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www.mantrastudio.ca For the last 20 years, April Cantafio, mother, lover and devotee, has steadily walked the path of a yogic lifestyle.

Through Dharma’s unfolding, she has become a steward of Yoga and aims to preserve Yoga's tradition and integrity. April’s dedication to these timeless teachings and consciousness enables her to weave what is needed through each class, inviting the practitioner to discover and enhance the balance and harmony within and without. Gifted at offering accessible classes, April opens one to awaken to the greater connection of wholeness in all. To learn more visit mantrastudio.ca

10/17/2026

Unfiltered, unedited. I actually don’t edit anything. If I’m going to film something, it’s a one-time shot.

Otherwise, it just becomes a cycle of perfection. Hah.

I should probably do more of these, but I don’t really feel like being on here all the time lol.

It’s not just about whether we can accommodate a pregnant person, an amputee, a beginner, or someone with a shoulder injury in our classes.

What is the condition of their nāḍīs? What is the condition of their mind? What is their energetic capacity? What is the capacity of their breath?

Can their system actually hold what we’re asking it to generate?

Modern yoga, breathwork, and many new-age practices need to return to the basics.

This isn’t a blanket statement. Nuance is the name of the game. But based on what I’ve witnessed and experienced, I’ve seen this pattern emerge over more than a decade.

Less is often more.

Are we losing this art? Or did we simply not know?

We need to be asking more than whether a student can physically perform a practice.

A trained eye can often recognize when someone’s nāḍīs and nervous system may be struggling to accommodate what they’re being asked to do.

We need to understand the person, their capacity, and what the practice is actually asking of their system.

09/10/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot about what first drew me into yoga, and what has kept me here for 25+ years.

It wasn’t simply the physical practice.

Some of the most important things I learned happened in moments that looked incredibly simple from the outside.

This is a little story about that, and about why I care so much about the recipe behind a yoga practice.

Because I think we can sometimes become so focused on the shape, the intensity, the peak pose, the achievement, or even the appearance of a practice that we forget to ask:

Is the practice actually taking us somewhere?
Does it serve a greater purpose?

Read along above!

And perhaps you’d love to join me:

The Inner Temple: Remembering the Sacred Within  Over six weeks, an intentionally blended Hatha and Rāja Kundalinī practice. You can expect to bring brilliance to the physical body and work directly with the pathways of the mind, creating new possibilities for how you experience yourself, your thoughts, and the world around you.

Wednesdays, September 16–October 21
9:00–10:00 AM MST
Live on Zoom + recordings
More Info: Link In Bio
https://www.mantrastudio.ca/inner-temple

If you’ve been practicing yoga and have started wondering…

what’s next?

09/03/2026

Join April at Prana Yoga Studio’s Open House for a Free Mantra Break Class!

You can expect simple seated movement, accessible healing sanskrit sound work, and group chanting.

Join for a reset and carry the benefits with you into this new season!

Register online Prana Yoga Studio

09/02/2026

I've been thinking a lot about what it means to come home. Beyond the physical location.

It's not somewhere outside of ourselves that we have to find. But rather a redirection inward. And in that willingness, grasping begins to soften. Where the endless noise of thought doesn't have quite the same hold.

Where we can become less tethered to the stories, labels, identities and patterns that we—or others—may have given ourselves.

Humanity hoards these things.

Yoga becomes a way of shedding this tethering and realizing that perhaps we are better off without it. Yoga becomes a way of returning, again and again, until the state of yoga becomes more familiar.

Until we can hold that resonance a little longer. Until remembering becomes less of an occasional experience and more of a way of being.

This is the inquiry and theme behind my next online yoga series: The Inner Temple: Remembering the Sacred Within

We'll explore the body as temple through yoga, movement, mantra and absorption, drawing from the many systems and teachings that support the practice—guṇas, doṣas, cakras, elements, saṃskāras, nāḍīs and more.

Uncovering the temple that's always been within.The garbha-gṛha—the innermost chamber, the womb-space within you, where separation dissolves.

🪷 The Inner Temple
Remembering the Sacred Within
6-week online series
September 9 – October 14
Wednesdays • 9:00–10:00 AM MST
Live on Zoom + recordings

If this inquiry speaks to something you know you can learn more here: https://www.mantrastudio.ca/inner-temple

05/27/2026

What if the core was about more than physical strength?

Within the yogic tradition, the navel centre (Maṇipūra) is understood as a major hub within the nāḍī system—the subtle channels through which prāṇa and consciousness flow.

This is one of the reasons intelligently directed yogic core work can create such a distinctly different effect than conventional fitness-based core training.

