5:00-6:00pm Satsang

6:15-7:15pm Vegetarian Snacks, Chai and Birthday Cake

7:30-8:30pm Healing Bowl Meditation with Sequoia

Explore an inward heartfelt journey with the healing

celestial sounds of Tibetan bowls, Tambura, voice with mantras, and crystal bowl. Each journey brings one into a deep state of peace and relaxation offered from Sequoia Henning. 

Twenty five years ago, there was no Iyengar Yoga in Kelowna. It all began when Margaret Lunam moved from the Comox Valley to Kelowna. At that time, Margaret was already in her early sixties and ready to begin a new life teaching Iyengar Yoga in the Okanagan Valley.

Her first yoga classes were held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Parkinson Recreation Center and the Small Boats Association. She eventually bought a house on Clifton Road and converted the basement into a yoga studio with ropes and all. Many of the teachers at KYH today started their yoga journey in that beautiful, warm space overlooking Okanagan Lake.

Margaret was a woman with vision and a strong belief in the power of Iyengar Yoga to heal the body and mind. She had been trained as a physiotherapist and immediately connected with the individualized capacity of the Iyengar practice.

Margaret also worked tirelessly as a volunteer to build community and protect the environment.  

Margaret conducted classes in her home studio for many years till the creation and opening of Kelowna Yoga House in 2001. There was an interim period during the building of KYH when classes were held in the Buddhist Temple on Lawrence Ave.

Margaret generously donated the funds to purchase 1272 St. Paul Street and build Kelowna Yoga House. Much of the work was done by volunteers from the community that Margaret had created.

Kelowna Yoga House is a non-profit, charitable society and continues to be run by volunteers who share a belief in building community.

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Swami Sivananda once said, "Let it be known that gratitude is one of the strongest powers and the finest emotion that a human being is capable of." Gratitude is an emotion that can be cultivated. We can start by being grateful for the simple things in life. Number one: be grateful for awaking each morning! Most of us have our health, we have some measure of intelligence, have a roof over our heads and food to eat. We can start with those affirmations. The more we acknowledge what we already have, gratitude feeds itself. It's like you open the door of your heart and the blessings pour on in! Being thankful becomes almost a reflex thought; it arises on its own, naturally. Take a moment to express to others your gratitude for their help, their way of being, for their support and encouragement. You will make their day with a few simple words of praise, recognition or appreciation. Swami Radha said that when we complain a lot, we kill our sense of gratitude. Besides that, complaining is not very inspirational! When you articulate the meaning and value of even small things and events, this makes others more conscious of their own good fortune. read more