Ally Boothroyd is a yoga educator and meditation teacher with a passion for yoga nidra and the healing power of conscious rest. She is the founder of Sarovara Yoga, a yoga space and women's retreat centre in Ontario, Canada. A sanctuary on the water where she fosters local community and supports health, personal growth, emotional resiliency, authenticity, awareness, and awakening. Ally also leads Retreats and Yoga Teacher Trainings in Nosara, Costa Rica
By Ally | Yoga Nidra
This full-length 40-minute guided yoga Nidra meditation explores themes and visualizations to ignite your inner fire and balance and heal your solar plexus
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By Ally | Meditation
Our community here in my hometown of Bobcaygeon is hurting right now.We’ve been devastated by the spread of COVID-19. Especially to those living and working inside of Pinecrest Nursing home and their loved ones. A few members in the community asked me to lead a guided prayer/meditation and this is of course the least I could […]
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By Ally | Meditation
Welcome & Namaste, These are some of the contemplations, reflections, affirmations and words of wisdom that have helped me greatly during this time. I hope that some of these reflections might help you too. I find that I’ve been triggered in ways that are far beyond my control during this time in lockdown for COVID-19/coronavirus. People in […]
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By Ally | Ayurveda , Health , Well Being
Welcome and Namaste 🙂Do you have a Kapha Imbalance? Does that sound like a foreign language to you? (Because it is!) Each year, so many of you reach out to me to confess how your feeling bogged down, stressed out, cooped up, susceptible to colds/flus, even somewhat heavy or depressed you feel during this time of […]
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By Ally | Meditation , Neuroscience
Welcome and Namaste 🙂 Today’s video is brought to you by many requests from trainees and yoga teachers that have worked with me live in continuing educations programs for yoga teachers and yoga teacher trainings, etc. The common theme among the requests being a fascination with learning about the brain. How yoga and meditation affect the brain. […]
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By Ally | Meditation , Spirit
Welcome & Namaste 🙂 Today’s topic is very much relevant to the current circumstances that we find ourselves in as a global community of humans. There are sometimes, often times, circumstances in life that we have absolutely zero control over. This is a hard pill to swallow for many of us. The rapid spread and unpredictability that […]
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By Ally | Meditation , Well Being
Welcome and Namaste, Today’s practice is all about Sangha. This word Sangha is a Sanskrit word that describes “community in truth” or “community in love”. A sangha is a community of humans practicing the dharma together in order to bring about and to maintain awareness. The essence of a sangha is awareness, understanding, acceptance, harmony and love. In […]
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By Ally | Meditation , Well Being
Welcome and Namaste 🙂 Today’s practice is simply meant to nourish you on all levels. I invite you to actually LAY DOWN for this practice (whaaaat?) Please prop your body in a reclined position as I demonstrate in the video to keep yourself upright-ish in your supported position. Feeling supported is so important. […]
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By Ally | Mantra , Meditation
Welcome and Namaste 🙂 Today we are exploring the skill of concentration (vitakka or dharana – the ability to CHOOSE what you want to pay attention to). We’ve explored this concept before and we practice the skill of concentration every time we sit down to meditate. Today we will explore this skill through […]
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By Ally | Meditation
Welcome and Namaste 🙂 Today we are exploring into the practice of EQUANIMITY – one of the main skills that we cultivate in a meditation practice. Equanimity means to “maintain mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.” Are there certain people or situations that trigger anger, rage, and […]
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