As many of you know, I took a yoga retreat to Bali recently. In fact, this was my first yoga retreat ever as a practitioner! Part of the reason that…
The Yoga Barn has a wall that displays posters of its workshops. The teachers are predominantly white. Travelling to Bali brought up mixed feelings. Happy to be there, certainly, but…
Hey new yogis, many of you have asked me about insurance and why you need it. Check out this guest article from Canopy. They cover some important points and -…
Bird of Paradise is a bound standing pose, where you balance on one leg and try to look like a stork. But, you know, an elegant stork. It's a doozy…
Natarajasana - Dancer's Pose - is a beautifully challenging yoga pose. It's a complex pose with a lot of benefits: Opens the chest and front line of the body Works your…
Check out this guest post by Tracy Moore, who has done research on how athletes are using yoga to up their game and performance. Wonderful to see how yoga can help us…
Ah, sleep! How I resist you! I don't think anyone can deny that a good night's sleep is delicious. However, most of us get up too early, go to bed too…
I stared up the hill and really didn't know if I could do it. I have the lung capacity of a hamster and I was already sitting at over 12,500…
George Michael is the last straw. The list of fallen heroes in 2016 has become too long. David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Anton Yelchin, Gene Wilder, Gary Shandling, Leonard Cohen.…
"Don't turn your feet out." "Never drink water during practice." "Flex your foot to protect your knee." "Don't invert when you're menstruating." I love it when a teacher tells me…
Before you select a sperm donor, you have to go visit an approved counsellor. I guess so they can make sure that you aren't crazy. My fertility clinic provided me…
I experience anxiety and depression. In my life, I have fallen into despair and loneliness, had suicidal thoughts, cut myself to purge the pain, taken anti-depressants, and curled up on my…
