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// Mohkínstsis (YYC) based yoga teacher
♡ Mynah School of Yoga
// Lululemon Legacy + ParticipACTION Ambassador
♡ 🌴 Nov 7-14, 2026 Bali Retreat
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The mat is calling. 🧘‍♀️

From November 14 to 28, 2026, come spend 15 days with us and Kate W. Mak for a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Soulshine Bali. Move, breathe, learn, and grow in the most beautiful place to do it.

Experience yoga, meditation, philosophy, teaching skills, and cultural exploration during the program. Whether you are a yoga enthusiast, teacher or want to be one, or maybe, in a season of finding yourself, this could be your path. 

Come as you are. Leave even more of yourself. 🌿It is  not only a training, but also, a route to discover yourself.

Tap the link in bio to grab your spot! taken in Soulshine Bali by @katewmak
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6 months ago
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Summer Sendoff at Sam Centre is THIS Saturday, Sept. 26 and kicks off with a FREE riverfront yoga and pilates session with Kate W. Mak and Cass Grose from @junction_9 at 4pm!! Enjoy this incredible session alongside music from Beehive Presents Brunch Club DJ Jay Smylski! 

Summer Sendoff is this year’s final FREE summer festival in Calgary with amazing music, a free outdoor roller rink, a $1,000 piñata smash contest, food, drinks, workshops, and loads more! 

Location: Sam Centre and Enbridge Plaza
Address: 1302 6St SE
Time: 4pm to 9pm

@cass.lately and I can’t wait to see y’all!!!! by @katewmak
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24 days ago
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There’s a FREE Riverfront Yoga and Pilates class with a live DJ happening this coming Saturday as part of Summer Sendoff at Sam Centre! 🧘‍♀️🎶🌊

To celebrate, we’re giving away a FREE one-month pass to the fabulous Junction 9 Yoga & Pilates Studio!

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Like this post
2. Follow @CSCampus and @junction_9
3. Tag the friend you’d bring to class in the comments!

Each separate comment tagging a different friend counts as one entry.

Then join Junction 9 instructors Kate Mak and Cass Grose for a fantastic outdoor relaxation session featuring live music from Beehive Presents Brunch Club DJ Jay Smylski!

🗓️ Saturday, Sept. 26
⏰ 4–5 p.m.
📍 On the grass in front of the stage at the stunning BMO Amphitheatre, just outside SAM Centre
🎟️ FREE! Just bring a yoga mat or blanket.

Contest closes Sunday, Sept. 27, at 11:59 p.m. MT. One winner will be selected at random and contacted by direct message on Monday, Sept. 28. Open to Calgary-area residents aged 18 and older. No purchase necessary. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. 

This contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram or Facebook. We will never request payment or financial information—please watch for impersonator accounts.

Good luck everyone and see you Saturday Sept 26th!!! by @katewmak
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Want to get in a good streeeeeeetch? Kate Mak Yoga is back again this year with a free class for folkies to enjoy! ⁠
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⭐ Friday, 5:45 PM -7 PM - Stage 5⁠
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⭐ Saturday & Sunday: 9:45 AM -10:45 AM - east main field⁠
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Stay in top form all weekend long - add this to your festival calendar now!⁠
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📸: Paul Fesko by @katewmak
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3 months ago
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❣️contest is closed - thank you everybody❣️

🎶 GIVEAWAY 🎶

Summer in Calgary means one thing…

✨ Calgary Folk Music Festival is almost here. And we're doing yoga again at the festival with yours truly! ❤️

We’re giving away the ultimate Folk Fest prize package valued over $1,000 to help one lucky winner experience the festival in style.

✨ Prize Includes:

• Two Weekend Passes to the Calgary Folk Music Festival
• $250 NeedsMust Gift Card
• One Month Unlimited Yoga at Junction 9 
• One Month Unlimited Membership at Home Lifestyle Club (spin, strength, sculpt & stretch)
• Peace Balm Trio from The Peace Labs
• 6-Pack Kombucha from Bacteria Bar

HOW TO ENTER:

1️⃣ Follow all participating accounts
@calgaryfolkfest, @junction_9, @needsmustcafe, @homelifestyleclub, @thepeacelabs, @bacteriabar_yyc, and @katewmak 

2️⃣ Like this post

3️⃣ Comment below:
Tell us your favourite Folk Fest memory OR which artist(s) you're most excited to see this year.

4️⃣ Tag a friend you’d love to share the experience with

BONUS ENTRIES:
✨ Share this post to your stories and tag us for 5 bonus entries
✨ Share it daily for additional bonus entries until the giveaway closes

Winner will be drawn the evening of June 19.

Good luck Calgary and see you at Folk Fest 🎶☀️
-- If you don't win, you can still use my promo code to get a discount on passes to Folk Fest 🔗in bio

#CalgaryFolkFest #YYCEvents #YYCMusic #YYCGiveaway #CalgaryEvents #ExploreCalgary

** this giveaway is not sponsored or affiliated with instagram. Entering this giveaway, entrants are confirming they are of age and release instagram of responsibilities and agree to instagram’s terms of use. taken in Calgary Folk Music Festival by @katewmak
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4 months ago
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A love letter to Ashley 💌
@ashley_emilda 

There’s something so deeply human about being remembered in the small details.

Not the grand gestures.
Not the performative declarations.
But the quiet noticing.

Years ago, a student brought me back a koala clip from Australia because during class I would often say, “squeeze like a koala bear clip from Australia.” One of those silly little teaching phrases that somehow becomes part of the fabric of a room over time.

I clipped it onto the side of my harmonium and it stayed there for years. Through trainings, classes, chanting, tears, laughter, events, unpacking and repacking. A tiny companion to so many moments of my life.

