Welcome to The Yoga Collective

After owning and operating a yoga studio in the Muskoka area for 20+ years, Allie Chisholm-Smith had to make the difficult decision to close the doors of Ahimsa in early 2020 when the pandemic hit. Just like so many other yoga instructors, she quickly shifted and pivoted to strictly online offerings and then slowly moved toward outdoor classes, retreats and workshops as restrictions lifted. But, fast forward to summer 2021, and Allie got a feeling that it was time to bring a new space to life. Enter, the Yoga Collective.

A boutique yoga studio with a current class cap of 15, Allie feels as though this is the perfect space to emerge out of a pandemic of uncertainty. But, rather than have this space operate like a pyramid, the idea is to have it operate more like a concentric circle. Instructors working independently, yet co-operatively. A collective. Allie and long-time friend and colleague Wendy Martin, as well as other long-time Muskoka fitness practitioners and yoga instructors like Lorraine vanLuit (and many more!) are able to serve their own communities, as well as one another’s, with their own particular and unique offerings.