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Breathe and receive deeply with yoga and meditation If you’ve never done group meditation before, you are in ada and our local SPCA. You can feel good about that! The bulk of for a treat! Until March 13, evening yoga and meditation the funds will be directed towards professional recording of Katrina’s classes are being facilitated by Katrina Hokule’a Ariel yoga music. Her goal is to work with Michael Turner from Turner at St. Andrews on the Square, located at 2nd Avenue Studios and have an album released before fall of this year. and Seymour. Katrina explains, “I’ve been asked to record an album of my singKatrina’s yoga practice is not only designed to ing for years. So now I’m making it happen. I’ve got a producer, stretch out the tightness and release the stress of your we’re booking dates. My guitars and drums are dusted off and my day and week but you will also experience a 15 to songbooks are out.” 20 minute guided group meditation with focus St. Andrews has amazing acoustics and to deepen this experion inner peace, world peace, personal healing, ence further, Katrina will sing to you each time you take a deep world healing, loving-kindness, and more. breath and settle into Savasana. It’s important to realize is that yoga and All levels are welcome to attend these sessions. Katrina ofmeditation are meant to be combined. Part fers, “One of the things I have found is that anyone can enjoy of the intent of yoga traditionally is to ready their yoga practice no matter where they are physically. By the body for meditation. You may have also giving different options and modified poses, individuals that heard of studies done on group meditation will feel very fulfilled - both those who are new and those and the ability to lower levels of violence, more advanced. You can choose gentle modifications or enhance healing, and bring about signifiintermediate variations as you wish. This isn’t a power cant change with a focused intent. Both of class, rather it’s a perfect balance of strength, stretchthese practices will help you feel a sense of ing, softness and surrender.” wellbeing. Calm. Centered. Peaceful. To accommodate different schedules, “This will be a beautiful feeling, and classes are held Mondays from 6:00 to could be your favourite part of class! It 7:15pm and Wednesdays from 5:15 to always feels amazing to charge up with 6:30pm. The feedback of those who light and then watch it ripple out. It’s a participate in this first round will very real way to influence the world and determine the schedule and direcmake it a better place,” says Katrina. tion of further practice sessions. The sessions have been dubbed The You may drop-in if there is a sesSeva Soul Sessions. The Sanskrit word sion in progress. KCBIA - earlug Feb 21 2013.indd 1 seva means “selfless service.” This conHere’s more really good news: notes these sessions well because the fothere is plenty of space in this beautiful cus is not just on personal peace and heallocation and each person magnifies the energies and impact of meditaing during these meditations, but also to tion many times over. This said, and the more the merrier! So please, insend high vibrations out to the planet. vite your friends and family! You’ll be helping the planet find harmony. This service, or seva, becomes more relevant in knowing that these Visit yogawithkatrina.com to to register for these sessions or call her at classes are dedicated to service with 10 percent of the proceeds being 250-374-6493. It will be a wonderful time of sharing with people who routed to underfunded charities that work to preserve the diversity of make life more joyful. nature and protect animals, including the Nature Conservancy of CanJody Tippett