Life is busy, but finding time to slow down and connect with your body is essential in today's stressful world. Check out these top Montreal yoga studios to stretch out your limbs, clear your mind, and make room for your next great revelation.
This bright and spacious yoga studio overlooks Girouard Park, which provides a serene environment and keeps you in touch with nature. A full schedule of group and private classes are offered, but the one that really stands out is the community meditation practice on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. This class is free to participants, though a $5 donation is encouraged, and that goes to local charities. Now that's a mindful practice!
With a mission statement like "Yoga first, music always," it's no surprise that the predominant style of yoga taught at this studio is of the vinyasa variety, emphasizing rhythm, creativity, and alignment. Offering classes for beginners right up to instructor certifications, this studio is a must-visit for all creative types.
All types of yoga are well rooted, both mentally and physically, so it's fitting that this yoga studio bears the name HappyTree. But don't let that deter you if you're not Mother Nature's incarnate. At HappyTree you will learn to create a life-long practice of poses that can help you deal with every day stress.
Montreal's hippest and hottest yoga spot is Enso Yoga. They offer a vinyasa-style hot yoga class that's created to heal, detoxify and exhilarate the body and mind by linking breath with movement. Enso's hot yoga flow class incorporates creative flow sequences with a strong emphasis on foundation postures to build awareness, balance, flexibility and strength. Check them out – they're hot, hot, hot!
Yoga Sangha offers a variety of classes to suit the needs of any yogi, no matter your level of experience. They've got lunch time classes for those too busy to fit it in any other time, as well as mom and baby yoga, and even kids yoga. Learning how to slow down and be more intentional is a practice that carries over into so many areas of life, and giving children those tools early on is a definite recipe for good health.