joshua schofield

Yogalife Classes:

Monday 9:30am Healthy Hips and Backs (hybrid)

Tuesday 8:00pm Hot Flow

Wednesday 9:00am Hot Flow

Friday 6:30pm Karma Hot Flow ($5donation class)

Saturday 9:00am Hot Flow

Saturday 11:00am Vinyasa

Prana Yoga Studio:

Monday 12:00pm Hot Flow

Monday 4:30pm Hot Flow

Thursday 9:30am Hot Flow

Friday 9:30am Hot Flow

Archetype:

Friday 12:00pm Align & Revive

Goodlife Fitness:

Tuesday 6:15pm Yoga (Terwillegar/Rabbithill Location)

Wednesday 7:15pm – Hot Yoga (Terwillegar/Rabbithill Location)

JaxFitness:

Corporate classes through their partners, inquire with me for info.

Josh is a dedicated learner.  A career student of life and growth.  Whatever he does he tries to learn and progress.  After completing 2 degrees in University and realizing the corporate world was not for him, he stumbled onto yoga.  At a time of his life, where transition was huge, leaving the corporate world behind, abandoning his area of education, he found his passion.

Throughout his schooling years Josh was always active, playing on all the team sports in High School, the Varsity Basketball team in College, and multiple intramural teams in University.  This history of sport has given Josh a fairly athletic mindset for his yoga classes.  Now that he is retired from hyper competitive teams, Josh sees the benefits of yoga that all athletes can gain.  The benefits can increase their sport performance, to heal their bodies to be prepared for the next competition and for overall life benefit.  His history in sport has taught him the importance of the power of your mind, the power of your breathe, the power of stillness.

As Josh deepens in his yogic life, he has come to realize that he was living in a very yogic way for much longer than he has been practicing yoga.  Currently, Josh finds his state of “Flow” while practicing, as well as, teaching yoga.  Before yoga, Josh found his “flow” while competing on his many basketball and volleyball teams while growing up.  Josh’s “Flow” state is where he is able to let go of the world and be totally present with what is in front of him.  He also recalls times as child and young adult paying attention to his breathe, what he now knows as pranayama (breathing).  He used it in the same way as pranayama is used in yoga classes, to calm his mind, to slow his mind, to become more present.

Josh has been privileged to be able to lead yoga since October of 2012 after completing his 200hr yoga teacher training with Blissologist, Eoin Finn.  Since then he has continued his education learning from teachers such as Christina Sell, Ryan Leier, Tiffany Cruikshank, Rockne White and Srivatsa Ramaswami.  Josh has also competed his 500hr Empowered Yoga Teacher Training with Michele Theoret in 2015.

September 2017

Formal Education:

Bachelor or Arts in Economics, University of Alberta 2005

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, University of Alberta 2009

Yoga Trainings:

25- hour Restorative Teacher Training 2015 & 2018

300-hour Empowered Yoga Teacher Training 2015

200-hour Blissology Teacher Training 2012

40- hour Rocket / Power Yoga Teacher Training 2013

25- hour Vinyasa Krama Teacher Training with Srivasta Ramaswami 2013

25- hour Meditation Teacher Training 2015

20- hour Yoga for Athletes 2015

20- hour Yoga for PTSD 2015

50- hour Blissology Level 2 Beyond Alignment 2013

Workshops attended:

Eoin Finn (Blissology), Wanderlust in Whistler (2012), Meghan Currie, Ryan Leier,

Reno Muenz, Dustin Fruson, Patrick Creelman, Bryan Kest,

Tiffany Cruikshank (Yoga Medicine), Christina Sell, Matthew Remski and

David Kyle (Progressive Ashtanga)

 

Rocket Yoga

The Rocket practice is a dynamic and balanced vinyasa class created by Larry Schultz.  It is based from the Ashtanga systems that also includes many optional arm balances, inversions, and binds to help challenge the yogi to further their asana practice.  It includes constant movements with your breath to help “get you there faster” as said by Larry Schultz himself.  Yoga can expect to sweat and work hard.

Hot Flow / Hot Yoga / Vinyasa / Yoga Flow

A dynamic and challenging sequence of postures that synchronizes breath with movement in order to build strength, balance, and flexibility. These classes are heated to 36-38 degrees Celsius (Vinyasa & Yoga Flow are non-heated).

All levels welcome but the heat is usually a challenge to beginners. This class is designed to open our bodies and relax our minds.  Each class will begin with a focus on breath, followed by a combination of sun salutations, standing postures, floors postures and finish with savasana.

Hatha

Hatha Yoga refers to the origins of all yoga styles. It includes a wide range of movements and postures that stretch, strengthen, align and stimulate all systems of the body. This practice is a great compliment to any form of physical activity, for those who wish to maintain and deepen their existing yoga practice and for those who are new to yoga. This class is taught by holding traditional postures and moving between postures without sun salutations or flow. Hatha yoga is the staple of all yoga practice and is recommended for all levels.

Hatha: Happy Hips

This class focuses on your hips to release tension stored from long periods of sitting, sports/physical activities, and tight muscles. Supple hips can ease back pain, give you a more agile gait, and may improve circulation in your legs. Like the junk drawer in your house, the hips are where negative emotions, such as stress, fear, and sadness are energetically-held. By doing hip-opening poses, you free up that space for prana (life force) to move through your pelvis and to clear out the emotional junk. This class is also offered in a warm environment (32 degrees).  All levels are welcome.

Come and enjoy the creativity of a hip opening sequence. Explore the tension and stress, and then let it go.

Inversions

Let gravity work for you. Inversions are good for your lungs, heart, thyroid, and more. We will warm up the body with a flow practice and then make our way into some upside down poses. Want to have fun in yoga?…then this class is for you. This class is not recommend for beginners. It is not necessary to have experience with inversions.

Restore and Renew

Restore and Renew is a class designed for conscious relaxation of the body/mind. Props are used to support the body, comfort is encouraged to relax the nervous system and through guided breath, imagery and meditative exercises, time slows down. When the body/mind relaxes we create the space for internal balance, restoration and health renewal. Restorative yoga helps relieve the effects of chronic stress and assists in decreasing ones biological markers for age. This class encourages you to be more and do less. It is recommended for anyone wishing to experience the health benefits of less stress.