Becoming a certified 200HR Yoga Teacher is an amazing accomplishment. Historically, the grads from the Alberta Yoga College (AYC) who are seeking teaching opportunities, find them, and even those who are not actively seeking to teach right away, often find themselves...

I was in my 20’s, had finished studying business and found myself in middle of the road jobs that were not filling my cup. I decided returning to school was the best option for a better, more fulfilled, future. While I couldn’t study full time, as I needed to maintain...

Release Date: October 28, 2021 The Alberta Yoga College is excited to announce it has a new Owner & Director of Operations, Stephanie Ralph, as of October 31, 2021. While the Founder and previous Director, Rob Walker, steps away from the daily operations, he continues...

Extract Two from The New Yoga: From Cult and Dogma to Science and Sanity Having considered our preoccupation with flexibility and hypermobility in Yoga in part one, it’s vital to discover what actually limits our range of movement. Most restrictions cannot be removed...

Extract One from The New Yoga: From Cult and Dogma to Science and Sanity The focus on flexibility above everything else – too common in yoga – means people are injuring themselves dumping into their joints and ligaments at their end range of movement. Many older yoga...

This week Canadian Yoga lost one of its great icons and founding fathers. David McAmmond, who died at his home on Wednesday evening, leaves many hundreds of yoga teachers and students grateful for his mentorship, wisdom, humor and kindness. David co-founded the very...

I want to introduce you to a new partnership between the Alberta Yoga College and the Proactive Health Group which enables you, as an AYC student, to access a complementary injury examination at a premier clinic offering chiropractic, massage, naturopathic care and...

There has never been a more important time to do Restorative Yoga! Stress about our uncertain future creates tension that restorative yoga, with supported poses and conscious breathing, can release. Take a gentle but powerful yoga class, now every Monday at 6 PM, with...

We are excited to announce a new teacher for Alberta Yoga College public classes. You may have already met Tammy Brigidear, a familiar face as a student in morning and evening classes. She will now transition to teaching Monday mornings at 9:30 am starting September...

6.    Success Will I Be Able To Do Those Pretzel Poses Someday?  Many people start yoga thinking the goal is to be able to one day do those bendy poses you see on Instagram and at the back of the yoga books. Well, whether you can is not the point...

     1. Yoga Flexibility Am I Flexible Enough to Do Yoga? Absolutely! Flexibility has been greatly overrated as an essential or necessary quality for a yoga teacher – or any yoga practitioner. Equally, or more important, are mindfulness, breath...

I have been teaching and attending on line yoga classes for well over a year. On-line teaching enabled me to continue to guide students through their practice and keep a little bit of normalcy and connection in their lives when we were all isolated. I evolved as an...