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Nov 2: Due to popular request, I'm offering a 4 week Yoga Basics course Tuesday 7:45pm & Saturday 12:00pm. Begins Nov. 16. Details

Oct 31: Happy Halloween!

Oct 24:  Yoga Adjustments Workshop went really well-- A packed house of teachers and students alike! If you missed it, we will do another in the winter. Details

Oct 10: Dare 10.10.10 was a great success! We raised $5956 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation

Sept 26: Ashtanga Yoga workshop with Jamie Lee & Yasmin from 12-4pm at Om. Details.

Sept 22: Tickets for DARE 10.10.10 now on sale!

Sept 19: Guinness World Record community celebration potluck at Om West, 5:30pm. Lovely evening! Thanks for coming!

Sept 19: 108 Sun Salutations at Om West from 2-4pm for Stephen Lewis Foundation - $250 raised!

Sept 19: Peace Day in Parc Lafontaine - Free yoga from 12 - 1:30pm

Sept 13: Fall Yoga session begins. See my teaching schedule

Aug 28: New blog post

Aug 8 update: I completed my Guinness Challenge at 32 hours, unharmed. One week later, I feel great and I am back to practicing. I'm taking two weeks off of teaching for vacation. I'll be back at Om West on Aug 22.
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Aug 1: Tomorrow's the big day! Day!  Read my FAQs

July 21:  Sponsor my Guinness challenge with an donation to the Stephen Lewis Foundation. You can now donate online and get an instant tax receipt! CLICK HERE

July 15: To end my 108x108 sun salutation project, I've decided to challenge the Guinness Book World Record for the longest yoga marathon on Aug 2 & 3.  I can't do this alone. Please, I need your help. Here are the details.

June 25: Inauguration party at Om West. See our photos

May 14: Day 27 of 108 - Community practice of 54 Sun Salutations at Crudessence

May 12: Registration page updated - online registration for summer programs now available

April 29: DAY 12 of 108 - Community practice tonight 6:30 - 8:30pm at The Anaami Studio, 79 St Urbain W (corner St Urbain)
Donations go to the Canadian Institute for the Blind

April 22: DAY 5 of 108 - Earth Day! I am practicing my 108 Surya Namaskar outside to enjoy some fresh air. :)

April 18: DAY 1 of 108 - Today marks the 108th day of the year and the start of my new project: 108 daily Sun Salutations for 108 consecutive days! Read why and how I'm doing this on my BLOG

April 17 & 18: We had a wonderful workshop at Om West hosted by I AM Coach Ron Cherilus and I, entitled "Live the Life you LOVE." It was a full house and truly transformational! Next one will likely be this summer. Stay tuned.

Mar 25 - 28: Toronto Yoga Show
See my workshops In T.O. this weekend? Here's a free pass to the show floor.

Mar 20 - Apr 1:  Spring registration special at Om West! Student prices for everyone! Online registration

Mar 5 - 12: Yoga in Jamaica with ashtangi friends Jamie Lee & Terri McCollum {see photos}

Feb 21:  Yoga & Food for Better Digestion was an awesome workshop. Topics discussed: IBS, weight management, heart burn, eating for your constitution, etc.

Feb 2: ah hum... Happy Ground Hog Day?

Jan 30: Osteopath Patrick Salibi joined me to host "First, Be Stable & Grounded," a workshop on understanding and overcoming lower back pain and pelvic instability. 

Jan 11: JANUARY RESOLUTION SPECIAL! Register for an Om Pass with a friend and save 10% each AND get a my dvd for free! :)

Jan 4: Winter schedule comes into effect.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Folks! Here's to 20ZEN!

Nov. 24: Hosting a workshop on shoulders, neck & back this coming weekend with osteopath Patrick Salibi. We still have a few places left. Details

Nov 21:  I turn 28!  Did you know that it's traditional to do 108 Sun Salutations on your yoga teachers birthday? ;)

Nov 16: Monday 8pm Ashtanga class at OM West put on hold until January. See schedule

Nov 11: Remembrance Day-- "We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into Peace." (Micheal Franti)

Nov. 5:  Last day of Yoga for the People in the City at BioTiful. Class postponed until suitable location found. (Seeking a pleasant space 700 sq/ft + in Mile End with affordable rent. Ideas?)

Oct 24 & 25: Foundations of Yoga workshop at Om West. Lots of info!

Oct 15: Yoga in the City starts. 6:30pm. Class is by donation! (BioTiful, 104 Laurier West, corner St Urbain)

Oct 2: I'm in Vancouver! Here presenting two workshops at the
Yoga Conference & Show.
Om Westers: this is no excuse to miss class... I have excellent subs lined up for you! :)

Sept 28: It's official. I'm teaching on Laurier West in Mile End starting Oct 15. Interested? Please register online.

Sept 1:  Just wanted to let you folks know that I'm leading is leading a workshop on the Foundations of Yoga (Oct 24 & 25) at Om West.

