Studio Updates

Thank you to one of our many angels, Chris Hume, who created this amazing piece.  It was born from the wisdom of her heart, as a symbol of hope.  Chris very generously donated 50% of the sale of this beautiful work of art to our studio to help to support our operating costs and start up for when we find our new space.  Thank you so much Chris, you are such an integral part of our community.

We are so grateful for all the love and support we have received from all of you during this time.  There are so many of you to thank, and we can’t wait to celebrate each and everyone of you when we can come together in community again.

Please feel in your heart all the love and appreciation in our hearts.

We are excited to officially announce we will be having some outdoor yoga sessions this summer!

Space will be limited to the first 10 people who register to offer these classes responsibly with our current climate.

The lead teacher will be rotating each week and we’re so excited to welcome some new energy to our teaching team as well as welcome back some amazing guides who will be rejoining our teaching tribe, stay tuned for more details.

Did I mention how excited we are…….

The cost for these sessions will be $10/person (HST inclusive) and prepayment is necessary to reserve your spot.  We are so grateful to Christa Lowry for giving us her blessing offering these community classes.

I would like to share a sweet and simple pranayama practice with you,  a lovely breath exercise, known as bumblebee breath (or Brahmari) to help to nurture your nervous system and calm your mind.

To view the practice click here

I also wanted to share a gentle mindfulness class with you, culminating with a guided relaxation, from Amber’s living room sessions.  It’s a beautiful and very accessible practice to help calm the mind and prepare you for a restorative sleep.

To Join Amber click here

We continue to offer our online live zoom classes through the summer, and possibly into the fall (we would love to hear your feedback, and if this is something you’d like to see continue even once we can hold studio classes again)

Our live online class schedule will be updated weekly, please bookmark our schedule for easy reference, and note you do need to register for all classes a minimum of 6 hours before.

 To view our schedule click here

To review:

a little more information about our zoom classes

It is important to for us to continue to make our support and our yoga resources accessible and available to YOU, regardless of your present situation.  This is a time like no other where we need these tools and techniques, and the healing that happens when we dive a little deeper into our practice.

 

If you have been affected financially by COVID-19, and if it would be uncomfortable for you to have to start paying for our live classes, then we want you to simply register and show up  – there is no pressure of payment.

 

We invite you to sign up for the classes you’d like to attend in the following way.

• To sign up for the Live Stream Class first go to our class schedule
• Second, just click on the class (es) you’d like to attend that week (or the weeks ahead) and the system will walk you through the registration process.  Please note you do need to reserve your spot a minimum of 6 hours before the class start time.   It’s easy, and only requires your name and email address to reserve your spot.
• Once you have signed up for, and reserved your spot for any of our  classes, you will receive a confirmation email stating the Class Name, Date and Time you are signed up for.
• 20 minutes before the classes you have registered for,  you will receive a second email with the Zoom access link and password for the class.  Click on the link to join the class via Zoom.

 

Payment options

 

We do have several different tiers of consideration for payment that we are offering.  If you are able to contribute a little, we would ask you to consider our pay what you can model – where you can simply send us an etransfer in the amount that you’re able, either class by class, or as a lump sum amount.  As I mentioned, our primary intent is to help support you right now, whatever that needs to look like with your present situation.

• If you have an existing Class Pass in our system, we will be using those passes automatically (apart from the monthly unlimited passes unless you have directed us otherwise). Once you’re registered we can better keep track of your attendance and more efficiently use your pass.  However, if you would prefer to NOT use your studio passes until we can do in person community classes, then please send us an email at info@suryadaya.ca and we will continue to keep  your pass on hold during this time, but you still need to register. 

• We have created a new Online live class option – with a drop – in fee of $7.00 to purchase click here or a 10 class live on-line pass package for $70 to purchase click here.  These new online passes can be purchased through our website or you can send an e-transfer to info@suryadaya.ca.  These passes do not expire and will extend  beyond the closure to once we’re able to practice together again for our continued online options.
• If you don’t have a studio pass, no worries and no stress – remember we’re a yoga studio, the last thing we want to create for you is stress.  We have our pay what you can option  (these payments can be sent via e-transfer to info@suryadaya.ca or you can mail cheques made out to Surya Daya, PO Box 867, Almonte, ON, K0A 1A0.  Just send us an email to let us know, no amount is to small, here you get to choose.

AGAIN:

• Once you have signed up for, and reserved your spot for any of our  classes, you will receive a confirmation email stating the Class Name, Date and Time you are signed up for.
• 20 minutes before the classes you have registered for,  you will receive a second email with the Zoom access link and password for the class.  Click on the link to join the class via Zoom.
• You will not be prompted to make a payment in the registration process, that is done either by etransfer, sending an email if you are mailing us a cheque, or by credit card on our website
• If you register for any of Amber’s classes (Tuesday afternoon or Saturday morning), even if you’re not able to attend, she is now sending out a link to a recorded version of the class for you to practice along with her at any time.  These will be for personal practice only, but you are required to register to receive the recorded session.

If ANY of this is confusing, then please take a deep breath and take your time reading over all this information a second time. If it is still confusing, then please give me us a call at 613-451-2891 or send us an email at info@suryadaya.ca

We are here to support you, through this time and beyond.  We are excited at what the future holds for all of us.  It will look different, but hopefully we are all being given this time of uncertainty to clarify what is truly important as we move forward in our lives.

Stay tuned……..

Take good care, always,

With so much love, Amber, and all of us at Surya Daya.