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01/27/2026

What is yoga ?

A question I’ve been pondering on these past months.

Traveling through Australia, living in a 4x4, sleeping in a roof tent, and changing scenery and surroundings almost everyday, has challenged my practice and my vision of yoga - a lot.

You may think “oh it’s so great, practicing on the beach everyday”, well that happened perhaps 6 times in 10 months!

Truth is, the beginning of this trip was really hard for me, to keep my routine and my idea of an ideal yoga practice. Traveling through Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland, I was never alone: flies, mosquitoes, ants, spiders, you name it.. the grounds were most of the time gravel or uneven and dirty..lots of wind, heat, humidity.. nothing ideal to lay on your mat.

Not to mention the fact that we are on constant movement when on a road trip, so how do you ground? How do you lay roots? How do you slow down?
Let me tell you, the internal conversations in my mind were never ending, and I was fighting with myself a lot.
Always being with that same person the whole time - yes, my partner that I chose to be with - creates a lot of tension, fights, and it becomes difficult.

Hence the necessity of practicing yoga.

I had to shift my vision, and remind myself on a constant basis, that yoga is not happening on my mat. It definitely wasn’t 😅.

Yoga is a way of life, is how I choose to act throughout my day, how I nourish myself and my community, on all levels.

Yoga is how I find union with my surroundings, no matter what they are: from hikes, plunges, walks, drives (and there were many! More than 40,000kms driven so far), and even jobs! How do I stay true to myself, wherever I am, and whatever I am doing.

Even if I cannot have a mat based practice, I find a way to chant, to meditate, to recite mantras on long walks or drives. Movement - any type - is medicine. And that is necessary for wellbeing.

So take this as a reminder for yourself as well, that even if you can’t step on your mat today, even if you are not a fan of asanas, you can still practice yoga. You can still be true to yourself.

Wellbeing is your birthright, as my teacher .yogrishi says it so well.

03/07/2025

✨ Transformation ✨

🌼 Spring is slowly knocking on the door. I believe this is the true renewal, beginning of a new cycle, new year.
I am in awe as I am preparing to move abroad (again!). I take this opportunity to do a big Spring cleanse and am getting rid of many things that accumulated over the past few years - and not only on the physical / material level! What a gift to start anew!
...Anew, really? I actually see this more as a step forward, from the old version to the new version, with all the learnings, the lessons, the experiences that shaped who I am today.

During my Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at in India in November, I was gifted with a new name, a spiritual name. My teacher, Dr Yogrishi Vishvketu .yogrishi , gifted me with this new name as a sign towards my Dharma, my life’s purpose. He mentioned only those who are ready to carry on the Adi Nath Shiv lineage are worthy of the name. I felt very humbled, and a deep gratitude towards my teacher and his teachers. I am ready.

This new name came to me as a confirmation, a deep knowing within me that I am on the right path, that my work of service is not ending here, and will continue to transform itself, as I transform myself, and as I support you on your own transformational path.

🔥 Paavani Jyot 💦 The one who purifies, The one who sanctifies. Purifying Light of Spiritual Transformation, or Sacred Flame.

Paavani Jyot - I carry this name with humility and gratitude. As I delve into a new chapter of my life, Paavani Jyot holds me, and acts as a compass.

Paavani is associated with purity and sanctity, that which has the power to cleanse in a sacred way. It is often linked to elements that purify, such as holy rivers or rituals.
Symbolizing a light that purifies and sanctifies. This name embodies qualities of illumination, purity, and spiritual cleansing, reflecting a harmonious blend of sanctity and brilliance and also connects to practices like Shatkarma (cleansing techniques) and pranayama, which purify and prepare the practitioner for higher states of consciousness.

I can’t wait to see what this next chapter holds for us.

🙏 Dhanyavad

02/22/2025

✨ Life Update ✨

We are leaving Canada and going on an adventure to Australia! 🇦🇺 🦘

Guillaume and I had been talking about it for a while, and now it’s finally the time !

