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Mama, a Global Pandemic Doesn’t Change This One Thing
Mama, a Global Pandemic Doesn’t Change This: You are doing enough. I say Mama, but I mean Woman. Please read whether or not you are a...
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Homemade Hand Sanitizer Recipe
Adding things like “hand sanitizer,” “toilet paper,” or anything with the word “Lysol” in it to your grocery list is currently an...
Mar 23, 20201 min read
How to Make Your Baby Happier – Ananda Balasana
“How can I improve my happy baby? Because I struggle to get a deep bend in the hips and still keep my low back/pelvis on the floor, it’s...
Dec 26, 20192 min read


All The Things I Would Get Done if I Didn’t Workout
I would get a lot of other things done if I didn’t workout. Especially at the times I usually workout – 6 a.m., when my creativity for...
Oct 27, 20192 min read


Separating Clients From Students
“…Students are not clients. When you are a client, you get what you want. A student needs to arrive to class ready to receive what the...
Dec 29, 20182 min read


What gets you off the floor?
I had a morning. I won’t say it was “one of those mornings,” because that implies that it was a morning that I feel others will...
Dec 12, 20182 min read


I’m Doing Nothing Today, and not Giving a F*ck
I have decided that I am doing nothing today. Well, actually I am doing something. I am stay-at-home-momming this month and working...
Aug 10, 20182 min read


Caprese Salad
Easy Caprese Salad Ingredients: Organic Hot House or Roma tomatoes Fresh Mozzarella (I like the pre-sliced mozzarella log from Trader...
Apr 1, 20181 min read


3 Stories About ‘Yoga Practice’
Last night, I was thinking about how we call yoga “a practice.” We say, “my yoga practice,” but not “my exercise practice” or “my workout...
Mar 17, 20183 min read


My Core Rehab Journey
Core Rehab isn’t all pick-ups, pikes and planks. In fact, it’s mostly not. TRX Pike I had a very strong core pre-pregnancy. I didn’t do...
Jan 25, 20183 min read


5 Things That Make Me ‘Click’
The Click is like the click a grenade makes right before it explodes – that thing that turns over inside of you right before you dig...
Jan 16, 20182 min read


8 In-Flight Yoga Poses to Warm up for Skiing or Snowboarding
Flying to a snowy location for some outdoor fitness? Getting ready to hit the slopes in transit is a great idea for keen skiers and...
Jan 13, 20182 min read


How to Make Motherhood Look Easy
“You make motherhood look easy,” an acquaintance I love said to me today. Sophie having a meltdown on Christmas Day, at 6.5 weeks old. I...
Jan 3, 20183 min read


New Parents’ Weeks 0-7 Newborn Essentials
Confession: I am not a parenting, nor pediatric, expert. In fact, I had only held one human baby before my own. All the more reason you...
Dec 26, 20176 min read


Get Shamelessly Excited
Have you ever downplayed your excitement over something about which you were genuinely excited? It may have been an audition, a job...
Dec 24, 20176 min read


Clinical Studies Show Yoga is a Successful Intervention for Treating Chronic Low Back Pain
Low back pain is the fifth most common reason for visiting a doctor in the United States. (1) About one quarter of American adults...
Dec 4, 20172 min read


How can I burn calories by doing nothing?
By being alive, that’s how. It’s the end of an active day. You are sitting on your couch, watching Homeland and enjoying a glass of wine,...
Nov 4, 20172 min read


Top 4 Things I Learned at CanFitPro Vancouver 2017
This past weekend, I attended my favourite annual fitness event – the CanFitPro Vancouver Fitness Expo. I thought I’d share with you four...
Nov 2, 20171 min read


6 Reasons You Should be Doing Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga is one of the lesser-known styles of yoga, but since it is one of my favourite styles to teach, I often have people asking,...
Apr 19, 20174 min read


Brief Stair Climbing Can Improve your Cardio
We already know that sprinting is a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness. We know that because most studies on...
Feb 9, 20171 min read
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