Tiffany Nicholson-Smith

Connecting with the Inner Goddess - Workshop w/ Ram Vakkalanka
2023-09-02 11:00 - 2023-09-03 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Saturday Sep 2 & Sunday Sep 3: 11-1 pm & 2-4 pm each day
Connecting with the Inner Goddess – the Tantric way
In view of the auspicious Devi Navaratri festival coming up, Vichara Yoga is offering a series of workshops to honor the Cosmic Feminine according to authentic Tantric tradition.
Tantra is a both a celebratory philosophy as well as a system of practices. It combines the beauty of existence with the sublimity of Divine Essence. Tantra is also a transformational ritualistic science that leads to spontaneous expressions of our inner Divinity. Tantra focuses on connecting the practitioner with the sacred Energies in Nature (the Adhi Bhautika) and eventually transform the individual into the Divinity they seek. In this sense, Tantra is non-dualistic in its approach.
This course taught by Ram Vakkalanka focuses on Durga, the Goddess of protection and nourishment. Goddess Durga can be fiery as well as compassionate at the same time. Those who seek peace and harmony in relationships, direction and stability in life and protection from negativity will benefit a lot from invoking the benign energy of Goddess Durga.
In this series of workshops, Ram will share various powerful Kerala tantric practices and rituals that will transform the practitioner so as to embody the energy of Goddess Durga by transcending the limitations of human existence. Please note that the Tantric method of Mantra sadhana is very different from the Vedic/Bhakti Yoga way that many people of familiar with and come with the proverbial empty cup of a mind. Ram will teach various Mudras, Mantras, Meditations and Tantra (a ritualistic activity) that elevate the practitioner to be an embodiment of Goddess Durga’s energy. Many ritualistic practices including Anga Nyasa, Kara Nyasa, Ayudha-Bhushana Nyasas will be taught in this workshop. Principles of Sanskrit pronunciation will be offered as necessary.
Those interested are advised to ideally attend all the four sessions. Only serious seekers, please. Bring a note book and pen. No other external tools required. Dress comfortably…in yellow clothes, if possible.

ABOUT RAM VAKKALANKA:
Ram Vakkalanka is an internationally recognized master of Yoga philosophy, Nada Yoga, Meditation and Sanskrit. He was born and brought up in India in a Yogic lifestyle. He grew up studying the Sanskrit language, ancient scriptures such as Upanishads and practicing Mantra-chanting and Meditation since childhood. In his teens, Ram started studying music through the Sitar, which eventually blossomed into Nada Yoga. Simultaneous to Yogic education, Ram also pursued mundane education, amassed a few qualifications in Finance and worked in the upper echelons of Management in the corporate world in Singapore, Africa, USA and Canada.
It was in Canada, Ram met his spiritual Guru and that meeting changed his life completely. In 2010, Ram quit the corporate world and dedicated his life to spreading the sublime philosophy of Veda and Vedic sciences such as Astrology and Ayurveda.
Ram shares his deep knowledge of the Yoga philosophy, Sanskrit, Nada Yoga as well as Vedic sciences such as Ayurveda and Astrology with a global audience through workshops, Retreats, Podcasts as well as one-on-one sessions. He is often described as ‘a gift to the global Yoga community’, given the breadth and depth of his wisdom as well as the authenticity, humility and passion with which he shares it. His teaching style is direct and simple but profound, filled with current examples and humour.
Ram’s creations so far include 22 CDs in three languages, one DVD and an online course about the origin and evolution of Yoga.
For more about Ram, visit www.ramvakkalanka.com, listen to his podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or connect with him on the social media (FB: Ram Vakkalanka, IG: ram_vakkalanka)

Beyond CHAKRAS - THE ADHARAS: A WORKSHOP w/ Ram Vakkalanka
2023-09-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
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Friday, Sep 1 evening: 6-9 pm
Beyond Chakras – the Sixteen Points of Energy
The Sanskrit word ‘Adhara’ means foundation, base and support. The Siddha Yoga Tradition, one of the most ancient albeit lesser known, traditions of Yoga, teaches about the sixteen (shodasha) vital points of Energy in our body. Each one of these sixteen points of Energy has its location, focal point, Chakra (Energy vortex), Padma (Purified Chakra), Tattva (Energy Principle), Mantra (Energy Vibration) and Bindu (Point of Infinitude). Seven of these Adharas are mentioned in other Yogic traditions such as Hatha Yoga, as Chakras, which are quite popular among modern Yoga practitioners. However, mastery over all the sixteen Adharas along with their details is considered as vital in the Siddha Yoga tradition. So much so that, some ancient yogic texts declare that a Yogi who doesn’t know the sixteen Adharas is a Yogi merely in name.
In this workshop, Ram Vakkalanka is going to share the ancient wisdom about the sixteen Adharas. He will share a little about the ancient Siddha Yoga tradition, the source of this wisdom. Then, he will dive into the sixteen Adharas…their location, focal point and the techniques of meditating on them. The workshop involves simple yoga postures, Pranayama and guided meditations. Please dress comfortably.

