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“The effort you direct to your practice will lead you to the gateway of infinite grace.” Tina Pashumati James
courses and workshops
October 24, 2020
Unwavering Immunity workshop
Ayurveda and Yoga teach us powerful ways to align with our innate healing capacity, where immunity is strong and vitality is robust. It is possible to thrive even in times of year we’ve had past patterns of being sick and run down. In this workshop you’ll learn why you get sick, how to prevent it, and how to actually use any time of year to enhance your health. In this 1.5 hour workshop (10 - 11:30a PT on October 24, 2020) , you’ll learn simple daily routines, key Yoga poses and exercises, and diet and eating tips that will increase your immunity and vitality and have you feeling great all winter - even bypassing colds and flus! You’ll also learn meals for healing and holistic home remedies to turn you around if you do start down the path of symptoms and sickness. Investment: $50 CAD
Explore Ayurveda, yoga, and conscious living courses, workshops and immersive learning experiences. These offerings are designed to deepen understanding and provide practical tools that can be integrated into daily life, whether you are new to these traditions or already have an established practice.
From focused Ayurveda workshops and cooking courses to deeper immersions and courses, each offering combines traditional teachings with practical application, creating an opportunity to learn, explore and bring these sciences more fully into your own life.
nourish: an ayurvedic nutrition and cooking course | november 2026
Learn how to use food as one of your most practical tools for supporting health, balance, and conscious living. This four-week live online course explores the foundations of Ayurvedic nutrition alongside practical cooking, helping you understand how food affects digestion, energy, the mind, and our overall wellbeing.
Through Ayurvedic theory, recipes, cooking guidance, and discussion, you’ll learn how to make choices that respond to your individual needs and pursuits of health and vitality — bringing Ayurveda into everyday life, meal by meal.
Saturdays, November 14–December 5, 2026 | 9–11:30 a.m. Vancouver time
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yoga teacher training | april 2027
Yoga Teacher Training at Illumine Ayurveda & Yoga is a 250-hour training for those who want to develop a deeper understanding of yoga, cultivate their own practice, and learn to share these teachings with others. The training brings together asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra, philosophy, subtle energy, restorative yoga and Yoga Nidra, with Ayurveda woven throughout the experience.
The training includes a 14-day immersion on Vancouver Island, April 5–18, 2027, followed by continued study and mentorship. The immersion offers an opportunity to step away from everyday life, immerse yourself in practice and study, and experience the teachings within the beauty and spaciousness of Vancouver Island.
February 17 - May 12, 2021 | Every Wednesday from 6 - 7:30p PT
Have you ever asked yourself: What am I waiting for in order to truly experience lasting, vibrant health? What am I waiting for to truly thrive in life?
Integrating Ayurveda and Yoga into daily life is a powerful way to step into the thriving life you are meant to be living, today. In the limited time/space reality we live in, there is no better time than the present moment to give yourself the gift of embracing the vibrancy that you can be. Guided through this process over a period of 12-weeks, you'll establish yourself in a realistic flow that truly enhances your life and that is sustainable longterm.You'll start with a personal consultation to become clear on your imbalances and the path of solution.
Over the course of 12-weeks, you'll come together with a group of like-minded individuals to learn how to enhance all areas your being - physical, mental, emotional, and energetic - through the sustainable integration of the practices of Ayurveda and Yoga. Diet, lifestyle, Yoga practices, and mindset are some of the areas you'll become established in, that will set the foundation for your elevated living. The 12-week time span, which includes an additional followup consultation near the end of the program, is a supportive space to really discover how these practices can fit into your unique life in a powerful way that honors your roles, responsibilities, desires, and priorities in a truly lasting way.