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10 places to do yoga—in Canada’s national parks.

Sun salutation, downward dog… try it against a Mother Nature backdrop in all her drama and glory. In Canada, of course. A top 10 list.

by Parks Canada 19 February 2010

Here are 10 places to meditate and connect with your inner calm:
1. Sitting on a mossy log amid giant trees in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s lush rainforest in British Columbia.
2. Drifting in a canoe along the gentle rivers of Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park.
3. Resting in the silent company of a man-shaped inuksuk tundra-trail marker in southern Baffin Island’s Auyuittuq National Park, Nunavut.
4. Watching Newfoundland and Labrador’s parade of icebergs (from “bergy bits” to “growlers”) drift past at Gros Morne National Park.
5. Eavesdropping on Dall sheep grazing on wildflowers in Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve.
6. Contemplating the rhythmic ebb and flow of the world’s highest tides at Fundy National Park in New Brunswick.
7. Immersed in spirituality amid the ancient toppling totem poles of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site, British Columbia.
8. Contemplating the perfect reflection of snow-clad mountain peaks in one of Banff National Park’s alpine lakes (Alberta).
9. Sitting cross-legged atop the stone ramparts surrounding Old Québec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the only walled city north of Mexico, looking down the St. Lawrence River (Quebec).
10. Drifting above a shipwrecked 19th-century schooner in the crystal waters of Fathom Five National Marine Park in Georgian Bay, Ontario.
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