week:

Moderate Hatha Tuesdays 4:15-5:30
Gentle Hatha Thursdays 3:30-4:45
Online Chair Yoga Fridays 10:30-11:45

Please visit www.ButterflyTreeYoga.org for more info or to register. Thank you!

05/19/2025

Calling for June yoga registration! This is a well-rounded classical yoga practice (movement, breathing, meditation, and a bit of chanting - all elements optional) offered with a trauma-informed approach. The gentler classes are therapeutic in nature, and all guided by a certified yoga therapist.

Minimum number of pre-registered students are required to run the class. Drop-ins welcome once the minimum number has been met. Deadline to pre-register: Friday, May 23.

Contact Erin@ButterflyTreeYoga.org with questions or to hold your spot :)

Note: No classes May 25-30 as teacher is away. Thank you!

04/28/2025

I am gauging if there is sufficient interest in continuing Butterfly Tree Yoga classes on Denman Island or online over the warm months. Please take this 1-2 min. survey to let me know if you would like to practice together this spring/summer. Thank you!

I am gauging if there is sufficient interest in continuing Butterfly Tree Yoga classes on Denman Island or online over the warm months. Please take this 1-2 min. survey to let me know if you would like to practice together this summer. Thank you!

04/12/2025

All classes welcoming drop-ins now! Come check out our variety of yoga offerings tailored to four different degrees of accessibility and physical challenge.

04/10/2025

Today I received among the most beautiful affirming feedback I have ever received about my yoga classes.

A new-to-me but clearly very experienced student told me after class that they had practiced yoga in India, and that what I offered reminded them of being back there. They described my class as “the OG yoga.”

All of my classes include meditation, pranayama (breathwork), mantra (chanting in Sanskrit), and asana (physical postures). I think I lose students because of that. Many seem to only want asana, and to have a Western-style fitness class sanitized of spirituality or meaning. At this point in my journey, I don’t feel willing to compromise on that. I do emphasize that every component of class is optional, and I offer some alternatives, but I am not willing to remove the components entirely.

It is very important to me that what I offer is as authentic and intact as I know how. For two reasons:

1) Respect. As a white person who teaches other people a practice that is not from my own heritage, and who even gets paid to share these teachings, it is very important to me to honour the traditions intact and not to misappropriate, abuse, or misrepresent someone else’s culture and spirituality.

2) Potency. A watered-down, whitewashed practice simply does not offer the same effects as the full practice. Just as the person who is always wanting to rush ahead to the next movement without pausing to observe sensations or to ground and prepare and move slowly into the movement with stable control, just as they continue to wrestle a scattered mind and sore unsteady joints - if we want to see the benefits, we need to do the practice in a way that actually offers those benefits.

I don’t offer fitness classes. I offer yoga. And it made my heart absolutely sing when that was recognized today by someone who knows it when they see it.