MA Wellness and Yoga, Victoria, BC (2025)

06/30/2025

Nine Faces of Durgā Retreat- ✨Sept 19th to Sept 21st 🙏

Navarātri is more than a festival
It is a sacred rhythm, a luminous unfolding of Shakti.
Across 3 days and two nights, we journey through nine divine expressions of the Goddess.

A dance of light and shadow, silence and song.
A remembrance of power, grace, and inner radiance.

As we honor the nine faces of Durgā, ritual becomes a portal
A way to return to what is steady, sacred, and true.

Rhythm becomes a pulse that realigns us with the cosmos,
And devotion becomes the path home.

In a world that rushes, ritual slows us down.
In a life full of noise, rhythm attunes us to stillness.

Join us for the Nine Faces of Durgā Retreat- Register today for early bird discount.
When : September 19th -21st
Salt Sping Yoga center

Return to ritual as medicine.
Return to rhythm as devotion.
Awaken the Devi within.

ॐ सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके।
शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तुते॥

Om Sarva-Mangala-Maangalye Shive Sarvārtha-Sādhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri Nārāyaṇi Namostute

06/30/2025

Sadhana Series is an opportunity to deepen your relationship with your yoga practice.

This series consists of grounded vinyasa classes, meditation, and philosophical teachings. These practices are an excellent way for us to recommit to daily sādhanā, create more depth to our current practices, and practice seated meditation.

Past teacher training graduates will find comfort in the familiarity of the morning routine and longer more complete practices. Welcome to everyone.

Every Tuesday and Thursday
July 15-24
7:15 am-8:45 am

Investment $125

This Series Counts for 6 hours towards your Advanced 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training.

06/28/2025

Weekend Vedic Astrology Workshop

with Mike Holliday

This is a practical and applied astrology workshop that allows students to learn by engaging with their own chart as well as the charts of others in attendance as we go over the foundation principles of Jyotish (Vedic Astrology) from “The Astrologer’s Notebook,” a created for this purpose.

This workshop offers an opportunity for deep self knowledge & self-reflection, a means of understanding the energetic relationships of the natural world, and a pathway to self-realisation. This is a unique and powerful workshop that can change the way you see everything; it’s not for the faint of heart. This course is for Seers, shadow workers, and brave spiritual warriors ready to face themselves and their community in a sincere way.

Students will come away with a solid foundation for: understanding their own chart, continued study Vedic astrology & making simple chart predictions. They will have a deeper understanding of the connection between Jyotish, the science of light; Ayurveda health science & Kashmiri Shaiva philosophy, Ta**ra, the science of energy.

Day 1: (The 36 elements (tattva) of existence that tie Indian science & philosophy together. Introduction to the Vedic Astrology chart.

Day 2: A deep dive into the fundamentals of the astrology chart: signs, houses, nakshatras & the dasha system which is used for timing of events.

Day 3: Ayurvedic astrology & diagnostics. Relationships, chart matching, remedial measures & prediction.

August 8-10

Friday Evening 5:30 pm-8:30 pm

Saturday/Sunday 9:30 am-5pm

Investment $360

About Mike Holliday

Mike spent 20 years living with his guru in Varanasi, India studying and teaching Yoga, astrology, and Shaivism. He studied the Ta**ras with the legendary scholar-practitioner Mark Dyczkowski. As a devout Saivite, he has lived, learned and travelled with Natha Sadhus walking 1000s of km across India & Spain for pilgrimage. He is the Author of The Astrologer’s Notebook and creator of the Nakshatra Project & MikesSleepingDog.com .

06/27/2025

Sound Journey

With

Join sound practitioner Ocian Ward for our monthly new moon sound baths at MĀ Wellness and Yoga. In this 60 min session we have opportunity to press the pause button. Each month we will explore integrative reflection as the body rests peacefully on the floor. Let the vibrations of the crystal lyre, bowls and steel drum sing your soul into deep relaxation, removing toxins from the mind and body. Ocian is a medicine song carrier and will share this ancient healing practice that soothes even the most anxious and scattered mind.

Please bring blankets and cushions, wear loose fitting clothing and prepare to cocoon on your mat. Bring a water bottle and a journal if you’d like.

UPCOMING DATES:

June 29,

730-830pm

Cost $27

SKY STUDIO

About Ocian

Ocian of Ocian Sound Medicine and music is an established sound healer offering to audiences all across Canada, the United States and beyond.

