Our Classes

Our classes are designed to meet you exactly where you are, in body and in life. Each class is labeled by intensity so you can choose what you need on any given day, whether that is deep rest, steady movement, or a more dynamic challenge.

All of our offerings are grounded in accessibility, inclusivity, and authentic connection to breath.

Class Intensity

  • Grounded

    Grounded classes are gentle, supportive, and suitable for all levels, including complete beginners. Expect slower pacing, clear guidance, and plenty of options so you can move in a way that feels safe and nourishing for your body. This is a space to reconnect with your breath, build foundational strength and mobility, and leave feeling grounded, calm, and resourced.

  • Balanced

    Balanced classes offer a steady vinyasa flow that weaves breath, alignment, and mindful strength building. Some basic familiarity with vinyasa is recommended, but these classes remain accessible and welcoming to those who are newer, with lots of options and invitations to pause or modify. You will explore creative sequencing and gentle challenge while staying connected to your own pace and capacity.

  • Dynamic

    Dynamic classes are more energizing and physically demanding, designed for practitioners with experience in vinyasa who feel comfortable moving with their breath. You can expect stronger sequences, playful variations, and opportunities to explore balance, stamina, and resilience. While options are always offered, these classes move at a quicker pace and invite you to lean into a deeper edge with curiosity and care.

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Restorative

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Our restorative classes invite you to gently tune inward, fostering safety and balance amid life's demands. You'll be skillfully guided into supportive postures with props, breathwork, and trauma-informed cues to down-regulate your system and release stored tension.

Shifting focus from external chaos to your body's innate wisdom creates space for healing, calm, and renewal, leaving you grounded, resilient, and at ease.

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Gentle Hatha

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Ideal if you’re craving a calm, supportive space to move, breathe, and unwind without pressure to “keep up.” Whether you’re returning to your mat after time away, navigating injury or chronic pain, working with limited mobility, or simply preferring a softer pace, this class invites you to meet yourself exactly where you are.

Gentle Hatha features longer warm-ups, smooth and unhurried transitions, and an extended, deeply restful cool-down. Plenty of props, options, and variations are offered so each posture can be adapted to your needs, and you’re always encouraged to listen to your body and honour your own limits.

Benefits of this practice include supporting balance, bone health, and muscle tone, while improving joint mobility and range of motion. It also nurtures an overall sense of well-being and helps to regulate stress, leaving you feeling grounded and restored.

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Slow Flow

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Discover vinyasa's magic without intimidation: gentle sun salutations link into smooth, breath-guided flows, with extended warm-ups and a lush cool-down to ease everybody in. 

Plenty of props, modifications, and variations make every pose doable your way, building strength, flexibility, balance, and calm while reducing stress. Listen to your body, move at your pace.

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Shakti Yoga

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Shakti Yoga is a half flow, half restorative journey: we start with active, heat‑building asana to awaken the body, then flow into deeply supported restorative shapes that invite everything to soften and settle. Guided through a trauma‑informed lens, this class centers choice, consent, and options so you can move and rest in ways that feel truly safe and nourishing, leaving you both energized and deeply restored.

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Steady Flow

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A unique approach to yoga, integrating peace and joy into a dynamic vinyasa style practice. The practice is a mix of different yoga styles, such as Ashtanga, Hatha, and Jivamukti.

Lots of modifications are offered in this class, which makes it accessible to most yogis. Students are encouraged to do what feels right to them and their bodies.

The benefits of this practice include maintaining balance, bone health and muscle mass, as well as increasing joint flexibility and range of motion. It also adds to a general sense of well-being and reduces stress levels.

This class is open to all students, but experience with vinyasa (flow) style yoga is recommended.

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Foundations

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This six-week Saturday morning Hatha series offers a gently progressive journey through the body, using classic postures, longer holds, and clear alignment cues. Each week highlights a different focus so you can build strength, mobility, and awareness step by step, without ever feeling rushed or out of your depth.

Expect a calm, steady pace with plenty of time to explore how your spine, pelvis, legs, and breath work together to support healthy posture and easeful movement in daily life. Props and options are always available, making the practice accessible whether you’re newer to yoga or refining a long-standing practice.

Throughout the series, you’ll weave breath awareness into each shape, support the nervous system with thoughtful sequencing, and close with guided relaxation to integrate the work. You’ll leave feeling grounded, more spacious in your body, and more connected to your own internal alignment.

This series is suitable for all levels, with customizable intensity so you can meet yourself exactly where you are each week.

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Shiva Flow

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Shiva Flow is perfect for those drawn to dynamic vinyasa rhythms that weave inversions, arm balances, and faster-paced flows. This class has been designed with invigorating warm-ups, fluid posture transitions, and a balanced cool down. Creative variations and progressions are offered, making it engaging for igniting heat, strength, and precision. Students are encouraged to flow with their breath and tap into their inner power. Benefits of this practice include enhancing core stability, upper body strength, and cardiovascular endurance, as well as boosting focus, resilience, and an overall sense of empowerment.

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Jivamukti

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Jivamukti Yoga blends dynamic vinyasa with deep ethical and spiritual roots, guided by five timeless tenets: scripture (shastra), devotion (bhakti), non-harming (ahimsa), music (nāda), and meditation (dhyana). Expect vigorous sequences paired with chanting, hands on assists, breathwork, and a monthly focus.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • These labels describe the general pace and physical intensity of a class, not your worth or ability as a student.

    • Grounded classes move slowly and mindfully, with plenty of time to settle into each posture. A good starting point for beginners, those returning to practice, or anyone who wants a quieter, more restorative experience.

    • Balanced classes offer a steady, moderate pace with a mix of movement and stillness. Suitable for students with some experience who want a well-rounded practice.

    • Dynamic classes move with more energy, heat, and flow. Best suited for students who are comfortable with a faster pace and want more of a physical challenge.

    All levels are welcome to explore any class. Your teacher will always offer options.

  • No. Shakti is not a hot yoga studio. Classes are held at a comfortable room temperature so you can focus on breath, presence, and safe movement rather than intensity of heat.

  • Yes! We love props. You will find blocks, straps, bolsters, blankets, and other supports at the studio. Teachers will suggest ways to use them, and you are always invited to take whatever you need to feel supported.

  • We do our best to make Shakti a space where everyone can practice. Our teachers offer modifications and props to support a wide range of bodies and abilities. If you have specific accessibility needs or questions about the physical space, please contact us before your first visit so we can make sure you feel welcomed and supported from the moment you arrive.

    If you would like extra support as you begin, a private 1:1 session may also be a wonderful way to get started at your own pace.

  • Our regular classes are designed for students aged 16 and up. From time to time, we may offer special classes, workshops, or events for younger people. When we do, the age guidelines will be clearly noted in the description.

  • At Shakti, you will find classes offered in English, French, and sometimes both. We are a multilingual studio rooted in the Montréal community, and we want everyone to feel at home here regardless of which language they move and breathe in. Each class listing on the schedule will indicate the language of instruction so you can find the right fit.