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General Enquiries: info@soyayoga.com

South Okanagan Yoga Academy Head Office:
Marion McConnell

#281-3980 Squilax-Anglemont Rd
Scotch Creek, BC
V0E 1M5
P 250.492.2587
E info@soyayoga.com

We do live in a rural area, and we are subject to occasional power outages. We have a digital phone service, so when the power is out, we have no service.If you can't reach us, please try again in a few hours.

Mugs Marion (Mugs) McConnell (“Mugs” is how most people know her) is the Canadian Representative for the International Yoga Teachers’ Association (IYTA) since 1981. She is a founding member of the South Okanagan Yoga Academy (SOYA) and co-creator of SOYA’s Teacher Training Program (RYS200/500) based on IYTA standards. She is a Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT500), and currently represents Canada on a Yoga Alliance Task Force researching Yoga Teacher Training through Distance Education.

Mugs has been teaching yoga for 33 years and training teachers for 16 years. She presents workshops internationally.

Mugs was first introduced to yoga in 1971. Her passion for this ancient practice led her to study under the late Swami Vishnu-devananda where she graduated from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre as a Yoga Acharya in 1978. Later, in 1979 she became a live-in disciple of the late Dr. Hari Dickman, who was a direct disciple of Swami Sivananda and Paramahansa Yogananda. Her more recent teachers include the late Namadeva Acharya in Mantra Therapy, and Erich Schiffmann. Her passion is mudras and mantras combined with asana.

Mugs live in Scotch Creek, BC Canada during the summer months, and Melaque, Jalisco Mexico during the winter. If you would like to know more about workshops and Yoga Teacher Training Mugs, please go to www.soyayoga.com








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