Since 2010, she has been weaving together deeply transformative and profound healing spaces. By combining this fundamental building block of life (sound) with Usui Reiki (masters level), The Alchemists Path: Celtic Shamanism, Wildwood Priestess Training and Numa Somatics Breathwork, Ocian facilitates deep and profound experiential journeys for participants to safely explore the inner world and all it contains. These sessions can include instruments such as: Crystal Bowls, Crystal Lyre, Chimes, Rattles & Feathers, Steel & Medicine Drum, her latest the Sansula and Triple Drone Flute and most specially her etheric and powerful vocal harmonics. These sessions are deeply relaxing and rejuvenating, bringing people into deep states of cathartic release.

06/18/2025

June 21st, International Yoga Day

Here are intentional ways to honour this day with humility, heart and authenticity:

To honor yoga as a sacred tradition and to remember the land, lineage, and philosophy from which it comes—Bharat (India).

On this day, and every day, may we move beyond performance and into presence.

✨May we shift from consumption to connection.

✨May we honor yoga not just as a practice, but as a path.

✨Share the Spirit, Not Just the Poses:
If you’re teaching or posting online, include a few words about yoga’s roots. Bring awareness to its holistic nature—beyond asana, it includes ethics (yamas & niyamas), breath, concentration, and devotion.
How can I amplify the voices and traditions that yoga came from?

✨Read the Yoga Sutras or Bhagavad Gita, teachings of Swami Sivananda, Ramana Maharshi,
Spend time with the foundational texts. Even one verse can open a lifetime of reflection.

✨Acknowledge the Land and Lineage

Take a quiet moment to offer gratitude to the land of India, the rishis and sages who birthed this wisdom, and the teachers who preserved and passed it down.

✨Give Back
Support a yoga-based nonprofit, attend a community class that honors tradition, or share a practice with someone who could benefit from it.
Donate to Gurukulas, Indian yoga ashrams, or projects that keep oral traditions alive

✨Share offerings in a way that uplifts, not appropriates

✨Cook and Eat Sattvic Food
Make a simple, nourishing sattvic meal as an offering. Eat mindfully, honoring the body as a sacred vessel.

✨Practice Ahimsa (Non-Harming)
Reflect on your daily choices—words, actions, consumption—and align them with compassion.

In honoring yoga, we also honor our shared humanity, our breath, and the ever-present possibility of transformation.

✨Let’s honor it not by making it louder—but deeper.
Not by commercializing—but revering.

Let us bow to the ancient wisdom that still guides us💫

Om Namah Shivaya🙏

06/15/2025

The Healing Kitchen: Sattvik Cooking Class

With

Step into a space where food is more than fuel—it’s nourishment for the body, mind, and soul.

The Healing Kitchen: Sattvik Cooking Class is a unique culinary experience designed to introduce you to the ancient wisdom of sattvik cuisine, rooted in Ayurveda and the yogic
tradition.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to prepare wholesome, plant-based Indian meals using
fresh, seasonal ingredients, healing spices, and simple techniques that honor purity, balance, and vitality. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned home cook, this class will guide you toward a more conscious and harmonious approach to cooking.

What You’ll Experience:
The principles of Sattvik cooking and its role in holistic wellness
How food influences energy, mood, and meditation
Step-by-step preparation of 3 delicious sattvik dishes
You will get to taste the food.
Spice and ingredient insights for healing and balance
Mindful cooking practices to connect with your food deeply
Recipe handouts and tips for seasonal eating.
Join us for a nourishing journey into the heart of sattvik cuisine—where simplicity meets soul,
and every dish is made with intention and love.

Date: 21st June
Time: 1.30-3.00pm
Investment:$70 (includes all ingredients and materials)
Spots are limited – reserve your place today!
Open to beginners, wellness seekers, yoga practitioners, and anyone looking to bring
mindfulness and health to their kitchen. No prior cooking experience required.

ब्रह्मर्पणं ब्रह्म हवर् ब्रह्मग्न ब्रह्मण हुतम् ।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमधन ॥
Brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam,|
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā.||

06/13/2025

Sadhana Series

With Katyanna Ryan

Sadhana Series is an opportunity to deepen your relationship with your yoga practice.

This series consists of grounded vinyasa classes, meditation, and philosophical teachings. These practices are an excellent way for us to recommit to daily sādhanā, create more depth to our current practices, and practice seated meditation.

Past teacher training graduates will find comfort in the familiarity of the morning routine and longer more complete practices. Welcome to everyone.

Every Tuesday and Thursday
July 15-24
7:15 am-8:45 am

Investment $125

This Series Counts for 6 hours towards your Advanced 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training.

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