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02/10 — Your Guide to Toronto Wellness This Week
Maria
February 09, 2025
Hey there! 💜
I did it. I ran 42 freaking kilometers, and I lived to tell the story.
This week, I’ve been reflecting on something wild: I am now a person who has run a full marathon. Like, forever. No one can take that away from me. Even if I never run another step in my life, I get to say I did this. And honestly? That is insane.
In this week's podcast episode, I take you through the entire experience—how I trained (or didn’t), what actually happened on race day, and the mental gymnastics required to keep going when your legs are screaming at you to stop. I also share my best tips if you ever decide to take on a challenge like this (because let’s be real, you’re probably at least a little curious now).
So, whether you’re here for the inspiration, the chaos, or just to hear me overshare about the experience, tune in. And if you ever run a marathon, I better be the first person you tell.
🤝Community
Connect, share, and make new friends while enjoying activities that inspire and uplift.
Love Your Brain: A Galentine’s Gathering on Women’s Brain HealthAn empowering evening exploring how hormonal changes impact women’s brain health, featuring expert panelists, brain teasers, and networking. 📅 Feb 11, 2025 | Perfume Making & KaraokeBe our valentine this year and join us for some custom perfume making and karaoke! 📅 Feb 14, 2025 |
Heart Centered (A Pilates, Breathwork, & Journaling Workshop)Heart Centred is a 2-hour self-love workshop designed to help you reconnect with your inner light & cultivate self love from deep within. Through grounding movement designed to connect you to your body & heartfelt, intentional practices like breathwork, meditation & journaling, together we’ll cultivate a space to celebrate YOU in a heart centred and empowering way. 📅 Feb 15, 2025 | Yoga & MocktailsUnwind with a revitalizing yoga session followed by delicious alcohol-free mocktails. This event blends wellness and social connection, creating the perfect setting to recharge and relax with friends. 📅: Feb 11, 2025 📍: Mossop's Social House, 56 Yonge Street ⏰: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST 💵: $45 🔗: Event Link |
💪Fitness
Get moving and have a blast! Think runs, dance classes, and workouts that’ll leave you pumped and ready for more.
wellbe yoga x WEflow: Mobility FlowA dynamic yoga class designed to improve mobility, strength, and balance—exactly what your physio wants you to do! 📅 Feb 13 & Mar 6, 2025 | HIIT, Aerobics & Bodyweight Classes 🔥💪A high-energy workout combining HIIT, aerobics, and bodyweight exercises to challenge your strength and endurance. 📅 Feb 15, 22 & Mar 1, 8, 2025 |
B Active: Galentine’s SocialA wellness pop-up for Black women featuring a heels dance class followed by a wind-down session with mini bites, refreshments, and self-care goodie bags. A space for movement, confidence, and community. 📅 Feb 15, 2025 | InsideOut Studio – FREE Pilates Group ClassStrengthen your core, improve spinal alignment, and enhance flexibility in this free Pilates class. A great opportunity to stabilize, strengthen, and refine your movement with precision and control. 📅 Feb 15, 2025 (Repeats weekly on Saturdays: Feb 22, Mar 1, Mar 8, Mar 15) |
Winter SHRED – EPIC Group Training ExperienceAn intense, community-driven workout designed to push past limits, break a sweat, and challenge your beliefs. Train with top local trainers, take on the Partner Burpee Challenge, and experience an unforgettable HIIT workout surrounded by like-minded individuals. 📅 Feb 16, 2025 |
Yoga 🧘
Find balance and renewal through yoga-focused events designed to harmonize your body, mind, and spirit.
Kundalini Yoga – Thursday MorningsA transformative Kundalini yoga class combining movement, breathwork, sound, and meditation to enhance awareness and vitality. 📅 Feb 13, 20, 27 & Mar 6, 2025 | Kundalini & Light Language ActivationA transformative session to awaken your kundalini energy and connect with higher consciousness. Through a 100-minute Kundalini & Light Language Activation, experience deep energetic shifts, expanded awareness, and alignment with your highest potential. 📅 Feb 12, 2025 (Repeats Mar 12) |
Mid-Winter Restorative ResetGuided breath work designed to help down-regulate your nervous system into a parasympathetic state, ready for healing and nourishment. We’ll move through a sequence of restorative postures, bringing us into deeper states of rest, allowing our bodies and minds to soften, let go, and ultimately surrender to the present moment. 📅 Feb 16, 2025 | Kundalini & Light Language ActivationA transformative session to awaken your kundalini energy and connect with higher consciousness. Through a 100-minute Kundalini & Light Language Activation, experience deep energetic shifts, expanded awareness, and alignment with your highest potential. 📅 Feb 12, 2025 (Repeats Mar 12) |
Spirituality✨
Unwind, get centered, and find some calm with soothing meditation practices.
