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Small. Inspired. Community.

An intimate setting for Yoga, Movement, Workshops and Meditation in East Vancouver.

Green Room Yoga has been welcoming people in the Hastings Sunrise area to our warm, inclusive space since 2008. With a wide variety of classes taught by some of Vancouver’s most experienced and dedicated teachers, we bring together the strength of movement and meditation traditions with the expansive experience that comes when we breathe, move, and grow – together. 

 

Green Room and its teachers gratefully acknowledge that we teach on the unceded, ancestral land of the Coast Salish People, including the, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

 

Words from Our Community

     "The things about Green Room Yoga that stand out are a lack of attitude, a welcoming non judgemental environment and extraordinary teachers.

     The smallest movement in correct alignment can be exhilarating and exhausting, even if only repeated a few times." 

GWENDOLYN R, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

“Time in Green Room is nourishment for the soul."

KIRBY H, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

"Go to Green Room for knowledgeable, gentle, respectful, joyful, non-pretentious teachers and atmosphere. It's an excellent place to practice."

 I. P. GREEN ROOM STUDENT

"All of the teachers here are so knowledgeable and friendly! You’re really met on an individual level with every class."

S. W, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

"Fantastic yoga studio with great teachers and a welcoming feeling from all."

T. C, GREEN ROOM YOGA STUDENT

"Fantastic yoga studio with great teachers and a welcoming feeling from all."

T. C, GREEN ROOM YOGA STUDENT

 "I stumbled across Green Room Yoga in 2009 and started yoga with Meghan, who convinced me of yoga - hook, line and sinker - with her gentle, introspective, supportive guidance. Throughout the years, I added the practices of Alix, Delia and Jennifer into my schedule, all of whom are incredibly insightful about the dynamics of our bodies and minds."

PETRA M, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

 "What I love about Green Room Yoga is that no one seems to be afraid to laugh or smile during their practice. That's not to say the instructors don't guide, focus and nudge (when necessary). But they do so gently, with a sense of play. In other words, they take their practice seriously, but they don't take themselves seriously. 
     These are the yogis I'm happy to see in the world (not to mention my neighbourhood). Like my feet on the sweaty mat, they keep me grounded while reaching for the sky."

GEOFF, D, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

"Green Room Yoga is a community oriented studio with fabulous teachers. I have appreciated the care and thoughtfulness that the teachers demonstrate. I would highly recommend it."

AMEA W, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

"Love this yoga studio! Fabulous teachers. Unique space. Truly welcoming. You will not regret trying a class or workshop with Green Room Yoga."

H. H, GREEN ROOM YOGA STUDENT

"An authentic yoga studio (Delia is a real Yoga teacher with real experience). This is not a place to stretch and sleep but a place to train your mind and find the straight of your true self. One of the last remaining in Vancouver."

M. Z, GREEN ROOM STUDENT

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Meet Green Room's Founder & Owners

Green Room Yoga started back in 2004 in the ‘green living room’ of Alix Rodrigues’ then home. In 2008, when Alix was just two months away from giving birth to her daughter, she opened a studio in the 2500 block on Hastings St. A few years later we moved to our current location.

 

For Alix, yoga was always something deeply personal. It helped her become a kinder, more grounded, generous and trusting person. Over the 12 years she operated the studio, those qualities of trust, generosity and unpretentious commitment became infused into the core of Green Room's dedicated community of teachers and students.

 

In 2020 Alix stepped down from teaching and passed the studio into the competent hands of long time GRY teacher and a prominent member of the community, Jennifer Clarke. Through every challenging twist and turn of the Covid 19 pandemic and beyond Jennifer managed to successfully build upon Alix’s legacy. Under her direction, Green Room was transformed into a vital hub, with new flooring, new lights and an updated registration system (no small feat for an independent business!). Soon, new students, teachers and even Yoga Teacher Training Programs began to call Green Room Yoga their studio of choice. 

 

In the summer of 2024, Jennifer moved on to new frontiers in Calgary and entrusted Green Room Yoga to its most longstanding teacher, Delia Brett. 

 

“My whole thing is that Green Room is a community-building endeavor; we all want to support the community. There is an amazing collection of people who come here, and they all live in the neighborhood. People come here and they stay here. At the end of the day we’re just here to become better people.”  ~ Alix

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Alix Rodrigues

Alix Rodrigues has been teaching yoga since 2000.  She started Green Room Yoga (GRY) in 2004 by teaching out of her home. In 2008 when pregnant with her child, and with a wonderful and loyal group of students in tow and commitments from what she felt were truly some of the best teachers in the city, she opened GRY on Hastings, it's been a part of the neighbourhood ever since. The growth of Green Room Yoga and her daughter have paralleled each other nicely, creating equal measures of joy, laughter, harmony and a healthy dose of chaos. In the summer of 2020 Alix shifted over to just teaching classes and handed the reigns of the studio over to long-time teacher at GRY, Jennifer Clarke.

Alix also has an online organic nut business which helps her to fuel her passion for nourishing food, www.nuthut.ca

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Jennifer Clarke

Jennifer Clarke ERYT500- I was the studio owner and operator of Green Room Yoga from 2020-2024. I started practicing yoga in the 90s and since then it has been a daily part of my life. Yoga practice has helped me stay embodied during the challenges of life.  It is a self care tool that supports me to be responsive to life, uphold my boundaries, respect the boundaries of others, show up, and flow through my life.  I can absolutely say that my yoga practice has helped me become a better parent. I have been teaching weekly classes since 2006 and I am grateful to my students for studying with me all these years, some of whom I've had the honour of teaching since the beginning of my career. I am an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance.

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DELIA BRETT

I am the current studio owner of Green Room Yoga. It with immense gratitude that I receive Alix and Jennifer's yogic light and hold the torch for others to find their way into the welcoming atmosphere of Green Room Yoga.

I am an experienced registered teacher with The Yoga Alliance, a Yoga Shred Certified Teacher, Certified Energy Codes Facilitator and Transformational Coach. I also bring 35 years of experience working in the performing arts as a dancer, actor, choreographer, artistic director, producer and studio operator.

I have been teaching yoga since 2003 and teaching at Green Room Yoga since it moved out of Alix Rodrigues’ living room and onto Hastings Street in 2008.

Over the 16 years I have been teaching at Green Room, the community has grown deeper and more genuine. The strength of our practice together is palpable.

Witnessing students grow stronger, braver and more loving through yoga has inspired radical changes in my own approach to practice. It has helped me become more authentic and confident in my teaching, refined my leadership qualities, and has benefited my life in every possible way.   Learn more about me at www.deliamoves.com/about-delia

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