ABOUT RAM VAKKALANKA:
Ram Vakkalanka is an internationally recognized master of Yoga philosophy, Nada Yoga, Meditation and Sanskrit. He was born and brought up in India in a Yogic lifestyle. He grew up studying the Sanskrit language, ancient scriptures such as Upanishads and practicing Mantra-chanting and Meditation since childhood. In his teens, Ram started studying music through the Sitar, which eventually blossomed into Nada Yoga. Simultaneous to Yogic education, Ram also pursued mundane education, amassed a few qualifications in Finance and worked in the upper echelons of Management in the corporate world in Singapore, Africa, USA and Canada.
It was in Canada, Ram met his spiritual Guru and that meeting changed his life completely. In 2010, Ram quit the corporate world and dedicated his life to spreading the sublime philosophy of Veda and Vedic sciences such as Astrology and Ayurveda.
Ram shares his deep knowledge of the Yoga philosophy, Sanskrit, Nada Yoga as well as Vedic sciences such as Ayurveda and Astrology with a global audience through workshops, Retreats, Podcasts as well as one-on-one sessions. He is often described as ‘a gift to the global Yoga community’, given the breadth and depth of his wisdom as well as the authenticity, humility and passion with which he shares it. His teaching style is direct and simple but profound, filled with current examples and humour.
Ram’s creations so far include 22 CDs in three languages, one DVD and an online course about the origin and evolution of Yoga.
For more about Ram, visit www.ramvakkalanka.com, listen to his podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or connect with him on the social media (FB: Ram Vakkalanka, IG: ram_vakkalanka)

Meditation 1-Day Retreat
2023-08-06 07:30 - 20:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
A 1-Day Meditation Retreat
This 1-Day Retreat is a Meditation Immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful day, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
Even though for 1 Day, this retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ August 6th ~
Sunday:
7:30-7:50 am – Arrival, Settling In & Tea
8-8:40 am – Meditation
8:50-9:30 am – Meditation
9:30-10:30 am – Yoga
10:40-11:40 am – Brunch
11:50-12:30 pm – Talk
12:40-1:20 pm – Meditation
1:30-2:10 pm – Walking Meditation
2:20-3 pm – Meditation
3-4 pm – Contemplative Integration
4-4:40 pm – Meditation
4:50-5:30 pm – Meditation
5:30-6:30 pm – Dinner
6:30-7:10 pm – Meditation
7:20-8 pm – Dyad Meditation

No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

Stepping into Silence: A 3-Day Meditation Retreat
2023-05-04 18:00 - 2023-05-07 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Stepping into Silence – 3-Day Meditation Retreat
This retreat is a unique 3-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful weekend, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
The retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ May 4-7, 2023 ~

Thursday-Sunday:
Thursday:
6 pm – Arrival and Welcome
7-8 pm – Dinner & Lose Ends
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Friday-Saturday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:10 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
1-3 pm – Lunch + Contemplative Break
3-3:40 pm – Meditation
3:50-4:30 pm – Meditation
4:40-5:40 pm – Personal Sadhana
6-7 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Sunday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:10 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Closing + Sharing
1 pm – Lunch + Departure
No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji
PLEASE NOTE: The Vichara Yoga Shala is an entirely Plant-based, Non-intoxicant & Caffeine-free space. Meat, Alcohol, Psychotropics & Coffee are not used on property.

Ayurveda SPRING Retreat
2023-04-28 16:00 - 2023-04-30 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Experiential Deepening into Ayurveda + Yoga…
Join Tiffany for this explorative and rich weekend, diving into the gift that is Ayurveda, especially for our lives, NOW & During the Blossoming Season of Spring.
This retreat offers a rare opportunity to both be inspired by the wisdom of Ayurveda and to immerse yourself in its practices while here at the Shala.
Our Days will include, but not be limited to:

Ayurvedic Learnings – sessions designed to inspire the art of bringing this ancient wisdom to our modern lives
Nourishing, Ayurvedic Meals
Dinacharya Rituals – learning and applying Ayurvedic daily routines for health and longevity
DIY explorations – making our own herbal remedies
Ayurvedic Cooking Class
Vichara Yoga Sessions
Meditation Sessions
Evening Inspirations – Nidra Yoga, Nada Sound Bath, Kirtan, etc.

Daily Schedule:
7-8 am: Morning Rituals (Dinacharya)
8-10 am: Meditation & Vichara Yoga
10-11 am: Brunch
11-2 pm: Ayurvedic Inspirations (Talks, DIY or Cooking Class)
2-3 pm: Contemplative + Joy Period
3-5 pm: Ayurvedic Inspirations (Talks, DIY or Cooking Class)
5-6 pm: Dinner
6-7 pm: Sharing, Dyads, Sacred Connection
7-8 pm: Kirtan or Nidra or Nada Yoga
8-9 pm: Evening Rituals (Ratricharya)

We look forward to welcoming you into the living gift of Ayurveda and intend for this retreat to be a wellspring, allowing each of us to lovingly integrate this vibrant wisdom into our the richness of our daily lives!

*** CE Credits Available: 20 hour CE for RYTs

PLEASE NOTE: The Vichara Yoga Shala is an entirely Plant-based, Non-intoxicant & Caffeine-free space. Meat, Alcohol, Psychotropics & Coffee are not used on property.

More About Tiffany Nicholson-Smith…
An International Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner (Doctor), and a Lover of Life, Tiffany shares the gifts of Meditation, Yoga & Ayurveda globally.
Today, Tiffany is the founder of Vichara Yoga, a very unique offering of Classical Yoga that combines the fullness of the Tantric Hatha Yoga Path along with deep Inquiry & Meditative presence. She has also founded Rasa Ayurveda, a School, Clinical Practice & Apothecary sharing the authentic, healing wisdom of Ayurveda.
At present, Tiffany lives in the forested hills of Quebec, where she offers retreats, classes and consultations at Vichara Yoga Shala. She also travels worldwide offering Retreats, Trainings and Immersions/YTTs, as well as Ayurvedic Consultations and Private Sessions through her mobile clinical practice in which she sees people in-person and online.
All are welcome to these upcoming retreats!

