Yoga in and around Ottawa

Muttita Moves with Jen Shillingford, Dunrobin, Ontario - Yoga, meditation, thai yoga massage, yoga retreats

Yoga on 142 Frank Robinson Street with Eliot Acuña, Alymer, Quebec, classes taught in French and English

Santosha Yoga, Westboro & Centretown, One of Ottawa’s oldest yoga studios offering Ashtanga, Hatha, Hot, Vinyasa and Restorative yoga, weekly meditation, workshops

Yoga & Tea, Carp, Ontario - Kundalini and yin yoga, zumba, and NIA classes

Blue Bamboo, Kanata/Stittsville - Yoga, zumba, pilates and spinning classes

Sacred Balance with Stacey Bolton, Constance Bay

Yoga in Toronto

Energia Athletics run by Lea Amaral, Toronto, Ontario - Running, yoga, kettlebell, spinning

YogaYogaEast with Vicki Tarrant, Toronto, Ontario - Anusara© yoga

Yoga in Montreal

Shri Yoga Centre, Montreal's only Anusara© yoga studio

Barrie Risman, Certified Anusara© Yoga Instructor, Montreal, Quebec

Robin Golt, Certified Anusara© Yoga Instructor, Montreal, Quebec

Sattva Yoga Shala with Darby, Ashtanga yoga, Montreal, Quebec

Yoga in the United States

YogaGlo, online yoga classes and streaming yoga videos

Anusara© Yoga with John Friend, Creator of Anusara© Yoga, Texas

Virayoga with Elena Bower, Certified Anusara© Yoga Instructor, NYC

Open to Grace, Sianna Sherman, Certified Anusara© Yoga Instructor, San Francisco

Yoga Center of Newburyport, MA, with Cristina and Manny Muros, Anusara©-inspired Yoga Instructor

Elizabeth Rainey, Certified Anusara© Yoga Instructor, Seattle, WA

Deep Peace Yoga with Todd Norian & Anne Greene, Certified Anusara© Yoga Instructors, West Stockbridge, MA

Kikuchiyoga, Susan Desmarais, Anusara© Yoga, Boston, MA

Seane Corn, Vinyasa Yoga Instructor and Co-Creator of Off the Mat into the World, Topanga, CA

Dharma Mittra Yoga Center, NYC - Dharma Mittra is a Yoga Master who has been teaching in NYC since 1967

Buddhism and Meditation

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, spiritual leader of Tibet, Nobel Laureate, Man of Peace, who describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk

Thich Nhat Hanh (Thây), one of the best known and most respected Zen masters in the world today, poet, peace and human rights activist, and founder of Plum Village, a Buddhist community in exile in France.

Willpower Institute, promoting world peace through meditation, founded by Luangphor Viriyang Sirintharo, Lord Abbot of Wat Dhammamongkol, Bangkok, Thailand

Osho, Indian mystic, meditation guru and spiritual teacher who founded the Osho Meditation Resort in Koregaon Park, Pune, near Mumbai

Ottawa Buddhist Society - The OBS focuses primarily on Buddhist teachings in the Theravada tradition as practised in the forest monasteries in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma. Friday evening meditation at the Quaker House in the Glebe on the first and third Friday of each month, Days of Mindfulness on the first Saturday of each month, Dharma study groups and meditation retreats.

Ottawa Shambhala Meditation Centre - Meditation instruction, practice and study in the tradition of Shambhala Buddhism, combining the Shambhala view of living an uplifted life, fully engaged with the world, with the teachings of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. It leads to the cultivation of personal qualities beneficial in daily life and in service to others. This Centre is a member of Shambhala International, a worldwide community of urban meditation and rural retreat centres founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and now led by his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

Other Interesting Websites – Getting Involved

Nyingma Volunteer Program, live and work in a Buddhist community dedicated to supporting the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of sacred teachings in Asia and the West, California    

Off the Mat into the World uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and ignite grassroots social change, by facilitating personal empowerment through leadership trainings, fostering community collaboration, and initiating local and global service projects.

Ratna Ling Retreat Center, offering retreats to promote personal and universal transformation, Cazadero, California

Roots and Shoots, youth led program founded by Jane Goodall to make positive change to create a better world.