We’ll be leaving beautiful BC on March 31st, en route to Perth, Australia 🙃 with a 10 days stop in France to see family and friends. I haven’t been back in France since I moved to Canada! 😱

We absolutely love it here, and yet we both feel like we’ve reached plateau and there are bigger things awaiting us if we dare stepping outside of what is now a comfort zone.

The past weeks have been busy with preparing our big move (check on Facebook marketplace to see all we’re selling!) and also navigating a lot of emotions. I am still processing and integrating my trip from India, emotionally preparing for France, and getting excited for Australia, all the while feeling the feelings of leaving our life here 🥹

It will be a full circle, as 10 years ago I spent a year travelling around Australia! Closing the loop and approaching this trip with a new perspective.

I am super excited about returning to this amazing land, and reconnecting with my inner child ✨ see last picture for a taste 😉

It goes without saying that I will TRULY miss Canada and everyone I met here. I have grown so much since I first arrived 4,5 years ago, I am a totally different person. Each and everyone of you impacted me in a way or another and helped me become the person I am today.
And all the adventures we lived here 🥲

We’re planning to go there up to a year, and then… we have some ideas that we’ll share in due time 😊

🌿 What’s next with Grounded Path Yoga & Wellness ?
👉 I am teaching classes until we move & offering 1:1 at my home space until end of March. Please reach out if you want a Reiki session, Abhyanga massage, or experience a Holistic Healing Session ✨

Moving forward, I will adapt my offerings. I want to keep serving the community, here in Canada, and beyond. I will let you know what’s brewing soon ☺️

I’d love to see your faces at one of my classes, during a private session, or even for a tea !

🙏 Dhanyavad

02/11/2025

✨ Yoga Nidra ✨

Starting Feb 24th and for 5 weeks, join me at for a Yoga Nidra class.

The Akhanda Yoga Nidra practice is a unique style, masterfully designed by my teacher and Himalayan Master, Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu .yogrishi .

While commonly described as “the yoga of rest / the yoga of sleep”, at Akhanda Yoga we share Yoga Nidra as a practice of ✨Transcendental Rest ✨. It is a practice for deep inner awakening to self-heal, expand, and rest within your True Self.

Yoga Nidra and Meditation are very powerful tools for wellbeing, and these practices connect you to your Soul 💫. When you are deeply connected to your Soul, the Soul guides you to your purpose, rather than the mind and ego which are often directing and formulating our life decisions.

Yoga Nidra is a very relaxing and restorative practice. Most of the class will be practiced laying down on your mat, while I guide you toward deep, transcendental rest. ✨

Open to all levels of practice.

🗓️ Mondays Feb 24th - March 24th - 7:15-8:15pm
📍 Lower Lonsdale
🎟️ $28 drop-in | $125 full series
💥 Combine with Hatha yoga at 6pm for a special discount
🔗 Link in bio to register

‼️ Spots are limited, registration required.

I am looking forward to guiding you through this very special practice! Please reach out with any questions.

🙏 Dhanyavad

01/27/2025

✨ Akhanda Yoga - Exploring the 5 Koshas ✨

Join me on Feb 9th 4-6pm at for a special Akhanda yoga workshop!

I am very excited to bring this workshop to you and pass along the teachings from my teacher Vishva-Ji .yogrishi. I love the 5 Koshas class style that he designed and I am sure you will love it too!

Akhanda Yoga, founded by master Dr. Yogishri Vishvketu, is a holistic and integrated approach to yoga that emphasizes a balanced practice.
The word Akhanda means “whole” or “indivisible,” reflecting the comprehensive nature of this style, which incorporates all aspects of yoga into one class:
• philosophy
• mantra (chanting)
• asana (posture)
• pranayama (breathing techniques)
• meditation

In this workshop, we will dive deep into the 5 Koshas, or layers of being, which guide us from the physical to the spiritual, from the gross to the subtle layers:
> Annamaya Kosha (Physical Body)
> Pranamaya Kosha (Energy Body)
> Manomaya Kosha (Mental Body)
> Vijnanamaya Kosha (Wisdom Body)
> Anandamaya Kosha (Bliss Body)

This workshop is designed for seekers and those looking to deepen their practice, no matter how long you’ve been practicing yoga. With plenty of variations offered, you will be able to explore each layer of your being at your own pace.