Meditation 1-Day Retreat
2023-02-19 11:00 - 20:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
A 1-Day Meditation Retreat
This 1-Day Retreat is a Meditation Immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful day, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
Even though for 1 Day, this retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ February 19 ~
Sunday:
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
12:40-1:20 pm – Talk
1:30-2:10 pm – Lunch
2:20-3 pm – Meditation
3-4 pm – Contemplative Integration
4-4:40 pm – Meditation
4:50-5:30 pm – Meditation
5:30-6:30 pm – Dinner
6:30-7:10 pm – Meditation
7:20-8 pm – Dyad Meditation & Closing
*** 9-10:30 am – Yoga (separate class in the am which you can also register for and attend)

No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

NEW YEAR 5-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
2022-12-28 18:00 - 2023-01-02 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Stepping into Silence: NEW YEAR’S RETREAT (5-Day)
What better way for us to enter into the New Year but clear, aligned, silent and at peace within ourselves? This is a special retreat designed for this auspicious time of New Year, which will include Silent Sits, Walking Meditation, Vichara Yoga, Dyad Self-Inquiry Meditations & Kirtan Chanting.
This retreat is a unique 5-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful weekend, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
The retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ Dec. 28 – Jan. 2, 2023 ~

Wednesday-Monday:
Wednesday:
6 pm – Arrival and Welcome
7-8 pm – Dinner & Lose Ends
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Thursday-Sunday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:20 am – Yoga / Personal Sadhana
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
1-3 pm – Lunch + Contemplative Break
3-3:40 pm – Meditation
3:50-4:30 pm – Meditation
4:50-6 pm – Yoga / Personal Sadhana
6-7 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-8:40 pm – Meditation

Special New Year Program including Dyad Self-Inquiry Meditation & Kirtan Chanting

Monday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8-9:30 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
12:30-1:30 pm – Closing + Sharing
1:30 pm – Lunch + Departure
No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

Stepping into Silence: A 3-Day Meditation Retreat
2022-10-06 18:00 - 2022-10-09 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Stepping into Silence – 3-Day Meditation Retreat
This retreat is a unique 3-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful weekend, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
The retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ Oct. 6-9, 2022 ~

Thursday-Sunday:
Thursday:
6 pm – Arrival and Welcome
7-8 pm – Dinner & Lose Ends
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Friday-Saturday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:10 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
1-3 pm – Lunch + Contemplative Break
3-3:40 pm – Meditation
3:50-4:30 pm – Meditation
4:40-5:40 pm – Personal Sadhana
6-7 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Sunday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:10 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Closing + Sharing
1 pm – Lunch + Departure
No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

50 Hr Ayurveda Online Immersion - GET $100 OFF NOW!
2022-09-14 09:00 - 2022-12-28 12:00 | zoom
BEGINS September 14th, 2022
Book the immersion now, tell and friend and receive $100 off each!
*** Just use coupon code vedafriends at checkout if you are joining the immersion with any friends!
Join Tiffany for this foundational online immersion into the vast world of Ayurveda.
Tiffany has lovingly curated this course to allow you to live, love and become radiant with Ayurveda. Drawing upon more than a decade of her own immersive study and clinical practice in the profound wisdom of this healing science, this immersion will invite you to truly come back to life.
This is a 50-Hour Immersion, offering 16 online sessions of 3 hours each. The beauty of the online platform is that you can join the class from the comfort of your very own home! Tiffany offers this course in a very applied manner, offering space for discussion, weekly integrations, online practices and a private session with her.
LIVE, DOWNLOADABLE & LIFETIME ACCESS!:
Miss a class? Don’t worry, a video download of each session will always be available
Topics explored will include:

Foundation & History of Ayurveda
Mahabhutas – The 5 elements
20 Guruvadi Gunas – The Qualities
Exploring the 3 Causes of Disease
Understanding TriDosha (Constitutions)
Prakruti & Vikruti
The 15 Subdoshas
Saptadhatus (the 7 Tissues)
Agni – 13 Agnis, States of Digestion and how to balance
Ama – How to rid the system of Toxicity
Fasting & Cleansing + Panchakarma
Ojas, Tejas & Prana
Dinacharya – Daily Routine
Ritucharya – Seasonal Routine
Ratricharya – Sleep Routine
Ahara Chikitsa – Food as Medicine
Vihara Chikitsa – Lifestyle Medicine
Aushadhi – Simple Medicinal Preparations
AyurYoga – The coming together of Ayurveda + Yoga

CHECK OUT FURTHER INFO HERE!
Investment: $675 CAD
Schedule: Wednesdays: 9:00am-12:00pm EST (Toronto Time)
Required Reading: Textbook of Ayurveda, Volume 1 – Fundamental Principles (Dr. Vasant Lad)

Sādhaka Retreat
2022-08-11 16:00 - 2022-08-16 16:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
5 Days of Experiential Deepening into Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda + Advaita…
*CE Credits possible
Join Tiffany and an intimate group of sincere practitioners and yoga teachers in this immersive retreat, especially curated for those who are longing to deepen their own personal sādhana (practice) and to enhance their capacity to share with others. This retreat offers a rare opportunity to experience immersed periods of sādhana, including but not limited to:

Asana: Discover the profound wisdom of approaching the posture with inquiry, revealing pranic resonance, increased presence and embodied meditation.
Bandhas & Mudras: Classical locks and gestures to free and enliven prana.
Pranayama: Continue to discover the power of the classical breath practices that invite, welcome, channel, purify and amplify prana.
Dharana (Concentration): Practice specific techniques, such as trataka and classical mudras, which develop focus and lucid awareness.
Dhyana (Meditation): Daily practices of meditation, including a special emphasis upon “Atma Vichara” or Self-Inquiry Meditation.
Vedic Chanting: Discover the immense power of classical Vedic chanting + mantra and become increasingly comfortable with this powerful practice.
Ayurveda: Bring Ayurvedic wisdom into your daily sādhana both on the mat and off.
Nidra Yoga: Guided Nidra Yoga sessions taking you into the depths of Conscious Sleep and Profound Restfulness.
Kriya Yoga: Integrated purification practices to enhance sattva, release ama and free prana shakti at every level.
Nada Yoga: Exploring the potency of sound and vibratory resonance.
Kirtan: Sharing of devotional song, chanting and the power of collective celebration.

