One year ago, I had the bright idea to publish one blog a week, for one year, totalling 50 reasons to do yoga in 2015. Early in the year my computer crashed, making the weekly blog an impossible commitment. By the time I got a new computer, I was four months behind on my 50… Continue reading 20 More Reasons To Do Yoga
Category: Yoga
Workshop | A Journey Through Self Care
What soothes your soul? Refills your cup? What do you need to feel fulfilled? This is something I've been exploring over the last few months, and years. Especially since becoming a mother, it is way harder to put your own needs first. A hard lesson learned is: I can't pour from an empty cup! Since… Continue reading Workshop | A Journey Through Self Care
Yoga Improves Muscle Tone
Reason number five to do yoga this year? To improve your muscle tone! The first example I think of when relating yoga to muscle tone, is when I went for a massage with a new therapist years ago. As she was massaging me, she asked me what sort of exercise I did. When I told… Continue reading Yoga Improves Muscle Tone
Yoga Improves Digestion
Reason number four to do yoga is it improves digestion! Gentle yoga soothes and stretches the internal body. It can ease constipation, reduce water retention and create space in the body for comfortable digestion. If you suffer from digestion problems, it is best to start your yoga practice gently and avoid inversions in the beginning.… Continue reading Yoga Improves Digestion
Yoga Improves Circulation
Our third reason (of fifty) to do yoga this year is to help improve your circulation. Hands and feet always cold? Feel weak and lethargic? Foggy brained? When oxygen is not reaching the extremities of the body, they become cold and sometimes even numb! When fresh oxygen is not reaching the brain, and toxins hang… Continue reading Yoga Improves Circulation
50 Reasons To Do Yoga
Although yoga is famous for it's physical benefits and fitness trends, it is also respected as an ancient (healing) art to assist one in attaining enlightenment. Below I have listed 50 reasons why you should try yoga, I'm sure you will find at least one reason worth trying it for! Improves organ function Improves breathing… Continue reading 50 Reasons To Do Yoga
Guru Heart Yoga
This summer passed without me realizing that I have been a certified yoga instructor for 10 years. In June 2004 I received my 200-hour, Yoga Alliance approved, Yoga Teacher Certification.A decade is a pretty significant amount of time to commit to anything, so it feels like an honour to share this landmark.My first year of… Continue reading Guru Heart Yoga
The Yoga Gap
Over the last few weeks I've had about 100 students pass through my teaching... and I'm seeing a common thread of feedback. What I have learned is The Gentle Way Of Hatha is a much more uncommon style of yoga then I would have guessed. The yoga market is becoming saturated anywhere you go, but… Continue reading The Yoga Gap
Embracing All Seasons
When you live in Canada you are blessed with four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. Each of these seasons hold their own magic. Their own symbolism. Winter is symbolic of death, spring is rebirth, summer is growth and autumn is harvest. Unlike many of my friends and family, winter is my favorite season. For me… Continue reading Embracing All Seasons
Creating Space
The cycles in my life always bring me back to this need to create space. Creative space. Breathing space. Personal space. As a mother who also works with kids and runs my own yoga business, there leaves little room for me. I spend most of my time and energy thinking about others, and how best… Continue reading Creating Space
The Gentle Way of Hatha 