Yoga teacher returns to Courtenay to open studio

The Breath of Life Yoga Studio hosts a community yoga day Jan. 14.

Jessica Read owns the Breath of Life Yoga Studio, which hosts a community yoga day Jan. 14.

Jessica Read owns the Breath of Life Yoga Studio, which hosts a community yoga day Jan. 14.

The Breath of Life Yoga Studio hosts a community yoga day Jan. 14. Free yoga classes will be offered  throughout the day in an effort to educate the public about the different styles and teachers available in the Comox Valley.

Breath of Life Yoga Studio is a community-based yoga studio, welcoming students interested in movement, growth, healing, spirituality or just learning something new.

The studio also offers visionary cranial sacral therapy, yoga-inspired clothes and various gifts.

The Breath of Life name was chosen to integrate the yoga and cranial sacral therapy as they both connect to our vital life force, that being breath.

The studio is creating a community within the community where every person is seen as an equal. It hopes to bring together teachers and offer different styles of yoga to cater to the public.

The studio’s vision is to offer more therapeutic healing and meditation in 2012.

Studio owner Jessica Read recently moved back to the Comox Valley from the Yukon, where she taught prana flow for the last five years.

Prana flow-style yoga created by Shiva Rea is new to the Valley. It is a vinyasa-based practice, using music as a backdrop. Each class incorporates breath and movement in union to free the body and mind.

The studio will have snacks and tea available along with time for questions during the community yoga day.

It is located at 1507B McPhee Ave. Phone 250-871-7725.

Further details can be found at www.breathoflifestudio.com with a connection to the schedule on facebook at www.facebook.com/breathoflifestudio.

Comox Valley Record