Daily Schedule:
6-7 am: Meditation
7:15-10 am: Vichara Yoga
10-11 am: Brunch
11-1 pm: Satsang (+ Q&A)
1-2 pm: Contemplative Period
2-3 pm: Reflections + Dyads
3-5 pm: Vichara Yoga
5-6 pm: Dinner
6-7 pm: Contemplative Period
7-8 pm: Meditation
8-9 pm: Kirtan or Nidra or Nada Yoga

More About Vichara Yoga
Vichara means Inquiry.
Vichara Yoga is born from the roots of Classical Hatha Yoga and Atma Vichara (Self-Inquiry), inviting the sadhaka (practitioner) to dive into an exploration of each moment, Now. Whether we are in an embodied asana (posture), or in the posture of life, it is the Inquiry that guides us into presence with what is. This is where Yoga is known.
In Practice, Vichara Yoga takes inspiration from the traditional path of Hatha Yoga, encompassing a full-spectrum practice that includes Asana, Shatkarma, Pranayama, Mudras, Bandhas, Meditation, Ayurveda, Chanting and beyond, that are all done in the light of self-exploration and profound inner contemplation. The revelations seen on the mat are then integrated into every breath of life, enlivening your full potentiality and awakening you to the Self.
During this 5-Day Retreat you will be invited to dive fully and experientially into the yoga and meditation practice, to gain an understanding of the foundational teachings that can be applied on and off the mat, and to take home a daily practice that will be best aligned to your needs and intentions. You will also receive an Ayurvedic self-care routine and find ways to bring the gift of this healing wisdom into your days.
Vichara Yoga was founded by Tiffany after spending years living in the East, immersed continuously in the depths of study and retreat with her master teachers. It is from this foundation, and her own revelatory arisings, that Vichara Yoga was born.
Through its accessible and comprehensive approach, Vichara Yoga aims to bring you into contact with the classical teachings of Yoga, so that we can truly taste the intrinsic joy, peace and freedom that are revealed in and as this very moment. It stays true to the original intention of yoga to offer revelation and awakening, and to inspire students to use the path of effortless abiding and self-awareness to uncover the deepest truth and most natural state.
All are welcome.
DETAILS
CE Credits: 50 hour CE for RYTs

Women's Rewilding Retreat
2022-07-22 14:00 - 2022-07-24 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Wild Women!
This retreat is curated for all of us who long to bring deep nourishment, potent inspiration, sacred connection and radical wildness into the expression of our feminine hearts…
Join me, Tiffany, and a group of sisters for this weekend of Rewilding our womanhood, diving into feminine exploration, immersion into the beauty of nature, open-hearted sharing, and joyful celebration.
Coming together as Women’s Sangha, in a collective of Sacred Sisterhood, is needed now more than ever. This retreat arises as a response to many requests over the years from women to gather together in sacredness and sangha, and to marinate ourselves in the ancient + timeless wisdom traditions of Ayurveda & Tantra.
The yearning of my heart in sharing this retreat with a small group of women is that we all feel ever-more ripened, awake and free in having met each other and ourselves in this rich and healing way. Although the retreat has a beautifully curated schedule, each configuration of women taps into the divine mystery in a wholly different way and it is always a precious exploration to witness how we co-create this meaningful time together. Approaching this retreat as though we are entering into a Women’s Temple proves to be so deeply aligning, nourishing and revealing.
Our Days will include, but not be limited to:

Ayurveda + Tantra Inspiration Sessions – designed to inspire us to bring these ancient wisdoms into our lives as Women
Dinacharya Rituals – learning and applying Ayurvedic daily routines for Women’s Health + Celebration
DIY explorations – making our own herbal face/hair masks & yoni teas, and enjoying self-care together
Vichara Yoga Sessions – exploring Prana Shakti and the many embodiments of the Goddess
Meditation Sessions
Evening Temple – Sacred Dance, Kirtan, Nidra Yoga Sound Bath, etc.
Shared Nourishing, Ayurvedic Meals

Daily Schedule:
7-8 am: Morning Rituals (Dinacharya)
8-10 am: Meditation & Vichara Yoga
10-11 am: Brunch
11-2 pm: Ayurvedic Inspirations (Talks or DIY Self-Care)
2-3 pm: Contemplative + Joy Period
3-5 pm: Ayurvedic Inspirations (Talks or DIY Self-Care)
5-6 pm: Dinner
6-7 pm: Sacred Sharing, Dyads & Connection
7-9 pm: Evening Temple & Rituals (Ratricharya)
Arrival: Friday 4-5:30 pm (first session begins at 5:30 pm) / Departure: Sunday by 2 pm
I look forward to welcoming you into the living gift of Ayurveda + Tantra, and intend for this retreat to be a wellspring, allowing each of us to lovingly integrate this vibrant wisdom into our lives, bringing richness to our hearts and days 💜

More About Tiffany Nicholson-Smith…
An International Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner (Doctor), and a Lover of Life, Tiffany shares the gifts of Meditation, Yoga & Ayurveda globally.
Today, Tiffany is the founder of Vichara Yoga, a very unique offering of Classical Yoga that combines the fullness of the Tantric Hatha Yoga Path along with deep Inquiry & Meditative presence. She has also founded Rasa Ayurveda, a School, Clinical Practice & Apothecary sharing the authentic, healing wisdom of Ayurveda.
At present, Tiffany lives in the forested hills of Quebec, where she offers retreats, classes and consultations at Vichara Yoga Shala. She also travels worldwide offering Retreats, Trainings and Immersions/YTTs, as well as Ayurvedic Consultations and Private Sessions through her mobile clinical practice in which she sees people in-person and online.
All are welcome to these upcoming retreats!

