

How Awareness Can Change Your Life
Awareness, a word we use often in yoga. By definition: it is knowledge or perception of a situation or fact. When it comes to our practice, it is the perception or knowledge of what we are feeling in our body, mind, emotional & spiritual state. It is awareness that is needed to keep us safe, from not pushing too forcefully or in a way that is harmful. It is also awareness itself that can make our practice difficult, as we now are feeling things that are always there, but w


How to Wake Up with Yoga
Good morning everyone! How do you wake up in the morning? Me, I’m not your early morning type, my nature likes to stay up & sleep in. But since having kids & one of them being a very early riser, I’ve had to come up with ways to wake up in a way that make me feel grounded & to get my body & mind going. That is where bed yoga can come in. Upon hearing my alarm, or on the days I don’t need one, waking up when my body does, I take a few minutes to stretch & move. Most days I


YOGA: No Better Time Than NOW
NOW It is all we have, the past is gone & the future is yet to be decided. But being in the present moment is not an easy thing to do. Our minds keep us moving from thought to thought instead of being present to what is happening in THIS moment. When we are in the moment, uncomfortable things can come to our attention & we are hard wired to want to avoid discomfort, so we make ourselves busy, or distracted by using some outside sources instead. If we focus on something else