We will have a 90min practice + 30min philosophy & Q&A.

🌿 SUN, FEB 9
4 - 6PM
Sliding Scale: $40 - $50

All are welcome!
Reach out with your questions.
Registration & more info through link in bio!

🙏Dhanyavad

01/23/2025

✨ the moments in between ✨

I have reached the one month mark since I came back from India. Although the 300h advanced yoga teacher training finished earlier than that, I’ve been reflecting lately and wanted to share a few of the moments inbetween classes.

These moments will be the ones I remember and will cherish in my heart.

With very special people, on a very special land.

I am still processing all the transformation that occurred during this second time on the sacred land. One thing I can share though is that the growth, the lessons, happened during those moments inbetween.

A chitchat with another student, the sight of wildlife, being in awe faced with Mother Nature, learning life lessons from Guruji .yogrishi and just sitting and observing, listening to the silence, this sacred sound 😌 the cosmic consciousness.

There is so much beauty and profound change happening in those moments.

Have you paused and noticed the moments inbetween (your task list, your Netflix show, your social interactions, you name it..) ?

Give yourself some grace and pause 😮‍💨

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to transform, every day, no matter where I am. Each experience, interaction, reflexion, a transformation occurs.

Looking forward to sharing more of my journey with you, perhaps even in person !

🙏Dhanyavad

01/09/2025

✨ Restorative Raja Yoga ✨

Bringing to you even more goodness!

Restorative Raja Yoga was developed by Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu .yogrishi as a gentle yet profound style within Akhanda Yoga. This practice combines simple, accessible postures with Bhramari (honey bee) sound, which enhances physical release and mental clarity.

This class aims to release deeply embedded tension, restore the body’s natural rhythms, and support a calm, balanced mind.

So MANY Benefits from practicing Bhramari breath:
🐝Deep Cellular Stress Release: Bhramari sound, combined with gentle postures, releases stress held within muscles and organs, promoting relaxation at a cellular level.

🐝 Improved Physical and Mental Alignment: Practitioners find improved alignment and ease in movement, while mental tension is released through the effects of sound vibration.

🐝 Enhanced Nervous System and Vagus Nerve Function: The Bhramari sound resonates through the throat, stimulating the vagus nerve and harmonizing the body’s stress-relieving systems, including the parasympathetic nervous system. This activation supports relaxation, reduces stress, and enhances emotional regulation, benefiting overall nervous system health.

🐝 Restorative Activation of the Third Eye: Sound vibrations activate the third eye center (Ajna chakra), supporting focus, balanced emotions, and deeper meditation.

🐝 Beneficial for All Life Stages: Particularly supportive for those with insomnia, emotional imbalance, thyroid issues, prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, and during the pregnancy phase. The sound frequencies activate various parts of the brain while calming and nourishing the body and mind.

Mmmhhhh…. These are only a few examples from a very long list of benefits.

Try it out yourself 👉 5-weeks series starting Monday Jan 13th!
Join us at from 7:15-8:15pm for a moment of self care in small community group.

Open to all levels of practice.

Limited spots, please register early.

Looking forward to seeing you on the mat 🐝

🙏 Dhanyavad

01/08/2025

✨Hatha Yoga - Akhanda style ✨

I am super happy to resume teaching classes in North Vancouver, this time in the beautiful space at !
And I am even more excited to teach Akhanda classes 🔥

I practiced and learned Akhanda in the Himalayan foothills, at . This practice has its roots in the Adi Nath Shiv lineage, and I am honored to be passing down the teachings from my Yoga master dr Yogrishi Vishvketu who himself learned from his Guru Baba Prem Nath. I am filled with gratitude for this privilege 🙏

Akhanda Yoga, founded by master Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu .yogrishi , is a holistic and integrated approach to yoga that emphasizes a balanced practice.

