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Shala Ashtanga Yoga Centre Shala- A “home” to practice traditional yoga. We are a locally run community yoga studio dedicat
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THE SHALA is cozy and welcoming studio located in the heart of Old Strathcona. We are a community of practitioners dedicated to traditional practice and continual learning of the Ashtanga Yoga System. THE SHALA welcomes everyone regardless of level of study/experience with yoga.

NEW STARTING DATE: OCT 19 Still open for registration!LOOK AT WHAT THE LAST DECADE BUILT FOR YOU.Food delivered.Work fro...
10/02/2026

NEW STARTING DATE: OCT 19
Still open for registration!

LOOK AT WHAT THE LAST DECADE BUILT FOR YOU.
Food delivered.
Work from home.
Entertainment on demand.

So much of modern life has been designed around removing inconvenience.
And while convenience has its place, some things lose something when we remove all the effort from them.
Yoga. Art. Living. Connection.

Maybe the inconvenience is part of the point.
Showing up.
Being present.
Paying attention.
Learning something slowly.
Feeling your body.
Being somewhere without needing to be anywhere else.

Our Intro to Yoga series is an invitation to do just that.
You don't need to be flexible.
You don't need to know the poses.
You don't need previous yoga experience.
You might be completely new to yoga.
You might be returning after time away.
Or you might already practice and want to slow down, refine your alignment, and build a stronger foundation for your practice.

Over four weeks, we'll explore foundational postures, breath, mindful movement, alignment, and ways of creating greater support and strength in the body.

There is time to ask questions.
Time for individual guidance.
Time to explore.

And because the series is taught by different Shala teachers, you'll experience different perspectives and approaches to practice.

INTRO TO YOGA — OCTOBER SESSION
Mondays • 5:45–6:45 PM
October 19, 26 Nov 2, 9
$94 / 4 sessions

October teachers: Dharani & Mike

Want to keep going? Continue into November with our 8-session Intro Pass — $150, with November taught by Shade & Andrea.

Intro students can also move into our $60 monthly unlimited pass or our Student & Seniors Pass — 4 classes/month for $50.

You don't have to have it figured out.
You just have to show up.

🔗 Register through the link in our bio.

09/26/2026

THE SLIDE IS HOT. WE GOT BACK ON.

We grew up with scraped knees, hot metal slides, and the expectation that you dust yourself off and keep going.

That resilience is still in us.

As we age, taking care of ourselves means putting that tenacity to work in a new way—not by ignoring the body, but by listening to it. Showing up. Breathing through difficulty. Doing the work, one practice at a time.

Yoga is not about being naturally flexible or getting everything right. It is a disciplined practice of returning to the mat, meeting yourself where you are, and building strength, steadiness, and awareness over time.

Our 4-week Intro to Yoga course offers a supportive foundation for beginning—or beginning again—with breath-led movement, foundational postures, alignment, strength, flexibility, and stillness.

With guidance from an experienced Ashtanga teacher and an experienced Hatha teacher, you’ll learn how to practise safely, consistently, and with confidence.

No previous experience required. No need to be flexible. Just bring your willingness to show up and do the work.

Because we still know how to have fun.
We still know how to persevere.
And now, it’s time to take care of the body that got us here.

📅 Monday evenings: Oct 5, 19, 25 & Nov 2
⏰ 5:45–6:45pm
📍 Shala Ashtanga Yoga Centre, Downtown Edmonton
💰 $94 for intro program and optional $60 unlimited yoga pass to use during or after the intro program
🔗 Link in bio to reserve your place

Teachers:
Andrea Huncar & shadé angelina☆ — November
Mike Krahn & Dharani — October

\Interested in all 8 sessions? DM us for a special price.
Get on the mat. Begin again.

https://www.theshala-eayc.com/

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We are excited to be offering yoga for the Harvest Festival this year! Get ready for some Ashtanga… beginner friendly:) ...
09/24/2026

We are excited to be offering yoga for the Harvest Festival this year! Get ready for some Ashtanga… beginner friendly:)
We look forward to seeing you there.

BEGIN YOUR YOGA JOURNEY Sometimes we carry more than we realise—tension in the body, noise in the mind, and habits that ...
09/22/2026

BEGIN YOUR YOGA JOURNEY

Sometimes we carry more than we realise—tension in the body, noise in the mind, and habits that keep us feeling stuck.

