Archive for Motherhood

March is the month where we start to think about Spring (and pray it arrives early), where flowers pop up even though the ground is still cold, the wind is blowing at 50mph and the...

This is not my normal yogi post, that’s for sure. This is a rant. And I probably wouldn’t be writing this rant had FatFace responded in a decent way to my complaint but they didn’t...

Yoga teacher, mother, friend, sister, daughter…my current roles. the way I currently define myself. There’s been others in my time, student, manager, executive, wife, lover and others I don’t care to think about. I’ve been...

Today I have three poems and quotes rattling around in my head. Today has been a day of sadness, fear and once again surrender. This is a little bit raw still…but it helps to write things...

Last night I was watching an online yoga video of one of my favourite teachers, Kelly Kamm in NYC, tell the story of Queen Draupadi and her surrender to faith, love, Krishna. Essentially the baddy...

Oh what a week….on Monday Cyclone Frank and I arrived at daycare to be told he had chicken pox and to head home. As we were rejected from the doors with waves of ‘see you...

Yesterday I led 12 sunny, sweaty students through 108 sun salutations. I love leading and practicing the 108. On the journey, you go through a range of emotions and thoughts: why am I doing this?,...

There are a zillion articles online about how women should support one another rather than knock one another down. There are another zillion focusing on how mothers should support one another and not judge another’s...

Dear KCY,I’m a fairly anxious person and I’ve found yoga has helped me enormously to let go of that anxiety. But how do you let go of specific events that cause anxiety? Case in point….my...

Dear KCY I feel so shallow writing this. I wish it wasn’t a problem I had but it is and I’d love some yogic wisdom on it. I am the lucky mother of a gorgeous...