Tag: fitness
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August Theme — Circles, Spirals, and the Magic of Returning
This month I’d like to use the physical body as our starting point to appreciate the universality of circularity. Throughout August, we’ll be investigating circles and spirals as fundamental principles of movement, discovering how they can make our practice feel stronger, more spacious, and even more intuitive.
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Finding Your Flow at Home — A Letter to My Online Students
The goal isn’t to create a perfectly peaceful yoga studio in your home. The goal is simply to make enough space for your body, your breath and a little time that belongs to you. With that in mind, here are a few small ideas that might make your online practice feel even more enjoyable.
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April Theme — Open & Uplift ~ Finding Space in the Upper Back
What the upper back actually needs is a bit more nuanced and requires movement in all directions, especially rotation. It needs strength in the muscles that support the shoulder blades so the chest can open without collapsing. And it needs breath, not just into the front of the body, but into the back ribs, into…
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March Theme — Reset for the Pelvic Floor, Deep Core, and Hips
It’s natural to turn inwards during the darker part of the year, and sometimes that holding and coiling is not easily released. So it feels appropriate that this month we bring our attention to the deepest centre of the body: the pelvic floor, the deep core, and the hips. We can think of it as…
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February Theme —Grounded in Motion
This month, I’m asking you to listen more closely to where movement begins, how effort flows, and what happens when you trust rather than force. Expect very flowy flows, with lots of little ‘enhancements’ that ask the body to adapt in ways we might not be used to ;)
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November Theme — Expanding Through the Side Body
Anyone who practices with me regularly knows I have a soft spot for the lateral plane of movement — think all those delightful side stretches that feel like you’re creating space where there wasn’t any before.
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October Theme — The Practice of Letting Go
Life is a constant cycle of change. This month, as we arrive fully into the autumn season and witness the trees releasing their leaves, we’re reminded of the wisdom of letting go.
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On learning to love inversions…
Learning to Love Inversions If you’re new to yoga and the idea of going upside down makes your stomach flip — you’re not alone. For those of us without a background in gymnastics or aerial anything, inversions can feel disorienting, uncomfortable, or downright scary. We’re used to seeing the world from a certain perspective, and…
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