Yoga offers a way to pause, breathe, and begin to move with greater awareness and freedom.

Our 4-week Intro to Yoga session is an invitation to explore movement, breath, strength, and stillness in a supportive shala environment.

Guided by two experienced teachers—one Ashtanga teacher and one Hatha teacher—you’ll be introduced to different approaches while building a strong foundation for your practice.

Together, we’ll explore:
• Breath-led movement
• Foundational postures and alignment
• Strength, flexibility, and body awareness
• Ashtanga-inspired principles and Hatha-based practices
• Ways to move safely, mindfully, and confidently

This course is designed to help you feel at home in your body and prepare you to move into the wider classes at the shala with ease and confidence.

No previous experience is required. Come as you are, and take the first step toward a more connected practice.

📅 Dates: Monday Evenings: Oct 5, 19, 26 & Nov 2
⏰ Time: 5:45-6:45pm
📍 Location: Shala Ashtanga Yoga Centre, Downtown Edmonton

Cost: $94 + optional $60 unlimited yoga pass to put teachings into practice
link in bio

Teachers: Andrea Huncar & shadé angelina☆ (Nov)
Mike Krahn & Dharani (Oct)*
*If you would like to sign up for 8 session DM us for special price - Dm us

Begin your journey.
link in our bio to reserve your place.
Register Now
https://www.theshala-eayc.com/

You don’t need to know Ashtanga to begin a Mysore practice. You just have to be willing to take the first step—and to be...
09/22/2026

You don’t need to know Ashtanga to begin a Mysore practice. You just have to be willing to take the first step—and to be okay with not knowing exactly what to expect.
In Mysore, you learn gradually, with the teacher guiding and supporting you along the way. Over time, you begin to remember the sequence, find your breath, and move at your own pace.
The practice also invites you to be present with whatever comes up: fear, self-judgment, shame, resistance, frustration, boredom, doubt, ambition, or ego. Nothing needs to be forced away or figured out immediately. You simply learn to notice, breathe, and continue.
Over weeks, months, and years, the practice becomes embodied. It moves from something you’re learning into something you know and feel from within.

Mysore & Ashtanga morning schedule:

Tuesdays-Fridays
7-8:30am

Tuesdays - Wednesdays
9:30-11:30am

Thursdays
9:45-11:00am Ashtanga: A Living practice

Fridays
9:45-11:15am Full Primary, all levels

Saturdays
8-9:15am Full Primary, all levels
8:30-10:30am Mysore
(Moon day this Saturday - classes cancelled)

Join us for Old Strathcona Fall Harvest Event: Free
9-10am Ashtanga Flow

Come take the first step with us.
https://www.theshala-eayc.com/registered-introclasses-workshops

Link in bio

Get Repost App • Maxi Meissner & Bhumi Yoga This past week something sweet happened.Kellie, a fellow Mysore Yoga shala o...
09/13/2026

Get Repost App • Maxi Meissner & Bhumi Yoga This past week something sweet happened.

Kellie, a fellow Mysore Yoga shala owner ( Shala Ashtanga Yoga Centre ) and Ashtanga practitioner from visited us for a few practices while in town. Yesterday we sat down and talked for a bit after practice.

And I found myself thinking that this is so rare. Really rare. To sit with someone who just really gets it. Who has been practicing for over a decade, who remembers the era of no yoga clothes and brands, who also started practicing before smartphones recorded everything and gave unsolicited advice on how to do everything in 20 different ways😄, who has also run her own Mysore shala for over a decade, who knows from the inside what this practice and this work actually is and what it asks of you.

We talked about how Ashtanga yoga asks real commitment in a culture that wants quick results and convenience, and how commitment is both its challenge and its gift.

We talked about how the Mysore way of practicing is just such a different model than what’s offered in most studios, not better or worse, just fundamentally different.

We talked about the difference between a shala and a studio.

We talked about how most Mysore shalas aren’t posh places, but spaces that are tended to with lots of care, where community comes together and a space that is being lived and breathed in.
(Door codes or knocks on the window anyone 👋❤️)

About the energetics, the breath, the bandhas and the depth that can only really be transmitted 1-on-1, and that gets lost when yoga becomes entertainment or when yoga becomes policed and nuance is lost (e.g. one thing is applied to all).

