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 9, 2020
In this short and sweet yoga class, mobilize your hips, spine and shoulders, moving gently and rhythmically to the pulse of your deep breath.
August 9, 2020
In this flow practice we move from our core, stoking our inner fire through movement and rhythmic breathing. One warmed up, we work towards an arm […]
August 6, 2020
Your shoulders, the most mobile joints in your body, but those long days in front of a computer tapping away can leave your shoulders feeling anything […]
July 31, 2020
This practice meets your whole body, with a special focus on opening the tightness in your hips. When our hips are stable and open, we can […]
July 27, 2020
Open your hips, stretch out tightness held in your chest and between your ribs, warm your body from the core out to your skin, breath deeper […]
July 23, 2020
In this series, we will weave postures through rhythmic movements and mindful postures; grounding our experience in the body, and circulating energy from the power of […]
July 23, 2020
Thoughts are like threads, coming into consciousness as if they are discreet “things”. Our mind seeks to weave them together, to make sense of our experience, […]
July 23, 2020
Move with powerful grace towards Lord of Dance Pose, natarajasana, a posture that stirs latent energy in a culmination of refinement and balance.
July 10, 2020
We move continuously, our breath keeps it that way. Even when sleeping we move, some of us more than others…Karen :D . In this class you […]
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
Stay low to the ground in this gentle and multi level yin yoga practice. Props and variations are offered throughout to allow your practice to be […]
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 26, 2020
Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)……. Now that’s a mouthful! Fortunately you don’t have to say it 10 times fast to receive the benefits of this type of […]
June 24, 2020
Take the pressure off your knees and wrists but take care of your hips and back in this gentle yoga practice. The whole practice is done […]
June 24, 2020
Running your best starts before your first step. Taking care of your body before and after will ensure that your body can support the miles you […]
June 22, 2020
This warming core flow is sprinkled with opportunities to play with hops and kicks towards handstand. We prepare by waking up connections between our limbs and […]
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 […]