Stepping Into Silence: A 3-Day Meditation Retreat
2022-07-07 18:00 - 2022-07-10 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Stepping into Silence – 3-Day Meditation Retreat
This retreat is a unique 3-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful weekend, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
The retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ July 7-10, 2022 ~

Thursday-Sunday:
Thursday:
6 pm – Arrival and Welcome
7-8 pm – Dinner & Lose Ends
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Friday-Saturday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:20 am – Yoga / Personal Sadhana
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
1-3 pm – Lunch + Contemplative Break
3-3:40 pm – Meditation
3:50-4:30 pm – Meditation
4:50-6 pm – Yoga / Personal Sadhana
6-7 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Sunday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8-9:30 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
12:30-1:30 pm – Closing + Sharing
1:30 pm – Lunch + Departure
No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

Ayurveda Now Retreat
2022-06-10 14:00 - 2022-06-12 14:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Experiential Deepening into Ayurveda + Yoga…
Join Tiffany for this explorative and rich weekend, diving into the gift that is Ayurveda, especially for our lives, NOW.
This retreat offers a rare opportunity to both be inspired by the wisdom of Ayurveda and to immerse yourself in its practices while here at the Shala.
Our Days will include, but not be limited to:

Ayurvedic Learnings – sessions designed to inspire the art of bringing this ancient wisdom to our modern lives
Nourishing, Ayurvedic Meals
Dinacharya Rituals – learning and applying Ayurvedic daily routines for health and longevity
DIY explorations – making our own herbal remedies
Ayurvedic Cooking Class
Vichara Yoga Sessions
Meditation Sessions
Evening Inspirations – Nidra Yoga, Nada Sound Bath, Kirtan, etc.

Daily Schedule:
7-8 am: Morning Rituals (Dinacharya)
8-10 am: Meditation & Vichara Yoga
10-11 am: Brunch
11-2 pm: Ayurvedic Inspirations (Talks, DIY or Cooking Class)
2-3 pm: Contemplative + Joy Period
3-5 pm: Ayurvedic Inspirations (Talks, DIY or Cooking Class)
5-6 pm: Dinner
6-7 pm: Sharing, Dyads, Sacred Connection
7-8 pm: Kirtan or Nidra or Nada Yoga
8-9 pm: Evening Rituals (Ratricharya)

We look forward to welcoming you into the living gift of Ayurveda and intend for this retreat to be a wellspring, allowing each of us to lovingly integrate this vibrant wisdom into our the richness of our daily lives!

*** CE Credits Available: 20 hour CE for RYTs

More About Tiffany Nicholson-Smith…
An International Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner (Doctor), and a Lover of Life, Tiffany shares the gifts of Meditation, Yoga & Ayurveda globally.
Today, Tiffany is the founder of Vichara Yoga, a very unique offering of Classical Yoga that combines the fullness of the Tantric Hatha Yoga Path along with deep Inquiry & Meditative presence. She has also founded Rasa Ayurveda, a School, Clinical Practice & Apothecary sharing the authentic, healing wisdom of Ayurveda.
At present, Tiffany lives in the forested hills of Quebec, where she offers retreats, classes and consultations at Vichara Yoga Shala. She also travels worldwide offering Retreats, Trainings and Immersions/YTTs, as well as Ayurvedic Consultations and Private Sessions through her mobile clinical practice in which she sees people in-person and online.
All are welcome to these upcoming retreats!

Grow Your Own Food Workshop Weekend
2022-05-14 09:00 - 2022-05-15 16:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
GROW YOUR OWN FOOD!
Growing your own food and living a regenerative lifestyle can be one of the most healthy and empowering things you can do!

Join Wesley Wright and Stefani Chan-Wright of Ahimsa Eco at the beautiful Vichara Yoga Shala in the woods of Wakefield for an intimate, immersive weekend experience in reconnecting with nature and learning how to grow your own food. The last few GYOF workshops have sold out quickly so please make sure you connect with us early to reserve your spot!

This fun and informative weekend will take place on Saturday, May 14 & Sunday, May 15 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Here’s what we’ll cover:

– 90-minute Yoga & Meditation Class on reconnecting with yourself and nature
– Food is Medicine: Holistic nutrition, ancient wisdom traditions & rewilding
– Bio-Intensive Gardening: companion planting, crop rotation, planning your garden
– Soil Health: building healthy soil, composting & natural fertilizers
– Gettin’ Down and Dirty: create a custom soil mix, fill and plant raised beds!
– A delicious, healthy vegan lunch will be provided both days

Sign up before May 1st to get the early bird price of only $300 + tax ($350 + tax after May 1)

Make it a weekend retreat with the option to book a night or two in beautiful eco-luxe accommodations at the Shala for an additional $120/night – breakfast and dinner will also be included in this price.

Email at stefanichan1@gmail.com for questions, to register & reserve your spot!

Women's Online Immersion - Introduction, Level 1
2022-05-11 19:00 - 2022-06-08 21:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
The Women’s Tantra & Ayurveda Online Immersion Course!
This 10 hour course takes place Wednesday evenings, beginning May 11th / 2022, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST) for 5 weeks.
An Immersive Online Retreat Experience for Women.
Tiffany has lovingly curated this course, especially for Women. Drawing upon the Sacred Wisdom of Ayurveda & Tantra, this immersion will be a beautiful journey into the gift of Womanhood. Immerse yourself in 5 weeks of exploration about the natural rhythms and transitions of the female life, yoni self-care + healing, tantric rituals + practices and beyond…
Coming together for the following 5 Sessions:
WOMAN + SISTERHOOD
RHYTHMIC RITUALS
SACRED SENSUALITY
YONI YOGA
LIVING GODDESSES
Our time together will be both discursive and applied, allowing each woman to integrate the teachings into her own life and heart, and to connect to a community of women who are rich and ripe in their own journeys…
Love to you dear sisters 💜

Stepping into Silence: 3-Day Meditation Retreat
2022-03-17 16:00 - 2022-03-20 15:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Stepping into Silence – 3-Day Meditation Retreat
This retreat is a unique 3-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful weekend, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
The retreat aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
~ March 17-20, 2022 ~

