We offer a range of classes, workshops, and Teacher Training and special events on Zoom as well as teaching live in our new location, The First Narayever Congregation, 187 Brunswick Ave (16 participants). Beginning January 2026, in-person classes will take place at The First Narayever Congregation, 187 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, walkable and equidistant from the Spadina and Bathurst subway stations. There is some street parking and a Green P parking off Bloor and Borden St.
In-person classes at the Narayever are accessible! There is a new elevator, fresh, new washrooms for changing and plenty of space for coats, boots and shoes. There are chairs available, some mats, blankets, cushions and belts. Bring your own yoga equipment, if possible. Please join by registering with online advanced bookings and payment. The preferred payment method is by e-transfer to info@estheryoga.com. Sorry, we cannot accept drop-ins. Credit is available with 24 hours cancellation ONLY.
Zoom classes continue to be a viable and enjoyable option. Please make sure you are signed up with your current email address in order to receive the Esther Myers Yoga Studio newsletter and stay up to date! Practising online and in person is meaningful in different ways and we hope you’ll enjoy either or both.
Please use our pre-recorded Home Practice audios and videos. Thank you for your continuing support in these uncertain times. Read the announcement detailing the closure of the 390 Dupont St practice space here.
Esther Myers Yoga Studio offers yoga workshops in Toronto. Each workshop is unique and allows you to focus on a specific theme. Please register in advance.
Toronto Workshops at Esther Myers Yoga Studio
Open House for Yoga Adventure in India, October 24 – November 8, 2027
Saturday, October 3, with Monica Voss, 1:00pm ET, RSVP
on Zoom
Discover three distinct areas of India in this exciting retreat adventure! The group will gather in Amritsar and spend the first 3 nights (October 24-27) acclimatizing to India and visiting the Golden Temple, spiritual centre of the Sikh religion. On October 27, we’ll transfer to the remote and beautiful Basunti Lodge (www.basunti.com) for 9 nights (October 27 – November 5) for the yoga retreat portion of this trip. We conclude our adventure with 3 nights (November 5-8) in the Himalayan mountain towns of Dharamsala/McLeod Ganj, home to HH the Dalai Lama, after which you may stay on, travel elsewhere, return to Amritsar, Delhi or home.
ALL WELCOME! RSVP
For more information check our website: estheryoga.com/events/yoga-in-india.
Get up, Stand up!
Friday, October 16, with Monica Voss, 1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $50
on Zoom
Our species has been bipedal for 6 million years! We humans know how to stand, walk and run effectively. But although we realize intellectually we’re supported by the gravitational force from the lower spine through the pelvis and legs, are we cognizant? Are we aware? Do we feel our feet on the ground? This workshop hopes to clarify the biomechanics of standing and walking and our deep physical and energetic relationship to the earth through our unique approach to the classic hatha yoga standing postures.
Everyone is welcome, especially teachers and teacher trainees.
Image: Children on stilts in Reykjavik, Ljosmynd Johannes Nielsen, 1935
Open House for Yoga in Turkiye, June 10-18, 2027
Saturday, October 17, with Monica Voss, 1:00pm ET, RSVP
on Zoom
I visited Turkiye in 1973 and felt so welcome, I stayed for 6 months. I have since returned to the southwest, an area full of memories of authentic hospitality, curious open-hearted, generous people, delicious food and unspoilt forests and seashore. Join me on a sentimental journey to a kind, ancient place.
The Arp Hotel, where we’ll stay and practise, is not luxury accommodation nor a yoga retreat centre. It’s a small, clean, modern, 15-room family-run hotel with air-conditioning offering breakfast, a pool and space for our twice daily sessions. (https://en.arpdalyan.com)
“Who could not love an early morning class with Monica with a view across a river and Lycian tombs in the cliffs above? Wonderful teaching, wonderful setting.” Charlotte
“The Yoga Retreat in Turkey last June was a fabulous trip.
I chose to begin with a few days in Istanbul – one of the most intriguing and interesting cities I have ever visited. Istanbul exudes culture, history and beauty. The sounds, smells and sights are a feast for the senses.