-continued in comments 👇

BEGIN YOUR YOGA JOURNEY 🧘‍♀️Sign up: https://www.theshala-eayc.com/Sometimes we carry more than we realise—tension in th...
09/04/2026

BEGIN YOUR YOGA JOURNEY 🧘‍♀️
Sign up: https://www.theshala-eayc.com/
Sometimes we carry more than we realise—tension in the body, noise in the mind, and habits that keep us feeling stuck.
Yoga offers a way to pause, breathe, and begin to move with greater awareness and freedom.
Our 4-week Intro to Yoga session is an invitation to explore movement, breath, strength, and stillness in a supportive shala environment.

Guided by two experienced teachers—one Ashtanga teacher and one Hatha teacher—you’ll be introduced to different approaches while building a strong foundation for your practice.
Together, we’ll explore:
• Breath-led movement
• Foundational postures and alignment
• Strength, flexibility, and body awareness
• Ashtanga-inspired principles and Hatha-based practices
• Ways to move safely, mindfully, and confidently
This course is designed to help you feel at home in your body and prepare you to move into the wider classes at the shala with ease and confidence.

No previous experience is required. Come as you are, and take the first step toward a more connected practice.
📅 Dates: Monday Evenings: Sept 7, 14, 21 & 28
⏰ Time: 5:45-6:45pm
📍 Location: Shala Ashtanga Yoga Centre, Downtown Edmonton
Cost: $94 + 60 unlimited yoga pass to put teachings into practice
Teachers: Andrea Huncar & shadé angelina☆ (Sept)
Mike Krahn & Dharani (Oct)*
*If you would like to sign up for 8 session DM us for special price.

Begin your journey. link in our bio to reserve your place.
Register Now
https://www.theshala-eayc.com/

“SOMATIC” is everywhere right now—but what does a genuinely somatic practice actually feel and look like?It may look les...
09/02/2026

“SOMATIC” is everywhere right now—but what does a genuinely somatic practice actually feel and look like?

It may look less like adding another technique and more like changing the way you pay attention: noticing breath, sensation, effort, tension, and internal response rather than simply performing a movement from the outside.

This shift happens naturally with an Ashtanga-Mysore practice.
Ashtanga may feel primarily physical:
learning the sequence
building strength
working with alignment
developing stamina.

But that’s only the beginning
the practice move from how the posture looks to how it feels very quickly.

In Mysore-style practice, fewer external cues invite you to follow your own breath and develop greater internal awareness.

The Tristana method—breath, posture, and gaze—offers a steady framework for bringing attention into the present body and away from mental distraction.

Repetition refine your perception. As the sequence becomes more familiar, you begin to notice subtle differences in breath, muscular effort, balance, resistance, and mood.

The practice becomes less about achieving a shape and more about listening, responding, and adapting.

This doesn’t mean Ashtanga automatically regulates the nervous system or releases stored emotions. Those claims are often overstated, especially in wellness marketing. But practiced with patience, awareness, and respect for your individual needs, your ashtanga practice will support concentration, interoception, and a deeper sense of embodiment.

A somatic practice is not defined by the label. It is revealed in the quality of attention you bring to the body.

We have different access point to beginner your practice at the Shala

Intro to Yoga
Monday nights 5:45-6:45pm
Starts Sept 7
4 sessions: $94 + $60 Unlimited month offer

New to Mysore
Come 3-6 times a week
Daily practice: 7-8:30/ 9:30-11am
Starts Sept 22
1 month unlimited. Limited number for $60

MYSORE Pass
Daily practice: 3-6 classes a week
2 private session
Starts after Sept 22
$149/ month

Gentle/ Lite/ Beginner Drop in classes
Thursdays 5:30pm Ashtanga Lite
Fridays 12:05pm Gentle Yoga & 5:00pm Ashtanga Beginner
Drop in: $15-$20
Buy bulk: $12/ 6

09/01/2026

Get Repost App • Riverdale Yoga Ease into Autumn with a gentle, ashtanga-inspired gentle yoga every Friday at noon

Address

10026 102st Nw
Edmonton, AB
T5J0V6

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 8pm
Tuesday 6am - 8pm
Wednesday 6am - 8pm
Thursday 6am - 8pm
Friday 6am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17802403094

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