Inspiration/Blog

Come see me at the Toronto Yoga show during the last weekend in March. This fun and fabulous show has 300 workshops, 40 master teachers, and 300 exhibitors of all things health, well-being, meditation, self-care, earth-care, and yoga! 

I love all the seasons, including cold and snowy winters and spend part of everyday outside with few exceptions. It can however sometimes be challenging in winter, with its’ deep snow, icy footing, strong winds, and startlingly brilliant sunny days to find your ground both literally and energetically - resulting in a lack of balance in the root chakra. An unbalanced root chakra can result in feelings of losing your centre, of wandering attention, vagueness, lack of focus, and inability to take action. Yoga poses focussed on nourishing and balancing your root chakra can help you feel substantial, grounded, and...

For all of you who are trying to do everything for everyone around you over the holidays, remember to carve out some self-care time. Looking after your own well-being means you will be your best loving and generous self.  To all of my lovely customers and your families! Thank you, and Happy Holidays I hope you have holidays filled with joy, peace and love.   

Driving home on a gray November day, I stop on the side of the road and step out of the car to be present to the soft fading light in the reflection of the setting sun; and a tiny spec of a waxing moon high above the horizon. In the stillness, I could feel the landscape gently letting go of the day, just as I was letting go of my busy day in the presence of it's last beautiful illumination. "Presence is alive. You sense and fell presence; it comes towards you and engages you. Landscape has a vast depth...

Thanksgiving is celebrated mid October in Canada, a time when the autumn colours are out in full and temperatures fluctuate between mild and decidedly crisp. It's around this time my spouse and I head out for our last canoe of the season. It's a quiet time on the lakes, and a perfect time to paddle in silence and contemplate all that we are thankful for in our lives.  Top of mind for me is the great gift of just being alive and all the miracles of form and life of which I am part.  Nothing we see, hear, touch or...