Poses to Purpose : Unveiling the heart of your yoga practice

During my personal morning yoga and reflection practice this weekend, I took a moment to contemplate how my journey has unfolded over time. I vividly recall the early days when my practice was driven by the desire to 'get my body back' after the birth of my children—an intention that now makes me... Read More

Why and How of Setting an Intention for your Yoga Practice and Daily Life

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Emotional Release & Breakthroughs During Yoga

Occasionally some yoga participants can experience a bubbling up of emotions during or after their practice, as tears flow or frustration rises related to things entirely outside of their practice.  More often, yogis will leave practice feeling uplifted, lighter and even invigorated.  Personally,... Read More

How Yoga can compliment your Gym Workouts

Yoga classes can compliment your current gym and weight training workouts – think bringing more stability both physically and mentally i.e. Yin (calming, releasing, introspective) to your Yang (power, striving, external).  Each class will be unique yet have a common thread created to enhance and ... Read More

Why going BAREFOOT reduces injury, pain and stress on the entire body

In yoga you’ll often here phrases like ‘ground down through your feet’; ‘press into the four corners of your feet’ etc. These instructions are to create a solid foundation for ideal alignment, balance and integrity in the pose. When we build our postures from the ground up we are working with the... Read More

How to Make Wise Decisions - A Guide

Recently I have been taking part in a course with the fundamental objective to make better decisions.  One of the assignments was to develop a guide or outline that I could use when making decisions.  This is what I came up with. Let me know your thoughts and any guidelines you use when making wi... Read More

Recharge, Refocus, Relax!

I remember a month or so before I had a stroke thinking to myself “I wish I could just lay in bed and not have to be anywhere, do anything, think about anything or worry about anyone else.”  I was exhausted, overwhelmed and totally anxious in my day to day life. I was questioning whether at my ag... Read More

A Stroke of Luck

The day my greatest fear became my greatest gift. For as far back as I can remember there has always been an element of fear in my life.  Despite growing up in a very loving and caring family with many close family friends and relatives bestowing these gifts on me too. There has always been an el... Read More