Butterfly Tree Yoga

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.

03/26/2025

Big news! In light (see what I did there?) of the seasonal shift, all yoga classes now welcome drop-ins!

Pre-registering for a bundle of classes continues to be an option, and doing so supports the sustainability of these offerings 🙏🏼 For those who need more flexibility, you can now drop in and pay as you go in all classes. RSVP encouraged and helpful (text 778-587-8894).

View the class schedule here https://www.butterflytreeyoga.org/class-schedule

Happy Spring!

03/02/2025

Last few days to register for March Moderate Hatha Yoga 4-week series! Join us and feel like your best self this spring 🌱

Explore 4 weeks of progressively deepening movement, breathing, chanting, and guided meditation for $40-80 sliding scale. Tuesdays 4:15-5:30 PM at The Gathering Place. Email erin@butterflytreeyoga.org to register.

02/26/2025

Vigorous Hatha Yoga CANCELED Wed Feb 26 due to instructor illness. Apologies. Hope to be back in action next week!

02/20/2025

Join us for Gentle Hatha Yoga, Thursdays 3:30-4:45 PM at The Gathering Place! This gently active and slow-paced practice can support you to relieve stiffness and pain, improve range of motion, and gradually build strength, all while calming the mind and finding your centre.

This class involves getting up and down from the floor a couple times. Standing postures are offered with three options: 1) Seated in a chair; 2) Standing while holding the chair for support; or 3) Standing hands-free. We also practice breathwork, guided meditation, and a bit of chanting.

Guided by a certified yoga therapist, this practice is customizable to where you’re at. $10-20 sliding scale drop-in. Email erin@butterflytreeyoga.org or text/call 778-587-8894 for more info.

02/18/2025

Join us Wednesday 5pm for Vigorous Hatha Yoga at The Gathering Place! $10-20 sliding scale, for intermediate practitioners who are familiar with most basic yoga postures and looking for more intense challenge of strength, flexibility, and balance. Class also includes breathwork, chanting, and guided meditation.