Take time for yourself with yoga, meditation classes, workshops, retreats, and teacher training.

Four Directions Yoga is located in Woodville, Ontario, Canada.  Our studio is on our farm, we offer hatha yoga, kundalini yoga, meditation classes as well as teacher training.  Our practice is inspired by mindulfness meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.  In addition to yoga classes we also hold Sangha meetings 2 Sundays per month.  See below for dates and times.  Our yoga classes can allow you to focus and release tension.  Practice at your own level to find your center and empowerment. Improve your mind, body, and spirit at our yoga school in Woodville, Ontario.

Our style of yoga is based on the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Breaking away from restrictive yoga teaching styles, Vanda and her students developed a style that is reflective and honors the student's own experience. Students are encouraged to practice postures and breathing exercises without straining, but with interest, reflection, and patience. We apply the principles of releasing, breathing, and grounding to move into the postures with ease and mindfulness.

We offer two levels of teacher training.  Level 1 provides you with 335 hours of professional teacher training instruction.  Our curriculum includes:  deepening and enriching your own practice; teaching skills and methodology; instruction in how to teach yoga postures;  effective ways to communicate the principles of your own experience of yoga; hands on assisting; lesson and curriculum planning; anatomy; alignment; philosophy and ethics.  Level 2 provides with a further 350 hours of teacher training at a more advanced level.  Level 2 considers the poses in more depth, as well as prepares you to teach more advanced yoga postures, breathing practices, and meditation.  The pre-requisite for Level 2 is successful completion of our Level 1 course.

Owner-instructor Paola di Paolo enjoys teaching yoga as well as meditation.  Paola has been practicing yoga since 1983 and teaching since 1990.  She is registered with the Yoga Alliance, RYT-500.  She was initially trained in Iyengar yoga with an emphasis on alignment.  In 1992 she met Esther Myers and began studying with her.  Esther Myers was trained by Vanda Scaravelli and encouraged her students to be aware of their own experiences in the postures, and to trust their own explorations in yoga.  In 2000 Paola also began to practice Kundalini Yoga and was certified by the Kundalini Research Institute as a teacher in 2003.  Kundalini yoga brings energy and awareness of the chakra system.   Since childhood, Paola has had an interest in meditation, particularly Zen meditation.  The simplicity of Zen meditation allows us to connect to our present moment experiences with openess and awareness.  Paola has applied the practice of Zen meditation to hatha yoga.   Her approach is mindful and inspires insight and self awareness. 

 
NEW:

Kundalini Yoga Retreat:  Celebrate Nature, Celebrate Life

Date:  Afternoon of July 27th to July 29th

Enjoy the inspiring uplifting practices of Kundalini yoga and early morning Sadhana, walks in the country.   Food is vegetarian.  Accommodation:  Tenting. Location, at Four Directions Yoga studio farm in Woodville.  The rhythms of nature, the movement of the heavens, the wind, and the stars all resonate with the spirit of Kundalini energy. 

Fee:  Bringing your own Tent:  $275 for the weekend

Using one of our tents:  $350 for the weekend  Per Diem:  $155 per day

 - HST is included –