I love living in Kanata, it’s a great suburb of a great city, with great neighbours, restaurants and my favorite yoga studio. However, I will forever be charmed for all things Montreal. From great fashion, to cool architecture to a particularly smart nephew with a great laugh. Live Out Loud … Read more
So, recently pink eye, an ear infection, a respiratory virus and the shingles all hit our house all in the same week. I would love to say I handled this week with the grace and strength of a good vinyasa flow, but honestly, upon the last diagnosis I crawled into … Read more
Just a little over a year ago, I was team teaching a charity class at Beyond Yoga Studio & Wellness Centre. In typical baby girl fashion, I had asked to teach first so once my turn was done, I could soak up the vibes of Carole and Diane’s instruction. Our … Read more
So, it’s January in Ottawa. And while it’s almost over, and really hasn’t been particularly brutal, the blahs just always seem to set in. While I know very well that blah isn’t actually a technical term, don’t you start to feel that way as winter just drags on? Blah! … Read more
Ah, the New Year, how I love the New Year, a fresh start. The first week of January always feels so ripe with possibilities. The chance to reinvent yourself, your life, your future. My love of the new year and new beginnings often leads me to go a little crazy … Read more
There’s a saying that the hardest thing about a yoga class is getting there. I find this particularly true in December and January. Life is busy, the weather is cold and taking care of ourselves tends to take a back seat. While there are a lot of great reasons to … Read more
Oh, the holidays. I love the holidays, there are lots of magical moments, great and small. So from the moment Starbucks starts serving their Christmas blend, I start plotting and planning with joy. But then, the expectations start to pile up, the to-do lists starts to grow and quite honestly, … Read more
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is a sort of guide book on how to live like a yogi, kind of a map for a meaningful and purposeful life. In a very basic outline, this yogic philosophy manual has eight components or limbs we are to follow. The first of these limbs is … Read more
So, leadership is a hot topic these days. Everywhere you look in bookstores, classrooms, even on blogs it’s being talked about. How to be a leader, how to encourage leadership, what type of leader do you want to be. It makes me wonder, is there a set Webster definition of … Read more
There is this theory out there in the yoga world, or maybe in the whole world, that the more you practice gratitude the more content you will be in your own life; and that gratitude is a muscle that if flexed on a regular basis, grows. I’ve been thinking about … Read more
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