Offering getaways and retreats to take space outside your daily routine, to pause and reflect. Practice and learn with highly skilled and experienced teachers.
Yoga Retreats (4)
Instructors (3)
Sharoni Fixler
Sharoni is the founder and co-director of CIY. Beginning her third decade of practice and study, Sharoni took her first workshop with Faeq Biria in 2007. She has a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy. She completed teacher training with Margot Kitchen in 2009 and has also practiced locally with Norman Sjoman. Sharoni continues regular training with Corine and Faeq Biria and Jawahar Bangera. She has taken trips to India, to study with the Iyengars and is an Assessor-In-Training for the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada (IYAC). She holds a Level 3 Iyengar yoga teaching certification.
Ty Chandler
Ty has been studying yoga since the late 80s and brings her years of dedicated practice, precision, and devotion to her teaching. Her vibrant, warm personality and generosity along with her focus and discipline bring light to her students and her community. Ty resides in Victoria where she studies, teaches, and also serves on the PD and Teacher Training committee at the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria. She is a long-time student of Shirley Daventry French and continues her training by making trips to Pune to study with the Iyengars and to France to study with Corine and Faèq Biria.
Deanna Oliphant
Deanna is the co-director of CIY and has a deep respect and passion for the tradition of Iyengar Yoga and the culturing of intelligence and wisdom in body, heart and mind. She continues her studies with Corine Biria, Jawahar Bangera, Ty Chandler and Sharoni Fixler. Deanna holds a Level 1 certificate completed through the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada (IYAC), mentored by Margot Kitchen and Sharoni Fixler. She served on the national Board of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada as Communications Chair. Her teaching style is vibrant, sincere and fun.