Spirit Loft Movement Centre

The Sun’s Long Kiss 💋 Happy Solstice, y’all! ☀️

What a joy and pleasure to move on the green grass, in the speckled shade of the trees under the blue sky, sun shining and soft breeze. A perfect doorway into summer.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Solstice Be Moved. Be Still. practice in the park.

We shared an incredible morning animating our breath and bodies through self-attunement and play with abstract tools inspired by .

Rituals grounded in the cycles of nature are powerful vehicles for making sense of transition, helping us realign our inner lives with the macro-rhythms of our environment. Practicing together at the solstice is an act of remembering our connection to one another, and our larger ecological and ancestral tapestries.

“How again today our patron star whose ancient vista is the long view turns its wide brightness now and here.
…Our earthly time is sweetening from this.”
~ excerpt from Solstice by Tess Taylor

Be Moved. Be Still. ☀️🌿 Summer Solstice & 15th Anniversary Celebration

The summer solstice marks the doorway to summer and the longest day of the year. Gather with us in the park for a joyful, nourishing practice designed to cultivate vitality, playfulness, and connection to the changing rhythms of the season.

Our Be Moved. Be Still. practice is an all-levels session weaving together movement, stillness, and embodied expression, led by Spirit Loft co-founders Andre and Catalina.

This year’s solstice ritual is exceptionally meaningful as it coincides with a major milestone—15 years of Spirit Loft. Come one, come all! Let’s gather to honour and celebrate the supportive, collaborative community we have shared and co-created over the last decade and a half. 🙌✨

📍 Where: Withrow Park
📅 When: Saturday, June 20th
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Link in bio to reserve your spot! We can’t wait to celebrate with you.

Letting the Sn**ch Fly! 🚀

Over the last 4 weeks in Movement Lab: Strength & Skill, we dialed in the details of the Kettlebell Sn**ch. We focused on overhead mobility/positioning, improving hip drive, finessing the hand insertion, taming the arc, and ripping the drop. We built the skill, refined the technique, and built the engine. 🔥

To wrap up the series, we shifted gears from refining technique to higher-volume conditioning.

A great way to test power endurance and grip strength is with an ascending-descending rep ladder:

📊 The 1-5-1 Rep Scheme:

1 rep/side ➡️ 2 ➡️ 3 ➡️ 4 ➡️ 5, then work back down ➡️ 4 ➡️ 3 ➡️ 2 ➡️ 1

🎯 The Goal

Seamless transitions, crisp lockouts, and unbroken volume.

What’s Next?
This Tuesday (tomorrow), we launch a brand NEW theme for Strength & Skill. Join us for a 4-week dive into quadrupedal and low gait locomotion. This is an incredible way to build adaptability, coordination, mobility, and whole-body endurance.

🔗 Hit the link in our bio to book your spot for Movement Lab: Strength & Skill with Andre. #

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More Stops on the Road to the Sn**ch 🔥

The Three-Level Elbow Swing (often called the T-Rex 🦖 Swing) is a beautiful way to learn how to tame the kettlebell arc and guide your energy vertically.

By adding the vertical jump/land and the dead-start kettlebell sn**ch, each repetition becomes a distinct, high-focus event. This makes it an incredible tool for neurological conditioning—teaching your nervous system exactly what a perfectly coordinated, maximum-effort hip snap feels like every single time, without relying on momentum.

Finally, we explore how that technique and timing translate to the standard continuous sn**ch. Here, explosive power meets the organic fluid momentum of the previous repetition’s drop to fuel the next ascent.

By popular demand, we’re continuing one more week of Strength & Skill: Spotlight on the Kettlebell Sn**ch.

Join Andre next Tuesday, June 2nd at 5:30 PM.

If you are looking for a small group, supportive environment to develop your movement capacity, skills, and understanding sustainably and consistently, check out our twice-weekly Movement Lab: Strength & Skill program.

🔗 Link in bio to save your spot.

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Celebrating 15 Years!

When we first opened our doors, we envisioned an urban refuge where movement, wellbeing, and community building could intersect.

Over 15 years, we’ve tended to this vision as it took root and flourished in ways we never could have predicted.
We have shared countless hours of practice, navigated seasons of growth and challenge, and experienced firsthand the profound power of showing up for one another.

Our studio thrives as a space that adapts alongside the shifting needs of our community and our own continuous development. We have evolved together through a long-term, unfolding relationship that prioritizes depth of inquiry and human connection.

What continues to move us is your dedication, curiosity, and engagement. Whether you joined us in our first year or our fifteenth, you are the heartbeat of Spirit Loft.
With deep gratitude,

Andre & Catalina
Spirit Loft est. 2011

Tuesdays in May at Movement Lab // The Kettlebell Sn**ch

This month, join Andre for a deep dive into the most explosive of kettlebell movements.

The Sn**ch is a masterclass in power, stability, and endurance. Whether you’re refining your technique or working toward your first overhead lockout, we provide the technical breakdown and scaled options to help you progress. **ch

📍 Tuesdays at 5:30 pm
👥 Limited spots for personalized coaching
🔗 Register via the link in our bio.

We’re celebrating 15 years of Spirit Loft with some fresh threads!

High-quality activewear for your best moves.

1. Sweat-wicking tees - relaxed fit
2. Racerback tanks - retail fit
3. Super soft tri-blend tees - retail fit
4. Cozy sweatshirts - relaxed fit

Customize your style, colour & size.
Ships to your door.

Grab your piece of Spirit Loft history!

Purchase at link in bio

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is guest teaching Movement Lab this Saturday, May 2nd at 11 am. 💥

This class explores movement practice to promote coordination, creativity and communication though the lens of Challenge your body-mind with simple and complex patterns to hone and harness whole body coordination through multi-planar, multi joint organization. Challenge your learning strategies and working memory. (Re)connect to rhythm and joy! All levels welcome. The only prerequisite is curiosity.

Ada is an INSPIRE BY FM (Fighting Monkey) Instructor, Movement Practitioner and Artist (Circus, Dance). She is endlessly evolving her practice and exploring possibilities.

Ada’s classes are fun, insightful and she’s strike the best balance between offering skillful guidance and providing ample space for exploration and discovery.

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