The Practice
with Melanie
MON DEC 21, 5:30 - 6:45 PM MST (MON DEC 21, 5:30 - 6:45 PM MST)

What if Monday movement felt a little more like a ritual?

The Practice is a 75-minute candlelit class blending everything we love at Sanctuary: yoga, mobility, functional strength, pranayama, meaningful inquiry, music, meditation, connection, and sound.

We’ll begin by turning down the outside noise and arriving in the body. Each week, we’ll explore a new theme or question inspired by what it means to be human ~ What am I carrying? What am I calling in? How do I want to meet the week ahead? ~ then take that inquiry into movement.

And yes, we’re going to work. Expect dynamic movement, mobility, balance, resistance training, and plenty of opportunities to build strength and get sweaty. Some weeks we’ll lift heavier. Some weeks we’ll move slowly. Sometimes we’ll wobble. Throughout it all, you’ll be encouraged to notice, listen, challenge yourself, soften when you need to, and make choices that feel right for the body you’re living in.

Because The Practice isn’t about making your body into a project. We want to explore what it’s capable of without making what it looks like the most interesting thing about it.

Strength as an experience, not an aesthetic.

Once a month, things get a little cosmic with Practice Like a Star Sign. We’ll borrow the archetypes, stories, and qualities of the current zodiac season as playful inspiration for movement and inquiry.

Finally, the weights come down, the music softens, and we land with meditation, sound, and Savasana.

No mirrors. No metrics. No performance. Just practice.

Come early to sip homemade organic tea and ease into the space.

Doors open at 5:15 PM.

Aromatherapy may be offered during the Savasana Sound Bath.

On long weekends, The Practice moves to 10:00 AM.


Sanctuary Studio, Parksville
897 Island Hwy W, Parksville, BC V9P 2L9

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