Yoga Therapy: Personalized approach to managing stress
In modern life, there are a lot of ways you might experience stress which can lead to imbalances throughout your body from your outer body to your most inner/spiritual centre. Here is a list of 10 possible sources of stress that you may have some...
2019 March Blog – My Journey: Living with Multiple Sclerosis
One day when I was 23 years old, the right side of my body went numb from my feet all the way up to my collar bone. Completely numb - I could feel some pressure, but I couldn’t tell if I was being poked with...
Say yes to a yoga practice
I recently had an article published in The Wellington Advertiser. You can read it HERE. ...
Weekly notes Feb 19
The long winter has apparently caught up to me and I have been fighting off a cold for a week now. The battle continues, but I seem to be winning thanks to lots of rest, lots of green tea and a magic potion of lemons,...
Restorative Yoga: a practice for when you are weak, fatigued or stressed out … any time!
This week we focused on Restorative Yoga. Restorative Yoga is based on the Iyengar method of supporting your body with props to benefit from the poses without straining thereby reducing the risk of injury. This weeks lesson was inspired by Judith Hanson Lasater's book, Relax...
Finalist!
I've been named as a finalist in the 2015 Launch It! business plan competition. Check out the link below: http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/comments/index.cfm?articleID=26881 And a big thanks to the town of Minto for hosting the competition....
Spring is here!
We have focused on grounding and stabilizing for building strength to grow into more difficult poses. Are you spending too much time sitting at your desk? Open up your hips with leg stretches with a tie or belt before moving into more challenging (but OH SO...
Expanding the breath…
Tonight our theme was Expanding the Breath and we explored how the breath moves our side body through breath awareness and movement. Exploration of Breath: We contrasted holding our abs in versus releasing habitual tension in the belly. How low did you go? Could you feel the...
Opening the Heart Centre…
This week's focus was on Opening the Heart Centre Exploration of Breath: Can you focus your attention on your breath without changing it? What is your body doing while you breath? Can you relax in the pause at the end of the exhalation? Movement with the breath - sitting in...