After doing my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Rama Lotus in Ottawa in 2004, I decided to add a weekend training on pre-natal yoga at Esther Myers in Toronto a few years later. Although my 200-hour training included a basic pre-natal education, I still did not feel confident in that aspect of teaching. The training… Continue reading Why Gentle Yoga May Not Be Prenatal
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Yoga 2026
What to expect in the year ahead? As many of you know this yoga business continues to grow and change. Change is inevitable when you've been in business for over 20-years and (barely) survived a pandemic! I want to thank all of you who have stuck through all the moves, the lock downs, and the… Continue reading Yoga 2026
I Didn’t Do Yoga For Five Days
And this is what happened... My back seized up! In one way I wasn't surprised, because we had spent days cleaning, organizing, and re-arranging for the holidays. Of course my back is going to go out, if I'm not doing yoga to compensate for the physical challenges. What did surprise me though, was the fact… Continue reading I Didn’t Do Yoga For Five Days
Free Yoga?!
If you are new to "The Gentle Way of Hatha" I have an exciting offer for you! During the month of December I will be offering one free online yoga class to new yoga students. This is an opportunity to try a class with zero commitment needed! So if you've been wondering if our gentle… Continue reading Free Yoga?!
Yoga in Port Hope
Between 2006 and 2010 I had a lovely yoga space to teach from in Port Hope. I gave it up when I became pregnant, and moved to British Columbia. Closing that space shifted my whole business and when I returned to Port Hope just a few months later I had to begin again - teaching… Continue reading Yoga in Port Hope
Gentle Hatha Yoga on YouTube
How is the YouTube journey going so far? Oof! The quote "The more I know, the less I understand" applies well to this YouTube experience. Thankfully I'm not using YouTube as a way to make money, I am just hoping it gets my face out into the global online community of yoga practitioners. I want… Continue reading Gentle Hatha Yoga on YouTube
Why Online Yoga?
As a teacher who was forced to learn the online technology for yoga classes during the Covid Pandemic, I completely understand why people are hesitant to join online. I'll admit, when I went back to teaching in-person I was surprised how many students chose to not return and ended up preferring online classes! These are… Continue reading Why Online Yoga?
Long Covid
It has been long in sooooo many ways. Since March 2020 my business has gone through the wringer! I have done my best to roll with all the lock-downs, restrictions, and vaccine passports. I transitioned to online classes, I tried to keep in-person classes running safely when we were not in lock-down, I have navigated… Continue reading Long Covid
The Gentle Way of Hatha on YouTube
AN EASY WAY TO TRY A FREE YOGA CLASS! How many excuses have you made to not take a yoga class? I have heard them all! Sometimes it's a physical limitation, sometimes it's a time management issue, sometimes it's due to lack of money, sometimes the motivation just isn't there... the list can go on… Continue reading The Gentle Way of Hatha on YouTube
Authentic Living
The thing about yoga, is it can change us. Through breathing, settling, grounding, moving, flowing, we slowly re-align ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and energetically. Sometimes it's uncomfortable - these buried thoughts, feelings, and emotions that start to surface. Sometimes we feel down right crazy like "why is this happening now?" Sometimes we abandon our yoga… Continue reading Authentic Living