Journal
Here you'll find writing on mindfulness, neuroscience, mental health, physical wellbeing, and yoga.
These topics often overlap: attention, behaviour and embodiment are all part of the same ecosystem of experience, and the aim here is to explore those connections in a thoughtful and practical way. Some posts draw from research, others from lived experience and teaching. The intention is to share ideas that are useful, considered, and occasionally a bit different from what is typically said.
August 20, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
“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 14, 2021
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 […]
August 17, 2021
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
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
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
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
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, […]
December 15, 2020
November 5, 2020
The importance of nervous system regulation practices during times of transition By Islena Faircrest, Transformative Life Coach There is a lot of buzz about “mindset” with […]
June 22, 2020
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, the tensions that bind and separate us have become more apparent, manifesting in distancing, remote connection, demonstrations and actions of solidarity. There seems […]