The word Akhanda means “whole” or “indivisible,” reflecting the comprehensive nature of this style, which incorporates all aspects of yoga into one class: asana (posture), pranayama (breathing techniques), mantra (chanting), meditation, and philosophy.

Akhanda Yoga is designed to provide practitioners with a well-rounded experience that nurtures the body, mind, and spirit. Each class follows a specific theme and flows through a combination of:

● Philosophical teachings: Yogic wisdom integrated throughout the practice to inspire self-reflection and personal growth.
● Mantra: The use of sound to create a focused and meditative atmosphere.
● Asanas: A balanced selection of postures that strengthen, stretch, and align the body.
● Pranayama: Activating and balancing the Nadis to calm and energize the mind.
● Meditation: Practices that encourage mindfulness and inner stillness.

This integrative approach makes Akhanda Yoga unique in its ability to bring about physical vitality, mental clarity, and spiritual awareness. Expect a very balanced practice, combining breathwork, movement, meditation, and relaxation.

Open to all levels of practice, variations will be offered.

🗓️ Join me Mondays 6:7pm at

🔗 link in bio to register for the series or a drop in.
Upfront registration strongly recommended as space is limited !

Please reach out with your questions 😉

🙏 Dhanyavad

01/02/2025

✨Prānāyāma & Meditation✨
“Where there is Prānā moving, there is growth and transformation.”
-Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu

👐 This Winter I want to introduce you to two practices that have completely switched my life.
During my advanced 300h YTT I was lucky enough to study with Yoga Master .yogrishi amongst other amazing teachers. I had daily practices and techniques modules to deepen my personal practice and learn to share these tools 🤲

🌬️What is Prānāyāma?
Prānā means life force energy.
It is a subtle yet powerful force fueling spiritual expansion, both within and around us. It is extremely beneficial when in balance and when its flow is regulated in our systems. It is considered to be the basis of life and all that exists in the Universe, both animate and inanimate.
Prānāyāma is often incorrectly translated to or limited to the scope of breathing - it is in fact the powerful units of energy that create a living, dynamic Universe!
Prā = First or most important
Nā = Basic unit of energy
Yāma = To expand with control or awareness

🧘What is Meditation?
Meditation - or Dhyāna - can take many forms and can be with or without object. Dhyāna happens when the cyclical fluctuations of the mind (the Vrittis) cease. It requires prolonged concentration, and is not an easy task. That’s why we call it a meditation *practice*.😉
Meditation is recognized by modern science for its profound benefits across mental, emotional, and physiological health.

✨Benefits:
*Enhances focus
*Reduces stress
*Improves emotional regulation
*Supports neuroplasticity: brain’s ability to reorganize and adapt
*Creates balance on physical, mental and spiritual levels

👉 Join me on Wednesday mornings 7:30-8am on Zoom from the comfort of your home.
💝 Classes are free / by donation to keep these wonderful practices accessible and in the name of Seva (service).
✍️ Registration required to get the Zoom link. Link in bio or send a DM to register.

Come for one or for all practices, see the changes they bring into your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies.

Reach out for any questions, I am looking forward to practicing with you ✨

🙏 Dhanyavad

12/30/2024

✨Winter Yoga Classes✨

During my advanced 300h YTT with I kept thinking about the moment I would be back and able to offer what I learned to my community here.
The moment has come and I am thrilled to continue my offerings in North Vancouver, and adding an online Pranayama & Meditation practice this Winter ❄️

And I am especially excited to be introducing Akhanda yoga to the community! 🙌🏻
I will teach complete Akhanda yoga classes in North Vancouver and online, and weave in some of the teachings in the Friday Hatha & Breath classes at Casa Copal.

Akhanda Yoga, founded by Yoga master .yogrishi , is a holistic and integrated approach to yoga that emphasizes a balanced practice. The word Akhanda means “whole” or “indivisible,” reflecting the comprehensive nature of this style, which incorporates all aspects of yoga into one class: asana (posture), pranayama (breathing techniques), mantra (chanting), meditation, and philosophy.

