How Can We Make Our Health a Priority?

We hear it every day, in the end our health is all we have. We cringe when we hear about a new case of cancer or any other terrible disease. We are bombarded by the media for telling us that we have to be healthier, eat healthier, think healthier. Healthy is the new happy. Mindfulness […]

Practice With Me

Private Yoga Sessions in the Comfort of your Home I currently offer private yoga sessions to individuals and small groups in Toronto and the west end of the GTA. Private yoga sessions are a great way to work out, de-stress and set some personal space for yourself without going to the gym or yoga studio. Have […]

My Journey to Health

The most recent memory of mine that links me to a journey to health is my grade 12 year of high school, crunching into a ball on my friend’s couch after eating some pizza for her birthday. “It’s ok, I just need to lie down like this for a bit until the pain goes away” […]

Why Buying Organic Isn’t Just About Our Health (& why you should join a CSA!)

At work my girls and I are notorious for talking about food. Talking about, sharing celebrating and eating food is our lunch time treasure. One of them once told me that I would have an organic baby– I taunt and flaunt the importance of eating organic all the time. And yes, if and when I do have a child they will definitely be given organic foods. But it’s not just because organic is good for their health. Its imperative for their future.

crazy-frankenstein.com

Beautiful Backbends

When I first started my own yoga journey backbends were seldom in my practice. I could do some of the basic poses, but would never do them properly, dumping too much pressure on my lower back. My shoulders were too tight and my back muscles were almost non existent to support a beautiful and energizing bend. But then after I started searching about how to properly do a backbend I started to feel freedom in my movements. I would sync up my breath to the flow of my body, engaging my core and lifting up my chest. All of these things made me slowly start to find a love for backbending. And it’s still one of my favourite things to do in my practice. I never thought I would be able to do any kind of deep backbend, and yet here I am.

Something To Think About

“I love myself”

the