We’re Staying Online For Now
Online Yoga Teacher Training Will Continue For Now
I'm so sorry to see all the outbreaks and lockdowns around Australia this week. I hope that you are all coping okay and that you and your loved ones are all safe and sound. With this new round of outbreaks I'm reminded that we are not nearly 'back to normal' yet, so as I make plans for the next few yoga programs I h..read moreBoundaries: Tips for Maintaining Your Practice as a Teacher
Boundaries: Tips for Maintaining Your Practice as a Teacher
This week I had a great chat with a teacher in training, and she remarked that her yoga practice had changed in that now her mind is busy noticing cues, transitions, sequences, and other teaching skills when participating in a class, rather than just focussing on her own practice. I could really ..read more15 Years of Yoga Teacher Training
Yesterday I marked the 15-year anniversary of my first yoga teacher training course, and did the best thing to acknowledge the date, celebrated the completion of my 45th yoga teacher training class.
What I feel the most in this moment is gratitude; gratitude that I am still able to do this ..read more
You Don’t Have to be Good at Yoga
You don't have to be good at yoga.
You can just enjoy it.
Like, you might like taking walks.
You don't have to be the most skilled walker,
Ahimsa and Vegetarianism
I got this question from a teacher trainee this week, and it does tend to come up a lot, so I thought I'd share my answer with you (that is, how I'd answer this question this week)
To Practice Ahimsa Do You Have to Be Vegetarian?
To the question about..read more
Things We’ll Do
Life in lockdown has been boring. It's necessary, I have no qualms about staying at home to help my community (and the world!) overcome this pandemic, but life has gotten small. So, my sister came up with this great idea of how to stay hopeful, optimistic, and how to prepare to start having adventures again, big and small, once we can all move back ..read more
Aims Cards
Download Free Aims Cards
To start this New Year, I thought I’d share with you some Aims Cards that I made for my own practice.
A few months ago in a post I did on ..read more
Spiced Pumpkin Soup
Spiced Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Sugar Pumpkin (or 2 15oz/425gram cans pumpkin)
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger peeled and grated *
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ..read more
Self-Massage for Self-Care
Something many of you might not know about me is that I had a car accident when I was a teenager and my face was quite badly damaged. I’ve had a lot of surgery and a lot of various therapies since then, but my face still hurts most days. So, when I learned this face massage sequence in my Thai Yoga Massage training it became a staple in my self-..read more
What Do Beginning Yoga Students Need?
What Do Beginning Yoga Students Need?
What do New Yoga Teachers Need to Remember About Teaching Beginner's Yoga ?
This has been a common discussion in my yoga teacher training programs for years now – what can the general public comfortably do in a yoga class? Are they binding their toes in a seated forward fold? Are they flowing into Upward Fa..read moreUpdate January/February Yoga Teacher Training Programs
