Retreat to India Fall 2022
Yoga Intensive and retreat led by VIYS Faculty, Deborah Carruthers, at Chrissie’s Hotel in Thekkady, Kerala, India. Space is limited sign up today for this once in a lifetime experience.
September 10th to October, 2022
We are pleased to announce we are offering a 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training programs this fall! Held at VIYS in Duncan, BC, Canada. Space limited to 12 . Sign up for early bird before July 1 2022.
At Vancouver Island Yoga School, we want to bring you a deeper and richer experience. We have adopted a hybrid teaching model to ensure our business remains sustainable and open to support you in the long term!
You’ll see more registered programs (courses, workshops, and class series) in addition to the schedule of public classes we have always offered. Registered programs give you more opportunities for personal transformation in a consistent group setting. Furthermore, this consistency means our teachers will be more aware of where you are in your practice and can offer you specific guidance.
You can read more about our hybrid model on the About VIYS page and check our schedule of registered programs and public classes for current offerings.
Yoga Intensive and retreat led by VIYS Faculty, Deborah Carruthers, at Chrissie’s Hotel in Thekkady, Kerala, India. Space is limited sign up today for this once in a lifetime experience.
September 10th to October, 2022
YTT Program led by VIYS Faculty, Deborah Carruthers and Geoff MacKenzie, at VI Yoga School in Duncan, BC, Canada. Space limited to 12 students in each training. Early bird pricing until July 1rst 2022. Sign up now to save your space and start your journey.
Early November, 2022, through to early March, 2023. Click for dates, pricing and syllabus, and to apply.
Vancouver Island Yoga School emerges from the landscape of Duncan’s 10-year-old Harmony Yoga and Wellness Center. VIYS is a natural evolution inspired by its founder’s desire to create a spiritual center for the study of Yoga and its sister science Ayurveda. In the last ten years, we have delivered yoga teacher training, workshops, intensives, and retreats to India. With VIYS, we redefine ourselves and create a new mission and purpose for the next ten years.
Our mission is to offer a deeper dive into the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda. Our vision is to share our collective knowledge with you and provide a spiritual sanctuary where you can meditate, join a wellness program, and practice yoga. Our purpose is to create and sustain a healthy community to promote personal and spiritual growth.
Many people have experienced increased anxiety and depression over the last two years through isolation and disengagement from society. Our programming will respond to heal the collective trauma we have experienced.
In its truest sense, Yoga is Union with the Divine. The word Yoga has several meanings, such as “union,” “path,” or a type of concentration called Samadhi. Samadhi means absorption and, when directed toward spirituality, the mind stills and leads to insight into the nature of reality, unseen by a mind trapped in discursive thoughts.
About 2000 years ago, the great sage Patanjali collected the existing teachings on Yoga and systemized them into the Yoga Sutras. The Yoga Sutras became a road map to higher consciousness. This map is at the base of our teachings. The ancient teachings are as relevant today as they were in ancient India.
Amidst struggle and suffering, human beings look to wisdom teachers, schools, and temples to find sanctuary and spiritual growth. At VIYS, our goal is to provide you the space to commit to strength, wellness, wholeness, and community.