Our story
It started with one breath on a riverbank.
In 2019, our founder Mara Naidoo was an emergency-room nurse running on empty. A friend dragged her to a yoga class in a drafty community hall, and somewhere between the first breath and the last, something in her quietly unclenched. She kept going back — and what happened next is best told one milestone at a time.
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2019
One breath on a riverbank
Mara takes her first yoga class — on a dare, in a drafty hall — and something shifts.
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2021
Sunrise on the river
Sunrise classes begin on the riverbank — mats in the dew, birdsong for a soundtrack, anyone welcome.
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2023
The boathouse
The old boathouse at 12 Riverside Lane comes up for lease. Students and neighbours sand the floors and hang the lanterns by hand.
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2024
Doors open at sunset
Sanctuary opens with nine students, one candle, and a full kettle.
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Today
A community of hundreds
Classes still small enough to know your name — and every practice ends the way the first one did: with a long, slow breath out.
