Our New Story

Celeste became gravely ill in 2024, and in August of that year, she asked a friend to help her find someone to take over the studio. That same friend met Luna two hours later on the ferry, and Luna told her how she was thinking of moving her family from England to Canada, but that she needed to find a yoga studio to buy. The timing seemed divinely led, as Luna returned to England to sell her studio there and move her family to Salt Spring.

Celeste left this life in September 2024, and her amazing team kept the studio going from then until Christmas. Luna and her family arrived on island in January 2025, and since then, she has sunk her teeth into carrying on Celeste’s legacy. She has also added many new offerings to the schedule, such as pilates, parents and tots yoga, and the wildly popular children’s yoga.

In June 2025, Luna set out to renovate the studio, so as to make the space more usable by dancers and other teachers. She added seamless cork floors throughout, and 31 feet of mirrors. We are certain that you’ll absolutely love the space that she has created. It will hold your energy and your movement practice in sacred space, and allow you to

Calm your mind
Strengthen your body
and
Nourish your spirit

The History of our Founder

Ganges Yoga Studio est. in 2000

From here, GYS moved to the beloved Bowling Alley on Kings Lane, where Jurgen Rueber renovated the then defunct restaurant into a modern 1200sq ft practice space. This was fun for Celeste! Although the lease was short, GYS created many memorable occasions here, hosting wedding parties, play rehearsals, Trance dances, Kirtan events, and more blessings and visits by venerated Buddhist teachers.

…and in the meantime…..the sweet sister Studio Be transformed into Still Point Yoga Studio!

The old liquor store had moved out of the back of the Harbour House Hotel and in GYS went! Freshly painted walls, new windows, and a cork floor created a sanctuary for intimate gatherings, meditation circles and smaller workshops for specialised classes: Scoliosis, Back Issues, Depression and Anxiety and Internal Spring Cleansing. Celeste’s popular Sunday Restorative classes were a highlight here.

Sadly the Alley was demolished and the Harbour House changed hands, so GYS was on the move again, this time landing at what would become the Wellness Centre on Hereford Road. More extensive renovations later, Celeste thought this would be the last move she would make and settled into 5 years of continuing to build on her broad student base.

“Life happens and here I am again!” was her thinking at the time. In a new studio, the 6th incarnation of Ganges Yoga Studio, looking out over Ganges, which had been her anchor through over 20 years of teaching in the Village. This time, transforming what was once the original Credit Union and later a carpet and window treatment store into a meeting and practice space!

Like many business owners in Ganges, Celeste had witnessed changes, adding to them with her own, and was proud to belong to a core of folks who persevered over the years for the love and passion of their Community, yes even on those hard days!!

Celeste loved what she did, creating sacred spaces for people to settle into, to be mindful, reflect and to be still, to move and groove and gyrate and sing!

Keeping Ganges Yoga Studio alive was a great joy to her. The space enabled young teachers to practice their craft, and to bring people together in Community, to share experience, and grow. Ganges Yoga Studio continues its commitment to offer professional instruction to anyone wishing to explore transformational growth, to share in community and common humanity, and to benefit from the effects of self care and realization. We look forward to meeting you here!