A home for students to thrive
At Coast Flow, we support our community to thrive. We are a home for students to connect with their breath, connect with their bodies, and build strength and resilience.
Our Story
Coast Flow Yoga was founded by Chelsea Riley in Gibsons in 2021 with a simple intention: to create a welcoming space where people could move regularly, feel connected and build practices that support them through every season of life.
What began with seven teachers has grown into a vibrant team of 30. In 2023, we opened our second studio in Sechelt, expanding our community and creating even more opportunities for daily movement across the Sunshine Coast.
Today, Coast Flow offers a full, year-round schedule of yoga and fitness classes, alongside kids programs and meaningful opportunities for learning, reflection and deeper connection.
Our studios have become gathering places where people come to build strength and resilience, reset their nervous systems, deepen their inner connection and feel part of something meaningful.
In 2024, we offered our first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training and have continued to expand our educational pathways through workshops, specialized trainings, retreats and immersive experiences. In 2026, we hosted our first international yoga retreat—another step in our growing commitment to lifelong practice and learning.
Through every stage of our growth, our mission has remained the same: to serve our community and help people create movement and mindfulness practices they can return to for life.
We are so happy you are here.
Our Values
Consistent Practice
We believe the greatest benefits come from returning to the practice again and again. Through a wide variety of classes and accessible ways to participate, we help remove barriers so people can begin, continue and recommit through every season of life.
Belonging
We cultivate belonging through the teachers we choose, the care we bring to our community and the experiences we create. Through classes, events and meaningful moments of connection, we help people feel seen, supported and part of something deeper.
Transformation
We create opportunities for people to discover their strength, resilience and capacity for growth. Over time, movement, breath and reflection deepen our connection to ourselves and help us meet life with greater balance, confidence and possibility.
Meet our Team
Our Philosophy
More than Movement
At Coast Flow, we believe the way we care for ourselves shapes how we meet the world. Movement helps us listen, breath creates space, and reflection brings us back to what matters.
We honour strength and softness, effort and rest, ancient wisdom and modern life. Our studios are places to arrive as you are and carry the benefits of practice into everyday life.
This is more than movement. It is a practice for life.
Strength
Build strength, stability and confidence.
Calm
Slow down, restore and support your nervous system.
Balanced
Combine strength, mobility and rest for an adaptable, well-rounded practice.
Community & Impact
At Coast Flow, we believe yoga is more than just movement — it’s about connection, compassion, and collective care. Since opening our doors, we’ve made it our mission to be a studio that gives back and uplifts the community we’re part of.
Giving back
To date, we’ve contributed to causes including:
Every fundraiser, donation, and shared effort reflects our commitment to being more than a yoga studio — we are a hub for community connection and collective care.
Community Access Pricing
We offer reduced pricing when needed, supporting access to yoga for community members facing financial barriers.
Corporate Wellness Program
Scholarship Fund
Our Scholarship Fund was created to make yoga and yoga teacher training more accessible. This fund allows us to offer Subsidized teacher training programs, sliding-scale and free community classes and ongoing support for those facing financial barriers
We believe yoga is for every body, and we’re actively working to remove cost as a barrier to practice and education.
Energy Exchange Program
Our Energy Exchange Program offers another beautiful way to stay connected. In exchange for helping keep the studio clean and welcoming, participants receive free yoga classes. It’s one of the ways we build community through reciprocity, inclusion, and shared responsibility.
Our Commitment to Inclusivity
Coast Flow is committed to being a space where all people feel welcome, respected, and supported. We welcome people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, races, ethnicities, body sizes, abilities, ages, and backgrounds. We believe movement spaces should reflect the diversity of real human experience and be places of belonging.
We are committed to using inclusive language, offering accessible options, and continually learning how to better serve our community through policies, programming and ongoing education. If something in our space ever feels exclusive or unintentionally harmful, we want to know- your feedback matters.
Yoga is not about fitting into a mold. It’s about meeting yourself as you are. And you are welcome here.
Working together to avoid cultural appropriation in yoga
We recognize that the spiritual practice of yoga was developed in India, and part of Indian culture and heritage. The practice of yoga consists of far more than hatha yoga poses. Here at Coast Flow we have a deep respect for yoga traditions and are committed to not engaging in cultural appropriation in our teaching practice, promotions, and marketing. We are also committed to offering accessible yoga that meets our students where they are at. We use music in our classes, to cultivate joy, and recognize that the eventual goal of asana is to reach a place of inner silence. If you have concerns about cultural appropriation at our studio, please email chelsea@coastflow.ca. Let us work together to decolonize yoga.
Questions?
Visit our FAQ page or contact us through the contact form below with any questions, concerns or feedback. We’d love to hear from you!
Visit Our Studio Shop
Our studio shop offers thoughtfully selected yoga props, wellness essentials, and locally made goods to support your practice—both in the studio and at home. Take a moment to browse before or after class.
Members receive 10% off all retail items