September 8, 2024

Mindful Movement vs. the Harmonics of Habit

You and I are amazing creatures, capable of learning a seemingly endless amount of patterns (ideas, skills, facts) to help us navigate our worlds more effortlessly […]
May 8, 2024

From Automatic to Aware: Rediscovering Reality Through Yoga

Our minds are beautifully efficient. Some days, I find it hard to appreciate this, especially when I'm tired or overloaded. But even so, there is so much unconscious work going on under the surface that it's baffling how the most seemingly simple feelings and actions come to life.
February 4, 2024

Manifesting Contentment: From Lack to Wholeness

I’ve been distracted lately by thoughts on the pace of local development and how this will inevitably affect the future of our lives and livelihood. Sometimes, […]
January 4, 2024

Embodiment: Bring Good Intentions to Life

October 20, 2023

Vairagya: Softening Views for Deeper Understanding

In yoga philosophy, vairagya is the practice of softening our held viewpoints. Our mind is a powerful tool for predicting the cause of whatever experience we […]
September 20, 2023

September Shifts: Navigating Nature’s Paradox and Our Inner Journey

I was out for dinner with a friend the other night, and we reflected on the feeling of September’s “new year”; a transition period between Labour […]
August 20, 2023

Thunder’s Wake: Reflecting on a Wildfire Summer

I was woken up this morning by the crash of thunder that cracked over the roof. I jumped up and looked out the front window at […]
May 8, 2023

What is the Subtle Body?

The practices of yoga, developed over thousands of years, help us to understand ourselves, our relationship with others, and the greater whole. Yoga explains that the […]
April 9, 2023

Movement is How We Grow

We sense what is changing; it’s impossible to do otherwise. Sameness is dull, and our attention falls away because we are curious creatures, avid to learn. […]
March 9, 2023

How Yoga Transforms Our Relationship with Stress

Life is replete with stressors; as the Buddha said, life is dukkha. Right here and now, I can bring to mind a few situations that I’m responsible […]
January 9, 2023

Supported Discomfort and Reflections on 2022

What comes to mind when you reflect on 2022? I think of a year that has recalibrated my sensitivity toward degrees of change. It seems that […]
February 22, 2022

Yoga and Timeful Experience

“Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it […]
December 23, 2021

Last Minute Stocking Stuffer Ideas!

December 14, 2021

Fundraising for Flood Victims

Help those in need of support from the flooding in the Fraser Valley this past November. This season we’re raising money for local families affected by […]
September 1, 2021

Goodbye Suter Brook, Reflections and Photos

August 17, 2021

Kushala Yoga is Moving

The last day of class at Suter Brook is Friday August 27th, 2021. We will open our new studio at 3032 St. Johns Street on Friday […]
June 8, 2021

Coming Together: Our Story of Samskara

There’s a time-test idea in yoga that I want to share with you today called samskara. Even after a year that has illuminated our ability to make […]
May 10, 2021

COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser for India

On Saturday May 15th, we are offering by-donation yoga and pilates to raise money to support India’s COVID crisis. 100% of donations go to the Covid-19 […]
May 9, 2021

Week One of the Challenge

Dear fellow Challenger, It was great to see so many of you at the Challenge Kick-Off class and through the weekend. If you missed the Kick-Off […]
February 9, 2021

“As is the Breath, So is the Mind”

by Karen Andersen “As is the breath, so is the mind.” ~Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā With all the moving parts of our inner being and outer world, […]
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