Snow Moon Sound BathAs you listen to the relaxing sounds of crystal singing bowls, our minds will be rejuvenated as we explore the harmonization of cosmic forces. After an hour of refreshing our minds, together, we will burn the intentions that we have set for ourselves for this moon cycle. 📅 Feb 13, 2025 | Zen Meditation with ReikiA peaceful Zen meditation session combining breathwork, QiGong, and a short Reiki treatment to promote deep relaxation and insight. 📅 Feb 12, 2025 |
Breathwork & Sound Healing: Priming Body & MindA transformative breathwork and sound healing session to energize, restore, and realign your body and mind for the week ahead. 📅 Feb 10, 17, 24 & Mar 3, 10, 2025 | Sound Bath Meditation w/ Tibetan Singing BowlsA deeply relaxing sound bath using Tibetan singing bowls, crystal bowls, and chimes to promote healing, balance, and meditation. 📅 Feb 15, 2025 |
Full Moon RitualA sacred full moon gathering featuring cleansing rituals, astrology insights, breathwork with drums, yoga, and lunar meditation to align with the moon’s energy. 📅 Feb 12, 2025 | Full Snow Moon in LeoJoin us for a magical evening under the full moon to connect, reflect, and grow spiritually. This sacred gathering includes guided meditation, oracle card readings, and a full moon releasing ceremony rooted in shamanic practices. Enjoy a night of community, transformation, and lunar energy, with hot chaga included. 📅 Feb 11, 2025 |
Full Moon Hammock Sound Bath with Microdose TeaExperience a soothing sound bath enhanced with microdose tea under the full moon, designed for deep relaxation and inner connection. 📅 Feb 13, 2025 | Mid-Week Reset – Breathwork & Sound HealingA midweek opportunity to destress, reset, and restore through breathwork, sound healing, and somatic meditation. Release tension, clear mental clutter, and realign your energy in a supportive space. 📅 Feb 12, Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12 |
Somatic Movement Journey + Breathwork & Sound HealingAn inner voyage exploring the mind-body system through conscious movement, breathwork, and sound healing. Release tension, unlock emotional blocks, and connect with your body’s innate wisdom in a guided, transformative experience. 📅 Feb 15, Feb 22, Mar 1, Mar 8) |
Self-Care 🌸
Unwind, get centered, and find some calm with soothing meditation practices.
Hypnotherapy for Self-Love & AcceptanceA transformative session using guided journaling, reflective prompts, and group hypnosis to cultivate self-love, confidence, and emotional resilience. 📅 Feb 12, 2025 | In-Studio Workshop – Clay & Crystal Galentine’s DayA fun and social workshop where you’ll create a stunning polymer clay and crystal bowl. Enjoy a guided, beginner-friendly experience as you shape, design, and decorate your unique piece. All materials provided—just bring your creativity! 📅 Feb 13, 2025 |
Want to support?
Let’s be real: finding a community in a city like this can be tough, especially if your idea of fun looks more like a meditation circle than King West.
As much as I'd love to do this full-time, I’m not a stay-at-home gf, so I balance this passion project with a full-time job. If you feel inspired by what I’m building and want to buy me a coffee to support, it would mean the world.
Every bit helps me know this work is making an impact and gives me a chance to scale it further—helping more people like us find ourselves and our community.
If you’re also passionate about health and wellness and/or are hosting events and would like to collaborate or be featured, please DM me or email [email protected]!
Thank you for being here and believing in this vision. And don’t forget to take some ‘me time’ 🫶
Love 💜,
Maria
Disclaimer: This newsletter is a curated compilation of wellness events and experiences around Toronto. Not Now, It's Me Time is not affiliated with, endorsing, or responsible for any of the events listed. Participation is entirely at your discretion, and we encourage you to research each event to ensure it aligns with your needs. Enjoy, stay safe, and remember—this is simply a guide to help you explore!