Fire: Ignite
Breathe Through the Elements FIRE: Ignite
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 4 of 4 · Sunday August 23 · 10–11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
You know that feeling when something in you just... wakes up?
When you stop going through the motions and start actually living?
Fire is transformation. It burns away what no longer serves and makes space for what's ready to emerge. After breathing through awareness with Air, grounding with Earth, and releasing with Water - Fire is where we rise.
This session is an activating, energizing breathwork experience designed to help you step into your power, reconnect with your aliveness, and close the summer with intention. Whether you've joined us for every session or this is your very first breathwork experience, you are so welcome here.
You will leave feeling:
Energized and alive
Clear about what you're stepping into
Ready for what comes next
Come as you are. Leave ignited.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
A journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
This is the final session of the summer series - come celebrate how far you've come 🔥
Water is always a good idea
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Water: Let it Flow
Breathe Through the Elements WATER: Let it Flow
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 3 of 4 · Sunday August 9 · 10–11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
There are things we carry that we don't even have words for yet.
A grief we can't quite name. An emotion that surfaces and then gets pushed back down because there's no time, no space, no safe place to let it move.
Water teaches us to flow, to stop bracing against what we feel and instead allow it to move through us. Every emotion we experience but don't let ourselves truly feel gets stored in the body. Breathwork is like finally finding the relief valve.
In this session, we'll use conscious breathing to create a safe, supported space for emotional release and surrender. You don't need to know what you're carrying. Your body does. And it knows exactly what it's ready to let go of.
You will leave feeling:
Lighter - like you've set something down
More open and emotionally spacious
Deeply relaxed and restored
No previous experience needed. Your body will lead the way.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
A journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
Emotional release is welcome and safe here - tears, laughter, sighs are all part of the process
Water is always a good idea
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Earth: Come Home to your Body
Breathe Through the Elements EARTH Come Home to ur Body
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 2 of 4 · Sunday July 26 · 10-11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
How often do you actually feel at home in your own body?
Not performing. Not pushing through. Not holding it all together. Just... here.
For many of us, the nervous system gets stuck in a constant state of alertness - scanning for the next thing, bracing for the next challenge, never quite landing. We go through life feeling scattered, overwhelmed, or disconnected from ourselves without even realising it.
This session is about coming back.
Through grounding breathwork patterns, we'll invite your nervous system to settle, your body to soften, and your mind to quiet. Earth is about roots - feeling supported, safe, and deeply present in your own skin.
You will leave feeling:
Grounded and steady
Safe in your body
Connected to yourself in a way that's hard to put into words
No previous experience needed. Just come as you are.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
Bring your water bottle and a journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
Love Yourself Studio provides mats, blankets, bolsters, and eye masks
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Air: The Breath as Gateway
Breathe Through the Elements AIR: The Breath as Gateway
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 1 of 4 · Sunday July 12 · 10–11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
Did you know that out of all the automatic functions your body performs (your heart beating, your digestion, your temperature), breathing is the only one you can consciously control?
And yet most of us go through life barely aware of our breath at all.
This session is an introduction to breathwork. What it is, how it works, and what it can open up in you. We’ll use intentional breathing patterns to gently guide your nervous system back toward balance, creating space for release, clarity, and presence.
You will leave feeling:
• Calmer and more settled in your body
• More present and clear-headed
• Lighter, like you’ve finally exhaled
No previous experience needed. Just show up and breathe.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
A journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
Water is always a good idea
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Elora Festival Opening Night
Friday, July 10, 2026
7:30PM - 10:00PM
Gambrel Barn
7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$78/$72 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
Rachel Fenlon, soprano
The Elora Singers
Musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Step into a world of drama, poetry, and radiant choral sound in this captivating program featuring soprano Rachel Fenlon. The evening begins with the sparkling imagination of Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a work composed when the prodigious composer was just seventeen, brimming with fairy magic and orchestral brilliance.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s dramatic concert aria Ah! perfido follows, a virtuosic showcase for soprano that moves from fiery indignation to lyrical tenderness. The mood then shifts to luminous reflection with Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, a beloved tribute to the power of music itself, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
The program culminates in Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, a work of profound humanity and expressive warmth. Both intimate and expansive, it reveals Beethoven’s deeply personal voice, bringing soloists, choir, and orchestra together in a moving celebration of faith, hope, and the transcendent beauty of music.
The Mendelssohn Choir - Brahms: A German Requiem
In this performance
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) by Johannes Brahms
ECHO by Stephanie Martin (World Premiere & TMChoir Commission, generously underwritten by Norman Martin in memory of his late wife Candace Heyward)
Runtime: 90-minutes, no intermission.
On the music
Brahms’ A German Requiem is a deeply human reflection on love, loss, and the solace offered to those who grieve. Led by Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir brings their signature “mix of subtlety, power, and precision” (Ludwig van Toronto) to this masterpiece’s soaring choral lines and rich orchestration. ECHO, a stunning new commission by Stephanie Martin, preludes Brahms’ work, featuring the full power of the Choir and orchestra.
