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So last month, one of my favourite yoga instructors asked me if I could be the photographer for the yoga event she was hosting for all the Power Yoga Canada teachers! I had so much fun photographing Yoga in the Vines for her last year that I was really excited to be a part of something great again!!
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I don't think any of these teachers had any clue what they were in for when they registered in the morning!! The event started off with welcome speeches, followed by a three hour yoga session.
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It was pretty sweaty and intense. Although I was just photographing the whole time, I found myself sweating as much as them! I was even drinking a lot of water too. LOL
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It was also these two yoga teachers' birthdays and at PYC, it's a tradition to sing the happy birthday song while doing the wheel pose as a class! :-)
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So after lunch, all the teachers were split up into three different workshops on three different floors. The intention of these workshops were to essentially help them build upon their skills.
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The great thing about being the photographer was that I got to go in and out of each workshop to see what everyone was up to!
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I will admit, I spent quite a bit of time at the acro yoga session! I was just so intrigued with all these poses they were doing.
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I can barely hold the locust pose on the ground but here you have people holding this pose while balancing on someone else's feet!!! Cray, crayyyy!!
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These workshops also provided me with great insight. I didn't know how much thought was actually put into the music playlists they played during the jam classes!
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I used to think they were just top 40 hits but now I realized they do take the number of beats into consideration. They also strategically play certain songs to help us with our breathing when we do tough poses. Who knew??!
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While I was photographing them, I realized that everyone just looks so genuinely happy - which makes it that much more fun (and easy) to take pictures!!
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These workshops took place all afternoon until dinner time. Afterwards, there was another three hour yoga session planned for them!!
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I had no idea how many photos I snapped until I got home on Saturday night. It was so hard choosing just a few to share!!
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The last yoga session was super sweaty!!! There were water guns being squired, people blowing bubbles and just a lot of sweating! It was a really great time though! Hahaha
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This event seriously couldn't have been possible without Natalie! I'm so glad she got all this recognition because she's such an inspiring and charismatic individual. Thanks again for such a fun opportunity Nat!!! :-)
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And of course they had to end the event with a twerk fest! LOL
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