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 Clearlight Gerald has resumed teaching after her time off on maternity leave. You can find Clearlight's class calendar just below for the Kripalu Yoga and Pregnancy Yoga that she currently offers, and you can view session dates and sign-up information on the rates & registration page. Clearlight will also be teaching the Couples Birthing Workshops throughout 2012.
Yogaspace is now hosting classes offered by specialized yoga teacher Kate Hudson. Visit Kate's page to view her winter schedule and class registration information. Please contact Kate directly for more information regarding the classes that she currently teaches - Mom & Baby Yoga, Toddlers Yoga, Yoga for Teens and Kripalu-Inspired Yoga.
View the full schedule of kripalu yoga, pregnancy yoga, mom & baby yoga, kids yoga and yoga for teens – as well as class descriptions and location information.
• complete class calendar
• rates & registration page
• yoga styles & class descriptions
• class location and map
• about Clearlight
You can learn more about session schedules and class registration on our rates and registration page.
Please visit the rates & registration page for complete information concerning class fees and a step by step guide to class registration.
All of the classes at Yogaspace have limited enrollment to ensure personal attention. Weekly classes have an average of 15 people.
kripalu yoga
 These evening yoga classes provide "just you" time to go within, to reconnect and center through movement, breathing, relaxation and stillness.
Clearlight's teaching of the physical practice of postures balances both an emphasis on core stability and safe alignment with the importance of not only liberating deeply held tensions, but of discovering how the practice of yoga can bring a greater sense of wholeness and balance to every aspect of one's life.
[visit our kripalu yoga page to learn more...]
pregnancy yoga
Meet the challenges of pregnancy and prepare for birth with vibrant health, strength, confidence and calm. Classes include prenatal yoga exercises, breathing and relaxation.
[visit our pregnancy yoga page to learn more...]
couples workshop: preparing for childbirth
This one-time weekend class provides guidance and support to expectant parents who are preparing for labour and a positive childbirth. (Includes booklet for home practice.)
 Couples will learn and practice together:
• breathing techniques for labour and delivery
• birthing positions to facilitate labour and childbirth
• specific ways partners can best support moms in labour and childbirth
[visit our couples workshop page to learn more...]
mom & baby yoga
Mom and baby yoga provides an opportunity to regain strength and flexibility, to bond with your baby in an enjoyable activity and to connect with other moms in an informal and lively setting.
 [visit our mom & baby yoga page to learn more...]
parents & toddlers yoga
In this yoga for parents & toddlers class, children and parents practice yoga together, sharing the benefits and enjoyment of yoga as a family activity! Open to toddlers from 20 months to 4 years of age.
[visit our kids yoga page to learn more...]
yoga for teens
Informal and fun, teen yoga classes help teenagers come into their bodies more fully, become more grounded and aware, and stay strong and flexible. Open to teens 12 - 16 years.
[visit our yoga for teens page to learn more...]
yoga nidra meditation
Participants are guided into the deepest levels of relaxation and meditation while remaining alert and aware. Practiced to deeply relax and eliminate stress; to promote healing and to rediscover a greater sense of wholeness and balance that is naturally ours. Everyone can practice yoga nidra.
[visit our yoga nidra page to learn more...]
All classes are offered at the Yogaspace Studio located in Centre L'Esprit, a physiotherapy center dedicated to the improvement of health and well being through both traditional and complimentary means. Changing rooms and showers are available for both men and women.
The Yogaspace Studio is a beautiful, bright, modern and clean studio space, with hardwood floors and a wall mirror. Mexican blankets and blocks are provided. Students are encouraged to bring their own mats, however if this is not possible, studio sticky mats are available for use at no additional charge.
Yogaspace is located in the Westmount/NDG district - directly next to metro Vendome, east of Decarie - at 5252 de Maisonneuve West, suite 100. Telephone: (514) 933-8671.
All of the Pregnancy Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga and Kripalu Yoga classes at Yogaspace are taught by Clearlight Gerald, MA, E-RYT (500).
Clearlight started practicing yoga in 1991, and began teaching in 1999 after she completed her certification as a Kripalu Yoga Teacher and Pregnancy Yoga Teacher. Today, Clearlight is a student of Richard Miller, a key figure in the wisdom teachings of nondualism, and she pursues her love of yoga in her studies, practice and teaching.
During her first years of teaching, Clearlight studied and practiced with many wonderful teachers from around the world, including Donna Farhi, Gary Kraftsow, Anodea Judith, and Krishna Das. It was at this time she gained extensive experience and insight into the practice and application of yogic breathing and asana, physical and energetic anatomy, and the ancient teachings of yoga.
During these formative years she taught at different locations throughout Montreal, including Concordia University, Marianopolis College and the Montreal Athletic Association, and worked part-time as a program assistant at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts. In 2002, Clearlight created Yogaspace Studio in Montreal, where she now teaches exclusively.
In 2004 Clearlight met Richard Miller. During her first interactions with Richard she felt that she was "coming home to truth" - and in that moment knew she had found the teacher and the teachings that she was deeply compelled to follow. Since then, Clearlight has been immersed with Richard and a community of practitioners in studies that are dedicated to these teachings.
Clearlight has recently completed the Yoga Nidra (iRest) Teacher Training with Richard Miller, and she is now a mentor for others pursuing their certification as Yoga Nidra teachers. Clearlight also serves as a steward of the Center of Timeless Being, a non profit organization dedicated to the path of self-inquiry and awakening through the teachings of nondual wisdom.
Concurrently, Clearlight continues to deepen her focus and skill as a specialist in teaching prenatal yoga and postnatal yoga, a path she chose after feeling profoundly inspired, well before her teacher training, to bring yoga to pregnant and new mothers. As a result of following her heart, she has had the privilege of teaching several thousand expectant and new mothers in her pregnancy yoga, and in her mom and baby yoga classes.
She has been witness to the dramatic beneficial effects of yoga experienced by women during this time of transition, and she continues to offer an inspiring context in which women and couples can connect more deeply to the wisdom, balance, and joyfulness that they bring with them into childbirth and parenthood. (Make sure to read the wonderful birth stories by moms who were in Clearlight's classes.)
Clearlight's dynamic teaching style reflects the passion she has for her personal practice and her love of inquiry. Her teaching of the physical practice of postures balances both an emphasis on core stability techniques and safe alignment with the importance of not only liberating deeply held tensions, but of discovering how the practice of yoga can bring a greater sense of wholeness and balance to every aspect of one's life.
Other aspects of her teaching include yogic breathing, chanting, the sharing of inspiring music and poetry, and meditation (including yoga nidra), and are all led with the understanding that yoga is a practice not of acquiring, but of uncovering Oneness.
Finally, since the question does come up so frequently, it must be shared that Clearlight was named Clearlight at birth by her mom and dad, and that she feels a deep gratitude for this beautiful gift from her parents!
Yogaspace is now hosting classes taught by Kate Hudson. You can read more about Kate on her page.
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