I used to be great at setting aside a portion of each day to breathe, do yoga or meditate. Then business life with 2 kids snuck up on me and my meditation routine has not been regular. I’ve been more stressed and more anxious lately, so I’ve decided it’s time to get back into my meditation routine. The problem is, … Read More
Recovery
You don’t realize how lethargic you’ve been all winter until summer hits, the bikes are out, soccer starts & you get motivated to go for a run. As awesome as the exercise induced dopamine rush feels, the muscles can sometimes tell a different story. I just started up slow pitch and despite my winter yoga and dance classes, my thighs … Read More
Why Spa’s Use Lemongrass
Lift a bottle of lemongrass essential oil to your nose and give it a smell and chances are it’ll trigger a memory of a spa or a yoga studio. In the last 10 years, lemongrass has been a popular choice in North America in Spa’s and Yoga studios for good reason. Lemongrass is not just a tasty Asian spice or … Read More
The Dark Time Of The Year
“It’s Never Going To Be Summer Again!” This was the first exclamation of the morning from my 3 year old. “It’s sure going to feel like that,” was my reply. Winter in Edmonton is long and dark. From decades of experience, I can safely say that January and February feel the worst. We are on the upswing when it comes … Read More
Sitting With My Power
Energy is super intense these days. Talk to older Yogi’s and Energy Workers and everyone agrees that energetic time is speeding up. Manifestation happens quickly and so does spiritual growth. It seems as soon as you decide that you’re interested in developing some sort of a spiritual practice, you shoot down the rabbit hole, there’s not much time to just … Read More
Yoga Off The Mat- Tree Pose
Yes, I’m a yoga instructor and I buy into the fact that what we experience on the mat serves as a metaphor for how we move through our lives. There are many lessons that we can learn on the mat through refining poses that transfer into us refining ways that we relate to ourselves and to others. Follow me on … Read More
Resolutions
the good the bad and my new approach January 1st comes and instead of people asking “How About That Weather”, everyone is asking “what’s your new year’s resolution?” It’s funny because everyone knows that, typically, resolutions last 2 months at best and then we fall back into our regular habits. So what’s the point of setting them anyway? Taking the … Read More
Creating Space
If you’ve been following my posts lately they have really been a lot about how you can have the life and love you want. The last few weeks for me have been about creating the space I need within my life to allow the good things to flow. I heard the term create space when I started practicing Hot yoga 3 years … Read More
How Hard Should I Push Myself?
How Do You Know What Your Body Needs? This is something that I’ve struggled with for many years. This is what my clients struggle with. This is what I struggle with as a trainer/ yoga instructor. How do we know how intense to be pushing? How do we know how much is too much? How do we know what’s not enough? … Read More
Peace, Ease And Gentleness, How To Find Bliss
Peaceful, At Ease and Gentle… I can get to this state quickly when I close my eyes to meditate. Meditation has always come pretty naturally for me. But once I’m off the mat, things don’t come so naturally. I struggle to remain peaceful, at ease and gentle with myself, my kids and anyone else along the way. So what do these … Read More
