"The nervous system does not speak english; It speaks sensation. The body is the voice of the nervous system." -Christine Lee, Introduction to Somatic Therapy Workshop In my yoga classes, I often have students reflect on the feelings of their bodies and to tune in deeper to the organs and nervous system. We use awareness… Continue reading The Body’s Wisdom
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Divine Feminine
Today is Mother's Day, so it seems fitting to share my deeper healing of The Yoga Code workshop. My shift actually happened at the end of the workshop, which integrated overnight, and the next morning in my hotel room, I was flooded with insight and healing. As I journalled about the experience I kept hearing… Continue reading Divine Feminine
20 More Reasons To Do Yoga
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
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
My Radical Self-Care Experience
This year for my birthday, I focused on some radical self-care. I treated myself to a trip out west. I spent a week sleeping on a couch (best sleep I've had in the last four years might I add!), writing on a couch, reading cards on a couch, drinking 8 glasses of water a day… Continue reading My Radical Self-Care Experience
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 Gentle Way of Hatha 