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.
July 7, 2020
Breathing, simple right? Well, maybe, but perhaps there’s more intelligence you can bring to your practice by revisiting the fundamentals of this process. Move slowly and […]
July 1, 2020
This situation is permeable, it’s being transformed even by the breath. Limits and habits soften, the compliments of grounded sitting bones and floating skull give space […]
July 1, 2020
One of the most restful experiences in meditation comes when we notice, by contrast to our typical experience in the day, that we don’t need to […]
June 30, 2020
Nurture each cell of your body in this head to toe, inside to out practice. In awakening our body to movement, and steadiness the metronome of […]
June 30, 2020
Does your neck, upper back and shoulders get stiff from long hours sitting at a computer, or the movements of daily life? This class is designed […]
June 18, 2020
When we make the space of awareness bigger, noticing things close and far with non-judgment, the contents of consciousness don’t rattle against the walls, but have […]
June 15, 2020
If lying down or being on your hands and knees just doesn’t work for your body then this is the class for you. A practice that […]
June 12, 2020
In meditation, we must get comfortable with the practicing of starting over, letting go whatever our mind has picked up, and remembering presence. In this guided […]
June 11, 2020
Sometimes it’s all you need, a nice little stretch to open up tight hips, hamstrings, chest and shoulders. These are some of my favourite moves to […]
June 10, 2020
A steady-paced unifying practice for your whole body. We start by setting a foundation with breath-guided movements; then work towards focused, alignment-based postures to leave you […]
June 8, 2020
This strong and steady class will help mobilize your spine, stretch open your chest, and stabilize your back and core through a creative series of twists.
May 28, 2020
In this invigorating class, we use a wall to explore deep variations of familiar postures. While providing stability and resistance, the wall challenges us to strengthen and mobilize our back-body, including the hamstrings, glutes and back muscles. We will also use the wall as a way to access our deep core muscles, and finish off the class with an inversion.
May 27, 2020
A short flow sequence to get into hips and hamstrings and flow with the cyclical nature of the moon. Includes Half Moon Pose. A great warm-up […]
May 27, 2020
In this meditation we reflect on the teachings of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, where yoga is offered as an experience of the quiet mind. Through […]
May 24, 2020
In this guided mediation we soften the grip of mental formations and reactive feelings by reminding ourselves of present experience.
May 22, 2020
Get the body moving with this supported practice. Grab the nearest chair and join Chris and Karen for a multi level class. Are you thinking that […]
May 22, 2020
In this dynamic class we build to a lunar themed flow; opening to an intuitive, rhythmic and expansive progression of postures.
May 19, 2020
Open your joints, your mind and heart with this supported yin experience. Leave feeling relaxed and refreshed. Yin helps support your bodies “yin” tissues, namely your […]
May 18, 2020
Samatha meditation (pronounced shamata) is the meditation of tranquility, when attention coalesces on a locus of experience. Here, the action of meditating is turning energy away […]
May 17, 2020
Bring your attention to the breath and body with vivid expressions of foundational yoga poses, fine tuned alignment and feel-good stretches.