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08/06/2026

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Still a little proud of this one. 😌

A graduate came into the program wanting to create a more impactful life that doesn’t sacrifice time away from her family.

Now she runs two international retreats a year, has a full private yoga teaching practice, and for the first time has the flexibility to actually be present with her kids.

This is not the only outcome, and it is not typical of every graduate. But it is proof of what becomes possible when you go all in on something that actually matters to you.

If a quiet voice has been telling you it might be time, comment “240 YTT” and I’ll connect with you right away with more information. 👇

08/04/2026

You don’t know what you don’t know. That’s what we’re here for.

One of the most important things you need to know about prioritising your peace is that it has nothing to do with how busy you are.

Here’s what I mean.

Most people are waiting for a quieter season before they start. Waiting for the kids to be older. The workload to ease. The inbox to empty. But that season doesn’t come. And even when it does, the habit of abandoning yourself has already been practised so many times it just finds something new to attach to.

Peace isn’t what’s left over when everything settles. It’s what you build the capacity for, one hour at a time, inside a life that is still full and still loud and still asking things of you.

That is what yoga actually trains. Not your flexibility. Your ability to return to yourself. To notice when you’ve left and find your way back. Steadily. Repeatedly. Without drama.
That is the practice. And it is available to you in every single class at Jai Yoga.

New here? Comment INTRO OFFER and I’ll send you everything you need to take your first class.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

07/16/2026

You wanna know something crazy? 🤯

The word crazy did not always mean what we think it means. Its oldest root is not Latin or Greek. It comes from an old Germanic word meaning to shatter, to crack, to break open. Before crazy meant unwell in the mind, it meant broken. Full of cracks.

In the Zen tradition, there is a long history of teachers who were called crazy. Not because something was wrong with them. Because something in them had cracked open, and through that crack, something got in that does not usually get in.

I have had my own version of this. Moments where life cracked something open in me that I had spent years protecting. It did not feel graceful. But something did reach me through that crack that had never been able to reach me before.

Maybe the goal was never to stay unbroken. Maybe it was to crack open enough to let the light in. 🤍

07/16/2026

Give me a minute. That is genuinely all it takes. 😅

Work emails, kids extracurriculars, dinner, laundry, and a group chat that will not stop buzzing. Some days I do not need a vacation. I need to have an hour of just pure simple “me-time”.

It is astonishing what one yoga class can undo.

Comment “INTRO OFFER” to get access to our 30 days trial membership.

07/14/2026

The things I think but do not say out loud in class. 😅

When I cue you to relax your shoulders four times and nothing happens, it is not because you are not listening. Telling a muscle to relax rarely works, because the brain needs new information, not just a request. There is a real field called somatics that explains this. When we carry stress or repeat the same posture for years, the brain slowly stops sending the signal to release certain muscles.

What actually works is giving your body something active to do instead. Take a deep breath in, roll your shoulders back, and feel tall. That small sequence gives your nervous system a completely new pattern to follow.

Your body remembers how to relax. Sometimes it just needs the right instruction. 🤍

07/12/2026

When the world’s most elite athletes roll out their mats, it’s not a lifestyle trend…it’s high-performance training. 🧘‍♂️⚽️

Watching the England vs. Norway match on Saturday, my eyes were glued to the field not just as a fan, but as a yoga teacher. By the end, these men were visibly exhausted, pushing their bodies to absolute extremes. But when the stress mounted and the pressure was at its highest, you could see exactly what their yoga training gave them: unmatched focus, fluid mobility, and resiliency.

Yoga isn’t a break from training; it is the foundation that allows athletes to endure. It builds a resilient mind and a body that won’t break under pressure. If the highest-level athletes treat yoga as a crucial part of their strategy, what’s stopping you?

Longevity, mobility, and mental resilience start with your yoga journey.

(Original video credit: María | Yoga on Instagram & TT)

07/06/2026

Saving this one for later. 📌

The oldest yogic texts taught that your life is not measured in years, but in breaths. Breathe fast and shallow and you burn through your life. Breathe slow and full and you extend it.

One thing worth adding here. Modern recovery science has caught up to what the yogis knew thousands of years ago. A long slow exhale activates the parasympathetic nervous system, the rest and repair state where the body actually recovers and rebuilds. It lowers your heart rate, drops your stress hormones, and shifts you out of the fight or flight most of us live in all day.

Longevity was never about doing more.

Try this today: Once, slow your breath down on purpose and make your exhale longer than your inhale. Even for one minute. 🤍​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

07/04/2026

Forget 75 Hard. The challenge I’m actually doing is attention-maxxing. ✨

Eknath Easwaran taught that you become what you give your attention to, and that a thought is not a command. You can have a thought and simply not follow it.

One thing I’ll add that isn’t in the video: Easwaran’s whole method rests on the idea that attention is trainable, like a muscle. He didn’t believe some people were just born calm and focused. He believed focus is built through the daily, unglamorous practice of bringing a wandering mind back, again and again. The scattered mind isn’t a life sentence. It’s just an untrained one.

Pick one spiraling thought today and practice withdrawing your attention from it. That’s the whole training. 🤍

06/30/2026

Shoooooop!

What they see: someone calm and grounded who just seems to have it together.

What they don’t see: my yoga practice. My sense of calm isn’t my personality. It’s the after effect of me showing up for myself.

What keeps me going: yoga helps to bring me back home to my body, breath and mind, yoga philosophy, and my community at Jai Yoga

That groundedness is available to you too. Comment “INTRO OFFER” and I’ll send you the link to try 30 days unlimited at Jai for $59. 👇

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#140/1140 Austin Avenue
Coquitlam, BC
V3K3P5

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Monday 9am - 10:30am
4:15pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 10:30am
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 10:30am
4pm - 8:30pm
Thursday 9am - 10:30am
5:30pm - 8:30pm
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