At a feedback session for a fellow teacher-in-training, the teacher commented that she was a bit nervous about teaching an "advanced" class since she'd been ...

So you're in a yoga class (most likely virtual these days, but feel free to draw on your memories of in-person classes taken pre-pandemic). If you're a begin...

So we're into week six of this lockdown and I'm beginning to rethink how much of a gift time might be. It was great about three weeks ago but now I'm sufferi...

As this global pandemic continues, and I realize that I may be confined to my home longer than initially anticipated, I'm beginning to see a silver lining: t...

Amid the tsunami of panic surrounding COVID-19, I wondered: what is the nature of fear? Why are we so quick to assume the worst in any given situation? Why d...

"Act as if you trust your God." Anonymous It's funny how the novelty of new things can maintain a level of enthusiasm that makes it easy to feel good, until ...

"Yoga is not a workout, it is a work in." Rolph Gates Upon reading this quote, I was immediately struck by how relevant it was considering the current climat...

" I think the reward for conformity is everyone likes you but yourself." Rita Mae Brown When I was 14 years old, all I wanted in the world was a Ralph Lauren...

I generally consider myself as someone who has their sh*t together. That's not to say I'm not aware of my vulnerabilities, but I didn't realize how tight-fis...

With the recent opening of a brand new light rail system here in Ottawa, I was expecting to feel shared excitement and anticipation to step on the train and ...

I first took a class with Kelly a little over a year ago, and it has always remained in my memory as a unique experience, one in which I truly began to learn...

July was a glorious month. It felt like a dream: every morning, I would wake to a beautiful, hot, sunny day. And then August started creeping in, much too so...

I've never been very good at math or had a mind for numbers. Any mathematical transactions I attempt are accompanied by a calculator. It used to be that I co...

The first thing that came to mind when I crossed paths with Chantal was a fairly well-known saying "Still waters run deep." She has a quiet demeanor accentua...

I met with Courtenay on a hot summer morning in July at the Blue Bird Cafe on Dalhousie. She walked in with the fresh glow of a morning bike ride, all smiles...

"When one is pretending, the entire body revolts." Anaïs Nin A new term now describes our current times as a "post-truth" era (a term coined by Ralph Keyes)....

I recently came across a well-known quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." It immediately struck a chord wi...