Over time, the clip wore out.

It stopped gripping properly.

It would randomly fall from the harmonium or the little koala would get lost in the cabinet having fallen off. And I remember casually mentioning one day, almost in passing, that it had finally broken after all these years.

And then a few days ago, a student returned from Australia and handed me a brand new koala clip.

I had only mentioned the broken one once.

That’s it.

And honestly, it made my heart swell and it touched me immensely. Even thinking about it, brings tears to my eyes. 

Because the gift itself is sweet, yes. 

But what moved me was something much deeper:

she remembered.

In a world where so many people are waiting to speak, waiting to be chosen, waiting to be acknowledged… being truly seen can feel almost shocking.

To be seen is to feel like you exist in someone else’s inner world.

To know your words didn’t just disappear into noise.

To realize someone paid attention to the tiny things that make you… you.

I think this is one of the deepest forms of love we can offer each other.

Not fixing.
Not saving.
Not impressing.
Just noticing.

The way someone takes their coffee. 

The story they tell more than once.

The object they absentmindedly cherish.

The phrase they repeat when they teach.

The thing they laughed about that everyone else overlooked.

Love often lives there.

(Full post on my blog 🔗 in bio) by @katewmak
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5 months ago
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🐦‍⬛ Four months of showing up.
Of unlearning and remembering.
Of trembling at the edge and choosing to step anyway.

And somewhere between the first breath and the final circle,
you became teachers.

There is a photo where the camera falls,
Jasmine reaching, all of us caught mid gasp, mid laugh, mid life.
It feels perfect.
Because that is what this has been.
Not polished. Not posed.
Alive. Awake. Real.

To each of you who chose Mynah out of hundreds of paths…
we feel the weight and wonder of that choice.
We do not take it lightly.

Your devotion, your courage, your willingness to meet yourself
again and again for four months straight
has been nothing short of moving.

This is our great privilege.
To witness you. To walk beside you. To call you ours.

We are so deeply touched.

Welcome, teachers. 🕊️✨ taken in Junction 9 Yoga & Pilates by @katewmak
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6 months ago
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Yoga isn’t just about poses.
It’s stories, symbols, and thousands of years of wisdom carried through mythology.

This is Nandi, Shiva’s loyal companion and the bull you’ll might see sitting outside every Shiva temple.

He represents devotion… but there’s also a very funny story about the day he became the world’s most stubborn gatekeeper.

Storytime from Bali 🌿

These are the kinds of stories we explore inside my Mynah School of Yoga Teacher Training at Soulshine this November. taken in Soulshine Bali by @katewmak
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7 months ago
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In Bali, every doorway seems to hold a story.

Today, I’m sharing the story of Ganesha — the remover of obstacles.

And it might not be the version you’ve heard before.

Come listen. 🐘✨
(And if Bali + yoga teacher training has been whispering to you… November might be your perfect time with @mynahschoolofyoga.) taken in Soulshine Bali by @katewmak
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7 months ago
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✨Devotion doesn’t feel loud here.

It’s not performative.
It’s not posted.
It’s not optimized.

It’s woven into each day, throughout the day. 

A small square of palm leaf.
Petals placed with care and precision. 
Incense lit.
A whisper of gratitude offered before the day begins.

In Bali, devotion lives on sidewalks and doorsteps. It sits outside cafés and family compounds. It’s stepped over, tended to, replaced again tomorrow. Ordinary. Consistent. Sacred because it is daily.

I think that’s what moves me most.

Devotion isn’t grand gestures.
It’s repetition.
It’s intention.
It’s choosing, again and again, what you bow to.

I don’t live here. I won’t carry canang sari back to Canada.
But I can carry the practice.

Devotion in making my morning coffee. 
How I teach.
How I speak someone’s name.
How I care for my body.
How I choose integrity when it would be easier not to.

Maybe devotion isn’t about geography.
Maybe it’s about attention.

And maybe the real practice is this:
to make the everyday holy. taken in Soulshine Bali by @katewmak
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8 months ago
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A transformational 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is coming to Soulshine Bali.

This November 14–28, 2026, join us for a deeply immersive journey guided by Kate W. Mak, Founder of the Mynah School of Yoga.

Across 15 immersive days, you’ll move deeper into your practice and your purpose through:
* Daily yoga + meditation
* Yogic philosophy + teaching skills
* Cultural exploration + embodied learning
* 20 hours of pre-training to arrive grounded and prepared

You’ll stay in The Sanctuary, enjoy chef-crafted nourishing meals, connect with a global community of seekers, and soak in the beauty and magic of Bali while you grow into a grounded, empowered teacher — on the mat and in your life.

EARLY BIRD ends January 31, 2026 - $350
towards your package. Use promo code "YTT2026" at the check out 🥰

And payment plan available to support your ‘yes!’ 

Comment YOGA and we’ll send all the details taken in Soulshine Bali by @katewmak
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9 months ago
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Bali ✨🌴

As cliché as it sounds, this is an island where people heal and transform. It’s one of those places, where you just have to experience it firsthand because no matter what you see, what you’ve read, or what you think you know about it… the island shows up in the way it needs to for you. 

I am always beyond honoured and touched that people would say YES to traveling so far to the other side of the world to spend a week with me in one of my favourite places in the entire world @soulshinebali. 

And this trip especially, I had so many people just say yes, sight unseen. Their first impression of Soulshine was literally when they arrived, not even looking at their socials beforehand. And the resounding consensus is — OMG!!! 

To capture everything that happened in a week with this crew would be impossible. But here’s just a small snippet. 

Thank you all for saying YES!!!! by @katewmak
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