Aug 31: Register for Fall Yoga & Meditation! New schedule at Om West starts Sept 14.

Aug 27: Are you interested in free yoga in exchange for helping us out at the studio? Email us

Aug 6: I'm hosting a Kids Yoga Camp at Om West from Aug 10 - 14. (Details)

Aug 6 & 28: I am teaching the  level 2 ashtanga class (6-8pm) at Om West.

July 28 @ 6:19 pm EST: A global meditation for peace, sustainability and well being. Visit www.firethegrid.com

Jul 27: Finally a beautiful sunny day! Let's practice outside! Meet in front of the studio at 6:10 pm for meditation or 7:00 pm for yoga.

Jul 6: Meditation classes now offered by Yasmin every Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6:10pm at Om West.

June 22: First day of summer schedule. Please note that meditation classes will begin on July 6.

June 22: Day one of Morning Yoga by Lake! mmmmm... BEAUTIFUL

June 21: Happy Solstice!

June 12: Yasmin is teaching a benefit class for the SPCA this Sunday, June 14 (9:30 am)  at the Charlie Sattva store in Mile End. (260 Bernard - corner Parc Ave)

June 10: It's official! Yasmin will be a presenter at the Vancouver Yoga Show, Oct 3-5, 2009.

May 31:  Yasmin spoke at Veg Fest in Ottawa. A great event with more than 2000 attendees!  See details

May 22: Special Ashtanga class held at Om West in honor of Guruji. 

May 21: Found a nice obituary for Shri K. Pattabhi Jois ("Guruji") in the LA Times  (read it)

May 18: It's a big day in yoga history... Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, the father of Ashtanga Yoga, passed away today. He was almost 94. www.kpjayi.org
 May 11: Om West Holistic Centre is now offering an Unlimited Om Pass - as many classes as you want for $1080/year! See Details

Apr 20: Yoga in the City has not yet commenced as the location is still pending. More info coming soon... (Thanks for your patience)

Apr. 6: Thanks to those early-risers who came out for the free yoga class at  Lululemon Ste-Catherine yesterday. Lots of fun!

Apr 4: Yasmin is at the Toronto Yoga Show signing DVDs!

Mar. 23: Yasmin will be teaching a yoga class on the Plateau starting Thursday, April 16th. (Intro price $125 for 10 weeks) Please email us for more info.

Mar. 18: We can now be reached at a new number!1.514.905.8020

Mar. 15: Registration for the Spring Yoga session at Om West is now available online. Click here

Feb. 18:  Yasmin will be a guest speaker at the Ottawa Veg Fest on May 31st. See details

Feb. 18: See Yasmin's profile as a Vega ambassador

Feb. 17: Yasmin is an Aunt! Welcome to the world baby Jackson Hall!

Feb. 14: This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius... Change is here.

Feb.8: Yoga event with Yasmin at Lululemon in Fairview Pointe-Claire, 9 - 10am. Awesome class! Thanks to the 22 people who woke up early on Sunday!

Feb 2: Yoga Vita DVD featured on the VegNews blog page!
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Feb 1: 8 week OM Pass special $120 starting today!

Jan.23: Special Edition of Yasmin's Yoga Vita DVD includes a bonus CD and is exclusively at Chapter's & Indigo.

Jan 21: First day, New President. Hallelujah...

Jan 5: Winter Classes start today! Register here

Jan 4: Thanks to all those who attended the "Good Health, Good Food, Good Rest and Good Cheer for 2009" workshop. It was very inspiring!

Jan 1: Happy New Year! May 2009 be full of blissful meditations, gorgeous sunrises, euphoric yoga practices, health, wealth and joy!

Dec. 24/ 25: Merry Christmas!

Dec. 23: The official Yoga Vita DVD website is launched in English! (French version coming in January.)

Dec. 21: Happy Solstice! And Happy Hanukkah!

Dec. 18: The dvd is available at all Liquid Nutrition locations now! The DVD signing I did at some of their stores this week went very well. More demos there in January.

Nov. 12: New links posted. Interesting sites for yoga, health, environment, art and social justice.

Students for Sustainability cross Canada Tour: Over!
(See Tour Blog)

Nov. 4: Home at last. I will be returning to full time teaching on Nov. 10th.

Oct 30: Last day of the tour!! I can't believe it. We're at U Vic. I'm speaking today.

Oct 29: Vancouver! Finally! Stephen Lewis gave an amazing, heart stirring presentation.

Oct 28: The UBC campus in Kelowna is really nice. I spoke again today.

Oct 27: In Calgary at ACAD. My student from Fri morning yoga was out here and came to see my speech!

Oct 25-26: Beautiful weekend. Sunday spent wowed by Banff.

Oct 24: Jay Layton cancelled on us at University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, so the speaking line up is Marie Margarite doing Al Gore's Climate Project, Severn and Brendan.

