27/08/2023
What about the spaces in between?
TRANSITIONS
Earth governs smooth transitions.
It rotates on its axis each day and orbits around the sun each year. These transitions happen smoothly.
What about the transitions between our yoga poses? And the transitions between one thing to another in our day?
Are these transitions as smooth?
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12/12/2022
Canadians! Many of you tell me how much you enjoy the poetry I read in my classes. Today I discovered this collection of poetry. It is absolutely gorgeous. I mention it to Canadians because it is on sale on kindle for $3.99 for a limited time. I just thought I would pass on the savings and this gem!
05/12/2022
Today I celebrate the 16 year anniversary of defending my dissertation.
I like to honour this day each year because I tend to be a “slow burn.” It took me 9 years to complete my doctorate degree.
In a culture that celebrates overnight success and quick fixes, I remind myself things that are worthwhile often take time.
This was true of writing (and re-writing) my dissertation. This has been true of writing my book, Five Element Yin Yoga.
I share this with you in case it feels like things are taking too long. The things that are worth doing, may take longer than you expect. However, in my experience they have been worth it.
11/10/2022
5 Tips To Optimize Your Yoga Practice for Autumn
1. Slow Down
2. Support Your Lungs
3. Support Digestive Elimination
4. Acknowledge Your Preciousness
5. Prepare for Winter
16/04/2022
OCEANSIDE YOGA NIDRA
To film this oceanside yoga nidra we 🏕camped at GreenPoint in Tofino in July 2021.
But in order to do that we had to book a 🏕campsite six months earlier in January. We got up at 😴6 am, and we were in an online que of over 1,000 people. We didn't think we were going to get a campsite.
In fact, when we tried to book a 🏕campsite this year so that we could do some filming in Tofino for our 2022 season, we weren't as lucky. We weren't able to book a site at Greenpoint this year and had to book at a private campground that will cost us twice as much.
Tofino is located in a temperate rainforest 🌳which gets 126 inches of the ☔️rain on 203 days a year. When you go, you most likely will get rain. 🌧
Everything Stephanie says in this testimonial is true and yet, Tofino is one of the most beautiful places in the world. I hope you enjoy this ocean yoga nidra. Filming while camping 🏕 is hard work, but it is one of the most affordable ways to be able to capture the beauty of Tofino for all of you.
19/03/2022
A few weeks ago, I was struggling with depression (not diagnosed) just that is how it felt in my body. I guess I don't need to describe it for those of you who know what it feels like.
Sometimes I felt like crying a lot. Sometimes I just felt like staying in bed. I would feel my mind getting pulled under and then I try so hard to pull it out, which is like shooting the second arrow.
Anyway, this class was just so perfect. It allowed me to be still and not do anything other than what my body feels like doing - which was pretty much nothing.
It brought a lot of acceptance and even dare I say celebration of the transformative journey of depression. I'm glad I have this class to come back to and I definitely will come back to it again.
https://youtu.be/OHqIdGiL-Bw )
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