MA Wellness and Yoga, 539 Herald Street, Victoria, BC (2026)

03/05/2026

🎶 Harmonium Lessons – Wednesdays at MĀ 🎶
1:30pm – 5 pm

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Join Tia Benn for harmonium lessons designed to support your musical journey—whether you are a complete beginner or looking to deepen your practice.

Learn the fundamentals of playing this beautiful instrument while building confidence with rhythm, melody, mantra, and kīrtan in a supportive and joyful environment.

Lessons focus on:
• Foundations of harmonium playing
• Rhythm and melody
• Accompanying mantra and kīrtan
• Developing confidence singing and playing

Lesson Options

🎶 Private Lesson (1 hour)
$60

🎶 Small Group Lesson (1–3 participants, 1 hour)
$100

📍 MĀ Wellness & Yoga
Dragon Alley • Victoria BC
🗓 Wednesdays | 1:30pm – 5 pm

Spaces are limited.

https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/sacred-music-lessons/

03/03/2026

Join us this week at MĀ 🤍

Here’s what’s unfolding at the studio:

🌿 Turning Towards What Nurtures with
Thursday, March 5
7:15–8:30 PM
$40
An evening of meditation, breathwork, and expressive writing with Carolyn Anne Budgell. Bring a notebook and pen.

🌬 Breathwork & Prāṇāyāma Teacher Training with
March 6–8
20-hour immersive
$495 + tax
A deep dive into the nervous system, classical techniques, and skillful facilitation. For teachers and dedicated practitioners.

📖 Upanishads Book Club with Katyanna Ryan
Tuesdays, March 10 – April 14
5:15–6:45 PM
$225 (book included)
Read slowly, reflect deeply, and inquire together.

Register through the link in bio.

03/02/2026

🕯️ Trāṭaka & Sound Immersion 🕯️
Candle Gazing • Gong Bath • Golden Milk Ritual

A luminous evening of stillness, vibration, and gentle nourishment ✨

Join Sarada and Laurel for a 90-minute ritual designed to soothe the nervous system and soften you into the seasonal shift. We’ll begin with Trāṭaka (candle gazing) to steady the mind and invite inner clarity, melt into a deeply restorative gong & chime sound immersion, and close by gathering with a warm cup of golden milk—grounding, comforting, and nourishing.

This offering is especially sweet for the gentle turn toward the returning light of spring 🌱

This evening is for you if you’re craving:
• Nervous system regulation
• Grounding + inner steadiness
• Ritual, warmth, and community
• Deep rest and sensory nourishment

🗓 Friday, March 14
🕢 7:30–9:00 pm
📍 Earth Studio, Mā Wellness & Yoga
💫 $54
✨ All props + golden milk provided

Wear something cozy, bring your favourite mug (optional), and come as you are.
https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/workshops/

Om Namaḥ Śivāya 🕯️

03/02/2026

Start the spring season by nurturing your practice & teaching with Carolyn!

Breathwork & Pranayama Teacher Training with Carolyn Anne Budgell is a 20-hour program to unlock the transformative power of breath.

🌀 WHAT:
Learn and practice the skills of teaching Breathwork & Pranayama. Infuse the way you teach with new inspiration and more grounding tools.

🌀 WHO:
Yoga teachers and all wellness practitioners
Counsellors, therapists, coaches, mediators
Anyone curious about deepening a personal practice of healing + regulation

* Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits provided (20h)

🌀 WHEN:
March 6th-8th, 2026
Friday: 7-9 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:30 am-5:30 pm (with a break for lunch)

🌀 WHERE:
Ma Wellness & Yoga, 539 Herald St, Victoria BC
Sky Studio

🌀 WHAT TO EXPECT EACH DAY:
Live Guided Pranayama practices led by Carolyn
Lectures, Discussion + Guided Journaling exercises
Practice teaching in partners
Follow-up emails including extra resources + materials

Learn more about the program and book your space here: https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/workshops/

02/26/2026

✨ Embodied Wisdom: Principles & Practices for the Menopausal Transition

A 6-week community series exploring the physical, emotional, and psychological realities of menopause — with honesty, care, and connection.

Together we’ll dispel myths, share stories, and learn practices to support sleep, mood, identity shifts, sexual wellness, cognitive changes, and more (yes… including The Heat).

Each session includes reflection, conversation, movement, and guest wisdom — all held in supportive community.

🗓 Thursdays | March 19 – April 23, 2026
🕰 7:00–9:00 PM
📍 Sky Studio
💛 $259

Facilitated by Andrea Ting-Luz (Counsellor-in-Training, ERYT-500)

A space to learn, be witnessed, and move through this sacred transition together.
https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/workshops/

02/25/2026

🌿 The Slow Unfurl
Tending the Liver as Spring Emerges

As daylight lengthens, the body often feels the shift before the mind does.

In Five Element theory, the Wood Element (and the Liver system) holds growth, direction, and vision… and also frustration when something feels blocked.

Spring energy rises.
But rising doesn’t have to mean rushing.

This 2.5-hour seasonal workshop offers somatic practice, restorative group acupuncture, and quiet reflection to support the transition gently.

You don’t need to feel ready.
Spring often begins with restlessness or tenderness.

🌱 Two Date Options: March 14 or April 11
🕰 5:30–8:00 PM
📍 Sky Studio, MĀ Yoga (Victoria)
💛 $65 | Max 8 participants

Come unfurl with us: https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/workshops/

02/22/2026

Upanishads Book Club with Katyanna Ryan 📚

A slow, thoughtful journey into the Upanishads, guided by the translations and reflections of Eknath Easwaran.