Because yoga, traditionally, works from the inside out and outside in.
Through the navel centre, we can influence not only physical strength, but also energetic coherence, resilience, prāṇic flow, and the steadiness of the nervous system itself.

✨ In this video I explore:
• The connection between the nāḍīs + nervous system
• Why Maṇipūra plays such an important role
• How yogic core work differs from fitness-based approaches

Join in my new class series!

The Radiant Yogi’s Core
Strength, Flow & Expansion

Rooted in Nāḍī Wisdom & Nervous System Intelligence
A 5-week online live + recorded yoga series.
Link in bio: https://www.mantrastudio.ca/radiant-yogis-core

05/26/2026

A strong subtle core supports far more than physical strength.
Within traditional yoga, the navel centre (Maṇipūra) is deeply connected to the nāḍīs—the subtle channels through which prāṇa flows.

When approached through the wisdom of the subtle (astral) body, strengthening this centre supports greater resilience, energetic coherence, nervous system steadiness, and deeper capacity both on and off the mat.

Scroll through to explore how strengthening the subtle core transforms different layers of practice and life →

05/26/2026

A yogi’s radiance is cultivated through the alignment of the physical, astral, and causal bodies. This integration not only supports strength, but also grace, resilience, adaptability, and a more sustainable relationship with energy.

In this series, you will not only build physical strength, but also support deeper longevity by strengthening the nāḍīs (energetic channels) by way of the navel centre (Maṇipūra).

When the core is approached through an understanding of the subtle body and the nāḍīs it moves beyond physical conditioning and awakens a deeper energetic intelligence that influences the flow of prāṇa and enhances our capacity to work with that energy in a steady, sustainable way—something that cannot be accessed through purely fitness-based core training.

✨ In this series we will:
• Strengthen both the nāḍīs and the core
• Cultivate softness through the centre
• Encourage greater flow and circulation of prāṇa
• Support nervous system resilience and adaptability
• Develop greater subtle awareness

You can expect a blended Hatha + Kundalini practice that both strengthens and softens the centre, restoring the natural intelligence of energy flow.

The Radiant Yogi’s Core: Live Online + Recorded
Strength, Flow & Expansion
A 5-week yoga journey rooted in Nāḍī Wisdom & Nervous System Intelligence
When: Wednesdays, May 27 – June 24, 2026
Where: Zoom Live or Recording
Time: 9:00–10:00am
Energy Exchange: $90
Recordings Included

For more information and to sign up visit the Link in my bio:
https://www.mantrastudio.ca/radiant-yogis-core

05/06/2026

Final day to join ✨

Enrollment for Elemental Wisdom – A Journey through Consciousness closes tonight.

This is a 6-week self-paced immersion with live touchpoints, designed to explore the five elements as a map for the mind, body, and consciousness.

If you’ve been feeling the pull, this is your final opportunity to step into it.

I won’t be offering this immersion again for a few years.

Link in bio to learn more + join ✨
�www.mantrastudio.ca/elemental-wisdom

05/05/2026

Enrollment closes tomorrow ✨

If this immersion has been sitting in your awareness… this is your reminder that we are nearing the close.

I’ve been offering this immersion, out of love, every 2–3 years—so you can expect its return in 2029.

Elemental Wisdom – A Journey through Consciousness A 6-week Self-Paced Immersion with Live Touchpoints + Support

This is a deeply experiential exploration of the five elements as a map for the mind, body, and consciousness.

If you’ve been feeling the pull toward:
– deeper understanding of your practice
– clarity within the mind
– tools to navigate inner patterns with more ease – a more integrated approach to yoga and life
– or, as a yoga teacher, to better serve your students

…this is your final window to join.

Enrollment closes tomorrow and will not open again for a few years.

Link in bio to learn more + join ✨
www.mantrastudio.ca/elemental-wisdom

05/05/2026

Yoga’s secret to a loving, light life… hint: it isn’t backbends 😉

How do we truly cultivate loving lightness in our lives?

Join me as I explore the intimate relationship between the Air element and the Anahata (heart) chakra—and attune to the yogic wisdom that opens us to boundless love, ease, and inner expansion.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll experience…

✨ Unravel the deeper meaning of the Anahata chakra through the lens of Sanskrit
✨ Explore the transformative power of breathwork and intentional movement to expand the heart’s capacity for love and lightness
✨ Discover simple, practical techniques to infuse your daily life with joy, compassion, and radiant energy

If these teachings resonate, there are only 3 days left to join my immersion, Elemental Wisdom.

This is a 6-week journey into the deeper layers of the elements—and I won’t be offering it again for at least a couple of years as I move into new creations.

So if you feel the pull, now is the time

✨Link in bio for details.
www.mantrastudio.ca/elemental-wisdom

Big love,
April

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