Thursday-Sunday:
Thursday:
6 pm – Arrival and Welcome
7-8 pm – Dinner & Lose Ends
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Friday-Saturday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8:10-9:20 am – Yoga / Personal Sadhana
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
1-3 pm – Lunch + Contemplative Break
3-3:40 pm – Meditation
3:50-4:30 pm – Meditation
4:50-6 pm – Yoga / Personal Sadhana
6-7 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Sunday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8-9:30 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
12:30-1:30 pm – Closing + Sharing
1:30 pm – Lunch + Departure
No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

Stepping into Silence: 3-Day Meditation Retreat
2021-12-30 16:00 - 2022-01-02 17:00 | Vichara Yoga Shala, 93 Chemin de Morrison Heights, Wakefield, QC, J0X 3G0, Canada
Stepping into Silence – 3-Day Meditation Retreat
This retreat is a unique 3-day immersion experience that focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of Inquiry, Meditation, and Vichara Yoga. This retreat is intended to reveal our pure, true, boundless nature, and to allow that recognition to be a foundational and unchanged seeing. This is not intended as a momentary experience, or a restful weekend, but rather an invitation to Be as you truly are and to know that undoubtedly.
The retreat, even for those online, aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, in order to provide you with an opportunity to rest with yourself, to give space for powerful inner reflection, and to create a sense of internalization, allowing for a blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta infused into seated and walking meditation, yoga, and contemplative talks. Participants will be lovingly guided and introduced to various self-inquiry pointings and inspired to integrate these into their lives to continue to reveal and get acquainted with the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent her adult life immersed in self-inquiry, silent retreats, and with her own master teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the insights gained through retreat periods of silence and self-reflection, she is inspired to offer these revelatory silent retreats worldwide, which have opened many peoples’ hearts to the joy of being.

RETREAT SCHEDULE:
NEW YEAR RETREAT!
~ December 30-Jan 2, 2022 ~
Thursday-Sunday:
Thursday:
6 pm – Arrival and Welcome
7-8 pm – Dinner & Lose Ends
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
Friday-Saturday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8-9:30 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation
12:30-3 pm – Lunch + Contemplative Break
3-3:40 pm – Meditation
3:50-4:30 pm – Meditation
4:50-6 pm – Yoga
6-7 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-8:40 pm – Meditation
*** Friday Evening – Special New Year’s sharing including Kirtan + Dyad Meditation
Sunday:
6:30-7:10 am – Meditation
7:20-8 am – Meditation
8-9:30 am – Yoga
9:30-10:30 am – Breakfast
10:30-11 am – Talk
11-11:40 am – Meditation
11:50-12:30 pm – Meditation + Closing + Sharing
1:30 – Lunch & Depart

No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary at all.
No experience in anything is necessary at all.
Come as You Are.

“Look here and know who you are.
Instantly you will find freedom, and this suffering will instantly stop.
The only way is to look within.”
– Papaji

* For those online, the retreat will be held on the Zoom platform.

Women's Online Immersion - Fruition, Level 3
2021-05-10 19:00 - 21:00 | zoom
10 Hours, 5 Weeks
MONDAYS, starting May 10, 2021
7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Prerequisite: Women’s Online Immersion Level 1 & 2
Both Live + Recorded (in case you cannot join the live sessions)
Level 3, The Fruition, is a continued Immersive Online Retreat Experience just for Women. Tiffany welcomes any Women who have completed participation in Level 1+2 and are excited to step into this next level of exploration. Having deepened together personally and as sisterhood sangha, the Level 3 intends to bring us into collectivity in a profoundly experiential way, integrating, exploring and experiencing the fruits of all that is ripening in our divine feminine lives and hearts. In this more intimate circle, we begin to dive into further exploration of Womanhood, Femininity and living into our Fullness as Shakti.
As always, this on-line immersion will draw upon the inspirations of Ayurveda + Tantra, as well as Tiffany’s years of steeped experiencing and her work with thousands of women.
During this time, our 5 sessions will be seen as coming to Temple, giving space for:

Sisterhood Sharing & Dyad Deepening
Sadhana (Meditations, Yoga, Pranayama, Chanting, Ayurvedic Rituals, etc.)
Puja & Upasana – Practicing together
Sacred Readings & Bhakti
Inquiry – Sacred Q+As

Our time together will be both discursive and extremely applied, allowing each woman to integrate the teachings into her own life and heart, and to connect to a community of women who are rich, ripe and alive to their own journeys…
You will need a reliable internet connection and a computer or device that can use Zoom.
Please review our refund policies.

Women's Online Immersion - Deepening, Level 2
2021-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 | zoom
Prerequisite: Women’s Ayurveda & Tantra Immersion Level 1
10 Hours
5 Weeks
Monday evenings starting March 15, 2021
7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Both Live + Recorded (in case you cannot join the live sessions)
The Deepening is a continued Immersive Online Retreat Experience just for Women. Tiffany welcomes any Women who have completed participation in Level 1 and are excited to step into this Deepening. Having laid the foundation, and In this more intimate circle, we begin to dive into further exploration of Womanhood, Femininity and living into our Fullness as Shakti.
As always, this on-line immersion will draw upon the inspirations of Ayurveda + Tantra, as well as Tiffany’s years of steeped experiencing and her work with thousands of women.
Including the following 5 Sessions:
Deepening Pleasure
Fertility & Conception
Integration Inquiry
Puja, Ritual & Worship
Goddesses Medicine
Our time together will be both discursive and applied, allowing each woman to integrate the teachings into her own life and heart, and to connect to a community of women who are rich, ripe and alive to their own journeys…
You will need a reliable internet connection and a computer or device that can use Zoom.
Please review our refund policies.