This book club is less about studying and more about being with the texts — reading together, reflecting together, and noticing what these teachings awaken around self, awareness, devotion, and how we live day to day. Easwaran’s writing makes these ancient teachings deeply accessible while preserving their richness, giving us something meaningful to return to again and again.

Expect an unhurried pace, gentle conversation, quiet moments, and shared inquiry rather than debate or analysis. No background in philosophy or yoga required — whether you’re new to the Upanishads or have been circling them for years, you’re welcome here. Come having read a little (or not much at all), bring curiosity, and take what resonates.

📅 Tuesdays, March 10 – April 14, 2026
💫 Investment: $225 (book included)
📚 Counts as 9 hours toward 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training

Spaces are limited — join us for honest time with meaningful texts, together.
Register here: https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/workshops/

02/20/2026

Press pause with us 🌑✨

Join sound practitioner Ocian Ward this Sunday for our monthly New Moon Sound Bath at MĀ.

This 60-minute journey is an invitation to rest deeply, reflect gently, and let your nervous system soften. As your body relaxes on the floor, Ocian weaves vibrations from the crystal lyre, bowls, and steel drum—guiding you into a cocoon of calm that soothes even the most anxious, scattered mind.

✨ What to bring: blankets + cushions, comfy loose clothing, water, and a journal if you’d like to reflect.
🗓 February 22
⏰ 7:30pm
📍 Sky Studio
💫 $27
Registration can be made on our website, app, or in-studio. https://www.mawellnessandyoga.ca/workshops/

Come lie down, tune in, and let the sound carry you.

02/13/2026

Calling in RMTs who love integrative wellness, community, and a spa-like clinic environment.
Grow your practice inside MĀ’s urban sanctuary in the heart of downtown Victoria.

Enjoy full front desk support, including direct billing, 7-day clinic access, laundry and linen service, unlimited access to our SKY and EARTH yoga studios, and annual staff discounts on trainings, workshops, and retail.

📩 management@mawellnessandyoga.ca

02/12/2026

✨ ONLY 1 SPOT LEFT ✨

Kenya Yoga & Wildlife Adventure
📍 Kenya & Tanzania
🗓 August 6–16, 2026

This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime journey.

Join us in the wild heart of East Africa—where daily yoga, meditation, and breathwork are woven into breathtaking landscapes and extraordinary wildlife encounters. From the Maasai Mara and Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater, we’ll witness the Great Migration at its peak, moving in rhythm with nature itself.

🌍 Morning game drives
🧘‍♀️ Daily yoga + meditation
🦓 Iconic wildlife & sacred landscapes
🔥 Cultural immersion with local communities
🤍 Small, intimate group led by
Katyanna Ryan · Sarada Jagannath · B. Joel Cran

Why August?
August is peak migration season—millions of wildebeest and zebra, predator sightings, and the possibility of dramatic river crossings. It’s one of the most powerful times to be on the land.

💫 Only one space remains.
If this journey has been calling you, this is your moment.

📩 DM us or email to receive the full itinerary and booking details.

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💰 Regular: CA $11,000
🔒 Deposit: CA $4,120

Shared rooms Only

OnceInALifetime MaWellnessAndYoga YogaRetreat2026 SafariAndSoul OnlyOneSpotLeft

02/05/2026

Turning Towards What Nurtures: Meditation, Breath & Writing for the Heart

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In a hard world, it can feel safer to brace, numb or keep moving. As we edge toward spring, however, nature reminds us that opening doesn’t happen all at once — it happens slowly, through small thaws, subtle shifts and moments of softness returning after a long hold.
Join Carolyn Anne Budgell in this 75-minute workshop for a blend of meditation, grounding breath and expressive writing to support the nervous system and open the heart. You’ll be guided to settle the body, listen inward and gently explore what wants to be felt or released — like the first signs of thaw after winter, tender and honest. Practices are invitational and gentle so you can move at your own pace.

You’ll leave feeling more resourced, more spacious and a little more prepared for the quiet thaw — both within yourself and in how you meet the world.

Thursday March 5th 7:15-8:30pm

Investment $40

Bring: a notebook and pen

02/04/2026

Maha Śivarātri Celebration

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A Night of Bhakti, Stillness & Community
Maha Śivarātri — the Great Night of Śiva — is celebrated across the world as a sacred night of stillness, awareness, and inner freedom. Across cultures and continents, seekers gather in silence, devotion, and remembrance of consciousness.

In the yogic tradition, this night is honored not through outward festivity, but through bhakti, meditation, and presence.

We warmly invite you to gather with our yoga community for an offering-based evening, shared in the spirit of tradition and togetherness.

The Evening Includes

• Śiva stories
• Bhakti chanting
• Meditation
• Community gathering
• Yogic potluck & prasādam

Potluck (Sattvic & Simple)

Please bring a small offering to share, such as:
• Fresh fruits
• Dry fruits
• Nuts & seeds
• Coconut
• Herbal tea
• Flowers

Please note:
No cooked food, onion, garlic, caffeine, processed items, eggs, or meat.

Eating becomes part of the practice — slow, mindful, and received as prasādam (blessed food) with gratitude.

Come as you are.
Offer your presence.

This gathering is offered freely in the spirit of devotion and community. Families are warmly welcome.

Event Details

Date: February 15, 2026
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Location: MĀ Wellness and Yoga — Sky Studio

Free to our Community

No Sign Up Necessary

Dress Code

White, blue, or grey clothing
Modest and comfortable
Shoulders covered
Chosen with respect and inwardness in mind

All are welcome.
Om Namah Śivāya

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