Oct 23: Severn Suzuki joins our tour. We're at U of Regina today. (I can't believe we are already in Saskatchewan!)

Oct. 22: 600 people attended the Maude Barlow / David Suzuki presentation at U of Manitoba in Winnipeg. I enjoyed a yoga practice backstage.

Oct 21: Thunder Bay at Lakehead University. David Suzuki spoke via video conference. Well organized. Big turn out.

Oct 20:  Morning rain in Sudbury... BUT we got almost 600 petition signatures from Laurentian, a university with only 4000 students.

Oct 18-19: Speech went well. Weekend in Guelph. Happy to see friends in the area. (Guelph has an awesome raw food restaurant called WOW.)

Oct 17: I'm speaking today at U of Guelph!!

Oct 16: Great energy at U of T Mississauga. David Suzuki was on fire!

Oct 15: Lots of interesting and motivated students at York. I taught a yoga class in the middle of Vari Hall.

Oct 15: Election results? 
                       No comment...

Oct 14:  Big turn out at Ryerson University. David Suzuki and George Stroumboulopoulos spoke live.

Oct 10 - 13: Thanksgiving weekend in Montreal. I taught in the awesome new studio Monday night! Can't wait to decorate it!

Oct 9: Jean Lemire spoke brilliantly at University of Ottawa. I highly recommend his film, Le dernier continent (Antarctic Mission).

Oct 7 & 8: Good to be in Mtl. Thanks to those of you who came out to see the presentations at Dawson & Concordia

Oct. 6:  Peter Robinson speaks at the University of New Brunswick.

Oct. 5:  Day off! Went for two longs walks in the Botanical Gardens in Fredericton.

Oct. 4:  Got to sleep in! Travel day to Fredericton.

Oct. 3:  UPEI in Charlottetown with Elizabeth May. Ms May is a great speaker-- very charming. Taught yoga outside on the campus. Gorgeous day! (Also, just got the word that my DVD is in manufacturing! Yay!)

Oct. 2: Halifax and King's College. Nice town. Loved the yoga class I took at Therapeutic Approach.

Oct. 1: Long travel day, but got to practice yoga on the ferry from NFL to NS.

Sept. 30: St John's, Newfoundland is a beautiful place and we were greeted by such an enthusiastic group of people. There were 1,500 students in the live audience and 9,000 students across the province watch our speech via a special web feed.

Sept 29: Having just missed Hurricane Kyle, we arrived safely in Port des Basques, Newfoundland this morning. Only 5 hours left to St John's!

Sept 28: I taught her first yoga class of the tour in the Comfort Inn in Fredricton and is now en route to the ferry from Sydney to Newfoundland!

Sept 27: This morning myself & 6 other young adults boarded a big green bus heading to St John's for the Students for Sustainability cross Canada environmental tour with David Suzuki, Jay Layton, Stephen Lewis and others!

FALL YOGA CLASSES @ Om West
During October, when Yasmin is away on Tour, her classes will be subbed by some amazing instructors:
 MON 6:00 pm: Lynn St Pierre
 MON 7:45 pm: Nancy Anderson
 WED 9:30 am: Jade Larson
 WED 6:00 pm: Julian Giacomelli
 WED 7:45 pm: Julian Giacomelli
 FRI 9:30 am: Tara Lutchman
 FRI 4:30 am: Tara Lutchman
 FRI 6:00 pm: Jamie Lee

Download the Fall schedule  
Aug 21: Big News! Yasmin's studio is expanding by 700 square feet this fall!

Aug 5: Events for 2008 - 2009 (Get excited! Weekend retreats outside of Montreal, a tour of Canada with David Suzuki, a DVD launch, workshops, parties... Oh! And a 10 day retreat in Italy!)

Floating “Om Pass” now available! Get 10, 14, 21, 36 or more classes and practice anytime during the session Details

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OLD NEWS...

June 28: The Morning Yoga program pictures are now online. Click here to visit the Photo Gallery.

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April 27, 2007 Yasmin presents at The Toronto Yoga Conference & Show. theyogaconference.com

April 1, 2007: BIG NEWS! Concordia University passed the 1% Campaign, whereby 1% of student fees will go to environmentally sustainable projects on campus and in the local community.

March 22, 2007: Al Gore & David Suzuki came to town and spoke to an audience of 5000 people. youthactionmontreal.com

Mar 1, 2007: Yasmin has renamed her new yoga centre OM West Holistic Centre. Visit omwest.com for more information.

Feb. 10, 2007: An awesome 108 Sun Salutation Jam at Rama Lotus in Ottawa with Yasmin & Mark Laham

Feb. 1, 2007: Yasmin is now the official owner of Centre Holistique de Pointe Claire, the yoga studio where she took here first yoga class at the age of 14! (43-5 St Anne Street in the Pointe Claire Village- right above Jessy Naturel)

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