Uplevel your consciousness
The day I found out I was pregnant again, I was filled with both the joy and excitement of possibility, and the overwhelming fear of losing my baby – again. Last June, I had a miscarriage. For no “good” reason – just because. It was one of the darkest, most devastating times in my life, and I was terrified it was going to happen again.
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It seems these days, with our busy lives, meal time has become prime time to multi-task. Whether it’s eating lunch at your office desk trying to get more work done. …
I am 22 weeks pregnant with my first child, and I couldn’t be more excited. I mean, there are so many things to look forward to. The baby shower, preparing and setting up for our new addition, and of course all the comments and concerns addressed by family, friends and often times complete strangers….
These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are such a treat for me!
I usually don’t eat peanut butter. It’s actually been years since I’ve eaten peanut butter. But I can remember peanut butter being a staple in my diet when I was younger. …
I have practiced Ashtanga yoga almost every day for the last 2 years. Now that I am pregnant, nearly everyday people ask me about my practice, and how it feels. Everyday I give them the same answer – which I think shocks them half the time – “It feels amazing.” Pregnancy has completely shifted the way I look at my yoga practice, and my entire view on exercise as a whole.
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Picture By: Kyson Dana
Let’s face it, anyone living in this modern world knows the daily trials and tribulations of just being. It seems like there is a lot of pressure (sometimes self inflicted) on this generation to be constantly doing, succeeding and achieving at all costs. In the middle of this modern chaos, so many of us have forgotten to take a step back and take care of ourselves emotionally, physically and spiritually. So this article is for all my super busy, super stressed, super humans out there who are doing it all – except balancing their crazy lives with a little bit of calm amidst the proverbial storm. …
Photo cred: Silvana Denker
I am both excited and terrified to share the most vulnerable part of my childhood with you; and while I know that many of you may share these same sentiment’s, it breaks my heart that you do.
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Photo by: Brooke Larke
My New Years was super relaxed this year.
My husband and I went to our favourite vegan restaurant which had 40% off (#winning), watched a livestream webcast of Sadhguru (one of our favourite Yogi’s), and meditated through Midnight. I will admit that living smack in the middle of Toronto made meditating through midnight a bit challenging. As midnight drew near, we could hear the roar of what seemed like a hundred drunk frat boys, and couldn’t help but chuckle as we heard everyone around us in our building count down to 2017. It was funny, and in the spirit of being in the moment, I smiled and it was completely perfect.
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Photo by: Charlene Miller
I used to have a pretty idealistic view of what it meant to have a “good” practice:
In my yoga practice, having a “good” practice meant I nailed all my asana’s, my breath and my movement danced in harmonious synchronicity, and I was able to complete my practice with complete ease in my body, and calm in my heart. In seated meditation a “good” practice meant I would leave with a feeling of total bliss – like I was wrapped up in a warm blanket of pure awareness.
I cannot tell you how infrequently either of those things have happened for me. So you can imagine my disappointment every time I stepped on my mat, or went to sit for a meditation.
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