Then we traveled to the south west part of the country for the Yoga Retreat. The location was gorgeous and the yoga was luxuriously restorative. I loved the deep blue hues of the Mediterranean, the richness of Turkish cuisine, the friendliness of the Turkish people and the camaraderie of our yoga group.
I highly recommend this Retreat.“
-Shari
Open House for Yoga in Antigua, Guatemala, March 2 – 9, 2027
Sunday, October 18, 11:30am ET, with Monica Voss, RSVP
on Zoom
Join me in a new yoga (ad)venture in Guatemala. Casa San Juan Hotel is located in the village of San Juan del Obispo, home to the 17th century monastery and palace of the first bishop to the Americas, Francisco Marroquin. It is a short 15 minute ride away from Antigua, Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a city of ‘eternal spring’.
Day trips can be arranged to local villages, markets, downtown Antigua, and to Mayan ruins. A tempting possibility is to arrive early or stay on and spend a few days in Antigua, exploring Lake Atitlan, or venturing further north-east to Flores and the archeological site of Tikal.
Our host is Ginger Hooven, an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist who teaches regularly at Mount Madonna Centre in California. Ginger is enthusiastic about her adopted home of Guatemala and is a font of knowledge about its history and cultural traditions. We will be visiting during Lent, when decorations and processions associated with Holy Week are plentiful and fascinating to experience.
Visit www.casasanjuan.com for more information and photos.
ALL WELCOME! RSVP. For more information check our website: https://www.estheryoga.com/events/yoga-in-antigua-guatemala/ or contact Monica Voss: monica@estheryoga.com.
Living in a Coherent Field, with Edward Brown
Friday, October 23, with Edward Brown, 1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $45, sliding scale available
on Zoom
A monk asked Joshu, ‘How do I get to the summit of the Mystic Peak?’
Joshu responded, ‘I won’t say.’
The monk questioned him, ‘Why won’t you say?’
‘If I answered, you would still think that you were on level ground.’
A whispered teaching in Tibetan Buddhism is, ‘You are here.’ (And before you try to get
somewhere else, you should know where you are starting from.)
Is this a dog-eat-dog world? Are we either Vikings or Victims? A perpetrator, or a Saviour? Is there room to move around? Any safe place to position yourself to not be attacked, judged, blamed, or shamed? Have you done enough ‘virtue-signaling?’ Or are you in the predicament of, ‘Life is impossible!’
With sitting meditation, chi gong, talk, poems, and stories, let’s spend time together in Sacred Space, where you stand your ground and speak your truth, no longer trying to control the reactions and responses of all the others.
Edward Brown began Zen practice in 1965, disciple of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Author of The Tassajara Bread Book and Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings, along with several other cookbooks. Editor of Not Always So, lectures of Suzuki Roshi’s. 2007 in a movie by Doris Dörrie, How to Cook Your Life. Recently No Recipe and The Most Important Point. Still studying after all these years: “Energy Classes,” from the Deer Tribe tradition, with Lynda Caesara plus weight training and Pilates.
Yoga and Anatomy
Friday, November 20, with Tama Soble, 1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $60
on Zoom
Spend an afternoon refreshing your knowledge of how to adapt yoga poses to the needs of your body and those of your students. Enhance your ability to integrate and apply basic anatomical principles. Reconnect with body and breath using gentle practices that acknowledge the relationship between functional anatomy and the unique nature of each body. This workshop is open to students and teachers at all levels of experience.
Image: L. M. Kartenvertrieb
Fall Day of Yoga
Sunday, November 29, with Monica Voss, 10:30am-3:00pm ET
on Zoom
$60/full day, $30/half day, sliding scale available, included in your unlimited at the Studio
morning only: 10:30am-12:30pm ET, afternoon only: 1:30pm-3:00pm ET
All the leaves are brown (or down) and the sky is grey. Let’s spend a day together soothing and cheering ourselves, practising in the most light-minded, warmhearted way, dreaming of a deep restful winter and an early spring. Everyone welcome.
Image: Early Houses, Lawren Harris, 1913