I promise you, you’ll love it 💛

❄️Monday
at (Lower Lonsdale)
• 6-7pm - Hatha Yoga Akhanda Style
• 7:15-8:15pm - Restorative Raja Yoga OR Yoga Nidra
Winter Series 1: Jan 13th - Feb 10th - 5 classes
Winter Series 2: Feb 24th - Mar 24th - 5 classes

**Registration required.**

❄️Wednesday
Online in Zoom - Free / by donation (send your e-transfer to groundedpathyoga@gmail.com)
• 7:30-8am Pranayama (Breathwork) & Meditation
Starting Jan 8th

👉 More information and Registrations for Monday and Wednesday classes through my website 🔗 link in bio

❄️Friday
at (Kitsilano)
9:30-10:45am - Hatha & Breath
Ongoing

👉 More info and Registration for Friday class on Casa Copal website.

Send me a DM with any questions / requests.
I am so looking forward to practicing with you again!

🙏 Dhanyavad

12/19/2024

✨ 300h YTT Graduate ! ✨

How to even start sharing about this experience?

It started two years ago, in November 2020, when I first stepped into the in Rishikesh. This place instantly felt like home and I knew I would be back for my 300h training.

Fast forward to May 2024, the call started to feel stronger and louder in my chest. India was calling.
I set the intention to attend the November training, didn’t know how I would make it happen, and the instant I did plant the seed, the Universe responded 🙏

Things started to align and it made it so easy and clear that I would go!

After 5 weeks of intense training, I sit here by the Ganga starting to process. Teachers warned us it would take us at least 6 months to integrate the teachings, I trust that timing will be right!

This was a transformational journey, as much in my teachings and what I have to / want to offer, as it was inwards and on a more personal level. I have learned and unlearned. I have released and grown.

I am so grateful for the support I had to make this journey possible, especially to my adorable and strong partner ✨
I am so grateful to my teachers .yogrishi .ji & Om Kar Nath Ji.
And I am so grateful to each and every soul I met along the journey as you are my teachers too! The mirrors of my soul.

Can’t wait to be back home in a few days for some quality time with family. And then start sharing the magic of yoga with you all ☺️

🙏 Dhanyavad

11/03/2024

Atha yoga anushasanam 🙏

Et voilà! I am writing you from , where I will spend the next 6 weeks or so deepening my knowledge and practice of yoga through

We celebrated Diwali the day I landed - the celebration of light. A beautiful festival during which we celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance. This celebration enlightens us as we truly cannot live without embracing both sides of the coin. They each hold a lesson.

Yesterday’s morning’s Puja (fire) ceremony was deeply emotional, stirring a profound sense of connection and grounding within me. I felt an overwhelming sense of belonging, as though I had come home to myself and the world around me. Being here in the ashram, surrounded by the beautiful Akhanda yoga community, is exactly where I need to be.

📿Atha yoga anushasanam
Now, the teachings of Yoga begin

The first sutra of Patanjali’s yoga Sutras teaches us that Yoga is a disciplined, structured practice and starts now, as there is no perfect moment. Yoga happens anywhere, anytime, and not only on your yoga mat. It is a complete philosophical practice and not just a casual endeavor, calling for sincere commitment and readiness from the student. By mentally committing to your practice, you are already setting up the tone to receive the teachings of yoga. It requires presence, maturity, and discipline.

The ashram life makes it easy for us as there is a structured schedule with low or no distraction. We are 30+ students committed to uplevel our knowledge and together, as a community, we will uplift one another. Even if some days it might be difficult to wake up and go to the 5:20am meditation class, you’ll remember you don’t only do this for yourself, but for the collective.

👉 How can you practice yoga Now? How can you make this not only about yourself but also about your the collective? It requires one breathe, one movement. Presence, maturity, and discipline.

🙏 Dhanyavad

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