Therapeutic Programs and Classes
  • Our therapeutic programs and classes offer people with a wide range of physical injuries and health conditions the opportunity use yoga to recover and feel better.
  • Scroll down this page to find out more.
  • No previous yoga experience is needed for these class.

Yoga Help: Tuesdays 7:15 - 8:30pm

  • Please see the program dates to your right.

With Jessica Lodu, BSc, PT.

  • Yoga Help are 4-week programs for different types of injuries, including those to the shoulders, knees, hips, and back in a variety of everyday work, home, and sports situations.
  • It also includes programs for injuries that arise from working at your desk, or being involved in a motor vehicle or other accident that leads to a neck injury.
  • A different program is offered every month of the year.

Yoga for the Hips and Knees

With Jessica Lodu, BSc. PT.

Tuesday 7:15 - 8:45pm until February 23

From March 2 we return to our regular cycle of Yoga Help programs.

  • This is a drop in class where anyone who has hip-related discomfort (like hamstring or quadricep injuries, pelvic problems after giving birth, osteoarthritis, or piriformis syndrome) or knee discomfort can enjoy a yoga class that focuses on these areas.
  • It is an all levels class and is suitable for both people who are recovering from injuries and people who are injury free but just have discomfort they would like to relieve.
  • It is a good class to follow on with after Yoga Help for the Hips, Yoga Help for a Healthy Back, and Yoga Help for the Knees.

Yoga for Your Lower Back

With Robert Webber, Ph.D.

Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:00am
Saturdays 2:00 - 3:30pm (NEW CLASS!)

  • After stress, lower back pain is the most common reason for workplace absenteeism and the second most common reason for visiting the doctor.
  • It's a chronic problem that arises from lifting to much, sitting in the same position, repetitive movements, using computers: all features of modern life.
  • The good news is that most lower back problems are muscular in nature, as opposed to neurological where nerves are pinched in serious and jarring injuries.
  • Yoga can therefore help the vast majority of lower back suffers.
  • Through greater awareness of the lower back and how it relates to other parts of the body, and by understanding the body's own pattern of adaptation to any lower back injury, this class uses simple postures to relieve your problem and let you move pain free.

Yoga for the Shoulders and Upper Back

With Robert Webber, Ph.D.

Thursday 5:30 - 7:00pm from April 8.

  • This is a regular drop in class where anyone who has shoulder or upper back tightness or discomfort can enjoy a yoga practice that focuses on these areas.
  • The class is also helpful for people with forearm and writ injuries.
  • It is all levels friendly and is suitable for both people who are recovering from injuries and people who are injury free but just have tight shoulders or occasional discomfort that they'd like help with.
  • In the class we start with gentle movements to awaken awareness of the shoulders and upper back, move through gentle stretches to understand the range of motion that the shoulders move through, look at some of the difficulties that modern work at desks and computers creates for our shoulders, and practice postures, sometimes using props, that help the shoulders to relax, open, and feel spacious.
  • This is a good class for people who have taken Yoga Help for the Shoulders, Yoga Help for a Healthy Back, Yoga Help for Working at Your Desk.
  • But anyone can join at anytime; no yoga experience is needed.

Yoga Therapy Classes

Trauma Sensitive Yoga

With Denise Landry, B.Sc.

Tuesdays 1:30 - 2:45pm from January 5

  • A trauma sensitive yoga class is a is a safe place where a person can learn to reinhabit their whole body and live in present time instead of being trapped in the past.
  • The class is not specific to any one kind of traumatic experience.
  • The approach is to trust the body's intelligence as a source of healing as opposed to using dialogue.
  • To find out more follow the link below.
  • You can drop in and try one class or use a Yoga Loft punchcard.

Relax and Renew

With Jocelyne Tranquilla

Fridays 5:15 - 6:45pm

  • This is a restorative class with gentle stretching and simple postures that lets your body and mind unwind from the day and the week just gone by.
  • It's beginner friendly and suitable for all levels.
  • As well as practicing simple postures that release tension in the hips, back and shoulders, It includes several relaxing moments in restful poses that give the body an opportunity to renew its energy and the mind to de-stress.
  • Restful postures, where your body is supported by a bolster or a rolled blanket so that it can relax and receive rest fully, lower your blood pressure and heart rate and stimulate your the immune system to improve your all round health.
  • It's a great antidote to a hectic life!
  • It is ideal for anyone, those who are new to yoga who want to start with learning simple postures and how to relax, and those with experience who want to have a balanced yoga practice.
  • You can drop in and try one class or use a Yoga Loft punchcard.

Therapeutic Yoga at the Yoga Loft

Summary of programs

Yoga Help programs

4 week programs that offer therapeutic help for most types of injuries, muscle strains, joint pain, or range of motion limitations. They gently restore range of motion and flexibility, while eliminating pain and discomfort.
Tuesdays 7:15 - 8:45pm:

  • March 2, 9, 16, and 23: Yoga Help for Healthy Knees
  • April 6, 13, 20, and 27: Yoga Help for the Shoulders
  • May 4, 11, 18, and 25: Yoga Help for a Healthy Back
  • June 1, 8, 15, and 22: Yoga Help for Working at Your Desk
  • July 6, 13, 20, and 27: Yoga Help for Healthy Knees
  • August 3, 10, 17, and 24: Yoga Help for the Shoulders
  • September 7, 14, 21, and 28: Yoga Help for a Healthy Back
  • October 5, 12, 19, and 26: Yoga Help for Working at Your Desk

$79 plus HST (includes a personal injury assessment).

Yoga Help drop in classes

The following classes run continually throughout the year. Students are invited to join at any time.

  • Yoga for the Lower Back: Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am and saturdays 2:00-3:30pm
  • Yoga for the Shoulders and Upper Back: Thursdays 5:30-7:00pm
  • Mysore Practice: Monday Friday 6:00 – 8:00am. This is a group class where students receive one-on-one help with different injuries and health conditions.

$15 per class or with a Yoga Loft punchcard.

Yoga Therapy classes

The following classes run continually throughout the year. Students are invited to join at any time.

  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga: Tuesdays 1:30 - 2:45pm.
  • Relax and Renew: Fridays 5:15 - 6:45pm.

$15 per class or with a Yoga Loft punchcard.