Vichara Yoga Sadhana Intensive (100hr)
2020-11-13 18:00 - 21:30 | QC
100 hours of Experiential Deepening into Vichara Yoga.
*Yoga Alliance approved*

Schedule:
4 weekends – Nov. 13-15, Dec. 11-13, Jan. 22-24, Feb. 26-28
Fridays: 6-9:30 pm
Saturdays & Sundays: 7-7 pm (1.5 hour breaks for lunch)
Both In-Person & Online!
Join Tiffany & Ram as they guide you in this intensive, which is intended for anyone longing to deepen their personal sadhana (practice) and to be steeped in classical Tantric Yoga + Meditation. Completion of the 100 hours can be included as a module towards your YTT accreditation with Vichara Yoga. It offers a rare opportunity to experience immersed periods of practice and many of the days will emulate a retreat experience. During this intensive you will also be invited to have an individual meeting with Tiffany to clarify and personalize your sadhana going forward.
Our Days will Include:

Asana: Discover the profound wisdom of approaching the posture with enquiry, revealing pranic resonance, increased presence and meditation.
Bandhas & Mudras: Classical locks and gestures to free and amplify prana
Pranayama: Continue to discover the power of the classical breath practices that channel, purify and increase prana
Dharana (Concentration): Practice specific techniques, such as trataka and classical mudras, which develop focus and awareness.
Dhyana (Meditation): Daily practice of meditation, including a special emphasis upon “Atma Vichara” or Self-Enquiry meditation.
Vedic Chanting: Discover the immense power of classical Vedic chanting and become increasingly comfortable with daily chanting.
Ayurveda: Bring Ayurvedic wisdom into your daily sadhana both on the mat and off
Nidra Yoga: Guided nidra yoga sessions taking you into the depths of Conscious Sleep and Profound Resting
Kriya Yoga: Integrated purification practices to enhance sattva and free prana shakti at every level
Nada Yoga: Exploring the potency of sound and vibration
Kirtan: Sharing of devotional song, chanting and musical celebration

Fridays:
6-6:30 pm – Meditation
6:30-7 pm – Arriving & Sharing as a group
7-9 pm: Yoga
9-9:30: Vedic Chanting
Saturdays:
7-8 am: Meditation
8:15-11 am: Yoga
11:15-12:30 pm: Satsang (Q&A)
12:30-2 pm: Lunch
2-3 pm: Nidra or Nada Yoga
3-5: Yoga
5:15-6: Vedic Chanting
6-7 pm: Meditation
Sundays:
7-8 am: Meditation
8:15-11 am: Yoga
11:15-12:30 pm: Satsang (Q&A)
12:30-2 pm: Lunch
2-3 pm: Nidra or Nada Yoga or Kirtan
3-5: Yoga
5:15-6: Reflections + Dyads
6-7 pm: Meditation
DETAILS
CE Credits: 100 hour CE for RYTs
YTT Module Program: These 100 hours can be counted towards your 200, 500 or 1000 hour Living in the Self accreditation – Yoga Alliance Approved
Please review our refund policies with COVID-related notes.

Women's Online Immersion - Fruition, Level 3
2020-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 | QC
10 Hours, 5 Weeks
MONDAYS, starting November 9th.
7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Prerequisite: Women’s Online Immersion Level 1 & 2
Both Live + Recorded (in case you cannot join the live sessions)
Level 3, The Fruition, is a continued Immersive Online Retreat Experience just for Women. Tiffany welcomes any Women who have completed participation in Level 1+2 and are excited to step into this next level of exploration. Having deepened together personally and as sisterhood sangha, the Level 3 intends to bring us into collectivity in a profoundly experiential way, integrating, exploring and experiencing the fruits of all that is ripening in our divine feminine lives and hearts. In this more intimate circle, we begin to dive into further exploration of Womanhood, Femininity and living into our Fullness as Shakti.
As always, this on-line immersion will draw upon the inspirations of Ayurveda + Tantra, as well as Tiffany’s years of steeped experiencing and her work with thousands of women.
During this time, our 5 sessions will be seen as coming to Temple, giving space for:

Sisterhood Sharing
Sadhana (Meditations, Yoga, Pranayama, Chanting, Ayurvedic Rituals, etc.)
Puja & Upasana
Sacred Readings & Bhakti
Inquiry – Q+As

Our time together will be both discursive and very applied, allowing each woman to integrate the teachings into her own life and heart, and to connect to a community of women who are rich, ripe and alive to their own journeys…
You will need a reliable internet connection and a computer or device that can use Zoom.
Please review our refund policies.

Sacred Connection
2020-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | QC
Sacred Connection: A Tantric Approach to Coupledom
Oct 21-Dec. 2, 2020
Join Tiffany and her dear friend Joseph Braccio for this upcoming online course for couples. This is a fresh, new offering, which has been continuously requested, and we are excited to be launching it this fall.
Drawing upon our own experience in relationships, marriage and our background in Tantric studies, we have curated an online retreat experience that is intended to bring you into a depth of connection with yourself and in turn your partner. This Online experience is designed to infuse your life and relationship with aliveness, clarity, love and wisdomful tools for rich connection and intimacy. This online journey will combine a host of topics, giving room for discussions, integrated practices and homeplay, which will all begin to spark a renewal to your intimacy, communication and relational space.
We’ve teamed up to create a comprehensive course that allows you to get clear about the relationship you long for and the skills to manifest it.
Together, with the gifts of Yoga, Meditation, Tantra, Ayurveda & NVC you will discover ways to eliminate toxic old habits, develop heartful awareness to help meet your partner with openness and kindness, learn healthy and successful communication tools, liberate sexual pleasure to create a deeper intimate bond, and explore great Love.
This will be a time of exploration, fun, play and deep self-reflection and excavation.
Absolutely no nudity during online sessions.
Wednesday Evenings: 7:00-9:00pm EST
7 sessions x 2 hours
2 x Couple Coaching Sessions included: 50min with Tiffany / 50min with Joseph
Investment: $1390 per couple
These Sessions will also be video recorded, allowing you to watch and engage with them at your own time and pace if you are not able to join live.
Visit Joseph’s website: www.josephbraccio.com

