It’s coming soon my friends… Do you ever feel like you need some self-care and that you need to get away for a bit and rest? Like you need a reset. Perhaps you need to disconnect to reconnect. Sometimes I get like that. So, I’ll pack up and take off, switch up my routine, reset […]
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They are the lyrics from a Lumineers song….that is definitely something I have been doing over the past year! Perhaps not by choice in some instances, but something I needed to. I dislocated my shoulder and ripped the cartilage in June 2024. I tore my muscles in my shoulder in spectacular fashion in the ocean.
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OMG, Bubba, my beautiful cat died earlier this year! I was gutted. Yoga did not take my sadness away…but it did help with my grief. I know some people reading this may be like … who cares? It’s a cat. That’s fine…keep reading, this post is not for you! Lol. For those who are missing
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“What do all these words mean? These yoga people are so weird.” is what I first thought when I started yoga! Who knew I would become one of those strange people and teach yoga. Ha ha! Soo….here is a breakdown of some of the common yoga words you may here and what they translate to
We are now past the ‘New Year New Me’ posts of early January, and by now, you will likely have settled into your routine. Hopefully… I feel excited to be in March. My year ended with me straggling towards NYE and fatigued as the year started. Literally. My iron levels dropped to an all-time low
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What do you love about yoga? One of my favourite parts of yoga, is sangha. Sangha is a Sanskrit word which translates to community. In early Buddhist tradition, sangha referred/s to monks and nuns. Today, I am referring to sangha as the people that I practice yoga with, gym with, work with, people I don’t
Community | Sangha | When your community shows up for you. Read More »
Pause. Stop for a minute. Often, when people are on auto-pilot, your mind can feel full and busy. Mine does…and I find it overwhelming. The power of pause is incredible, to feel, to ponder, to observe, to notice. I recall one of my yoga teachers likened your mind/our minds to muddy water. When you pause,
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For the most part, no. For a liberation practice that claims to be kind, loving and for all people, it is not accessible at all yoga studios. For so many reasons. A few years ago, I was asked — ‘What do you think about yoga and marketing at this studio?’ I responded, ‘Yoga mass marketing
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Do you want to know where your focus is? Have a look at the last 5 transactions on your bank account. That will indicate what is important to you. How do you spend your time through the week? What are your digital habits like? Where focus goes, energy flows… I frequently invite students to cultivate
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Each month in yoga, the students and I have a different focus. I love to have a theme throughout the month…for example, one month we focused on balance, another month hanumanasana (the splits pose) and in July we focused on AGNI or heat. Why heat? In July the weather cools down this side of the
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