I have been truly blessed with the teaching opportunities I have been offered. New teaching challenges are something I find almost impossible to turn down. As with teaching any group, you are never certain what the experience is going to be, you leave yourself open to the universe and take it from there! So when asked to teach two classes back to back for a youth swim team, I happily agreed. Nothing could prepare me however for the challenge, inspiration, frustration, laughter and wealth of information these kids…excuse me…athletes, freely offer me. Read the rest of this entry »

A new day has come, well actually, that new day was yesterday. Barack Obama is now the President of the United States, and what a wonderfully inspiring, joyful event that is. I actually do not live in the United States but rather in a country where the approval rating for Barack is a heart warming 95%. We think he’s a darn good guy! I watched all the coverage yesterday with tears in my eyes and a huge smile on my face. It was hard to pull myself away but I had a 4:30 yoga class to teach and was very much looking forward to hear the impressions of the day from my students. Read the rest of this entry »

Each time I teach a yoga class I have the distinct honor of observing human behaviour up close and personal.  When I first began teaching I would be delighted, offended, confused, elated, bemused, and many more emotions about my student’s reactions and actions in class. As the years have passed and the number of students I have worked with has increased I no longer take alot of these reactions so deeply to heart. Read the rest of this entry »

 As we bring in a New Year many people take a moment to firmly resolve to make a change in their lives. Of course the usual suspects appear, weight loss, stop smoking, an so on. Quite often, the success of these resolutions wanes after just a few days….leaving the previously resolute person feeling let down and disappointed with themselves. Not a healthy scenerio and ultimately damaging for our self worth. We tell ourselves it doesn’t matter, and in effect we are telling ourselves we don’t matter. Read the rest of this entry »