Women's Online Immersion - Deepening, Level 2
2020-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | zoom
Prerequisite: Women’s Ayurveda&Tantra Immersion Level 1
10 Hours
5 Weeks
Monday evenings starting September 14
7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Both Live + Recorded (in case you cannot join the live sessions)
The Deepening is a continued Immersive Online Retreat Experience just for Women. Tiffany welcomes any Women who have completed participation in Level 1 and are excited to step into this Deepening. Having laid the foundation, and In this more intimate circle, we begin to dive into further exploration of Womanhood, Femininity and living into our Fullness as Shakti.
As always, this on-line immersion will draw upon the inspirations of Ayurveda + Tantra, as well as Tiffany’s years of steeped experiencing and her work with thousands of women.
Including the following 5 Sessions:
Deepening Pleasure
Fertility & Conception
Integration Inquiry
Puja, Ritual & Worship
Goddesses Medicine
Our time together will be both discursive and applied, allowing each woman to integrate the teachings into her own life and heart, and to connect to a community of women who are rich, ripe and alive to their own journeys…
You will need a reliable internet connection and a computer or device that can use Zoom.
Please review our refund policies.

Jyotish & Ayurveda Online Immersion
2020-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | QC
Understanding The Medicine of the Stars!
Have you heard about the powerful science of Jyotish (Vedic Astrology)?
Together, Ram & Tiffany, will be exploring the intersection of Astrology and Ayurveda to help you discover the powerful ways that these ancient sciences can both orient and liberate your life in various areas.
Ram brings a lifetime of infusion and a depth of understanding in Jyotish and the Vedic Sciences that is wholly unmatched, and is truly a gift to receive.
Join us!
June 17 – July 15
5 Wednesdays: 7-9 pm

Vichara Yoga Foundations: 5 days in Belgium
2019-08-21 08:00 - 2019-08-25 17:00 | aanaajaanaa, Hoogpoort 25, 9000 Gent, Ghent, Belgium
Daily: 8am-12pm & 2pm-6pm
Join Tiffany this August in Belgium for this foundational course in Vichara Yoga.
Vichara means Inquiry.
Vichara Yoga is born from the roots of Classical Hatha Yoga and Atma Vichara (Self-Inquiry), inviting the sadhaka (practitioner) to dive into an exploration of each moment, Now. Whether we are in an embodied asana (posture), or in the posture of life, it is the Inquiry that guides us into presence with what is. This is where Yoga is known.
In Practice, Vichara Yoga takes inspiration from the traditional path of Hatha Yoga, encompassing a full-spectrum practice that includes Asana, Shatkarma, Pranayama, Mudras, Bandhas, Meditation, Ayurveda, Chanting and beyond, that are all done in the light of self-exploration and profound inner contemplation. The revelations seen on the mat are then integrated into every breath of life, enlivening your full potentiality and awakening you to the Self.
During this 5-Day Workshop you will be invited to dive fully and experientially into the yoga and meditation practice, to gain an understanding of the foundational teachings that can be applied on and off the mat, and to take home a daily practice that will be best aligned to your needs and intentions. You will also receive an Ayurvedic self-care routine and find ways to bring the gift of this healing wisdom into your days.
Vichara Yoga was founded by Tiffany after spending years living in the East, immersed continuously in the depths of study and retreat with her master teachers. It is from this foundation, and her own revelatory arisings, that Vichara Yoga was born.
Through its accessible and comprehensive approach, Vichara Yoga aims to bring you into contact with the classical teachings of Yoga, so that we can truly taste the intrinsic joy, peace and freedom that are revealed in and as this very moment. It stays true to the original intention of yoga to offer revelation and awakening, and to inspire students to use the path of effortless abiding and self-awareness to uncover the deepest truth and most natural state.

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Stepping Into Silence: 5-Day Retreat
2019-07-28 16:00 - 2019-08-02 11:00 | Kingfisher Bay Retreat, 150 Fraser Estates Lane, Lakefield, Ontario, K0L 2H0, Canada
Investment:
Single: $990 + HST
Shared: $790+ HST
This retreat is a unique 5-day immersion experience which focuses on accessing our real and essential nature, our highest Self, through a balanced integration of meditation and yoga techniques. We will explore existence and consciousness from a variety of traditions. This retreat has been designed in such a way as to bring both intimate understanding and experience into the profundity of meditation and its truly transformative potential. The program aims to create an experience similar to that of a solitary retreat, even in one day, in order to provide you with an opportunity to reach deep inner states of consciousness, to allow for powerful self-reflection and to create a sense interiorization, allowing for the blossoming of the Heart and Truth. The teachings will be a unique integration of Advaita Vedânta, Sufism, Tantra, and Buddhist practices. Participants will be skillfully guided and introduced to various meditation techniques and inspired to integrate these into their daily lives to dive deeper into the truth that emerges from within oneself.
This retreat will be guided by Tiffany, who has spent much of the last 15 years immersed in silent retreats with many great teachers. Due to her own profound experiences and the inspiration and insights gained through these periods of self-reflection and revelation, she lovingly shares these teachings and techniques that have opened many peoples hearts to the joy of being.
No previous meditation or yoga experience is necessary as this has been designed for beginner and advanced meditators alike.
Included in Retreat:
A Full day of discourses and guided meditation (for beginners and experienced meditators)
Periods of Hatha Yoga
2 delicious, whole-food meals
Retreat Schedule:
Arrival by 4 pm on Sunday and depart by 1 pm on Friday.
Monday-Thursday:
6:30-7:30 am – Meditation
7:30-9 am – Yoga
9-10:30 am – Breakfast Break
10:30-12:30 pm – Talk + Meditation
12:30 pm – Break
1-4 pm – Lunch + Break
3-5 pm – Meditation (Walking & Sitting)
5-6 pm – Yoga
6 pm – Dinner
7-8 pm – Questions
8-9 pm – Meditation

Please contact us for further info or to register.
